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

October will be a week-long team Toppler. The toppler will be held from October 6-13. It will run from noon Saturday, October 6th, to noon Saturday, October 13th, EDT.

Countdown to Toppler!!

We are trying something new with this toppler! This is going to be an all group, one team toppler! No teams and no points! We are ALL team YLTO!

We will all work together to try to complete all the tasks of the Popsugar challenges from 2015 through 2018. Once all of the tasks are completed, you can repeat any task to add to our total book count.

We will have a few threads going for this. We will have this thread where everyone can chat and discuss which books you will read. If it gets too confusing with discussion and tasks together, I may need to start a second thread. I will update the first few threads with people assigned to tasks and the books they are reading.

There will be TWO reporting threads. The first reporting thread is where we report every book read and which task we read for. This will be where I keep track of the tasks completed for our team.

The second will be a reporting thread where you report only ONCE stating your WoF name and that you completed a book for the toppler. This will be the thread I use to give out badges.

A few rules:
1. Books must be started and finished in this time period to qualify.
2. The book must be at least 175 pages based on the version you are reading, unless otherwise specified.
3. You may read any format - paperback, hardcover, ebook, or audiobook. For audiobooks use the page count on the first edition that comes up on the GR page.
4. Graphic novels do not count.

New rules for this toppler:
1. Please only sign up for one or two tasks at a time, even if you can read a lot more. We want to make sure everyone has a chance to try to find a task that works for them. We don't want any one person to have a bunch of tasks that work for them and other people to not be able to find any tasks left that they can complete. After people have had a chance to sign up, you can add more to your load of books if you'd like. If you read a lot, I would suggest gophering for significantly more tasks than you think you can finish and/or finding books that will fit several different tasks. This will help us cover more tasks as a group.

2. I ask that no additional gifs be added to the threads. With such a big group, this may clutter up the threads. Additionally, a couple of people have mentioned having limited data and the gifs use up quite a bit. In order to make such a large group thread user friendly to all, I think it best to eliminate the extra gifs.

Toppler books can count toward the group theme read and/or the monthly or yearly challenge, if they qualify.

2015
[✓] A book with more than 500 pages - The Poisonwood Bible - Cherie
[✓] A classic romance - Pride and Prejudice - Jessica
[✓] A book that became a movie - Annihilation - TrudyAn
[✓] A book published this year (2015) - Penric's Demon - Margo
[✓] A book with a number in the title - 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line - Lilisa
[✓] A book written by someone under 30 - Restore Me - Jannene
[✓] A book with nonhuman characters - Watership Down - Sharon
[✓] A funny book - Change of Fortune - Debra
[✓] A book by a female author - Thin Air - Margo
[✓] A mystery or thriller - The Overlook - Esther
[✓] A book with a one-word title - Vicious - Janice
[✓] A book of short stories - In the Forest of Forgetting - Vicki
[✓] A book set in a different country (from the one you live in) - The Rhythm of Memory - Lilisa
[✓] A nonfiction book - A History of the World in 6 Glasses - Debra
[✓] A popular author’s first book (not a debut author, eg Stephen King’s first book) The Bluest Eye - Almeta
[✓] A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet Private Charter - Lynn
[✓] A book a friend recommended - Educated: A Memoir - Lilisa
[✓] A Pulitzer Prize-winning book - Gilead - Almeta
[] A book based on a true story - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Amanda (Mandy)
[✓] A book at the bottom of your to-read list (oldest on TBR) - Bitterbitch - Saar
[] A book your mom loves - Rosa Candida - Esther
[✓] A book that scares you - The Siren and The Specter - Annerlee
[✓] A book more than 100 years old - Three Men in a Boat - Margo
[✓] A book based entirely on its cover (a cover you love, don’t even read the blurb!) - A Bright Soothing Noise - TrudyAn
[] A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t (oops…)
[✓] A memoir - Unknown Oman - Judy
[✓] A book you can finish in a day - The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Rusalka
[✓] A book with antonyms in the title - Glory O'Brien's History of the Future - Almeta
[✓] A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit - Round Ireland with a Fridge - Fiona
[✓] A book that came out the year you were born - The Midwich Cuckoos - Debra
[✓] A book with bad reviews (below 3.5 star average) - The Floating World - Jayme
[✓] A trilogy (yes, this requires someone to read 3 books! You can tag team if more than one person is reading the same trilogy and on different books.)
Tag team:
✓Pines - Annerlee
✓Wayward - Jannene
✓The Last Town - Margo
[✓] A book from your childhood - Die drei ???. Feuermond: Das Rätsel der Meister. Pfad der Täuschung. Die Nacht der Schatten - Fiona
[✓] A book with a love triangle - Clockwork Prince - Laura (Lclwags)
[✓] A book set in the future - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Margo
[✓] A book set in high school - 13 Minutes - Almeta
[] A book with a color in the title - Bitter Orange - Kathryn
[✓] A book that made you cry - 100 gelukkige dagen - Claire
[✓] A book with magic - Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet - Margo
[✓] A graphic novel - The Complete Persepolis - Rusalka
[✓] A book by an author you’ve never read before - To Build a Ship - Janice
[] A book you own but have never read - Trouble in Mudbug - Lori Z
[✓] A book that takes place in your state - The Circus in Winter - Tricia
[✓] A book that was originally written in a different language (You are reading the translation, not the original language.) - The Mystery Train Disappears - Carol
[✓] A book set during Christmas - Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd - Valerie
[✓] A book written by an author with your same initials - Peter Pan - Janice
[✓] A play - The Tempest - Annerlee
[✓] A banned book - Slaughterhouse-Five - Laura (Lclwags)
[✓] A book based on or turned into a TV show - Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Almeta
[✓] A book you started but never finished (restart the book) - Inkheart - Tricia

