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

Hi everyone! We are Team O. Please help us to come up with a name and start suggesting books you'd like to read and where they'll fit.

Mikayla
Margo
Kristie
Carol
Esther
Fee
Sandra
Lori Z
Jake

Card 1:


Row 1:
Animal on Cover
First book in a series
Coming of age story
MC is a teacher or professor
Epistolary style book

Row 2:
Set during a war
MC has a job you'd like to have
Police procedural
Young adult
Vampires, werewolves, or ghosts

Row 3:
Set in 1800s
Books made into movies
Free Space! - Read any book
One word title
Person with glasses on cover

Row 4:
Title starts with "V"
Romance
Beach umbrella on cover
2nd book in a series
Female author

Row 5:
Proper name in title
Male author
Author's name begins with "F"
Horror
Snow on cover

Card 2:


Row 1:
Trees on cover
Standalone
Family drama
MC is a police officer or in the service (military)
Told in animal's perspective

Row 2:
Set in 1900s
MC has special powers
Mystery or Thriller
Beach setting
Witches or wizards

Row 3:
Set in the United States
Food on the cover
Free Space! - Read any book
Nonfiction
Person with a hat on the cover

Row 4:
Title starts with Z
Historical Fiction
Set in England
New Release (first published in 2017 or 2018)
Author debut

Row 5:
Family relationship in title (e.g. daughter)
Mountain setting
Author's name begins with T
Books with planes or trains (significant to story)
Classic

Card 3:


Row 1:
Elephant or tiger on cover
Last book in a series
Cozy mystery
MC is a lawyer or criminal
Translated book

Row 2:
Set in the future
MC has a disability
Science Fiction or Fantasy
Space setting
Shoes / boots on the cover

Row 3:
Set in Canada
Sea shells on the cover
Free Space! - Read any book
Humor
Person with a gun on the cover

Row 4:
Title starts with Y
Self-help
Set in Australia
Release date before 2000
Author using a pseudonym

Row 5:
Color in title
Time travel
Author's name starts with R
2017 Choice Awards nominee or winner
Book that a teammate rated 5★

Planning spot!

Carol:
Police procedural - Appleby's End
Set in 1800s - Dom Casmurro
Title starts with “V" - Voice of the Violin

Kristie:
One word title - Wonder
Coming of age story - Miller's Valley
2nd book in a series - Force of Nature

Margo:
Books made into movies - Carrie
Person with glasses on cover - Stoner
Author's name begins with “F" - The Great Gatsby
Animal on Covers - Flowers for Algernon or The Little White Horse

Mikayla:
Young adult - The Hazel Wood
Romance - Dark Angel

Lori Z:
Beach umbrella on cover - Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans

Jake:
Snow on cover - Beauty and the Beast Novelization
Proper Name in Title - Percy Jackson's Greek Gods


Tasks still to complete:
First book in a series
MC is a teacher or professor
Epistolary style book
Set during a war
MC has a job you'd like to have
Vampires, werewolves, or ghosts
Horror

Lower priority (easy to fill):
Male author
Female author
Free Space

Members still to check in with books:
Esther
Fee
Sandra

Yay, Team O! I'm horrible with team names, but will start working on gophering ASAP ....

Some of my reading thoughts -

I can read two (maybe 3) of these:
Wonder (one word title, YA, female author)
Silence Fallen (vampires, female author, 2nd card: new release)
The Hate U Give (YA, female author)
Miller's Valley (female author, coming of age, proper name)
Turtles All the Way Down (YA, male author)

and one of these:
If The Creek Don't Rise (female author, card 2 - Hist Fic, standalone, mountains)
Fierce Kingdom (female author)
Emma in the Night (proper name, female author)

I plan to gopher more and try to branch out with my tasks. I just went through the books I'm supposed to read for other reasons to see if they fit in here. I'll see what else I can find to fit tasks that aren't filled.

