Tina ❣’s Comments (group member since Mar 09, 2016)

Tina ❣’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I’ve added a bunch of my read books to tracking.

Are there any tasks that people will find the hardest to read for?
I think the boat ones will be hard for me to find

Fiona wrote: "Tina ❣ wrote: "notifications has been weird this past week. I think they're working for me again.

I'm part of two other team challenges at the moment, so I think the books I read for this challeng..."

yep, 3 at once is a challenge but I can't see to stop doing it haha.
Shout out to anyone doing Turf wars here

What?! Omigosh, I assumed you were in a car! Hopefully you're okay the next few days and definitely take it easy. That's such a scary thing to happen

notifications has been weird this past week. I think they're working for me again.

I'm part of two other team challenges at the moment, so I think the books I read for this challenge will reflect those as well. When they finish, I'll read books specifically tailored to this challenge.

Every year, I say that I won't participate in all the challenges, but I do anyway because they are fun.

Apart from this Wheel, is anyone in any other team challenges

That's definitely not a great way to start anyday Fiona! Glad it wasn't too serious. Hopefully there wasn't too much damage to your car

But glad that no one was hurt!

Dhruti wrote: "We start reading from 11th?"

Yes, correct!

In the team sheet and tracking sheet, in the summary tab, there is a timer for the start of a round and finish

Helloooo team Camino de Santiago!

I'm Tina, one of the co-captains for this lovely team of ours! I live in Melbourne, Australia, and it's just hit spring here, so I'm incredibly excited for it (apart from the mad hay fever). My shelf is here https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

If you could take a literary pilgrimage anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
Visiting all the Harry Potter landmarks has been on my bucket list forever. But also to return to Greece and Italy to visit the other ancient sites I haven't been to yet.

What’s a book that made you want to pack a bag and travel somewhere new?
I guess most books I read! When I read a book that's set in my hometown (very rare to find), I loved it because it was easy to visualise the settings. Every other book I read, I haven't been to, especially if it's fantasy, so it's up to my wonderful imagination

You’re walking part of the real Camino de Santiago: which book character would you want as your walking companion?
I've never heard of it, but I'd take the Greek goddess Athena with me hahaha. Or maybe someone from

Do you prefer to read about far-off adventures or cozy, close-to-home stories?
Far off adventures, I think

What’s a country or culture you’ve learned about through a book that really stuck with you?
I'd say it was the Percy Jackson books that re-launched my interest in mythology - Greek, Roman and Norse. I've also enjoyed reading books on Asian culture

If you could read in any scenic spot in the world, where would you set up your reading chair?
Somewhere on the beach with grass and trees behind me on a warm, sunny day

Anywho, welcome to the team, everyone! Please don't hesitate to reach out to Fiona, Teddie or I with any queries. Most of all, enjoy yourself :)

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Shelves

Fiona - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Tina - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Teddie - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Dhruti - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...-
Nistha - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Cordelia - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Priya - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
M - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Sharon A - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Apoorv - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Ashleigh - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Thank you everyone! You all did amazingly! I'm super impressed with what we achieved :)
I hope to see you all in future challenges

Countdown to the end of Tower Teams! https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

End date and time: 17 August 2025, 9am UTC

We have 4 days and 19 hours from now!

We finished USA and received Spain this time for the World Wheel :)

Tasks remaining:
France:
WW78 character cycles (a lot)

Spain:
WW86 Author born in Spain
WW88 features a bull
WW89 church or cathedral on cover
WW90 mentions Don Quixote
WW91 character eats seafood

We have already completed the spell-out for Spain and a book with red and yellow on the cover.

There are some books I haven't filed on the main sheet, as I wanted to give everyone a chance to see if their books fit the above tasks. Let us know if they do or don't!

I'm going okay as well. I've been working, volunteering, planning for europe and other life admin that I neglected when I was sick last week. The amalfi coast sounds awesome and hopefully I can check it out. Thanks for the rec Elisabeth!

hope you're going ok too!

The wagassi sounds so interesting. I'm heading to Europe (Italy and Greece) at the end of the month for a few weeks so when I find the cheese places in Italy, I'm going to suss out the cheeses from this challenge there

Elisabeth wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Good that’s sorted but you’ve given it the task F39 which is already already filled by a different book of mine. 😀"

Sorry—it’s getting closer 😄 but now is one slot out. Should be..."

oh you're so fine for checking! It now says F94 on both sheets. Thank you!
I guess it serves me right for doing this late at night or when I'm at work hahaha

Elisabeth wrote: "Tina ❣ wrote: "@Elisabeth - Can you add Memorial Days to the challenge shelf please?"

It’s there already in my shelves—tt25. That’s odd."

I'm not sure what happened but it's there now. I've got it in the main sheet. Thanks for checking :)

With Lisa reading her book for the last task (Pho in text), we've also finished Food Mini Part 1! Yay! :D

World Wheel Update

New Tasks - France
WW74 Author born in France
WW75 Red, White, and Blue on cover
WW76 pastry on cover
WW77 MPG Romance
WW78 character cycles (a lot)
WW79 character drinks wine
WW80 F
WW81 R
WW82 A
WW83 N
WW84 C
WW85 E

Remaining tasks for USA
WW49 "watermelon" in text
WW59 S
WW64 S
WW66 F
WW67 A
WW70 R
WW71 I
WW73 A

@Elisabeth - Can you add Memorial Days to the challenge shelf please?