2016
[✓] A book based on a fairy tale (can be a retelling) - The Wendy - Jenn
[✓] A national book award winner - Tschick - Fiona
[✓] A YA best seller - Ghost - Debra
[✓] A book you haven’t read since high school (this would be a reread) - The Subtle Knife - Clément
[✓] A book set in your home state - A Million Junes - Debra
[✓] A book translated to English (Again, you are reading the translation, but this time the translation has to be in English.) - The Poisoned Crown - Vicki
[] A romance set in the future
[✓] A book set in Europe - The Watcher in the Shadows - Lisa
[✓] A book that’s under 150 pages - All Systems Red - Sarah
[✓] A New York Times best seller (from any year. Can be the fiction or nonfiction list.) - Burned - Almeta
[✓] A book that’s becoming a movie this year (became a movie in 2016) - The 5th Wave - Esther
[] A book recommended by someone you just met
[✓] A self improvement book - How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease - Sharon
[✓] A book you can finish in one day - The Grass Harp - Almeta
[] A book written by a celebrity
[] A political memoir
[✓] A book at least 100 years older than you - Northanger Abbey - Lanelle
[✓] A book that’s more than 600 pages - Look Homeward, Angel - Annette
[] A book from Oprah’s Book Club
[✓] A science fiction novel - The Caves of Steel - Sarah
[✓] A book recommended by a family member - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Saar
[✓] A graphic novel (still 175 pages, this is the exception to our rule) - Shiver: Selected Stories - Clément
[✓] A book that is published in 2016 - A Drop in the Ocean - Lilisa
[✓] A book with a protagonist that has your occupation - The Homeschool Experiment: A Novel - Amanda
[✓] A book that takes place during summer - The Proof of Love - Lisa
[✓] A book and its prequel (this task requires reading both books during the toppler) - The Kiss of a Stranger & Friends and Foes - Lanelle
[✓] A murder mystery - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - Valerie
[✓] A book written by a comedian - The Last Black Unicorn - Kristie
[✓] A dystopian novel (listed as dystopian on the book’s main page) - The Road - Almeta
[✓] A book with a blue cover (75% or more, should be obviously mostly blue) - La Vie en mieux - Esther
[✓] A book of poetry - Tilt - Debra
[] The first book you see in a bookstore (no browsing first, though you can make a note of the book and get it from the library or other location. You do not need to buy the book.)
[✓] A classic from the 20th century - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Annerlee
[✓] A book from the library - City of Ashes - Laura (Lclwags)
[] An autobiography - The Rules Do Not Apply - Roz
[✓] A book about a road trip - The Road - Esther
[] A book about a culture you’re unfamiliar with - Crazy Rich Asians - Annette
[] A satirical book
[✓] A book that takes place on an island - The Haunted Island - Casceil
[✓] A book that’s guaranteed to bring you joy - Turbo Twenty-Three - Jannene

