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

Hi, All! Our Team 3 members are Lanelle, Amanda (Lily), Margo, Amanda, Odette, Saar, and Sharon. I thought I would go ahead and start our page.


We will need to name a captain and CoCaptain (scorekeeper)

Also, do we need a team name?

Ex: Triple Threats
Three Times the Charm
Lists, Lists, Lists

(Yeah, not my strongest skill!)

Thanks for starting our team thread, Sharon. I'm excited for this Toppler!

As for a team name, maybe -
Triple Reading Threats
3, 2, 1, Read
número, nombres, die nummer
reading as fast as MOLASSA (using our initials to spell molasses wrong)

Hi all, just reporting in. I can commit to 3 books but usually manage 5.

Lanelle wrote: "Thanks for starting our team thread, Sharon. I'm excited for this Toppler!

As for a team name, maybe -
Triple Reading Threats
3, 2, 1, Read
número, nombres, die nummer
reading as fast as MOLASSA (..."
Oh, I like Reading as fast as MOLASSA! It’s different!

Sharon wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "Thanks for starting our team thread, Sharon. I'm excited for this Toppler!

As for a team name, maybe -
Triple Reading Threats
3, 2, 1, Read
número, nombres, die nummer
reading as f..."

I like that name too 😀

I'm dyslexic so I wouldn't make a good captain or scorekeeper. The only skill I can offer is my ability to listen to audiobooks!

Sharon, I like your layout so I'll copy it. It's probably best if we all do it the came anyway.

I will commit to 4 to start. Here is a list of the 4 I can definitely do but I can be flexible if needs must - just let me know what numbers we need and I'll see what I can do.

Series: n/a
Title words:
Original publication year:
Letters in Title:
Pub. Day:
Pub. Month:
Pages:
Audio:

The Invention of Wings
13 hrs and 41 mins Published January 7th 2014 by Viking First Edition, Book Club Edition, Hardcover, 384 page
Series: n/a
Title words: 4
Original publication year: 4
Letters in Title: 9
Pub. Day: 7
Pub. Month: 1
Pages: 4
Audio: 1

The Road
6 hrs and 39 mins First published September 26, 2006
Series: n/a
Title words: 2
Original publication year: 6
Letters in Title: 7
Pub. Day: 6
Pub. Month: 9
Pages: 1
Audio: 9

Spirited
11 hrs and 41 mins Published July 9th 2020 by Orion Publishing Co Hardcover, 352 pages
Series: n/a
Title words: 1
Original publication year: 0
Letters in Title: 7
Pub. Day: 9
Pub. Month: 7
Pages: 2
Audio: 1

The Kaiju Preservation Society
8 hrs and 2 mins Published March 15th 2022 by Tor Books
Hardcover, 264 pages
Series: n/a
Title words: 4
Original publication year: 2
Letters in Title: 6
Pub. Day: 5
Pub. Month: 3
Pages: 4
Audio: 2

I don't know how many books I can commit to, but I can do at least one. I usually read several more.

Purgatory Ridge
Series: 3
Title Words: 2
Pub. Year: 2001
Letters in Title: 14
Pub. Day: 27
Pub. Month: 2
Pages: 428
Audio: 12 hr 51 min

I was hoping you all wouldn't mind if I worked on just one list.

4. Letters in title
*This is exact number of letters in the title.
*Spaces and punctuation, including hyphens, do not count.
*In the case of numbers, count the keystrokes not including spaces. So, 100 = 3 letters and One Hundred = 10 letters.
* Sub-titles do not count

✅ 1. K
2. 13, 50, X.1
✅ 3. Bob
4. Ella, Rose, Skip
✅ 5. Valor
✅ 6. Beauty
✅ 7. Valerie
✅ 8. As You Are
9. Snowbound, Ainsworth, Backwater, Touch Blue, Wolf Storm
✅ 10. Lover's Knot

Team: “Reads As Fast As MOLASSA”
Sharon, Lanelle, Amanda(Lily), Margo, Amanda(Mandy), Odette, Saar

COMPLETIONS

As you finish, just add the link to title, author and check off your selection. If you want to read for more, just choose an empty space. I will be also keeping track on a hard copy (because I am old😉) and I like to double check. If you think I have overlooked something, please let me know. I am not at all sensitive and appreciate the other eyes.

I. Series (Number of book in Series)
✔️1-The Gift (Sharon)
✔️2-The Man Who Died Twice (Mandy)
✔️3- Fields' Guide to Voodoo (Amanda Mandy)
✔️4-Winter Lost (Sharon)
✔️5- A Dying Fall, (Odette)
6-
7-
8-
9-
✔️10- Vermilion Drift (Sharon)

II. Number of words (Number of words in title. No subtitles)
✔️1-Reckoning (Sharon)
✔️2- Time Zone (Odette)
✔️3- Z for Zachariah (Sharon)
✔️4-The Invention of Wings (Margo)
✔️5-Tea with Milk and Murder (Odette)
✔️6-The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie (Sharon)
7-
8-
9-
10.

