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Alaina wrote: "This is probably a dumb question but for the character going to a musical task, would an opera work? Or is it directed more towards Broadway?"That's a good question. I'll ask.
Excellent!!We have completed our first itinerary!!!
I used The Hunger Games for this time around.
Now, I will build our next itinerary - but this has to be of books finished from now, going forward.
Perfect. I thought there was one from the US
Perfect. I just put it in for Indonesia. We just need one more book for our first itinerary!
JL wrote: "For mini 2 #11: Read a book where a character is superstitious or believes in some myth or entity. After finding her grandmothers Grimoire Sophie believes she is a witch and is set on becoming a ..."
Yes! That sounds like it works.
And another for the o
I have a book I can finish for the P
Fabulous! I've been wanting to read that for a looooonnng time!
Alaina wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Hello everyone!
I'm Alaina and I also live in Virginia (somewhere in NOVA to be exact). I'm in two departments at my job: project ma..."
Hello Alaina!
I just bought the book.
I have a rather extensive list for May. Would you be okay starting it June 1?
I think I just add a thread to the buddy reads list.
No worries!I've tried starting my book set in Afghanistan 4 times, and haven't made it through chapter 1!
Yes, I'll plunk in books as they finish. We just need 3 from medium countries and 2 from difficult countries in each round.I'll keep swapping books in and out so we will finish one itinerary and then move onto the next.
I'm going to get Paulette's book in there too so we can finish up an itinerary.
Alaina wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Hello everyone!
I'm Alaina and I also live in Virginia (somewhere in NOVA to be exact). I'm in two departments at my job: project ma..."
I'm going to check into this today - I should be able to get it soon.
Tower Teams has begun!
Alaina wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Hello everyone!
I'm Alaina and I also live in Virginia (somewhere in NOVA to be exact). I'm in two departments at my job: project management and order operations. ..."
Excellent! I'll seek out a copy and get a thread together.
When would you like to start it?
MelanieJoy wrote: "PS - I nominated the BOM and it won! Hope you guys can participate in the discussion! I'm looking forward to reading it: 
"I also just downloaded it. It looks good!
Alaina wrote: "Hello everyone!
I'm Alaina and I also live in Virginia (somewhere in NOVA to be exact). I'm in two departments at my job: project management and order operations. All I seem to do nowadays is wo..."
We should buddy read The Way of Kings!
Hello! I am Melissa - I am from Vermont, USA. I am a middle school teacher, so I usually have one middle grades book going during the school year. My favorite genre is non-fiction, which I never would have thought would be the case. I really like biographies and memoirs and anything about nature. I love fiction too, and read pretty much anything - but I gravitate towards historical fiction, science fiction, police procedurals, and books from other countries. Yes, Alyana! We will have to figure out which book fits both of our challenges :)
It is really nice to see familiar faces on our team, as well as people I have yet to get to know :)
This is my 3rd TT. I am a co-captain, and am very glad Deanna is taking the lead! I will lead us in the Novels Around the World mini.
🧭Have you discovered any new authors recently that you love?
I've been jumping around a lot to different memoirs lately. I would read anything by Lisa See, Kristin Hannah, Andy Weir, Carl Hiaasen, and Charlotte McConaghy though.
🧭What book are looking forward to reading during TTXI?
Maybe I'll try to read a really long Brandon Sanderson book! I also want to re-read Dune because I just watched the second movie, and I liked the movie better than the book (isn't that terrible!)
🧭If you could take all the works of 3 authors with you to a desert island, which authors would you choose?
Hmmmmm....
Brandon Sanderson because he's written so much and I liked Mistborn a lot.
Robin Wall Kimmerer - she's so amazing at writing about the natural world
Louise Penny - because I really need to get back to her Inspector Gamache series!
My shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
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Novels Around the World MiniExperiencing other cultures and traveling vicariously through books - who hasn't done it? Who doesn't enjoy it? Except for maybe the fact that we can't taste the food via the books ;-)
We are going to feed this bookish travel enjoyment with this challenge where we want to take you on a literary itinerary. Or several.
Each team will create their own Book Travel Itinerary of 11 books, each set in a different country, written by an author born in the country, or a nonfiction book where events in the country are the primary subject of the book. No more than 6 books can be chosen from among a list of easier to find countries (easy). At least 3 books will have to be chosen from off the beaten track countries (midlevel), and at least 2 more books should be from challenging countries (hard).
Note your itinerary may use fewer easy countries and more midlevel or harder countries but each itinerary must have at least 3 midlevel and 2 hard countries. There is a tab in the team spreadsheet that provides a list of countries in each category. The reason on the spreadsheet should match exactly the spelling of the country provided in these lists.
Once one Book Travel Itinerary has been finished, the team can start on a new Book Travel Itinerary. Countries may only be duplicated once. If, for example, your team has read a book set in the UK for Itinerary 1 and for Itinerary 2, you will not be able to read a book set in the UK for Itinerary 3.
The next itinerary can only be started once the previous itinerary has been completely finished. Within the itinerary, you don't have to read books in order, meaning your first 11 books can be finished in any random order. But you cannot move onto your next itinerary if all books from the previous itinerary have not been finished.
◈ Each book read can only be used for one mini challenge.
◈ Each book read can only be used for one task.
◈ Each book read must be set for 50% or more in the selected country, verifiable that the author was born there, or clear that the country is the primary subject matter of the nonfiction book.
◈ Fantasy settings of real countries are allowed. Korea fantasy books or historic books where is it otherwise not clearly set in the north are defaulted to South Korea.
◈ Contemporary boundaries are to be used in determining which country a book takes place in and if it is not clear, save everyone the headache and use it for a different task. Please and thank you.
◈ Books can be started at any point since the start of Tower Teams XI (17th May 9am UTC).
◈ The usual book length rules apply.
◈ You will gain 5 points for each easy country, 10 points for each midlevel country, and 20 points for each hard country.
◈ One partial itinerary will be allowed