2017
[] A book recommended by a librarian
[✓] A book that’s been on your TBR list for way too long - 1984 - Jannene
[] A book of letters
[✓] An audiobook - The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy - Lynn
[] A book by a person of color
[✓] A book with one of the four seasons in the title - Blackberry Winter - Roz
[✓] A book that is a story within a story - Celine - Almeta
[✓] A book with multiple authors - Love and Other Words - Lynn
[✓] An espionage thriller - The Other Woman - Jannene
[✓] A book with a cat on the cover - Out of Circulation - Almeta
[✓] A book by an author who uses a pseudonym - The Funhouse - Kristie
[] A bestseller from a genre you don’t normally read - Red Dragon - Jannene
[✓] A book by or about a person who has a disability - Donovan's Station: A Novel - TrudyAn
[✓] A book involving travel - The Quiet American - Sharon
[✓] A book with a subtitle - Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change - Amanda
[✓] A book that’s published in 2017 - Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body - Kristie
[✓] A book involving a mythical creature - The Last Dragonslayer - Rusalka
[] A book you’ve read before that never fails to make you smile
[✓] A book about food - Eating Animals - Almeta
[] A book with career advice
[✓] A book from a nonhuman perspective - Woof - Casceil
[✓] A steampunk novel - Infernal Devices - Laura (Lclwags)
[✓] A book with a red spine - Unbury Carol - Almeta
[✓] A book set in the wilderness - The Mountain Between Us - Amanda
[✓] A book you loved as a child - Howliday Inn - Laura (Lclwags)
[✓] A book by an author from a country you’ve never visited - The Perfect Nanny - Sandra
[] A book with a title that’s a character’s name
[✓] A novel set during wartime - A Land of Permanent Goodbyes - Vicki
[] A book with an unreliable narrator
[✓] A book with pictures - A Map of Days - Tricia
[✓] A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you John Crow's Devil - Almeta
[✓] A book about an interesting woman - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Lynn
[] A book set in two different time periods - The Clockmaker's Daughter - PattyMacDotComma
[] A book with a month or day of the week in the title
[✓] A book set in a hotel - Finbar's Hotel - TrudyAn
[] A book written by someone you admire - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Fiona
[✓] A book that’s becoming a movie in 2017 - Murder on the Orient Express - Lori Z
[] A book set around a holiday other than Christmas - Swamp Spook - Debra
[✓] The first book in a series you haven’t read before - Blackbird - Almeta
[✓] A book you bought on a trip - A Tale of Two Kitties - Casceil

Bonus level:
[✓] A book recommended by an author you love - Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang - Almeta
[✓] A bestseller from 2016 - A Court of Mist and Fury - Claire
[✓] A book with a family-member term in the title - Daughter of Moloka'i - Jayme
[] A book that takes place over a character’s life span
[✓] A book about an immigrant or refugee - A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia - Almeta
[] A book from a genre/subgenre that you’ve never heard of
[✓] A book with an eccentric character - Reel of Fortune - Debra
[✓] A book that’s more than 800 pages (any really fast readers?!) - Dragonfly in Amber - Claire
[✓] A book that you got from a used book sale - Lives of the Saints - TrudyAn
[✓] A book that’s been mentioned in another book - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Janice
[] A book about a difficult topic
[✓] A book based on mythology - Norse Mythology - Rusalka

2018
[✓] A book made into a movie you’ve already seen - Big Fish - Peggy
[] True crime - Zerschunden - Fiona
[✓] The next book in a series you started - The Brass Verdict - Judy
[✓] A book involving a heist - Nobody's Perfect - Almeta
[✓] Nordic noir - The Stonecutter - Claire
[] A novel based on a real person
[✓] A book set in a country that fascinates you - The Bat - Amanda (Mandy)
[✓] A book with a time of day in the title - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore - Tricia
[] A book about a villain or antihero
[] A book about death or grief
[✓] A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - The Leper of Saint Giles - Lanelle
[✓] A book with a LGBTQ+ protagonist - Call Me By Your Name - Lisa
[✓] A book that is also a stage play or musical - Dear Evan Hansen - Lynn
[✓] A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - The Joy Luck Club - Sandra
[] A book about feminism
[] A book about mental health
[✓] A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - Murder in Retrospect - Valerie
[✓] A book by two authors - Blue Labyrinth - Cherie
[] A book about or involving a sport
[✓] A book by a local author - Crossing the Line - Sarah
[✓] A book with your favorite color in the title - The So Blue Marble - Carol
[✓] A book with alliteration in the title - Fates and Furies - Almeta
[✓] A book about time travel - After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall - Vicki
[✓] A book with a weather element in the title - Thunder on the Right - Casceil
[✓] A book set at sea - A Cruise to Murder - Casceil
[✓] A book with an animal in the title - Winter Wolf - Jannene
[✓] A book set on a different planet - Restoree - Lanelle
[✓] A book with song lyrics in the title - Under the Boardwalk - Lanelle
[✓] A book about or set on Halloween - Dark Harvest - Annerlee
[✓] A book with characters who are twins - Christmas in the Sisters - Casceil
[] A book mentioned in another book
[] A book from a celebrity book club
[✓] A childhood classic you’ve never read - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Roz
[✓] A book that’s published in 2018 - The Chalk Man - Roz
[✓] A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner - Eleanor & Park - Almeta
[] A book set in the decade you were born
[✓] A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to - Bold Reformer: Celebrating the Gospel-Centered Convictions of Martin Luther - Amanda
[✓] A book with an ugly cover - A Noise Downstairs - Margo
[✓] A book that involves a bookstore or library - Village Books - Casceil
[] Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 Popsugar Reading Challenges

