Coffee & Books discussion

Team Two! This is your main hub to track, log, discuss, and all of that fun stuff during the Winter Games!

The duration of the game is from November 19th, 2018 to March 4th, 2019

You can find the linked info page here!

You can find the linked obstacle page here!


* All team members, please SAVE your log spot so it is up at the top and is easier for you to find and update! *


Your Team Leader is: Amber (m.9)

And the team!

John (m.27)
Irishmaddoc (m.16)
Sam (m.22)
Christine (m.8)
Sonya (m.4)
Michelle (m.40)
Lois (m.7)
Sara (m.42

Team Total - updated on 3.9.2019

Team Total for Books - 365 books

Team Total for Pages Read - 109,291 pages

Team Total for Points - 581 points

link: Team Overbook Final Totals 3.9.2019

Mod
Obstacles -
If you read an "obstacle book" you get to TRIPLE the points of your personal score.

- Seriously, series?
1. The first book of a series: (Obstacle)
Amber - ✅
John -
Irishmaddoc - ✅
Sam - ✅
Christine - ✅
Sonya
Michelle
Lois- ✅
Sara - ✅

2. Each member must finish a saga, trilogy, etc.: (Obstacle)

Amber - ✅
John - ✅
Irishmaddoc - ✅
Sam - ✅
Christine - ✅
Sonya -
Michelle - ✅
Lois - ✅
Sara - ✅

Each member must finish a saga, trilogy (three books). You don't have to read MORE than three books, but it has to be three books from a series that includes MORE than three books. We DON'T have to read the same series. WE can earn an additional 50 points to our team total, if every member completes this obstacle.

I hope we are participate in this obstacles....extra 50 points.

I want to listen to a series on audio. Any ideas?

- Genre Based
1. A book from a genre you do not normally read from and CANNOT be a Fiction: (Obstacle)

Amber - ✅
John
Irishmaddoc
Sam - ✅
Christine - ✅
Sonya
Michelle - ✅
Lois - ✅
Sara

It can be a sub-genre of fiction. (i.e. poetry, collection of letters or essays, comic book, graphic novel, fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, etc.) If your not sure if your book meets this category, please send Rachel a message.

2. Read a Self-Help, or Personal Growth book: (Obstacle)

Amber - ✅
John - ✅
Irishmaddoc
Sam
Christine - ✅
Sonya
Michelle - ✅
Lois
Sara- ✅

3. Read a comic book or graphic novel: (Obstacle)

Amber - ✅
John - ✅
Irishmaddoc
Sam
Christine - ✅
Sonya
Michelle
Lois - ✅
Sara - ✅

Buddy System
1. Read a book recommended by another person participating in the games: (Obstacle)
Amber - ✅
John - ✅
Irishmaddoc
Sam - ✅
Christine - ✅
Sonya
Michelle
Lois
Sara- ✅

I would recommend the following books to anyone participating in the games.
A Man Called Ove
Walk Two Moons
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Unseen World
Harlan Coben
Turtles All the Way Down
Beartown
The Kite Runner
Me Before You
Homegoing
Water for Elephants
Circe (recommended by Manuel from Team Four)

Please post ideas and I will add them to this list.

2. Team Read! Read a book as a group: (Obstacle)

Amber-✅
John - ✅
Irishmaddoc- ✅
Sam
Christine - ✅
Sonya
Michelle- ✅
Lois
Sara

Based on team feedback, our team read is We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

It is 146 pages. If we ALL read this book, then our team will earn extra points.

- C&B Related
1. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in coffee AND books : (Obstacle)

Amber - ✅
John
Irishmaddoc - ✅
Sam - ✅
Christine - ✅
Sonya
Michelle
Lois - ✅
Sara- ✅

2. Each member must read a book as a group (same book!) from Coffee & Books archived BOTM's: (Obstacle)

Hint from Rachel: Check out the Coffee & Book group's bookshelf - BOOK MUST BE FROM 2017 AND PAST (2018 DOES NOT COUNT)

Amber - ✅
John - ✅
Irishmaddoc - ✅
Sam
Christine - ✅
Sonya- ✅
Michelle- ✅
Lois - ✅
Sara - ✅

We selected Christmas Carol. If everyone reads this book, then our team will earn points.

