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Hi Team Three!

Roz
Katrisa
Jayme
Amanda(Lily)
Casceil
Odette

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Hey Team - We are having such horrible weather here that I decided to play around with a spread sheet since I can't get in the pool. lol
Take a look at it and let me know your thoughts.

That’s great Jayme. So glad you had time on your hands, even if it meant you couldn’t get in the pool.
I’m off to start gophering.
Any suggestions for a catchy name, teammates?

Nice, Jayme! I have no name ideas, so whatever you all come up with is fine with me.

Jayme wrote: "Hey Team - We are having such horrible weather here that I decided to play around with a spread sheet since I can't get in the pool. lol
Take a look at it and let me know your thoughts.

..."

Looks great, thanks Jayme. I also have some time on my hands as well, as it is so cold and windy here.

As far as a catchy name was thinking about something to do with going back to the past. Perhaps, 'Back in Time', 'Turn back the Clock', 'Time Travellers'

A question about the books to read. Can they be new books that fit the categories or do they need to be ones that have been on my TBR list for some time.

They can be new books that fit the categories.
Great ideas for a team name.
I really like "Time Travellers"

Time Travellers works for me.

Hi everyone! Thanks for making a spreadsheet Jayme! I like time travelers. Maybe we can use 3s as Es in travelers to tie in the team 3
Time Trav3l3rs

I can read these 4 books.

Serial Killing
Jasmine Sea by Phillipa Nefri Clark - 2nd in series
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty - 5th in series

Zany Zodiac
Fire with Fire by Candice Fox
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood (Canada)

Katrisa wrote: "Hi everyone! Thanks for making a spreadsheet Jayme! I like time travelers. Maybe we can use 3s as Es in travelers to tie in the team 3
Time Trav3l3rs"

Very clever. I will change our name on the thread since it seems everyone likes the name.

If people want to start posting what tasks they could read, I can start plugging their names in the spread sheet for the task that way we can see which years it looks like we can complete for the extra bonus points.

Also, if you can write if your book could also fit another task that way we can move books around if we need to.

I can read:

2014
The Winners - 671 pages - chunkster
If someone else has chunksters that connect, this book will also work for 2016 - 3rd in series

2015
Paper Cuts - 6th in series - could also fit 2017 - country of birth
Iron Lake or Cherry Pie or Die or Delilah Green Doesn't Care- 1st in series
Light of the Spirit - 4th in series

2022
Harlem Shuffle - set in New York
First Grave on the Right - published 2011
East Wind, Rain - author Paul - also works for 2022 direction in title and 2020 airplane on cover

Maybe?
I have a 6th book that I may be able to get to The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old it can work for two places, so I will read it last to see where it needs to go
2021 - task 3 "secret" in title or 2018 - character over 60
but if you have books that can be read for those tasks, go for it since I may not get to this one.

2020
A Dangerous Business - set in California

I can read these:

Set on an island (2016) - The Only Survivors
Take Home Item: Bird (2016) - Other Birds
Published in 2019 (2021) - A Woman Is No Man

I'll start with:

2022: Road Trip

Burnout (headlights)
Remembering the Bones (bones in title)

If someone else has books for the chunkster, I just realized I can read books for 3rd and 4th in a series (but I couldn't also read the chunkster) - that way we will have closed that year for bonus points unless someone else has books for the series.

What do you all think?

I can read The Lost Metal, which works for either chunkster or fourth in series.

Amanda wrote: "I can read The Lost Metal, which works for either chunkster or fourth in series."

If you read it for the chunkster, it can connect to my chunkster because they were both written in 2022 - that would work! What do you think?

Jayme wrote: "Amanda wrote: "I can read The Lost Metal, which works for either chunkster or fourth in series."

If you read it for the chunkster, it can connect to my chunkster because they were ..."

Sounds good to me!

I can swap my 2 books under Zany Zodiac to Chunker Connection. Better to try and have some complete sections.