Advanced:
[] A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
[] A cyberpunk book
[] A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
[✓] A book tied to your ancestry - Spiegel spiegel schouder - Claire
[✓] A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title - Lemon Meringue Pie Murder - Casceil
[✓] An allegory - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Almeta
[✓] A book by an author with the same first or last name as you - Daughter of the Pirate King - Tricia
[✓] A microhistory (Microhistory is the intensive historical investigation of a well-defined smaller unit of research (most often a single event, the community of a village, or an individual). - The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary - Amanda
[✓] A book about a problem facing society today - Thirteen Reasons Why - Almeta
[✓] A book recommended by someone else taking the Popsugar Reading Challenge (someone else in the toppler) - The Enchanted - Almeta

When you are stating what book you are reading, please link the book and state which year and which task you are reading for!

I'll add more here as we go. If you have questions about a task, I'll answer and add guidelines next to the task.

Books mentioned in other books:

The Island of Dr. Moreau mentioned in Other People's Houses

Robinson Crusoe mentioned in The German Girl

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and The Hobbit mentioned in Wonder

Delta of Venus, Affinity, and Tipping the Velvet mentioned in When I Wake Up

The Catcher in the Rye, The Lord of the Rings, Neverwhere, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and A Game of Thrones mentioned in Six of Hearts

The Monkey Wrench Gang, Booked To Die, Thunderball, and Dracula mentioned in The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession

The Brothers Karamazov, Anna Karenina, Fathers and Sons, Pride and Prejudice, The Overcoat and Other Short Stories, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Hobbit, Ethan Frome, The Great Gatsby, The Good Earth, The Red Badge of Courage, Dead Souls, Macbeth, The Necklace, and The Comedians mentioned in The Namesake

Romeo and Juliet, The Return of the King, The Dragonbone Chair, Anne of Green Gables, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, and The Book of Unholy Mischief mentioned in Books, Cooks, and Crooks

I read part of The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend and it mentions many books. Here is a link that lists all the books mentioned in this book: https://medium.com/@jamie.stuckless/a...

Listopia list for books mentioned in An Unnecessary Woman: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

Listopia list for books mentioned in Among Others:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

References:

You can use Goodreads lists to search for most topics.
Listopia

Nordic Noir lists:
Nordic Noir
Scandi Crime Fiction
Nordic Noir Required Reading

Microhistory lists:
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
Medical Microhistories
Microhistories: Microscopic Studies of Individual Events, People and Places
Argumentative/Persuasive/Microhistory Nonfiction Titles

Allegory lists:
Allegory and allegorical fiction: Theory and Practice
Best Allegorical Fiction
Christian Fantasy/Allegories

This best sellers list below is on the 2017 page, but if you look below the list you can click on any year from 1931 on.
NY Times Best Sellers

Some books I’d recommend:
Moloka'i
The Serpent King
Never Let You Go
Wonder Woman: Warbringer
Bull Mountain
A Curious Beginning
The Kitchen House
The Trophy Child
Matilda
Before We Were Yours
Small Great Things
All the Bright Places
Between Shades of Gray
The Opposite of Everyone
Stillhouse Lake
The Dry & Force of Nature
The Family Next Door

So excited! What a great idea, Kristie. I really like the change in format. It's always great to freshen things up.

So, I'll go first. I'd like to read My Real Name Is Hanna for the 2015 task "A book by a female author". I've added it above so you can see how it goes.

I also plan to read The Funhouse by Owen West aka Dean Koontz for the 2017 task, "A book by an author who uses a pseudonym".

I may be able to read another, but I'll wait to see which tasks are still available later.

Janice wrote: "So excited! What a great idea, Kristie. I really like the change in format. It's always great to freshen things up."

Thanks, Janice! I thought it would be fun to all work together.

I'd like to put in dibs for 2015 One Word Title. I had planned on downloading Vicious and listening to it on the train anyway. I will hold off and start it on my drive home.

You've got it!

I’ll read for 2017 [] A book that’s more than 800 pages Dragonfly in Amber 947 . It’s on my list anyway.

Woah! Yay, Claire!!