Amber's Log

Totals - 53
Books - 30
Pages - 7,484
Points - 53
Obstacle Points - 33
Book log
1. Between the World and Me, 152 pages, 3 points (C&B Related obstacle)
2. The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir, 156 pages, 3 points (Graphic novel obstacle)
3. The Red Notebook, 159 pages, 3 points (genre you don't normally read, subgenre of fiction obstacle)
4. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, 288 pages. 3 points (first book in a series obstacle)
5. The Arab of the Future 2: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1984-1985, 154 pages, 1 point
6. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, 301 pages, 3 points (book recommended by another teammate)
7. The Arab of the Future 3: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1985-1987,160 pages, 1 point
8. Becoming, 426 pages, 1 point
9.Devil in a Blue Dress, 263 pages, 3 point (Easy Rawlins Series #1)
10. Tin Man, 224 pages, 1 point
11. A Christmas Carol, 104 pages, 3 points (Coffee & Books archived BOTM's: TEAM Obstacle)
12. A Red Death, 284 pages, 3 points (Easy Rawlins Series #2)
13. Scrappy Little Nobody, 275 pages, 1 point
14. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea, 192 pages, 1 point
15. Saga, Vol. 1, 176 pages, 1 point
16. Mis(h)adra, 288 pages, 1 point
17. Schooled, 224 pages, 1 point
18. Becoming Unbecoming, 224 pages, 1 point
19. We Have Always Lived in the Castle, 146 pages, 3 points
20. White Butterfly, 320 pages, 3 points (Easy Rawlins Series #3)
21. Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, 336 pages, 1 point
22. The Best We Could Do, 329 pages, 1 point
23. My Sister, the Serial Killer, 226 pages, 1 point
24. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives, 280 pages, 1 point
25. Crush, 240 pages, 1 point
26. All American Boys, 216 pages, 1 point
27. If Beale Street Could Talk, 197 pages, 1 point
28. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, 622 pages, 2 points
29. There There by, Tommy Orange (author)
30. Monday Morning Leadership for Women

Let's do this!

Sam's log
Books: 25
Pages: 10009
Points: 20 + Bonus Points: 36 = Total: 56 points

Book log
01. Flowers for Algernon, 299 pages, 3 points (C&B Related 1)
02. Polgara die Zauberin, 1045 pages, 3 points
03. Rejected Princesses, 370 pages, 3 points (Genre-based 1)
04. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, 766 pages, 2 points
05. Redefining Realness, 263 pages, 1 point
06. Hogfather, 432 pages, 1 point
07. Briefe vom Weihnachtsmann, 149 pages, 1 point
08. Die andere Seite des Himmels, 368 pages, 1 point
09. A Christmas Carol, 135 pages, 3 points
10. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, 406 pages, 1 point
11. How to Be a Woman, 312 pages, 1 point
12. Seeherzen, 331 pages, 1 point
13. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, 223 pages, 1 point
14. The Rivan Codex: Ancient Texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon, 693 pages, 2 points
15. Magic's Pawn, 349 pages, 3 points (Seriously, series? 2 - book 1 out of 3)
16. Shinya Shokudo 2, 153 pages, 3 points (Genre Based 3)
17. Magic's Promise, 320 pages, 3 points (Seriously, series? 2 - book 2 out of 3)
18. Magic's Price, 351 pages, 3 points (Seriously, series? 2 - book 3 out of 3)
19. Wir haben schon immer im Schloß gelebt, 221 pages, 3 points (Buddy System 2)
20. Die Säulen der Erde, 1295 pages, 9 points (Seriously, series? 1)
21. Grief is the Thing with Feathers, 114 pages, 1 point
22. DinoPark, 533 pages, 2 points
23. The Word for World is Forest, 128 pages, 1 point
24. Circe, 385 pages, 3 points (Buddy System 1)
25. Ein Mann namens Ove, 368 pages, 1 point