I mentioned this in the main thread, but just to repeat here - we should focus on the tasks in the first card first. If everyone reads approximately what the said they would, we should finish the first card and a few tasks on the second. If we focus too much on the second card and don't finish the first, we won't get any of those points. It's likely that we won't get to the third card at all.

I am also expecting two books from the library that I can try to fit in. They would have to take the place of the one book in the bottom group that I listed above, if I read one. Basically, I will be able to read one physical book this week and listen to two (maybe three) audios. That's the reason for the separation. The two library books are:

Force of Nature - 2nd in a series, female author
The Wife Between Us - female author, 2nd card: standalone and others

Krisrie, this chalkenge looks amazing!!

It's late here so I will start serching my tbr tomorrow. I should manage 3 to 4 books depending on lenth.

Love the team name Kristie 😃

I can read three (maybe 4) of these:

Foreigner (one word title, female author, set in 1900s (2nd card), author's name starts with R (3rd card), release date before 2000 (3rd card))

Appleby's End (police procedural, proper name in title, male author, set in England (2nd card), release date before 2000 (3rd card)

Dom Casmurro (set in 1800s, romance, proper name in title, male author, classic (2nd card), translated (3rd card), release date before 2000 (3rd card)

Voice of the Violin (title starts with "v", police procedural, male author, set in the 1900s (2nd card), translated (3rd card), release date before 2000 (3rd card))

The Quiet American (books made into movies, male author, set in 1900s (2nd card), set in England (2nd card), classic (2nd card)

Tuesday Nights in 1980 (female author, set in 1900s (2nd card), historical fiction (2nd card), set in the US (2nd card)

Gods of Howl Mountain (male author, family drama (2nd card), historical fiction (2nd card), set in 1900s (2nd card), set in the US (2nd card), new release (2nd card), mountain setting (2nd card),

Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination (horror, male author, mystery or thriller (2nd card), translated (3rd card), release date before 2000 (3rd card), author using a pseudonym (3rd card)

Thanks, Margo!

That's great, Carol. :) It looks like you have a few tasks that are different from mine and possibly difficult to fill, so that's excellent. Let's see what others come up with, then we can decide.

Hello, team!

Hi Sandra!

Hello! I’ve joined the team!

Welcome, Jake! How many books do you think you’ll be able to read?

Great challenge :-)
I will think about some books now.

Hello fellow teammates! Can't wait to start gophering! Great toppler, Kristie!

At first look this is what i've got. I will update if I find more.
Row 1:
Animal on Cover Flowers for Algernon The Little White Horse
First book in a series Stillhouse Lake
Coming of age story
MC is a teacher or professor
Epistolary style book A Life Discarded: 148 Diaries Found in a Skip
Row 2:
Set during a war The Boy in the Striped Pajamas War
MC has a job you'd like to have The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent Who wouldn't lol
Police procedural The Murder Bag 384p
Young adult The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Vampires, werewolves, or ghosts Day Shift
Row 3:
Set in 1800s Jacob T. Marley
Books made into movies Carrie Crooked House
Free Space! - Read any book
One word title Ubik Pines
Person with glasses on cover Stoner
Row 4:
Title starts with "V" Vinegar Girl
Romance Queen of Someday
Beach umbrella on cover
2nd book in a series For We Are Many
Female author Stillhouse Lake A Far Cry from Kensington Pines
Row 5:
Proper name in title Stoner Moriarty
Male author The Boy in the Striped Pajamas The Man in the High Castle Conclave
Author's name begins with "F" The Great Gatsby
Horror Carrie
Snow on cover

Kristie, does Thin Air meet the crireria for snow on cover?

Margo wrote: "Kristie, does Thin Air meet the crireria for snow on cover?"

I can't really tell that it's snow, Margo.

Kristie wrote: "Hi Sandra!"

