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

Team 3:

Sarah
Carol
Lisa
Lori Z
Connie
Jennifer
Vicki
Jannene
Fee
Lynn

Thanks Janice! I am on my iPad and it wasn't working.

At least now you can start chatting and planning. I'm sorry you're having problems.

I was just jumping on to do this! Thanks, Janice. :) Maybe it was just an iPad issue, Jannene. It can be weird sometimes.

X-Men
Wolverine - Read a book in the historical fiction genre
Storm - Read a book where a natural disaster is central
Cyclops - MC requires glasses or is blind
Rogue - Read a romance
Beast - Read a fairytale retold
Professor Xavier - MC is a teacher or professor
Magnito - Read a book with an anti-hero

Justice League
Superman - Read a classic
Wonder Woman - Read a book with a female MC who can kick butt
Batman - Read a book with a very wealthy MC, can be nonfiction about a very wealthy person
Aquaman - Book cover has water on it
Flash - Read a book that is more than 175 pages, but less than 250 pages
Green Lantern - Book cover has a ring or other piece of jewelry on it
Cyborg - Read a book with a cyborg, robot, or artificial intelligence

Avengers
Captain America - Book is set in the United States
Iron Man - MC is a scientist or science professor or is an inventor
Hawkeye - Read a book with the word arrow in the title or an arrow on the cover or where a character uses a bow and arrow
Black Widow - Read a book with espionage
Thor - Read a book with an alien
Hulk - Read a book in the science-fiction genre
Antman - Read a book with an animal MC or from an animal’s perspective

Suicide Squad
Captain Boomerang - Read a book with a thief or where something is stolen
Deadshot - MC carries or uses a gun
Enchantress - Read a book with an archaeologist or where someone finds an artifact or there is an antique shop
Harley Quinn - Story involves a mental institution / insane asylum / hospital for the mentally ill
Katana - Read a book set in Japan or with a Japanese MC or author
Killer Croc - Read a book that takes place on or under the water (Near water, such as on a beach, does not count)
El Diablo - Book cover that has fire on it

Thanks Janice! I was just getting ready to set up our thread and saw you beat me to it, lol.

We need a team captain and keeper of the spreadsheet.
Team name suggestions?

Books that I have that can fill slots. I try for three but typically do more. I will be on vacation part of that time.

**Edited to bold the books committed, others if time.**

✔️Wonder Woman or Dead Shot or Aquaman - The Girl In The Ice
✔️Captain Bommerang or Wolverine - SPQR I: The King's Gambit
✔️Captain Boomerang Deadshot or El Diablo -
✔️Harley Quinn or Captain America or Captain Boomerang - The Lion, the Lamb, the Hunted book was based in Texas
✔️Green Lantern: Keeper of the Bride

El Diablo: Jeopardy in July
El Diablo or Wolverine: Pompeii: City on Fire
Aquaman: Blood Island
Captain Boomerang or Black Widow: Exit Strategy

Hi fellow teammates!
The first thing that came to mind for a team name was SuperReaders. Its all I got so far.

I usually commit to at least 3 books, but try for more.

I'll start with:
Captain America: Murder Packs a Suitcase
Cyclops: The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Storm: The Children's Blizzard

Depending on time:
Flash: Texas Lullaby
Rogue: Cowboy Dad
Hulk: The Accidental Time Machine

Looking forward to toppling with you all!

Hi everyone

I'm a very slow reader so I'm only going to be able to contribute 1 book Live to Tell by Lisa Gardener

I will commit to 2 books, 1 will definitely be Katana, and will do my best to get in a 3rd if the fates smile on me. Books I'm considering:

Divining Women by Kaye Gibbons (works for Captain America and Flash)
The Gourmet Club: A Sextet by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (works for Katana and Flash)
by Yukio Mishima (works for Katana and Aquaman)
Embers by Sándor Márai (Flash)
The Madonna of Notre Dame by Alexis Ragougneau (Flash)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Superman)
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton or Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote (both work for Captain America and Superman) (my editions have more than 175 pages, but finding them in the GR list will take some time)

Hi teammates

I have two books I'll be reading for certain:
Superman- Flowers for Algernon
Magneto, Flash, or Antman?- Hide the Elephant

I'm still trying to gopher up some more

Lori that sounds like a great name!