Michelle's Log

Totals

Books: 36
Pages: 12523
Points: 24
Obstacle points: 48
Total points: 72

Book Log

1. Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living 340pages (genre based 1. Celebrity memoir) 3 points
2. Dark Sacred Night 433 pages; 1 point
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Illustrated edition 272 pages (series) 3 points
4. Who Is J.K. Rowling? 105 pages; 1point
5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Illustrated edition 326 pages (series) 3 points
6. Hocus Pocus & The All New Sequel 521 pages 2 points
7. Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be 240 pages (self help) 3 points
8. A Christmas Carol 112 pages (group read) 3 points
9. The Fragile Ordinary 304 pages 1 point
10. The Lost for Words Bookshop 304 pages 1 point
11. Roomies 368 pages 1 point
12. The Kissing Booth 448 pages 1 point
13. The Greatest Love Story Ever Told 268 pages 1 point
14. Scrappy Little Nobody 275 pages 1 point
15. Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe 240 pages 1 point
16. The Last Time I Lied 384 pages 1 point
17. The Incomplete Book of Running 208 pages 1 point
18. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 734 pages (series) 6 points
19. Leah on the Offbeat 343 pages 1 point
20. A December Bride 120 pages 1 point
21. My Sister, the Serial Killer 226 pages 1 point
22. My Favorite Half-Night Stand 384 pages 1 point
23. We Have Always Lived in the Castle 146 pages ( group read) 3 points
24. Unleashing Mr. Darcy 361 pages 1 point
25. November Road (coffee aNd books obstacle) 320 pages 3 points
26. Lucky in Love 337 pages 1 point
27. 99 Percent Mine 368 pages 1 point
28. The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: A Magical Story 192 pages (graphic novel obstacle) 3 points
29. Hidden Bodies 448 pages 1 point
30. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 870 pages (series) 6 points
31. Ghosted 337 pages 1 point
32. The Woman in the Window 449 pages 1 point
33. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 652 pages (series) 6 points
34. Providence 367 pages 1 point
35. Poison Study 409 pages (first in series obstacle) 3 points
36. Long Way Down 306 pages (Book recommended by another reader) 3 points

Saving my spot! Can't wait to start!

Books: 47
Pages: 14, 013
Points: 66
Obstacle Points:21

Book Log:
1. Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power
2. Night of Camp David
3.Mr Campion's War
4. The Princess Diarist(--obstacle: genre you don't usually read--memoirs)
5. Last Girl Lied To
6. Final Girls--Obstacle: Coffee and Books--begins with a letter in "Coffee and Books"
7.Romanov
8. Dread Nation
9. Superman Archives, Vol. 7--obstacle--graphic novel
10. The Infinite Pieces of Us
11. Impeachment: An American History
12. The Girl who Shot First
13. The Girl Who Punched Back
14. The Girl Who Kicked Ass
15. Louisa on the Front Lines: Louisa May Alcott in the Civil War
16. The Legends of Luke Skywalker
17. A Christmas Carol--0bstacle:team read
18. The Passage--0bstacle--first book in a series
19.Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters
20. Broken Things
21. Kingdom of Needle and Bone
22. The Frame-Up
23. Modified
24. Starfire
25.The Upside of Falling Down
26. The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland
27. Superheroes in Crisis: Adjusting to Social Change in the 1960s and 1970s
28. Two Can Keep a Secret
29. Norse Mythology
30. A Brazen Curiosity: A Regency Cozy
31. A Scandalous Deception: A Regency Cozy
32. An Infamous Betrayal: A Regency Cozy
33. One of Us Is Lying
34. Taken
35. Gilt Hollow
36. Plastic Macca: The Secret Death and Replacement of Beatle Paul McCartney--592 pages of the worst thing I ever read
37. Seabound
38. Blonde Rattlesnake: Burmah Adams, Tom White, and the 1933 Crime Spree that Terrorized Los Angeles
39. The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
40. Mister Tender's Girl
41. Into the Water
42. Orphan Train
43. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing--obstacle self-help
44. The Twitter Presidency: Donald J. Trump and the Politics of White Rage
45. The Violent Abuse of Women in 17th and 18th Century Britain
46. #Murderfunding
47.Postcards for a Songbird

Christine's Log

Books: 22
Pages: 6,601
Points: 44
Obstacle Points: 33

Books:
1. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus 361 pages (C&B related obstacle - 3 points)
2. Troublemaker by Leah Remini 256 pages (1 point)
3. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 104 pages (3 points - Team obstacle BOTM)
4. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 146 pages (Team Read obstacle 3 points)
5. Shatter Me (book #1) by Tahereh Mafi 264 pages (first book in series obstacle 3 points)
6. Unravel Me (book #2) by Tahereh Mafi 461 pages (3 points obstacle - read at least 3 books)
7. Ignite Me (book #3) by Tahereh Mafi 421 pages (3 points obstacle - read at least 3 books)
8. Restore Me (book #4) by Tahereh Mafi 435 pages (3 points obstacle - read at least 3 books)
9. Beowulf translator Francis B. Gummere 184 pages (obstacle 3 points read from a different genre)
10. Love Your Life, Not Theirs by Rachel Cruze 272 pages (3 points obstacle - personal growth)
11. Shelter by Harlan Coben 288 pages (3 points obstacle - recommended by Amber)
12. Anne of Green Gables A Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden 232 pages (3 points obstacle - graphic novel)
13. The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian 345 pages (1 point)
14. When Never Comes by Barbara Davis 368 pages (1 point)
15. The Broken Girls by Simone St. James 336 pages (1 point)
16. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven 378 pages (1 point)
17. Capital Gaines by Chip Gaines 224 pages (1 point)
18. Pines (Wayward Pines #1) 305 pages (1 point)
19. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones 308 pages (1 point)
20. Don't Let Go by Harlan Coben 368 pages (1 point)
21. Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim 253 pages (1 point)
22. Still Alice by Lisa Genova 292 pages (1 point)

