Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Team Members


Sunshine

Tahmina

Monica

Fanziska

Pendra

Nicole

~Michelle~

Wolf (alpha)

Kavitha




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No longer travelling
Simran
Patty
Am
Minnie

Your itinerary is here

When you have a team name, just let me know and I'll update this thread name :)

First stop - Maraba, Brazil

So just to get you started...

Your first stop is Maraba, Brazil

You can choose as a team to:
TASK
- Read books set in Brazil, or by Brazilian authors or
- Do a spell-it-out of Maraba or Brazil

OR
You can elect to do the detour, which for this stop, means that four team members need to Read a book with a Military rank in title (Private, Major, Captain, General, etc)

reserved

Want to start as a spell-it-out?



NBRC Travel Agent wrote: "So just to get you started...

Your first stop is Maraba, Brazil

You can choose as a team to:
TASK
- Read books set in Brazil, or by Brazilian authors or
- Do a spell-it-out of Maraba or Brazil

O..."

I would prefer to read a book by an Brazilian author because I have a few of Paulo Coelho's books on my wish list. What do you guys think?

Hey guys! I am so looking forward to this :)

I don’t have any books by Brazilian authors, so I would vote for the spell out.

Otherwise... Coelho is a Classic, I could also read something written by him.

Does anyone have a good team name?

How about Reading Rovers?

A bit of a twist...

Reading Read Rovers

I'm good either way. I have a book set in Brazil.

I would like to do the spell it out one. I've read the alchemist and was not a fan :(

Team name suggestions:

Gone with the books

Gone with the books is nice :)

Tahmina wrote: "Team name suggestions:

Gone with the books"

Yeah, I like it! ;)

Hello! So excited to be here!

I like Gone with the Books also - it does happen to resonate with my favorite book ever! :)

I like it too. I’m fine with what the majority decides

Just to clarify - once the type of book is chosen - we all get to read different books that match the topic, or do we all read the same book?

Trips will consist of 8 stops across a maximum of 6 continents. You move to a new stop each week unless you want to stay longer, that is ok too.

◈ At each stop the team will need to chose the option of completing a task, or take a more difficult detour.

◈ The task to complete at each stop is determined by the team. The team can either:
(a) read books set in that country or by an author of that country or
(b) complete a spell-it-out of that country or city

◈ A "detour" may be chosen at each stop by the team instead of completing a task. The detour will be worth more points, but be more difficult to accomplish.
--The detours available at each stop will be given to your team when you start, so you can decide in advance if there are detours you want to do.
--Each team will be able to do a maximum of 5 detours over the course of the challenge
--The detours will be random and chosen from our Goal list.
--A detour requires at least 4 members of the team to complete that goal before the detour is considered complete.

Monica wrote: "Just to clarify - once the type of book is chosen - we all get to read different books that match the topic, or do we all read the same book?"

If we choose task (a) we can read different books.

I guess we could choose to read the same book though :)

Hey guys!! so i think we need to finish each stop in a week. Do you know whether that is after we get our name and decide on how to proceed. Or is that a week from yesterday?

Task: read topic or spell out

Pendra - read topic
Franziska - either
Tahmina - spell out
Sunshine - either
Monica - read topic
Patty - spell out
Simran - ?
Am - ?

I don't really even know what spell out is, but I'd prefer we read something set in the country we're *visiting.*

for a spell it out, we work as a team to spell out the name of the country using the Title or Author:

Such as Brazil -
B- Because of Winn-Dixie
R-The Royal Ranger
A-Alcott Louisa MayLittle Women
Z-Zoo
I-Inheritance
L-L'Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time

Monica wrote: "I don't really even know what spell out is, but I'd prefer we read something set in the country we're *visiting.*"

I agree with Gone with the Books!

Pendra wrote: "Tahmina wrote: "Team name suggestions:

Gone with the books"

Yeah, I like it! ;)"

I vote Spell out for the first one - no books set in Brazil or by Brazilians hanging out in my home at the moment!

Sunshine wrote: "Task: read topic or spell out

Pendra - read topic
Franziska - either
Tahmina - spell out
Sunshine - either
Monica - read topic
Patty - ?
Simran - ?
Am - ?"