I literally fell sleep as soon as I posted my comment yesterday. :D

I expect to have a couple of free hours this afternoon to do some gophering. Between the 13 and 15 of Feb I will be driving a total of 20 hours (15 of those completely alone), so it would be great if I could find a couple of audiobooks to fit there. That would give me some vantage. I will come back to report my findings. :)

Mikayla wrote: "I would suggest some things but my public library is missing a lot of books.

What if for Row 2 we do The Hazel Wood for a young adult novel?"

Are you suggesting that you'd like to read that for the toppler? I can add it to a schedule.

We will need to work together to complete the bingo card, so we will need to plan what everyone is going to read ahead of time. Will you be able to let us know your plans? Or are you planning to pick up the tasks that no one else has filled?

Margo wrote: "At first look this is what i've got. I will update if I find more.

Row 1:
Animal on Cover Flowers for Algernon The Little White Horse
First book in a series..."

This is awesome, Margo! Do you have a preference or are you able to read any that we need? Also, how many would you like me to add to the schedule?

edit: Margo, it seems that some of the books you added don't actually fit the tasks they're assigned to. For example, there isn't a person with glasses on the cover of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and I couldn't find an edition that has that. Also, Pines is written by Blake Crouch, who is a male author. I may move some of your books around if needed, but I'll still pick from the ones you have listed.

I'm going to start a spreadsheet for what we plan to read so that we know what tasks still need to be filled. If anyone else would like to take over this task, feel free to let me know.

In your posts, please let me know how many books you would like to start with on the schedule and which books (with tasks) you'd like me to choose from for the list.

Mikayla wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Mikayla wrote: "I would suggest some things but my public library is missing a lot of books.

What if for Row 2 we do The Hazel Wood for a young adult novel?"

Are y..."

Ok, I'll put you down for that one, then when you are ready to pick your next book, you'll just have to look at what tasks haven't been filled yet and tell us which task you're reading for.

Kristie wrote: "Margo wrote: "At first look this is what i've got. I will update if I find more.

Row 1:
Animal on Cover Flowers for Algernon The Little White Horse
First book in a s..."

Okay, person with glasses on the cover was a cut and paste error,
it should have been Stoner! But I was honestly convinced Blake Crouch was a woman! what a mistake to make LOL

As to preferences, I own all the books i've listed. I kinda want to read The Great Gatsby as it's my oldest book on GR! But it is a tiddler so if I am happy to fill in whatever gaps I can. I'm good for 4, maybe 5 if they're shortish :-)

I wish I could help with the spreadsheet but I wouldn't trust my dylexia :(

lol! That's great, Margo. :) I will add you for 4 and if you are able to read a fifth, we can add it later.

We're really going to need a book with a beach umbrella on the cover. If anyone has one they can read, please let me know.

Mikayla wrote: "Kristie wrote: "We're really going to need a book with a beach umbrella on the cover. If anyone has one they can read, please let me know."

Why We Broke Up. One edition of this boo..."

It has to be the edition you read though. Do you have a copy with the beach umbrella on it?

I can't find that edition on Goodreads.

I found a few that fit the task. It's just a matter of whether someone wants to read them and has access to them. So far, I found these:



I saw another recently, but I can't think of what it was called. I'll add it, if I remember it.

I have on my tbr pile so I could read that. Its 319 pages and I normally don't read that big of a book for a toppler, but since I've only committed to one it should be fine. I will try for more, but since my daughter is getting married in less than a month, my reading time may be limited. If I can do more I'll just find something to fill in any gaps.

It is quicker at list the squares I have nothing for!

Coming of age story
MC is a teacher or professor
Beach umbrella on cover
Snow on cover

I don't seem to do extremes of temperatures ;-D

I have enough alternatives that I can cover any other square as needed.

That would be great, Lori! Thanks. :) Congrats on your daughter getting married!

Kristie wrote: "That would be great, Lori! Thanks. :) Congrats on your daughter getting married!"

Thank you! We're very excited and very stressed, lol.
I'll count on reading that one, and request it from the library.