My spot. 23 books
The golem and the jinni. 809
Blood canticle. 400
true detectives- 368
marley and me-308
pandora 353
blood and gold 471
vanishing acts 426
first love-340
keeper-401
a christmas carol-104
v is for vengeance-402
clockers-599
the bone garden- 370
the life-changing magic of tidying up-256 (large print)
everyday sketching and drawing-190
Mastering Manga-128
to the nines-320
misery-310
inferno-392
Brooklyn Graves-279
a prayer for owen meany-637
the truth is: my life in love and music-256
the crossing-400

John's Log

Totals

Books: 110
Pages: 9,632 (45)
Points: 147
Obstacle Points: 45


Book Log

1. Past Tense
11/20 386 pages
2. What Happened at Midnight
11/20 173 pages
3. The House on the Cliff
11/21 180 pages
4. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
11/22 272 pages
5.Mystery of the Phantom Heist
11/22 160 pages
6.Sunny
11/22 159 pages
7.Password to Larkspur Lane
11/22 192 pages
8.Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
11/23 242 pages
9.Sh*t My Dad Says
11/24 159 pages
10.What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
Obstacle - Self help 3pt
11/24 256 pages
11.One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com
11/24 224 pages
12.The Secret of the Old Mill
11/24 174 pages
13.A Grief Observed
11/25 112 pages
14. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
11/26 416 pages
15. The Gunslinger
11/27 213 pages
16. The Dark Tower and Other Stories
11/28 168 pages
17. The Missing Chums
11/29 192 pages
18. Annihilation
11/30 195 pages
19. The Dark City
12/1 376 pages
20. The Lost Heiress
12/2 375 pages
21. The Last Kids on Earth
12/1 240 pages
22. The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade
12/1 240 pages
23. The Hidden Coronet
12/3 415 pages
24. The Margrave
12/3 447 pages
25. The Mystery of Cabin Island
12/4 178 pages
26. The Great Airport Mystery
12/4 175 pages
27. Attack of the Bayport Beast
12/4 112 pages
28. The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King
12/4 265
29. Bound for Danger
12/4 138 pages
30. Food: A Love Story
12/5 340 pages
31. The Vanishing Game
12/5 144 pages
32. Coraline
12/6 162 pages
33. Into Thin Air
12/6 128 pages
34. Socks
12/6 160 pages
35. A Christmas Carol
12/6 104 pages OBSTACLE: Group Read 3 pt
36. Tunnel of Secrets
12/7 136 pages
37. Mystery of the Midnight Rider
12/7 190 pages
38. Strangers on a Train
12/7 180 pages
39. Curse of the Arctic Star
12/8 188 pages
40. Ghost Boys
12/8 214 pages
41. The Clue at Black Creek Farm
12/9 171 pages
42. Sabotage at Willow Woods
12/10 176 pages
43. Once Upon a Thriller
12/10 160 pages
44. A Script for Danger
12/10 177 pages
45. The Ghost of Grey Fox Inn
12/11 168 pages
46. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
12/11 320 pages
47. The War of the Worlds
12/13 192 pages
48. Hunting for Hidden Gold
12/13 177 pages
49. More Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas
12/14 217 pages
50. We Have Always Lived in the Castle
12/15 146 pages OBSTACLE: Group read 3pts
51. Secret of the Red Arrow
12/15 152 pages
52. Turtles All the Way Down
12/16 288 pages OBSTACLE: Recommendation 3pts
53. Peril at Granite Peak
12/16 160 pages
54. The Secret of the Caves
12/17 175
55. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
12/18 288 pages
56. Battle of Bayport
12/19 160 pages
57. Shadows at Predator Reef
12/19 128 pages
58. Illuminae
12/21 602 pages 2 points Obstacle: Series 6pts
59. Deception on the Set
12/21 128 pages
60. The Wild Robot
12/21 279 pages
61. The Wild Robot Escapes
12/23 288 pages
62. The Curse of the Ancient Emerald
12/23 122 pages
63. Showdown at Widow Creek
12/24 122 pages
64. Han Solo #1
12/23 OBSTACLE:Comic 3pt
65. The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask about Your Organization: An Inspiring Tool for Organizations and the People Who Lead Them
12/24 119 pages
66. The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure
12/25 184 pages
67. Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure
12/26 231 pages
68. The Madman of Black Bear Mountain
12/26 144 pages
69. Gemina
12/27 659 pages OBSTACLE:Series 6pt
70. The Sign in the Smoke
12/28 272 pages
71. Leviathan Wakes
12/31 561 pages OBSTACLE 1st in a series 6pts
72. Riverboat Roulette
12/31 176 pages
73. Obsidio
1/1/19 615 pages OBSTACLE:Series 6 pts
74. In Cold Blood
1/5 343 pages
75. The Path of Daggers
1/7 685 pages 2 pts
76. Elevation
1/7 146 pages
77. The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond
1/8 272 Pages
78. Wuthering Heights
1/11 464 pages
79. Magic Bites
1/12 260 pages
80. On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave
1/13 208 pages
81. Around the World in Eighty Days
1/14 252 pages
82. Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
1/14 240 pages
83. The Bassoon King: Art, Idiocy, and Other Sordid Tales from the Band Room
1/16 301 pages
84. Man of War
1/17 356 pages
85. Darkstalker
1/18 400 pages
86. Crazy Rich Asians
1/20 403 pages
87. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
1/21 118 pages
88. The Drawing of the Three
1/23 464 pages
89. Holes
1/26 233 pages
90. The Waste Lands
1/26 422 pages
91. Fire & Blood
1/30 719 pages OBSTACLE: "F" from COFFEE 6 pts
92. All American Boys
2/1 316 pages
93. The Cruel Prince
2/2 370 pages
94. The Art of Racing in the Rain
2/3 371 pages
95. Caliban's War
2/6 595 pages 2 pts
96. The Dragonet Prophecy
2/8 336 pages
97. Incarceron
2/9 458 pages
98. Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
2/11 378 pages OBSTACLE: New Genre 3 pts
99. Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
2/13 222 pages
100. A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
2/13 480 pages
101. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
2/14 375
102. An Ember in the Ashes
2/19 446 pages
103. Kindred
2/20 287 pages
104. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
2/22 328
105. The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
2/25 416 pages
106. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2/26 320
107. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2/28 341 pages
108. There There
2/28 294 pages
109. Revan
3/2 289 pages
110. Abaddon's Gate 2 pts
3/4 539 pages