Surfacing - Paperback version 199 Pages
Fire with Fire - Paperback version 480 pages
Total 679 pages which meets criteria of 2 books of 500+ pages

I was looking at the spreadsheet and I can do The Winter of the Witch for the 3rd book in a series. Or it would work for my favorite genre (2017 challenge) and it was published in 2019 (the 2021 challenge)

I can also do nonfiction (2020 challenge) with Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own

Odette wrote: "I can swap my 2 books under Zany Zodiac to Chunker Connection. Better to try and have some complete sections.

Surfacing - Paperback version 199 Pages
Fire with Fire - ..."

Don't forget that they have to connect some way with one of the chunksters and with each other, so how do they connect?

update after looking at books :)
Surfacing can connect with The Winners because they are both contemporary fiction and Surfacing and Fire with Fire can connect because Fire with Fire is also contemporary fiction.

Odette wrote: "I can swap my 2 books under Zany Zodiac to Chunker Connection. Better to try and have some complete sections.

Sorry did not read Kristie's version carefully and is not going to work as there is no connection between the 2 books I chose. Still want to go for the Chunkster connection, so will substitue one of the books

Instead of Surfacing, I will read Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis by Tim Flannery - 256 pages

The connection now between this book and Fire with Fire are that they are both written by Australian authors.

Hopefully that is me sorted now with
2 books in Chunksters and
2 books in series.

Katrisa wrote: "I can also do nonfiction (2020 challenge) with Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own"

Plugged it in for nonfiction 2020

Katrisa wrote: "I was looking at the spreadsheet and I can do The Winter of the Witch for the 3rd book in a series. Or it would work for my favorite genre (2017 challenge) and it was published in 2..."

Let's plug it in for third in the series. I have a book that I can read for 4th in a series and then that year will be complete.

Odette wrote: "Odette wrote: "I can swap my 2 books under Zany Zodiac to Chunker Connection. Better to try and have some complete sections.

Sorry did not read Kristie's version carefully and is not going to work..."

Do you have the hardback or paper back version of Fire with Fire? The hardback is 517 pages. If you have the hardback you won't have to read the other one for chunkster.

Also, they would all connect because they are all contemporary fiction

Jayme wrote: "Odette wrote: "I can swSurfacingap my 2 books under Zany Zodiac to Chunker Connection. Better to try and have some complete sections.

Sounds good! Did not think of contemporary fiction
Our posts crossed, so will read Surfacing and Fire with Fire

Just had a look and my paperback/softcover copy has 448 pages

Roz wrote: "I'll start with:

2022: Road Trip

Burnout (headlights)
Remembering the Bones (bones in title)"

You are plugged in for those tasks

Odette wrote: "Jayme wrote: "Odette wrote: "I can swSurfacingap my 2 books under Zany Zodiac to Chunker Connection. Better to try and have some complete sections.

Sounds good! Did not think of conte..."

Will put you in for those tasks and remove the other ones.

Jayme wrote: "Odette wrote: "Jayme wrote: "Odette wrote: "I can swSurfacingap my 2 books under Zany Zodiac to Chunker Connection. Better to try and have some complete sections.

Sounds good! Did not..."

My copy of Fire with Fire has 448 pages. It is a large paperback. So near to 500 pages, however other book is short.

I will be on vacation the whole toppler time so i won't be able to read my usual number, but i think I can fit in one more. I can do Scattered Showers

for rainbow on the cover (2016 challenge)

I have a couple of other books that I'll try to read for 2021 and 2022 but I'm not going to firmly commit at this point.

No worries Roz. We do what we can do 😊 I just happen to have a light week the week of the Toppler, so can read a few more books than usual, but of course that could all change lol

Katrisa wrote: "I will be on vacation the whole toppler time so i won't be able to read my usual number, but i think I can fit in one more. I can do Scattered Showers
[bookcover:Scattered Showers|6..."

Got it!

Hey Team
I was thinking about different strategies to get the most points and I was wondering if we want to try and complete the year for the bonus points, or we can just read what we want and no stress?

