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

Could we keep this thread restricted to just the reporting and no discussion? It would make tracking a little easier for me.

Be sure to congratulate each other on our discussion thread.

1. Team name:Europe
2. First time Toppler Participants -Did a YLTO member invite you to participate
in this Toppler? If so, who?Judy
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Event entered & points for event:100 meter dash (2pt)
Book read, enter link:Three Act Tragedy Agatha Christie
Number of pages:336 (2pts)
Date published:1934 (1pt)
Did you review? yes (1pt)
If so, link your review here:http.goodreads.com/review/show/372543115

If the event is a team competition or
buddy read, list the other member(s) participating.

Tally the number of sports drinks, tea, coffee or water that you drank during this Toppler Olympics. (1/2 point each 8-oz drink)
4(8) oz. cups green tea; 2 (8) oz. glasses water. 3 points so far

Yoohooooo!!! Way to go Connie!

1. Team name: Europe
2. First time Toppler Participants: N/A
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Event entered & points for event: Gymnastics, 1 point
Book read, enter link: Mr. Chartwell
Number of pages: 217 (1 pt)
Date published: 2010
Did you review? (1 pt)
If so, link your review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Drinks points = 4.5 points

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Hmmm - they look exactly the same, yet your goes walkabout while this one goes to the update page. Who knows with some of the glitches in GR's.

Link works for me!

I've just re-done it and it seems to be working now, obviously the GR gremlins are at play again...or I pasted it wrong in the first place but it seems fine now.

Thanks Janice :-)

1. Team name: Team Europe

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Event entered & points for event: 3m Platform Diving, 2 pts
Book read, enter link: The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit
Number of pages: 307 (2 pts)
Date published: 2001
Did you review? Yes (1 pt)
If so, link your review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Drink points: 4 pts

1. Team name: Europe
2. First time Toppler Participants -Did a YLTO member invite you to participate
in this Toppler? If so, who?: All the lovely ladies in the Around the World group. I guess you should all get points.
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Event entered & points for event: Fencing (2 pts)
Book read, enter link: Between Shades of Gray
Number of pages: 344pp (2p)
Date published: 2011
Did you review?: Hells yes. (1p)
If so, link your review here:
http://rusalkii.blogspot.com.au/2012/...
Drinks: 1.5 points for this read.

1. Team name:Europe
2. First time Toppler Participants -Did a YLTO member invite you to participate
in this Toppler? If so, who?
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Event entered & points for event:Weightlifting (5pts)
Book read, enter link:Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
Number of pages:1,182 (8 pts)
Date published:1877 (1pt)
Did you review?yes (1pt)
If so, link your review here:www.goodreads.com/review/show/312153627
If the event is a team competition or
buddy read, list the other member(s) participating.

Tally the number of sports drinks, tea, coffee or water that you drank during this Toppler Olympics. (1/2 point each 8-oz drink)
5 points so far

WOW Connie. That's over 2200 pages. I am awestruck!

Wow well done Connie!!!

And I am so tired I can hardly keep my eyes open!!!!
Only about 1500.


Thanks, Jaxnsmom! :)

Thank you,Sam and Rusalka! You are too kind.

Oh my! I for one welcome Connie, our new overlord.

Rusalka wrote: "Oh my! I for one welcome Connie, our new overlord."

*bows subservently*

Connie wrote: "And I am so tired I can hardly keep my eyes open!!!!
Only about 1500.


Thanks, Jaxnsmom! :)

Thank you,Sam and Rusalka! You are too kind."

I mistook the published date of 1877 for number of pages. But 1500 is still awesome!

1. Team name: Europe
2. First time Toppler Participants: N/A
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Event entered & points for event: Greco-Roman Wrestling, 2 points
Book read, enter link: The Secret Crown
Number of pages: 480 (3 pts)
Date published: 2010 (0 pts)
Did you review? (1pt)
If so, link your review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Drinks total = 18 drank = 9 points

My final tea total is 21 cups = 10.5 points

Not got enough time to finish The Aspern Papers and The Turn of the Screw, still got 124 pages left :-(

1. Team name:Europe
2. First time Toppler Participants -Did a YLTO member invite you to participate
in this Toppler? If so, who?
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Event entered & points for event:Fencing (2 pts.)
Book read, enter link:The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank
Number of pages:341 (2 points)
Date published:1947 (1 point)
Did you review?yes (1 point)
If so, link your review here:www.goodreads.com/review/show/312130799

If the event is a team competition or
buddy read, list the other member(s) participating.