Who is our Team Captain? Do we get co-pilots and flight attendants, too? :p

If we only have a week to get this done, we should decide soon!

I agree!!! I think we just have to wait for simran and am before we make any decisions.

Sunshine wrote: "Task: read topic or spell out

Pendra - read topic
Franziska - either
Tahmina - spell out
Sunshine - either
Monica - read topic
Patty - spell out
Simran - ?
Am - ?"

I vote we just select and get started. From what I can tell in their profiles, Simran and Am haven't been on this week. Do we chance waiting or just plug ahead?

We get points as long as we complete the task and bonus if the 6 of us who have responded do it. Just let me know what to get reading!

Monica wrote: "Who is our Team Captain? Do we get co-pilots and flight attendants, too? :p

If we only have a week to get this done, we should decide soon!"

Yeah I agree with patty. We can start on the challenge and if they happen to log in my then great!! I’m sure they can help us complete it.

But For the team name I think we should wait until we have everyone’s input. That way everyone has a say.

I'm willing to switch to read topic just to get this thing moving :)! The clock is ticking!

Tahmina wrote: "Yeah I agree with patty. We can start on the challenge and if they happen to log in my then great!! I’m sure they can help us complete it.

But For the team name I think we should wait until we ha..."

Tracking: BRAZIL

B - Sunshine (view spoiler)[Book to be revealed later (hide spoiler)]
R
A
Z
I
L

Tracking: BRAZIL

B - Sunshine
R
A -Tahmina
Z
I
L

B - Sunshine
R - Patty
A -Tahmina
Z
I
L

Tahmina wrote: "Tracking: BRAZIL

B - Sunshine
R
A -Tahmina
Z
I
L"

B - Sunshine
R - Patty
A -Tahmina
Z
I - Pendra William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh by Ian Doescher
L

Are we doing the spell it out through author names or book titles or can we do both?

Tahmina wrote: "Are we doing the spell it out through author names or book titles or can we do both?"

...you can choose either

B - Sunshine
R - Patty
A -Tahmina
Z
I - Pendra William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh by Ian Doescher
L - Monica (me!) Lovecraft Country - by Matt Ruff

B - Sunshine
R - Patty Year One Nora Roberts
A -Tahmina
Z
I - Pendra William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh by Ian Doescher
L - Lovecraft Country - by Matt Ruff

B - Sunshine Something Like Autumn by Jay Bell 1/13/18
R - Patty Year One Nora Roberts
A -Tahmina
Z - Franziska
I - Pendra William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh by Ian Doescher 1/14/18
L - Monica Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

So sorry that I haven't said something until now. I will think about a Z-Topic! :) Or has anyone read something fitting for it ?

I have a good book for Z, but it will take a week until I finish it. But we can always decide to stay longer in one destination, right?

I finished my book today.

Franziska wrote: "I have a good book for Z, but it will take a week until I finish it. But we can always decide to stay longer in one destination, right?"

Yep

NEXT STOP
Fuerteventura (ES)
Fuerteventura, the second largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, sits in the Atlantic Ocean 100km off the north coast of Africa. It’s known primarily as a holiday destination due to its white-sand beaches and year-round warmth cooled by constant winds. The multitude of beaches that wrap around it are interrupted by cliffs and sheltered coves. It's popular for water sports, especially surfing, windsurfing and waterskiing.

Or

Detour
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as ebook - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

i'm almost done with my book. I should finish by Tuesday.

Pendra wrote: "I finished my book today."

Great

I'm done

B - Sunshine Something Like Autumn by Jay Bell 1/13/18
R - Patty Year One Nora Roberts
A - the Accident by Christ Pavone (Tahmina) 01/17/18
Z - Franziska
I - Pendra William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh by Ian Doescher 1/14/18
L - Monica Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

I'm done. Lovecraft Country was wonderful!

B - Sunshine Something Like Autumn by Jay Bell 1/13/18
R - Patty Year One Nora Roberts
A - The Accident by Chris Pavone the Accident by Christ Pavone (Tahmina) 01/17/18
Z - Franziska
I - Pendra William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh by Ian Doescher 1/14/18
L - Monica Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff 1/18/18

Question for y'all. If we next read a book set in the Canary Islands - I have a novella I want to read - and it's 160 pages. Do we have a minimum page count?