Tenacious team 2
The golem and the jinni. 809
Blood canticle. 400

My spot!

Sara's Log

Totals

Books:27
Pages: 8313
Points:16
Obstacle Points:36

Book Log

1. Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice 11/23, 379 pages, 1 pt
2. A Natural History of Dragons 11/25, 334 pages, (1pt)(obstacle first in a series)=3 pt
3. The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir 12/1, 326 pages, 1 pt
4. The Moonstone, 12/2, 502 pages, 2 pt
5. The Tropic of Serpents, 12/4, 331 pages, (1pt)(obstacle complete a series) = 3pt
6. The Story of My Tits, 12/7, 352 pages, (1pt)(obstacle graphic novel) = 3pt
7. The Voyage of the Basilisk, 12/11, 348 pages, (1pt)(obstacle complete a series) = 3pt
8. In the Labyrinth of Drakes, 12/14, 350 pages, (1pt)(obstacle complete a series) = 3pt
9. Within the Sanctuary of Wings, 12/16, 333 pages, (1pt)(obstacle complete a series) = 3 pt
10. I Hate Everyone But You, 12/8, 352 pages, (1 pt)
11. A Christmas Carol, 12/25, 112 pages (1 pt)(obstacle = group read from BOTM archive) = 3 pt
12. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption, 12/29, 473 pages, 1 pt
13. Crosstalk, 12/29, 498 pages, (1 pt)(obstacle = a book starting with a letter in "coffee and books") = 3 pt
14. Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-seven Women Untangle an Obsession, 12/30, 332 pages, 1 pt
15. Rabbit Cake, 1/1, 336 pages, 1 pt
16. Brave Enough, 1/12, 135 pages, (1 pt)(obstacle = self help) = 3pt
17. The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human, 1/27, 304 pages, (1pt)
18. The Hunt for Vulcan: . . . And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe, 1/27, 229 pages, (1pt)
19. Circe, 1/30, 393 pages, (1pt)(obstacle = buddy system) = 3pt
20.Little Dancer Aged Fourteen: The True Story Behind Degas's Masterpiece, 2/2, 176 pages, (1pt)
21. Sunburn, 2/9, 292 pages, (1pt)
22. Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty, 2/13, 107 pages, (1pt)(obstacle = a genre you don't typically read poetry) = 3pt
23. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, 2/15, 307 pages, (1pt)
24. Frankenstein in Baghdad, 2/23, 281 pages, (1pt)
25. We Have Always Lived in the Castle, 3/1, 146 pages, (1pt)(obstacle=group read) = 3pt
26. In the House in the Dark of the Woods, 3/2, 218 pages, 1pt
27. We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy, 3/3, 367 pages, 1pt

Hi,

I would like to introduce myself. I live in Texas. I am an educational administrator. I’m teaching myself Spanish. I love to read and listen to books on audio. I’m not a fantasy or sci-fi fan. This is my first winter games. I’m so excited for the games and to meet new people.