We have years 2014 & 2015 filled. I'm going to look and see if I have other books that might help complete a year since I have some books in years that don't look like they will be filled.
Does that make sense?

I think that’s the best strategy, Jayme. I’ll look at what I have and see if I can switch out some of my options to complete a year.

Roz wrote: "I think that’s the best strategy, Jayme. I’ll look at what I have and see if I can switch out some of my options to complete a year."

Are you thinking about moving your books for the year 2022? I actually have 2 books that could help fill that year and then you wouldn't have to move them.

I'm going to remove my book from 2020/California and read First Grave on the Right for 2022 - published in 2011.
If someone has a book that would fit for published in 2011, I can move it because I have another book that would fit either author named Paul or directions in title.

Jayme wrote: "Roz wrote: "I think that’s the best strategy, Jayme. I’ll look at what I have and see if I can switch out some of my options to complete a year."

Are you thinking about moving your books for the y..."

I don’t think my 2 books are movable after checking.

I can swap out A Woman Is No Man (Published in 2019 (2021)) for The Hypnotist's Love Story (Set in Australia (2016)) to help finish 2016.

Awesome. I'll switch it now on the spreadsheet.

If anyone has a book that would fit in one of my tasks, I can easily switch because I've found other books that will work for other tasks that I am just keeping in the wings,

Jayme, if you want I can read 2015 (6th or more in a series). I have The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon.

Roz wrote: "Jayme, if you want I can read 2015 (6th or more in a series). I have The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon."

Cool, I'll put you in for 6th in series. I have a book that can fit both "author named Paul" and "direction in title" for 2022, so if someone has a book for either of those I can easily flipflop my book. Which means we are one away from completing that year.

Casceil still needs to check in, so we'll see what tasks she can read and go from there.

Hey, so for my trip I am going on, I am flying to Oregon to my sister's place and then the 2 of us are driving down the coast to San Diego and I thought we were going to leave on the 2nd on our drive, but she ended up having to reschedule an appointment so we aren't leaving until the 3rd. Anyway, we already had a book planned for our drive but I didn't think I could use it for the toppler since we were going to be going on the 2nd - but now I will be able to use it.
So I can do Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith. Maybe replace my nonfiction book (Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Ownwith this one and I can see if I can find another book that can fit somewhere we need it?

I was looking at the holes we have in some of the sections. I got a book with a direction - I don't know if I will get to it or not, but I did rent it from the library just in case.
North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Katrisa wrote: "I was looking at the holes we have in some of the sections. I got a book with a direction - I don't know if I will get to it or not, but I did rent it from the library just in case.
[book:North: F..."

Great - I'll plug you in for that one with a question mark and we will see how it goes.

And what a fabulous sounding trip. The Northwest and Pacific coasts are so beautiful. Henry and I are heading out to Washington state the last two weeks of June to hike Olympic, North Cascade and Mt. Rainer National Parks.
Let the summer vacations begin!

Hi Team - I created a thread for reporting our books. I hope you all don't mind that I did that, I think my type A personality is showing.

Also, I've been in contact with Casceil and she's waiting to see where everyone is plugging in their books, and then will fill in the gaps. She will be our secret weapon!

My chunkster The Winners is waiting patiently for me to start reading it. I can't wait to get to the book. It's been on my TBR for way to long.

Katrisa wrote: "Hey, so for my trip I am going on, I am flying to Oregon to my sister's place and then the 2 of us are driving down the coast to San Diego and I thought we were going to leave on the 2nd on our dri..."

That book looks really interesting - just put it on my TBR. Henry and I are currently section hiking the Appalachian trail in Virginia and North Carolina. It will take us years to finish. I can't imagine running the trail!

Good morning, team! I have summer reading kickoff at the library this morning, but The Only Survivors is ready and waiting for me to get home.

Happy Toppling, everyone!
I'm starting with Burnout (2022 headlights). It's short so it should be quick and easy.