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

February Toppler
Team 2

Annerlee
Ariane
Cherie
Connie
Debra
Dominique
Emily
Esther
Jannene
Lanelle
Roz
Tejas Janet

February Bizarre and Unique Holidays:

Month:
• American Heart Month – read a book with vampires, werewolves, or shapeshifters
or
read a book with a bizarre method of killing
• An Affair to Remember Month – read a romance if you hate romance books (worth 20 points)
• Black History Month – Read a book with a Black main character who is a soldier
or
read a book that deals with civil rights
• Canned Food Month – read a dystopian or apocalyptic book, preferably where shortage of food is a problem (must provide a recipe that uses canned goods)
• Creative Romance Month – Read a book with a creative love story (i.e., human and alien or AI)
• Great American Pie Month – pick out a verse and read a book related to your interpretation. Explain the relationship. (worth 10 extra points)
• National Cherry Month - read a book with a cherry or a beer on the cover. Tell us at least one similar phrase. And if you’re a beer drinker, tell us your favorite beer.
• National Children’s Dental Health Month – read a book recommended for children
(5 extra points if it’s a Newbery Award winner)
• National Grapefruit Month – read a book with a fruit you don’t like on the cover
• National Weddings Month – read a book with a couple that isn’t married, but are in a committed relationship

Weekly Celebrations
International Flirting Week – For five points, who would you like to flirt with? No book needed.

Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:
• Ground Hog Day - read a book set somewhere you’d rather be this month
• Bubble Gum Day – read a book where someone does something that qualifies them for being too stupid to live
or
read a book with bubbles on the cover
• Create a Vacuum Day – read a book with science listed as one of the genres on its GR home page.
• Thank a Mailman Day - read a book that features snail mail, postcards, diary or journal (communication not e-mailed, texted, tweeted, on facebook)
• Superbowl Sunday – read a book with a patriot theme
• Lame Duck Day – read a book with a rating of 3.5 or less on GR. Tell us if it was worth it
• National Pizza Day – read a food related book. (5 extra points if you are eating pizza while reading, and tell us what your favorite pizza is)
• Make a Friend Day – First make a list of ten books on your tbr, then have another participant pick one for you
• Clean out Your Computer Day – read a genre that’s new to you or one you rarely read if there’s nothing you haven’t tried
• Get a Different Name Day – read a book with a character who has a name you wish was your own. Tell us why you chose that name.
• Ferris Wheel Day – read a book that scares you (sleeping with the lights on, keeping a weapon nearby, jumping at every little noise)
• National Organ Donor Day – read a book with a body organ as part of the title
• Hoodie Hoo Day – read book from your favorite genre
• Love Your Pet Day – read a book that features your favorite type of pet
• George Washington's Birthday – read a book where the person on the cover looks like they’ve had plastic surgery or some other alteration (boob job, botox, lip plumping, liposuction, or some really good airbrushing)
• Walking the Dog Day – read a book with a magician, mage, illusionist
• Open That Bottle Night – read a book with a beverage on the cover. You have to mix up a drink that represents the book (it doesn’t need to be alcoholic, but try to add something to it (suggestions: if tea, squeeze some fruit juice in it or heat some spices in the water; if water add something like cucumber slices)
• National Pistachio Day - read a book that’s considered a humorous book
• Oscar Night – read a book that’s been made into a movie (5 extra points if you see (or have seen) the movie and compare it to the book quality wise)
• Tell a Fairy Tale Day – read a book that takes place in a make-believe land.
• Polar Bear Day – read an erotica book
or
read a book with a cover that makes you go "Whaaaat?" (snark it for 5 extra points)
• Public Sleeping Day – read a book with characters who are sleeping outside (campers, homeless, protesters, hopeful ticket purchasers)

Hey, team. I'm so excited for Toppler!



Does anyone want to be our Captain?

How about a team name?

name: Two Tough To Topple

Good one, Cherie.