Tally the number of sports drinks, tea, coffee or water that you drank during this Toppler Olympics. (1/2 point each 8-oz drink)
bottled water

Drinks: 18 points in total

*Panic*

So...
1. Team name: Europe
2. First time Toppler Participants -Did a YLTO member invite you to participate
in this Toppler? If so, who?: See above

Event entered & points for event: Greco-Roman Wrestling (all of the above)(2 pts)
Book read, enter link: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Number of pages: 314pp (2p)
Date published: 1984
Did you review?: Sort of, yes. (1p)
If so, link your review here: http://rusalkii.blogspot.com.au/2012/... To be updated and thought out while not panicking at work tomorrow. But rating will not change.

Drinks: points for this read. 6 (so 7.5 overall).

Rusalka - could you edit both the score cards you did and change your page # scores to 2 pts? That will give you an additional 2 points over all.

My final score card is for drinks only: 3 pts.

YES!

Let's see - our team members won some events!

Connie won 100 meter dash (score card up)
Sam won "Flash in the Pan"
Rusalka won "Sharp Shooter"

I don't think there were points awarded for Sam & Rusalk... maybe just badges.

Hmmm... I shall not relay what my cheerleader is yelling about Sam and I winning events and no points. No matter how amusing it is.
I think next time I will need to convince him to compete in his own right.

I'm gonna bet those events will mean points. Kat just hasn't told us about it yet :)

Also, snoring time for me again. Love all your work and will look forward to waking up to the results on the morrow.

Sleep well Team Europe!!!

I am not sure I understand that either. Looks to me like we all would earn the points for the events entered unless it is a team event. Maybe the points all go to the team unless we win the event? Then it seems those points should still go to the team. It is not clear.

Rusalka wrote: "Hmmm... I shall not relay what my cheerleader is yelling about Sam and I winning events and no points. No matter how amusing it is.
I think next time I will need to convince him to compete in his ..."

Ooooo I'm intrigued...

Connie wrote: "I am not sure I understand that either."

Connie, Hope your head feels better!

Did everyone get their final drink tally up?

(Can you tell that I'm squeezing out every point I can?)

Rusalka wrote: "Connie wrote: "I am not sure I understand that either."

Connie, Hope your head feels better!"

It is much better thanks. The meds have kicked in. It usually lasts about two or three days. Off and on...but I have wonderful medication. Guess that is why I dozed off. Or part of the reason.

I have really enjoyed meeting you and reading with you and Sam. I hope we can be on the same team again.

Thanks for all your help, Janice! I enjoyed being on your team! Maybe we can do this again. I am looking forward to another toppler.

Thanks Connie

There will be another one coming up in October and I think it's a week long toppler.

I love non- fiction! I will be ready! Thanks, Judy! ; )

This is what I'll be reporting to the Toppler Chair:

Connie: 100M Dash - 6 pts
Connie: Weight-Lifting - 15 pts
Connie: Fencing - 6 pts
Connie: Drinks - 18 pts

Sam: Gynastics - 3 pts
Sam: Flash in the Pan - 1 pt
Sam: Drinks - 10.5 pts
Sam: Marathon - 10 pts

Janice: 3M Platform Diving - 5 pts
Janice: Invite Rusalka - 7 pts
Janice: Drinks - 7 pts

Rusalka: Fenching - 5 pts
Rusalka: Greco-Roman Wrestling - 5 pts
Rusalka: Sharp Shooter - 1 pt
Rusalka: Drinks 7.5

Grand Total: 107 Points!

Yoohoo - good work team.

(clarification: There were 3 AtW members who joined the Toppler and 3 mods who are members of AtW, so Judy decided we would share the invite points equally.)

Did Sam not get 10 points for completing the marathon?

Oops - yes!! She did. Thanks for pointing that out Connie.

I have editted our score card.

Janice wrote: "This is what I'll be reporting to the Toppler Chair:"

Seems fair to me. I was assuming you guys would work something out with us AtW-ers.

I am in awe of your 18 (!!) drinks points Connie. I was beginning to feel ill from all the water I drank.

Not to shabby for 4 of us! Good work!!

Woohoo well done us!!!

I think we've done ourselves proud!

Rusalka wrote: "Janice wrote: "This is what I'll be reporting to the Toppler Chair:"

Seems fair to me. I was assuming you guys would work something out with us AtW-ers.

I am in awe of your 18 (!!) drinks points..."

I kept drinking bottled water! 16.8 oz. per bottle. ; )
I kept my kidneys working overtime! I think I lost several pounds drinking water and green tea. " happy dance"

See, Topplers can totally be GOOD for your health too ;-)

Well done Team Europe!

I know how many trips I made to the bathroom. It was equal to the number of cups of tea/water/juice etc that I drank.

How did you make out Connie? Was the bathroom your favorite reading hangout?

I kept a path between the den and the bathroom. heehee

I detoxed my system! For sure!

LOL! Reading is good for the system at that rate. :)

I think I'll have a bottle of water and celebrate Team Europe's success!

LOL! Enjoy that bottle of water. I had left over tea in my teapot so I added sugar and put it in the fridge. I have iced tea with which to celebrate.