Maud's Line is historical fiction.
Can also read a classic

Hello All

I will commit to three books at the moment (but will try to do more) and from my month's tbr I can easily do the following tasks:
Katana - Read a book set in Japan or with a Japanese MC or author
Antman - Read a book with an animal MC or from an animal’s perspective
Rogue - Read a romance 
Hulk - Read a book in the science-fiction genre 
Wolverine - Read a book in the historical fiction genre
Beast - Read a fairytale retold
Batman - Read a book with a very wealthy MC
Flash - Read a book that is more than 175 pages, but less than 250 pages 
Captain America - Book is set in the United States

The top one (Katana) I would like to definitely be put down for, but otherwise I'm happy to be directed to whatever task is best for the team

Lori Z wrote: "The first thing that came to mind for a team name was SuperReaders. Its all I got so far. ."

I like it, the only other thing that comes to mind at the moment is Triple Threat.

Hi teamies. Good to see you're getting started with planning etc.

I like the name SuperReaders. Can our tag line be "Book addicts and proud"?! (Borrowing and adapting a line from xmen there).

I am away the first weekend friday to sunday. I will still be reading, just not online.

I cannot commit to doing any organising or team captaining this time around as my head isn't exactly with it this week what with what's happened. So if we could have a volunteer for team captain, one for spreadsheet that would be fab. Any takers?

I have done some gophering. Most of my books fit for the Hulk task. I don't know what I'm going to feel like reading yet so if I could have that task it would give me plenty of flexibility. Not sure how many books I'll get read. Perhaps I can read more than the 1 but I don't know yet. I might just have to fill in the gaps. Sorry I cannot be of more help.

Hi Team 3!

I like "SuperReaders" as a team name too.

I will commit to two books, but I might be able to squeeze in a third depending on how things go.

My options are:

Wolverine - The Horseman or The Gustav Sonata
Rogue - When a Scot Ties the Knot
Aquaman - Beside The Ocean of Time
Flash - The Bird Tribunal
Captain America - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Well if no one else is so inclined, I can make a spreadsheet and keep score. It won't be the prettiest spreadsheet but it will be serviceable.

Also SuperReaders sounds good to me too!

Vicki wrote: "Well if no one else is so inclined, I can make a spreadsheet and keep score. It won't be the prettiest spreadsheet but it will be serviceable.

Also SuperReaders sounds good to me too!"

It would be great if you could do the spreadsheet, Vicki. Thanks for offering :)

That would be awesome Vicki. Thank you. It doesn't need to be pretty. It just needs to have all the tasks listed down one side, team members across the top (or the other way around) and then we can mark off which person is allocated which task. Once read, the points can be added. Don't forget we gain bonus points when a whole section is completed too so. Once you've compiled it, if you post a link in the thread we can then all access it to ensure we're down for the right tasks etc.

Vicki wrote: "Well if no one else is so inclined, I can make a spreadsheet and keep score. It won't be the prettiest spreadsheet but it will be serviceable.

Also SuperReaders sounds good to me too!"

Thanks Vicki! Normally Sarah or I volunteer but it sounds like we both are tied up. Could I make a request that we get a link to it? Some of us (me) have OCD tendencies and look at it to see what is left to cover. A few of mine can fall into two categories.

Sarah wrote: "That would be awesome Vicki. Thank you. It doesn't need to be pretty. It just needs to have all the tasks listed down one side, team members across the top (or the other way around) and then we can..."

Looks like you are stuck with me again! I think that is three times now. Every time I sign up for the week long toppler.

Thanks Vicki, for volunteering as scorekeeper!

Here is the Spreadsheet

So far I've put an x for all the possibilities people have mentioned for each book into one column to easier see the groupings but it looks like way more books than we've actually selected.

We can definitely trim some Flash, Superman and Captain America to their other possibilities.

Can anyone's Hulk books be turned into Cyborg or Iron Man?

I'll try to put x's into everyone's column for their picks

My Hulk book, The Accidental Time Machine may work for Iron Man. It sounds like the MC becomes an "accidental" inventor. I could double check with Kristie, and if she approves we can switch it.

The book I have planned is under Harley Quinn. Just wondering the could someone tell me if Lisa Gardener's Live To Tell would fit in that category? One of the main characters work in a pediatric mental facility but it's not the main plot. Does that count or does it have to take place in the whole book?

I know we were on the same team last time Jannene but couldn't remember about the time before.

Thanks for the spreadsheet Vicki. Looks great.