I thought of Double Trouble : )

Or maybe Holiday Hot Shots??

Hi team! All team names are excellent suggestions...

hi team!!! It's been a while since my last toppler. i missed them...

Hi all! I love "Two Tough To Topple "

I've been looking at the suggested names so far...
How about "2 Tough, Hot, and Troubled" :)P

Lanelle, could be my personal mantra for this middle-age time of my life, LOL!!

i'm fine with any of them.

Tejas Janet wrote: "Lanelle, could be my personal mantra for this middle-age time of my life, LOL!!"

I'm just starting that particular time. I completely understand!

I completely understand "2 Tough, Hot and Troubled" but I'm for "Two Tough To Trouble".

Roz wrote: "I completely understand "2 Tough, Hot and Troubled" but I'm for "Two Tough To Trouble"."

Roz, do you mean, "Two Tough To Topple"? Or are you suggesting another option, "Two Tough to Trouble"?

Oops, that should be "Two Tough To Topple".

Roz wrote: "Oops, that should be "Two Tough To Topple"."

Do we have a winner?

BTW, I am willing to unleash my spreadsheet addiction if needed. I can keep track.

Esther wrote: "Do we have a winner?

BTW, I am willing to unleash my spreadsheet addiction if needed. I can keep track."

I like 'Two Tough To Topple". I think we have a winner if its okay with everyone.

Thanks for volunteering to keep score for us, Esther. Set up the reporting thread with your instructions for us whenever you're ready.

I like Two Tough To Topple too (what a sentence... mmm) and thank you Esther !!

I agree about Two Tough To Topple. It's my favorite, two, I mean too : )

AND thank you for volunteering, Esther, to be the keeper of the spreadsheet for tracking reading/scoring!!

I'm going to change this thread to our chosen team name.

How is everyone's gophering going?
Is anyone focusing on the holidays that get extra points?

I'm planning to go for the extra points first. I've not decided on any books yet though.

Just checked... I think I can do:

Hate romance (need to find something shortish...)

Oscar night : thinking One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which will double for my hospital choice in the annual challenge.

National Pizza: Food and eating pizza. Easy

Flirting week: a free 5 points!

Snark: My snark idea is also my romance book.. but we're not allowed to double categories for one title (shame). I'll look through my ebook library to see if I can find anything else.

American Pie... I may struggle to come up with a convincing argument for a book. I'll need to think about this one. Somethng about Rolling Stones / horror for verse 5?

My issue will be finding books that aren't all 300 pages plus.

Anyone else going for the extra points?

I think I have a Children's book (Newberry Award). Does When You Reach Me qualify?

Roz wrote: "I think I have a Children's book (Newberry Award). Does When You Reach Me qualify?"

It does. I actually have it on my list of possibilities for this Toppler.

Hi, team! I have just started looking at the list and thinking about possible books.
I could read Bridge to Terabithia as a Newberry Winner 5 extra pts. - National Children's Dental Health Month
and
Thank a Mailman: Swimming Lessons
Black History Month: The House Girl (a maybe)
Romance: can read one and earn extra points because I don't read romances-avoid them unless they are classics.
Maybe: Love Your Pet Day and National Weddings Month
I'll gopher some more and come up with a more specific list of books.
I'm just not good with sci-fi or vampires and zombies.

I have four or five books lined up that I might be able to finish. I have at least one for the movies and one Newbery Award, maybe two. I left my list at work on Friday and I am off today.

I have no started gopphering yet, It's in my todo list for tomorrow,
As usual, I will commit to 2 books, one audio and one paper although I should add a few more.

Roz wrote: "I think I have a Children's book (Newberry Award). Does When You Reach Me qualify?"

https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...

