Melindam’s Comments (group member since May 02, 2017)

Melindam’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

The mind/ears/heart want what they want!

Unintentionally, but so far it seems May is also a non-fic month for me, at least in ratio. 😊

And while this TT will certainly push my boundaries, I'm trying to find mostly non-fic books for the hard country tasks if I can. 😊

I will start my historical fiction only after TT is officially on (I know it's non-fic month for you, Sammy), so if anyone finishes one before, then just kick mine out.

Sammy wrote: "Went ahead and finished that one and spun a Discworld. would have done a world monster, but I'm assuming we're gonna be spinning lots of those during TT? 😉"

Correct. 😊

And no pressure, but I'm totally expecting one of us (myself included, obvs) to spin Leopold for DR Congo before!!! I finish my book the The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination which I just bought at a 2-for-1 credit Audible sale and prompted by TT. 🤭

The page count would also be just right.

Mods Almighty 😉

And thank you!! Consulting Kobo first. ;)

I'm perfectly fine with twisty, if you all are. 😊

And thank you. Tower Teams will be a nice way of officially launching it.

And talking about TT, Sammy, your expertise is needed. 😊 I know you recommended a book set in Oman previously, but too lazy to look through the threads. Could you please repeat? 🥰

Sophie,

you get to join our Desert Island Book Club, for sure. 🥰

Fiona wrote: "Swapping the books around sounds actually great, let's go! :)"

🤭 yes, and we could have book club meetings.

Time I answered my questions as well.

🏯What are your favourite places in the world?
the city of Salzburg in Austria and the Isle of Skye in Scotland, but I visited lots of beautiful places around Europe and once I mastered my fear of flying to travel to the Maldives with my family.

🏯 What are the places you would love to visit the most?
I don't think I will ever get there, but visiting New Zealand would be a dream come true, if they finally discovered how to do the Star Trek version of "beaming up" - wouldn't it be great?

I can just bear the thought of staying in the air for a maximum of 3 hours at a time with the help of some medication, so there are lots of places in Europe I'd like to go. We will go for a short visit to Copenhagen in June and then planning a trip to Geneva and then going on by train to France. I'd love to visit especially Annecy and Avignon.

🏯Preferred mode of travel?
Trains definitely, and we do a lot of biking around the lake in my town.


🏯Desert Island question: if you were allowed to take the (all) books of only three authors with you, who would they be?

😅 Jane Austen, Terry Pratchett and Dorothy Dunnett for fiction and I'd try very hard to squeeze in the non-fiction history books of Dan Jones.

Hey Vi,

great to be on a team with you again.

Seems Agatha Christie is a top author for a lot of us.

I guess if I get stuck on a desert island, I'd better do it with you all and then we can swap books around. 🤭

Hey Lauri,

Glad to have you with us! Coming from a landlocked country, I have this endless fascination with the seas/oceans.

And absolutely no judging for book or author preferences. This is a safe space to read what you like and like what you read. 😊

Hey KayLynn,

back in 2017 UNO was my gateway to reading challenges addiction and that's also how I found my way to Tower Teams.

We are here to answer any questions you have. 😊

And talking about my first UNO challenge, I ended up from the reserve list in Maria Helena's team! 😊

Hello MH,

good to be on a team with you again. 😊


Also, I am a fellow Agatha Christie fan.

Fiona,

Happy to have a fierce flyer with us. 😊

And another Stephen King fan besides Denise!

Confession time: I have a severe fear of flying, which tends to cramp my travelling style. 🤭

Also, I'm not tough enough for Horror King. The only books I read by him were the one for kids The Eyes of the Dragon, plus the one about the Kennedy murder, which was political thriller and not Horror. 😊

Welcome Claire and Kari,


Glad to have you on our Team! 😊

Claire,

I'm hoping to visit Antwerp in the not so far future. 😊

Hi Denise!

Glad that Stargate spit us out here. 🤭

Team Three Pagodas is open! Come and let's ascend those book towers together! 🏯🏯🏯

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Hello Team! 😊

I am very excited for another round of Tower Teams and travelling with you all. Sophie, Fiona and I will be your captains on this Wild Ride.

I have participated in TT challenges since 2017 (Star Wars was my first one).

I have sent friend requests to those of you I have not been on a Team before.

I am Melinda and live in Hungary, in a small lake town not far from Budapest with my husband and my 11-year-old son. I work in Budapest for one of the EU Agencies and commute on a train 3 days a week (precious reading time!!) and work from home 2 days. I am UTC+2 and will be around most days to check our thread, answer or ask questions, etc.

My shelf is tt-travel-2025

Apart from the "general" introduction, here are a few warm-up questions to get to know each other before take-off.


🏯What are your favourite places in the world?

🏯 What are the places you would love to visit the most?

🏯Preferred mode of travel?

🏯Desert Island question: if you were allowed to take the (all) books of only three authors with you, who would they be?

‼️Please remember to link your TT shelf in your post.

🔊✈️ Dear Passengers, this is your one of your captains speaking.

Hello and welcome on board of Flight 🏯🏯🏯 Pagodas of Tower Teams Airlines to Read-vana.

Our in-flight crew today includes your head attendant, Fantasy (with a wild imagination and a sword under their uniform); accompanied by Historical Fiction (offering you tea, facts, and light scandal from the century of your choosing; Mystery (keeps disappearing mid-shift) and Romance to guarantee happy ending landing.

We'll be serving emotional turbulence, unexpected plot drops, and complimentary snacks in the form of book recommendations, memes, gifs and mutual encouragement in case of challenge pressure .

Until we reach our reading altitude, please keep your TBRs securely fastened and your bookmarks within reach at all times.

Thank you for choosing Team Three Pagodas. 🏯🏯🏯

I hope you'll enjoy it. :)

Baby one more time...

H*O*U*S*E*K*E*E*P*I*N*G

📝 message 4: RULES + link to the Tracking sheet and Countdown

📝 message 5: Unclaimed Tasks for All Current Minis

📝 message 6: BOM Info

📝 message 9: Helpful links for international book travel

📊 If you are a planner, feel free to add books to the tracking sheet and add the options your book works for. You can go ahead and claim tasks, but not more than 3-4 at a time, please. Once you finished a book, you can claim another task.

🦥If you are more of a mood reader it's enough to add the books as you start reading them, no hurry.

✅ Fiona, Sophie and I will try our best to make sure that your books get assigned to claimed tasks, but sometimes, to move forward and for the sake of points, we may need to play tetris, if its OK with you. We will let you know if some more targeted reading is needed, but otherwise will be happy to leave you to follow your own pace and mood. 😊

➕ If you are uncomfortable using spreadsheets, you are welcome to make completion posts in the thread and we will help you adding the books to the sheet. Just make sure you link the right edition of the book you read and list the options the book works for.

❓Feel free to ask any questions if you something is not clear.

❗And the MOST IMPORTANT: Have fun and read good books!! 😊