III. Publication Year (Last numeral in year of publication of edition you read.)
✔️1- Purgatory Ridge (Amanda)
✔️2- The Kaiju Preservation Society (Margo)
✔️3- A Place for Us (Sharon)
✔️4-Haunted Ground (Odette)
✔️5-Still Life (Amanda)
✔️6- The Road (Margo)
7-
✔️8- Yellowstone Inferno (Sharon)
9-
10-

IV. Letters in Titles (Lanelle has claimed this category)
✔️1- K. / by Mary Roberts Rinehart ; with Illustrations
2-13, 50, X.1
✔️3- Bob
✔️5-Valor
✔️6. Beauty
✔️7. Valerie Lanelle
✔️8- As You Are (Lanelle)
9- Snowbound, Ainsworth, Lover’s Knot, Backwater, Touch Blue, Wolf Storm
✔️10- Lover's Knot: A Mysterious Pride & Prejudice Variation (Lanelle)

V. Publication Day (Number of day of publication. Go by last numeral in double digits. Edition you read)
✔️1- Dancing with Dandelions (Odette)
✔️2-Count Your Lucky Stars (Amanda Lily)
✔️3-The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (Mandy)
4-
✔️5- Battle Mountain (Sharon)
6-
7-
8-
9-
✔️10- Zero Days (Amanda Lily)

VI. Month of Publication ( Edition you read. Use number or last numeral in double digits for month read: May=5, December =2)
1-
2-
3-
✔️4-Half a Soul (Mandy)
✔️5- Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Amanda Mandy)
✔️6-Zero Days Amanda
✔️7-Spirited Margo
8-
✔️9-Sometimes People Die (Margo)
✔️10- Gliff (Saar)

VII. Number of Pages (Editin you read. Last numeral in number of pages. Ex. 321=1)
✔️1-We'll Prescribe You a Cat Saar
✔️2-Fields' Guide to Assassins (Amanda Mandy)
3-
4-
5-
6-
7-
8-
9-
10-

Sharon wrote: "Lanelle: I am assuming you would choose one of the possibilities for each number?"

Yes. I just made a list of my options.

I think each task can only be done once. My goal is to read a book for each number in this category.

Sharon, thanks for starting this off. I am in a different time zone, so is just early morning here.
I would be happy to help out, but am not good with spreadsheets, especially with setting them up.
I have the time in the week to read 4 books, maybe 5.

Here are books I am happy to read

Here One Moment
Series =
Title words = 3
Original publication year = 4
Letters in title = 13
Original publication day = 10
Original publication month = 9
Pages = 2

A Dying Fall
Series = 5
Title words = 3
Original publication year = 2
Letters in title = 10
Original publication day
Original publication month
Pages

Tea with Milk and Murder
Series = 2
Title words = 5
Original publication year = 2
Letters in title = 20
Original publication day = 8
Original publication month = 1
Pages = 8

Time Zone
Series
Title words = 2
Original publication year = 2
Letters in title = 8
Original publication day = 7
Original publication month = 6
Pages = 3

Haunted Ground
Series
Title words = 2
Original publication year = 4
Letters in title = 13
Original publication day = 2
Original publication month = 9
Pages = 7

The Paris Apartment
Series
Title words = 3
Original publication year = 2
Letters in title = 17
Original publication day = 2
Original publication month = 2
Pages = 360

Lanelle wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Lanelle: I am assuming you would choose one of the possibilities for each number?"

Yes. I just made a list of my options.

I think each task can only be done once. My goal is to rea..."

That’s what I thought. Just making sure!

Hi Odette: Glad to be playing with you. I might need you to double check that I don’t skip anything! Hopefully Saar or Lily can do the spreadsheet!

I have updated. Please check and make sure it is correct for you. If no link is added, please add one instead of just the print copy. Without authors, I wasn’t always sure.

Sharon wrote: "Hi Odette: Glad to be playing with you. I might need you to double check that I don’t skip anything! Hopefully Saar or Lily can do the spreadsheet!"

Thanks, Sharon
The book for the 5th in series should be A Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths
I am flexible with book choices as I am just finishing off reading for first badge of annual challenge. So now have quite a lot to choose from.

Just noticed Time Zone is perhaps in wrong place as it has 8 letters, but only 2 words.

Odette wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Hi Odette: Glad to be playing with you. I might need you to double check that I don’t skip anything! Hopefully Saar or Lily can do the spreadsheet!"

Thanks, Sharon
The book for the ..."

Sorted! Me too!

There are no extra points for finishing one category, so can fit books in to any of the categories.
So could also look at choosing books that fit into the last 3 categories

5. Original publication day
*It must be the exact day. So, the 3rd day of the month, not the 13th or 23rd.

6. Original publication month
* Same as day, except using the month. January = 1, February = 2, etc. November and December will not qualify.

7. Pages
*Number of pages must end in the exact number you are reading for.

I am happy to maintain spreadsheet if I do not have to worry about setting it up and changing formulas etc.