Hi everyone!
I'm Sam, I live in Germany but have Spanish ancestry (so ¡hola! Amber). Online marketeer at day and cinema aficionada at night, I recently overcame a huge reading slump. Back to normal just in time for my third Winter Games :)
I enjoy most genres, especially SciFi. Not so much a romance or crime reader though.
I'm always trying to reduce the tbr and catch up on some fantasy books I never came around to read when I was a fantasy-no-scifi reader.

Hi team! I am John and I live in So California.

Thank you Amber for being our Captain and leader! You rock.

My bio says all audio books all the time haha. I read with my ears. I will listen to anything and try to diversify. But I have found that I really like some good fiction stories. This is my first Winter Games :)

Hi! I'm Lois, and I live in West Virginia. I'm a semi-retired college prof.

When it comes to reading, I gravitate more toward nonfiction than fiction. In terms of fiction, I read mostly science fiction/fantasy, YA, and the occasional mystery. You can probably guess from my username that I'm a comics collector and media fangirl.

This is my first Winter Games, and I'm looking forward to getting started.

Hi! My name is Sara, I'm from Arizona and I work in data entry.

My favorite genre is horror, but I'll read anything that sounds weird.

This is also my first winter games.

Yaaay! Everyone is beginning to save their spots and introduce themselves. I hope everyone has had a chance to review the rules and obstacles.

Please post book ideas for the game obstacles, especially the team obstacles.

The other teams are beginning to post ideas. We can use their ideas too.

We have 4 days until the start of the games.

Awesome! :)

Let's share our obstacle plans! Here is what I had in mind (if anyone wants to join me, I'm always up for a bddy read!):

Seriously, series?
1: First in a series: Luck in the Shadows (first in Nightrunner series)
2: Read a whole series (+50 for group): Valdemar, Last Herald-Mage trilogy by Mercedes Lackey

Genre Based
1: A book from a genre you do not normally read from: Rejected Princesses (Non-Fiction for young readers)
2: Read a Self-Help, or Personal Growth book: The Power of Vulnerability
3: Read a comic book or graphic novel: Shinya Shokudo 2

C&B Related
1: Book title starts with a letter in COFFEE AND BOOKS: Flowers for Algernon
2: Team read from the BOTM archive (2017 and before): Wicked

And then there is of course the cooperative category Buddy System.

1: Read a book recommended by another person participating in the games!
So how do we go about this? It might be a good idea to start with a couple of recommendations each. Last year my group ended up recommending books all through our thread but it is also nice to have some titles to start with.
For horror I can recommend The Shining. I have read it a second time this year and think it is close to being perfect.
For non-fiction I recommend Eating Animals. It's thoroughly researched and takes no sides.
For fantasy my favourite has to be Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, but for a shorter read I recommend The Wee Free Men.

2: Team Read!
Any ideas for this one? We seem to have a wide variety of reading tastes in the group so it might proof difficult to find something we all want to (re-)read.

Also: We have to pick a fun group name!

Cool Sam! I love your ideas. I recently heard about the Power of Vulnerability. I am very interesting in reading it and Eating Animals.

Do you recommend reading Shinya Shokudo 2 before 1?

I have some new ideas for our group name.
TBR & DNF Book Club
The Book Warriors
The Bookworms
All Booked
A Novel Idea
Divine Nine
Overbooked
Raging Readers
Bookaholics

What do you guys think?

These are some awesome suggestions. Sam, since you have participated in the Winter Games before, do you have any tips or ideas that the team needs to be aware of?

Lastly, do you think it would be too confusing if I copy/paste your ideas to the original obstacle threads above to keep it ALL together or should we keep the ideas separate? How was it done last year?

We are looking forward to hearing ideas/recommendations from everyone.

Amber wrote: "Cool Sam! I love your ideas. I recently heard about the Power of Vulnerability. I am very interesting in reading it and Eating Animals.

Do you recommend reading Shinya Shokudo 2 before 1?

I have..."

I really like the team name Overbooked!