This is what I have to start with:

Carol:
Police procedural - Appleby's End
Set in 1800s - Dom Casmurro
Title starts with “V" - Voice of the Violin

Kristie:
One word title - Wonder
Coming of age story - Miller's Valley
2nd book in a series - Force of Nature

Margo:
Books made into movies - Carrie
Person with glasses on cover - Stoner
Author's name begins with “F" - The Great Gatsby
Animal on Covers - Flowers for Algernon or The Little White Horse

Mikayla:
Young adult - The Hazel Wood
Romance - Dark Angel

Lori Z:
Beach umbrella on cover - Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans

Jake:
Proper Name in Title - Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

Sandra:
Snow on cover - Winter Garden
First book in a series - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children


Tasks still to complete:
MC is a teacher or professor
Epistolary style book
Set during a war
MC has a job you'd like to have
Vampires, werewolves, or ghosts
Horror

Lower priority (easy to fill):
Male author
Female author
Free Space

Members still to check in with books:
Esther
Fee

Thanks Kristie - that's great :-)

Here are my books:
Beauty and the Beast Novelization For: Snow on Cover

and: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods For: Proper Name in Title

Will you read both of those, Jake? I've edited above.

I certainly will try!

Mikayla - Are you adding one of her books to your list of commitments? If you have a specific book in mind, we could see if it fits one of the more difficult tasks first. Otherwise, I can plug it in for you in our list.

Jake - Would it be better if I just put you in as committed to one and you can try to read the second? If so, could we start with the snow book?

Ok. I’ll add it to our list as soon as I’m back at a computer.

Mikayla wrote: "I was thinking Dark Angel"

Hey Mikayla - I just wanted to point out that that book is pretty long (488 pages). I didn't know if you noticed that. I've added it to our list. I just wanted to make sure you were aware of the length.

Kristie, you can put me down for my first book:

First book in a series: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

I had also in mind for my second book (books I have at home right now):
News of the World, female author, set in the 1800s
Alias Grace female author, proper name in title
Beautiful Ruins, romance
His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae, male author

BUT if all those categories are already filled or are low priority, then I will try to fit another category for my second book. I don't think I can read more than 2. Maybe Winter Garden for snow in the cover. I will check my library's cover.

I can commit to just one yes, but I’d prefer it be Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods

Ok, checked and my library has a cover with snow for Winter Garden. So, I could go with

First book in a series: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Snow in the cover: Winter Garden

if this works for the team. You have my other options in my previous post, so I am fine with whatever works the best.

Perfect. I'll put you down for Percy, Jake, and just let us know if you will get to a second book. And I'll put you down for Miss Peregrine and Winter Garden, Sandra. Thank you!

Copied for easy access and viewing.

Carol:
Police procedural - Appleby's End
Set in 1800s - Dom Casmurro
Title starts with “V" - Voice of the Violin

Kristie:
One word title - Wonder
Coming of age story - Miller's Valley
2nd book in a series - Force of Nature

Margo:
Books made into movies - Carrie
Person with glasses on cover - Stoner
Author's name begins with “F" - The Great Gatsby
Animal on Covers - Flowers for Algernon or The Little White Horse

Mikayla:
Young adult - The Hazel Wood
Female author - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Lori Z:
Beach umbrella on cover - Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans

Jake:
Proper Name in Title - Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

Sandra:
Snow on cover - Winter Garden
First book in a series - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Fee:
Romance - One Fell Sweep
Set during a war - Atonement

Esther:
Vampires, werewolves, or ghosts - Fire Touched
Horror - End of Watch

Tasks still to complete:
MC is a teacher or professor
Epistolary style book
MC has a job you'd like to have

Lower priority (easy to fill):
Male author
Free Space

Awesome, Kristie. This is really taking shape. :)

Thanks, Sandra. :) I can take it off the list if you want to find something else, Mikayla. Or leave it on if you’re ok with that. Just let me know.