It is according to Goodreads

Here's what I've gophered so far:

Newbery Awards winners
The Twenty-One Balloons
The Tale of Despereaux
Kira-Kira
When You Reach Me
The Crossover
Out of the Dust
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
The Graveyard Book
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH


Oscar night
The Princess Bride

Polar Bear Day
A Touch of Night (to snark about)

National Pizza Day
One Pair of Hands

Thank a Mailman Day
Skeleton Creek
Daddy-Long-Legs

National Organ Donor Day
I Heart You, You Haunt Me

I'd like to come up with a possibility for American Pie.

I'm still thinking about who I'd like to flirt with :)

I think I've got 6 books to choose from, but I know I won't finish all of them I'm looking for short contenders.
So far I have:
American Heart (bizarre killing method): Behold, Here's Poison - death by toothpaste
Canned Food Month: Into the Forest
National Children's Dental Month: When You Reach Me + Newberry Award
Ground Hog Day: A Caribbean Mystery
Thank a Mailman: Bridget Jones's Diary
Oscar Night: Psycho + I saw the movie and will compare

Seriously! If it really IS death by toothpaste, please let me know!

I think the poison is administered in the toothpaste. Otherwise I'm never brushing my teeth again!

Cherie wrote: "Seriously! If it really IS death by toothpaste, please let me know!"

Seriously? Death by toothpaste? Need to know more...

My snark title was



... but I don't think I can bring myself to read it. My toes curl and my teeth stand on edge just thinking about it. Not my taste at all. (And there are FIVE in the series)
Apologies to anyone who loves this genre BTW and especially to the author... sorry Jess

I've started gophering but haven't got my ducks lined up yet. Hope to soon.

Lanelle wrote: "Here's what I've gophered so far:


Polar Bear Day
A Touch of Night (to snark about)"

I can already think of a few snarky comments for that cover.

Ewe, what were they thinking?

J'mom and Cherie, did you look at both covers? I don't know which is worse!

I only looked at one.

Welcome to the team, Jannene.

Welcome, Jannene. Fired up to get started!

Lanelle wrote: "J'mom and Cherie, did you look at both covers? I don't know which is worse!"

Part of me says ick, and part of me says, oh super ick ; )

Hi all. I just got assigned. I will look and see what books fit. I can probably just do one or two.

Hi I have one Oscar Night and one, possibly two Newbery Award so far... still gophering...

International Flirting Week – For five points, who would you like to flirt with? No book needed. - Definitely Vin Diesel.

I have books lined up for these catagories.
National Organ Donor Day : Your Eyes in Stars. Yes, I am.
Oscar Night: A River Runs Through It - my copy has 219 pages. Yes, I have seen the movie.
Lame Duck Day: Happy People Read and Drink Coffee 3.14 rating as of last Friday.
National Children’s Dental Health Month:
Done Walk Two Moons. - is a Newbery Winner.
Done Jacob Have I Loved - is a Newbery Winner.
Done The Tale of Despereaux - is a Newbery Winner
Done The White Giraffe
Done Dolphin Song
Tell a Fairy Tale Day:
The Magician's Nephew - Narnia
At the Earth's Core - Pellucidar
Hoodie Hoo Day: Fantasy
Done Reap the East Wind - Dread Empire
Done The Book of Three
Supposed to be funny: I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot from School
Black History Month: Passing - not sure if it fits
Create a Vacuum Day: Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens: How Synesthetes Color Their Worlds
For American Pie: Charlotte in Love: The Courtship and Marriage of Charlotte Bronte because "Did you write the book of Love"
Done National Pizza Day - Food related: Recipes from an Edwardian Country House: Classic Tastes from the Aristocratic English Kitchen

*International Flirting Week - Vin Diesel
*Hoodie Hoo Day -
*George Washington's Birthday - - Her lips are really full and look like lip plumping to me.
Clean out Your Computer Day – (This would also fit lame duck).
National Cherry Month -
National Pizza Day -

The first three I am hoping to finish thus the *. The others are place holders so I don't have to search later.

I really hate romance and (biographies) books too. If we could find a short audible, I would take one for the team too.

Not exactly short but it was on my tbr list...not knowing it is on a romance list. .