I am open to read or reread anything for the team reads. I read a little bit of everything.
For the BOTM archived read, I will second:
The Husband's Secret
Gone Girl
The Light Between Oceans
Fahrenheit 451 (reread)

Or The Golem and the Jinni or A Man Called Ove.

Amber wrote: "Cool Sam! I love your ideas. I recently heard about the Power of Vulnerability. I am very interesting in reading it and Eating Animals.

Do you recommend reading Shinya Shokudo 2 before 1?

I have..."

I love "Overbooked" as a name :)

I have read Shinya Shokudo 1 a couple of months ago, but I have a serious series problem. Even when I'm really into a book it can take me ages to get to the next installment (usually it takes so long that I don't remember the story enough to enjoy book 2 lol - it's crazy).

On to my Winter Games veteran wisdom :) (I had forgotten I was around when the first Games happened!)
For any strategic readers n the group: Short books are in the end more rewarding. For 3 books with 100 pages each you get 3 points, for one book with 300 pages you only get 1 point. Big books are however perfect as obstacles because then your points get tripled.
BUT the points are just one part of the Games; I'm here first and foremost to enjoy myself and get some (tbr) reading done :) Also we get points for all sorts of things. The last Winter Games were most fun when the group members had gotten to know each other and we were just bantering!

Amber, your idea to collect all recommendations sounds really helpful! Now I'm not sure, but maybe we need to keep track of the message in which the original recommendation can be found. That way when we use one of our group mates' rec for the obstacle, it will be easier to assign the correct origin.

For the team read, I'd like to second The Princess Bride. Funnier than the movie (which I love) and last time I checked, it was free for those of us with Kindle Unlimited.

Here's what I'm thinking of doing for the obstacles (subject to change based on what I'm in the mood for):

Seriously, series:
1. First in a series: Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor
2. Read a whole series: Feed (and the rest of the Newsflesh series--zombies, reporters, politics--three of my favorite things in one series!)

Genre Based:
1. A book from a genre you don't normally read from: The Princess Diarist. This has been sitting on my shelf for too long. I bought it the month before Carrie died, and I haven't had the heart to pick it up.
2. Read a self-help or personal growth book: Quiet Influence: The Introvert's Guide to Making a Difference. Literally the only book in my Kindle that fits the category. I hate self-help books!
3. Read a comic book or graphic novel: Now we're talking! Superman Archives, Vol. 7. (Featuring the Lois Lane, Girl Reporter series, which I need to reread for research purposes anyway.)

C&B Related:
1. Book title starts with a letter in Coffee and Books: Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year
2. Team read:

I love the name Overbooked!

Lois wrote: "For the team read, I'd like to second The Princess Bride. Funnier than the movie (which I love) and last time I checked, it was free for those of us with Kindle Unlimited.

Here's wha..."

I'm not so fond of self-help books per se either, but your choice sounds like it might actually be useful. Reading Quiet helped me to learn so much about myself. Introversion is still almost a taboo subject. I hope you'll get something out of your book too, Lois!

Sam wrote: "Lois wrote: "For the team read, I'd like to second The Princess Bride. Funnier than the movie (which I love) and last time I checked, it was free for those of us with Kindle Unlimited...."

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking is one of my favorite books! I teach Public Speaking and often recommend it to students with severe speech anxiety. The fear of public speaking is often (though not always) linked to introversion, so there's a lot of material in Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking that relates to anxiety about giving a speech.

Hi guys!

I am so excited to begin. We have one more day (un mas dia) before the games begin.

It looks like everyone who has recently posted likes the name Overbooked as a team name. If no other teammate objects, then let's go with Overbooked.

Team Reading Obstacles -

There are TWO team reading obstacles that we need to complete (we don't have to read them at the same time)

1. Each member must read the SAME book from archived BOTM 2017 & older - This is just an idea to make it easier, can we read The Princess Bride (posted by me and seconded by our teammate, Lois Lane)?

2. Read the another (SAME) book as a team - This is just an idea to make it easier, Michelle & Sam, can you guys choose a book for the team to read?

Please let me know if anyone has another idea....


Sam, I really appreciate you sharing your winter game veteran wisdom. :)
I plan to be a strategic reader. I plan to focus on shorter books that are at least 100 pages. I will be referring back to your wisdom post throughout the games.

Buddy System Obstacle - we ALL have to read a book recommended by another person (from any team) participating in the game.

Please post book recommendations for the buddy system obstacle.

Sam & I have both posted some recommendations.

Countdown guys.....:) so excited :)

Michelle has already posted some ideas for a group read. Out of those my favourite would be A man called Ove.