I am planning on reading The Forever War first I think. It fits for Hulk for sure. It might fit for Thor too as it mentions alien race but I'm not sure if we get to see any of them yet until I start reading. It could also work for Deadshot as it's a military book and he's bound to have a gun of some kind. But again I won't know until I start it.

If I finish that one, I have some other options too from the following:
Madness - Superman, Harley Quinn ? (256pg)
Cobweb Bride - Rogue (293pg)
The Left Hand of Darkness - Hulk (304pg)
Sarah's Key - Wolverine (305pg)
Flowers for Algernon - Superman, Hulk (311pg)
The Last Colony - Hulk (320pg)
The Magician's Lie - Wolverine (320pg)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Harley Quinn (325pg)
Ship Breaker - Hulk (326pg)
The Quantum Thief - Hulk (336pg)
The Golden Man - Hulk (336pg)
Three Parts Dead - Wonder Woman (336pg)
The Far Time Incident - Prof X, Iron Man (342pg)
Dark Matter - Hulk (342pg)

Sorry I cannot be clearer on how many I will read and what I can commit to now. As much as I want to get involved and take up a number of tasks, I don't want to put any undue pressure on myself.

@Jennifer - best to ask in the main thread if Kristie thinks it will work. I'm guessing it needs to be the main setting. Something like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

The spreadsheet looks great, Vicki!

I will probably start with The Bird Tribunal (Flash) or When a Scot Ties the Knot (Rogue).

I will definitely be reading for the category Katana - Read a book set in Japan or with a Japanese MC or author

As I'm the only one down for Batman - Read a book with a very wealthy MC, I will definitely read that one too.

Vicki - I notice that Prof X doesn't have someone down for it. It wasn't in my original list but put me down for it as I've found a book that I can read.

Those 3 I'll guarantee to read and then get back to you if I find I have time for more

These are my more definite picks

Pretty sure i will get these 3:
Magneto: Hide the Elephant
Black Widow: The Alice Network
Beast: The True Story of Hansel and Gretel -audio

If I still have time:
Cyborg: The Clockwork Dynasty
Superman or maybe Antman: Flowers for Algernon
Ironman: How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky-audio (i'm still trying to find something shorter though)

I can read Curses! for Enchantress.

SuperReaders is a fabulous name!

I'm going to read for the Harley Quinn task

I have found a book for Hawkeye: Robin: Lady of Legend

I just found a great looking book that will work for either Wolverine, Cyborg, Hulk, Ironman, Enchantress... maybe more?

The Clockwork Dynasty

Don't forget that a book can only be counted for one task. But it's great the book can fit so many tasks as it can be moved around to maximise points if needed.

Yup. I think I will try to squeeze it in for Cyborg.

So far the only category that has never been mentioned by anyone in Killer Croc. X-men should be completed once with a few peoples first pic books. We can complete the same groups more than once I believe.

Yes we can complete the same sections more than once and we don't need to cover all of the sections if we don't want to.

We have another team member just added. Welcome Annerlee! Good to have you on our team.

Hi folks. Looks like I'm on the best team!
Looking at the spreadsheet, it seems we're missing Thor (alien) and killer croc (water), so I'll pick up those 2 if you like. I may read more, but not promising just now.

Unless there are other categories to pick up. ?

Hallo SuperReaders,

you already mentioned so many interesting books. I still need some time to choose my books but i plan on reading two or three. Very excited for the toppler. :-)

Welcome, Annerlee!

Hi Fee! Good to have you on our team. Looking forward to seeing what books you choose.

Awesome, I've added you to the spreadsheet.

If you're looking at the spreadsheet I put a large X for the books people think are certain and little x's for all the other books we want to read if we get to them. But we've all mentioned more books than we can read in a week so no one should count on those little x's.

Connie (Ava Catherine) wrote: "I have found a book for Hawkeye: Robin: Lady of Legend"

You can count on me for this book (post 34) and the book in post 32, too.

Edited message 7 with the book commitments. A few fit into two categories so we can fill where needed. I am driving 6-8 hours to our vacation site (then back) so I am depending on my audiobooks.

I can also read a book for Deadshot

So Kristie approved my Hulk book of The Accidental Time Machine can be used for Iron Man, so if that's where its needed we can use it.
I also have a book for Killer Croc and could drop Flash, if needed, however, I don't know if I'll get it read. Guess we'll see how the week goes. Fingers crossed.

So do we have any sections looking like they will be completed at this stage? We should perhaps focus on that one first.

I can read a book for Killer Croc (takes place on water): The Voyage by Philip Caputo.