Kristie wrote: "Woah! Yay, Claire!!"

It might also be Voyager or part 4 if I can’t wait :-)

Awesome toppler idea. Looking forward to it. Off to gopher now!

For my second book, please add me to 2015 - a Book by an author I've never read before:

To Build a Ship by Don Berry

Those two books should keep me content until I'm home and back in the groove.

Claire wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Woah! Yay, Claire!!"

It might also be Voyager or part 4 if I can’t wait :-)"

Ok! Just let me know if you change the book.

Janice wrote: "For my second book, please add me to 2015 - a Book by an author I've never read before:

To Build a Ship by Don Berry

Those two books should keep me content until I'm..."

All set!

May I take - A book set in a different country (from the one you live in) from the 2015 list - The Rhythm of Memory or Cinnamon Gardens.

You've got it, Lilisa. Just let me know which one you end up going with. I put them both there for now.

For the task with a red spine (2017) how do we check this if reading an ebook or audiobook? Or can only a print version count?

For my second book I’d like 2018 a nordic noir
The Stonecutter.

Can i take science fiction for 2016 please. Not sure which book I'll read yet. I have plenty of options.

Sarah wrote: "For the task with a red spine (2017) how do we check this if reading an ebook or audiobook? Or can only a print version count?"

I guess you'll have to access to a physical copy. That one will probably be more difficult to fill.

I found this list of books that would fit, if anyone can find a copy: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

Kristie wrote: "You've got it, Lilisa. Just let me know which one you end up going with. I put them both there for now."

Thx Kristie - can I tell you when I start or do you need to know before? Either way is good - it's pure indecision on my part!

Claire wrote: "For my second book I’d like 2018 a nordic noir
The Stonecutter."

Got it!

Lilisa wrote: "Kristie wrote: "You've got it, Lilisa. Just let me know which one you end up going with. I put them both there for now."

Thx Kristie - can I tell you when I start or do you need to know before? Ei..."

When you start is fine, since they both fit the same task.

Sarah wrote: "Can i take science fiction for 2016 please. Not sure which book I'll read yet. I have plenty of options."

yup. Let me know the book when you figure it out.

Kristie wrote: "Lilisa wrote: "Kristie wrote: "You've got it, Lilisa. Just let me know which one you end up going with. I put them both there for now."

Thx Kristie - can I tell you when I start or do you need to ..."

Lovely - thx!

What a great idea! This looks challenging but also fun! For now, I'll claim for 2015 a book set during Christmas with Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd and the 2016 task for a murder mystery with A Rule Against Murder. I may be able to manage one more but we'll see.

All set, Valerie!

Thanks Kristie. I'll probably read another - an audiobook but need to do more gophering first.

Looks like a lot of fun!

May I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy for 2016 Dystopian?

AND

Burned by Ellen Hopkins for 2017 first book in a series you haven’t read before?

Talk about gophering heaven! This is great.

I can do:

2015: A nonfiction book: A History of the World in 6 Glasses

2017: A book with a title that’s a character’s name: A Million Junes (could also be for audiobook)

Both are for the Zodiac challenge! Bonus!

Great toppler idea, Kristie!

May I take: 2018 - a book by an author of a different ethnicity than you? I would read THE JOY LUCK CLUB, by AMY TAN, who is Asian American. (Sorry, in the app)

Yes, Kristie, I'm loving this Toppler. Thanks! Glad we are all going to be working together this time. I think it will be a blast!

What does the 2018 task "Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 Popsugar Reading Challenges" mean? Does that just mean you can do any of the tasks from previous years?

Sarah wrote: "What does the 2018 task "Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 Popsugar Reading Challenges" mean? Does that just mean you can do any of the tasks from previous years?"

Yes, just pick your favorite task from any of the previous years.

I could read All Systems Red which is 144 pages for the under 150 pages task in 2016.

Debra wrote: "I can do:

Nonfiction: A History of the World in 6 Glasses

A book with a title that’s a character’s name: A Million Junes (could also be for audiobook)

Both are for t..."

Please remember to add the year for the task. It helps me to be able to find it without needing to search all four lists.

This is a great toppler, Kristie. I’ll take these two, please, both from 2015:
Book of short stories Finbar's Hotel
Book made into a movie Annihilation

I had fixed that just before you reminded me. Sorry, Kristie!

Ok, everyone should be all set to here! If I missed any posts please let me know.

Debra wrote: "I had fixed that just before you reminded me. Sorry, Kristie!"

No worries, I found them. You are signed up for both.

Just refreshed the page. Sarah and TrudyAn adding you both now.

Could I take 2015 "A book that became a movie"? I'll read The Mountain Between Us.