Sam wrote: "Michelle has already posted some ideas for a group read. Out of those my favourite would be A man called Ove."

I love this book too. :)

I've already read A Man Called Ove. :(

I have read it too, but I don't mind re-reading it for the team obstacle.

If you have any other ideas for a team read...please post them.

Thanks :)

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.

I’m going to list a lot of random book recommendations since I can’t sleep and I have to be at work in 3 hours:

Nonfiction
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Night
The Glass Castle
The Princess Diarist or anything by Carrie Fisher

Everything else
Howl's Moving Castle
The Graveyard Book
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Storm Front (series)
The Cuckoo's Calling (series)
Ready Player One
The Giver (series)
The Female of the Species
11/22/63
Dreamland Burning
All the Light We Cannot See
Oryx and Crake (series)

Graphic novels
Saga, Vol. 1
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

I also have to recommend, even though most people have read, the Harry Potter series and anything by Jane Austen.
I’ve also enjoyed Michael Connelly’s Bosch series and the Lincoln Lawyer series.
Also Rick Riordan’s books on mythology.

I think I might reread the Harry Potter or the Percy Jackson series for the series challenge.

Here are some recommendations:
Nonfiction:
Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic.--especially great if you're a Hamilton fan
Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation

And because I have a Tudor obsession:
The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen
I The Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor: Elizabeth I, Thomas Seymour, and the Making of a Virgin Queen
The Perfect Prince: The Mystery of Perkin Warbeck and His Quest for the Throne of England

Fiction:
For mystery, anything by Joan Hess (especially the Maggody series), Sharyn McCrumb, or Elizabeth Peters. For YA, I can't rave enough about Sadie and Summers' zombie novel This is Not a Test. Michelle mentioned Jane Austen, so I'll ad that Stephanie Barron's Jane Austen mysteries can't be beat and, I think, really capture Austen's tone. For horror, my top pick would have to be Mira Grant.

We are counting down to the start of the 2018-2019 Winter Games.....woohoo...it officially starts at midnight your time!!

If you are currently reading a book with 100+pages left, then it can COUNT towards a book read for the games (reading challenge).

I found a quote that I wanted to share as we count down to the start of the fun-filled, reading challenge.

“Winning is something, but participation is everything.” ― Debasish Mridha

Let's go Team Two! :)

Nice quote Amber, this really captures how I feel about competition in general :)

Happy reading everyone!

I finished my first book! I had already started Flowers for Algernon and waited till today to read the last 100 pages. My heart is broken, but I earned us 3 points (C&B Related 1 obstacle).

Don't know if everyone else knows this, but William Goldman, author of The Princess Bride, died this weekend. If you don't know any of his work, besides TPB, I'd highly recommend the screenplay forButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Screenplay. Even if you've never seen the film (which I have an insane, passionate love for), the screenplay stands on its own as a great piece of writing. If you have seen the film, there are some extra scenes (more Etta!) that add so much to your understanding of the characters.

Lois wrote: "Don't know if everyone else knows this, but William Goldman, author of The Princess Bride, died this weekend. If you don't know any of his work, besides TPB, I'd highly recommend the s..."

Hi Lois,

I had no idea that he died this past weekend. Thank you for recommending the screenplay of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. I will have to check it out.

Sam was the first teammate to record the first completed book on our team page. Yaah!

John just finished a book too. This is a great start.

Thanks for logging in your books. I have extra time this week to log in books daily, but normally I will log in every couple days or weekly.

Happy reading.....fellow teammates.

Does anyone have big plans for Thanksgiving?

I look forward to family, food and festivities.

Amber can I ask a favor? Can you ask Rachael to change the first post to team 2? It thows me off every time? It may be no big deal.

Hi Team! Please send me your Team Name in a message when you'd decide on a name. Hopefully you can get that to me by next Wednesday? Thanks!

Thank you!! I apreciate it.

I am cranking through some easy and medium books. I will try to target more obstacles. I have a few options that can be the self help one so I will see which would work best.

Hi guys,

I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.

I have added a link to my first post that includes our team totals on a Google spreadsheet. Please click the link for more details.

Sheena, leader of Team Four shared this awesome way to keep of with our totals throughout the games.

Everyone who has provided input indicated that they like the team name, Overbooked.

In addition, we have TWO team obstacle reads.

1. Book we choose to read as a team - A Man Called Ove has been proposed.
2. Book from the C&B archives bookshelf (2018 does not count) - A Princess Bride has been proposed

If you have any new ideas for a team read, please post them so we can vote as a TEAM.

I love quotes, I couldn't resist sharing the one below.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”

― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!