What do you think about the name “Reading as Fast as MOLASSA”
Our initials…Lanelle’s skill, not mine!

I'm Amanda(Lily). I like the name “Reading as Fast as MOLASSA”, too.

Sharon wrote: "What do you think about the name “Reading as Fast as MOLASSA”
Our initials…Lanelle’s skill, not mine!"

I like it. Very clever!

Amanda wrote: "I'm Amanda(Lily). I like the name “Reading as Fast as MOLASSA”, too."

Welcome Amanda(Lily)!

In lookin at the scoring criteria, it looks pretty straightforward so I am not sure we even need a spreadsheet. I will keep up with it if you will call me out on anything I might overlook. Looking forward to playing. We are all checked in except for Saar and hopefully we will hear from her soon!

Sharon wrote: "In looking at the scoring criteria, it looks pretty straightforward, so I am not sure we even need a spreadsheet. I will keep up with it if you will call me out on anything I might overlook."

Thank you so much for tracking our books!

Can you put a link to which message you'll be using to keep track of what we're reading in the first post, so we don't have to scroll around looking for it? :)

I sure will, but probably not until Friday morning…

Hi everyone, I can commit to 2or 3 books. Will read everything through tomorrow, though.

Sharon wrote: "I sure will, but probably not until Friday morning…"

Thank you!

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Hi everyone, I can commit to 2or 3 books. Will read everything through tomorrow, though."

Hey, Saar.

I can add this one that just came in on my library holds.

Still Life
Series: 1
Title Words: 2
Pub. Year: 2005
Letters in Title: 9
Pub. Day: 3
Pub. Month: 10
Pages: 293
Audio: 9 hr 34 min (I'm going to listen to it)

Amanda wrote: "I can add this one that just came in on my library holds.

Still Life
Series: 1
Title Words: 2
Pub. Year: 2005
Letters in Title: 9
Pub. Day: 3
Pub. Month: 10
Pages: 293
Audio: 9 hr 34..."

One of my favorites. I love the whole series. Gotcha!

I have added it to Publication Year #5, if that’s ok.

Hey Saar!

Sharon wrote: "Amanda wrote: "I can add this one that just came in on my library holds.

Still Life
Series: 1
Title Words: 2
Pub. Year: 2005
Letters in Title: 9
Pub. Day: 3
Pub. Month: 10
Pages: 293..."

Sounds good!

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Hi everyone, I can commit to 2or 3 books. Will read everything through tomorrow, though."

Hi Saar, hope you're starting to feel a bit better x

@Margo: slowly, but better, thanks.

I can read the following:
Gliff
2. title words: 1
3. pub. year: 2024
4. letters: 5
6. pub. month: 10
7. pages: 284

Pottenbakken voor geluk
2. title words: 3
3. pub. year: 2023
4. letters in title: 21
5. pub. day: 1
6. pub. month: 3
7. pages: 320

I hope I'm correct. These are both Dutch translations.

Saar, I am sorry that you haven’t been feeling well. I hope all goes well. Just remember your health comes first.

I have added both of your books to the main list. I will be putting a link tomorrow or Friday and the message number it is on so that you can log in as you finish.

I have listed you as Pottenbakken boor geluk as Publication Day #1
Gliff, Month of Publication 10.

Lanelle: I just noticed that Lover’s Knot is 10 letters and not 9.

Sharon wrote: "Lanelle: I just noticed that Lover’s Knot is 10 letters and not 9."

Huh. It is. Thanks for catching that.

Amanda (Mandy) hasn't checked in yet. I'm friends with her here on Goodreads. I'll send her a message.

Lanelle wrote: "Amanda (Mandy) hasn't checked in yet. I'm friends with her here on Goodreads. I'll send her a message."

Thank you!

Sharon wrote: "Saar, I am sorry that you haven’t been feeling well. I hope all goes well. Just remember your health comes first.

I have added both of your books to the main list. I will be putting a link tomorro..."

Thanks, Sharon, for fixing this :)

Saar The Book owl wrote: "@Margo: slowly, but better, thanks.

..."

Glad to hear it Saar. We need you on top reading form for the coming week ;-p

No problem, haha!

Completions Link

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

Sharon wrote: "Any news on Amanda (Mandy)?"

I haven't heard back from her yet :(

I would like to add:

Zero Days
Series: n/a
Title Words: 2
Pub. Year: 2023
Letters in Title: 8
Pub. Day: 20
Pub. Month: 6
Pages: 356
Audio: 14 hr 10 min (I'm going to listen to it)

Amanda wrote: "I would like to add:

Zero Days
Series: n/a
Title Words: 2
Pub. Year: 2023
Letters in Title: 8
Pub. Day: 20
Pub. Month: 6
Pages: 356
Audio: 14 hr 10 min (I'm going to listen to it)"

Got it!

Sorry, ladies. I overlooked the thread before and today was traveling. I’ll look over what is left and post my list.