Round the World with Nellie Bly

[Dee]

its ok, i missed the whole lose a throw thing as well - until i landed on a square like that...I was only planning a few books in advance at a time

[Tien]

Not to worry, guys - it's just a game and one that I came up with overnight (sort of) :)

I made up the rules cuz if I don't - you'd be asking me all sorts of questions LOL

you're not going to be disqualified for disregarding it either (this time! *wicked laugh*) ;)

[Dee]

lol! BTW Tien i just requested/got approved for Nellie bly through Edelweiss - now to find a place in SRC for it

[LynnB]

Tien wrote: "Not to worry, guys - it's just a game and one that I came up with overnight (sort of):)
I made up the rules cuz if I don't - you'd be asking me all sorts of questions LOL
you're not going to be disqualified for disregarding it either (this time! *wicked laugh*) ;)"

Whew! I am so relieved! Thanks for overlooking it this time :)

[LynnB]

Lynn's Fourth Stage of Travel
Original Start: 2012-11-29 06:04:00 UTC

Roll: 6
Square 33: Read a book with some kind of food in title or on cover
Thank You for Arguing (has carrot on cover)

Roll: 2
Square 35: Read a novella.
Fup

Roll: 2
Square 37 (Go ahead 2 days)
Square 39 (Go back 3 days)
Square 36 (Go Back 10 days!!!!)
Square 26 Read a book with some kind of food in title or on cover
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table

Roll: 2
Square 28 (Go to Siam - 34)
Square 34 (Go ahead 2 days)
Square 36 (2nd time) Read a book set in South-East Asia
Heart of a Samurai

Roll: 6
Square 42 (Read a book with cover of close up of a head (ie most of the body is not shown on cover)
Oranges & Sunshine

Roll: 1
Square 43 (Lose next throw)
The Devil's Star

[Tien]

Dee wrote: "lol! BTW Tien i just requested/got approved for Nellie bly through Edelweiss - now to find a place in SRC for it"

OOh! I hope you like it, Dee!
Maybe task 15.4?

[Dee]

i'm using it for a 20 pointer - Carly's Screen Sisters - for the strong female character - i think they work ;)

apparently Edelweiss likes me, because I have been approved for almost everything i have requested - which means, I need to buckle down and read

[Susan]

OK, Dee & Tien, you need to fill the rest of us in on Edelweiss.

[Dee]

Edelweiss is like NetGalley where you can be approved for review copies of books - if you have a blog etc - they seem to have a much wider range of publishers that NG, and less picky about who is approved

[Susan]

Dee wrote: "Edelweiss is like NetGalley where you can be approved for review copies of books - if you have a blog etc - they seem to have a much wider range of publishers that NG, and less picky about who is a..."

Wow! I didn't know there were places you could actually ask for review copies of books. Neat!

[Dee]

yep - for most of them you have to demonstrate some way of showing how you do reviews - either via goodreads profile; amazon profile; blog etc

[Tien]

I only get digital review copies of Netgalley & Edelweiss - how bout you, Dee?

Thing is, I'm in Australia - there are a lot (A LOT) Less ARC available but from the sound of it, there are absolutely stacks in the US.

[Dee]

Net galley, edelweiss and a few publishers/literary agencies have contacted me - if authors offer arc I also put my name In if I like them

[Amy]

Second Stage of Travel:

Currently on Square 27: Lose next throw

Rolled a 4
Square 31 - Read a book with 'black' in title or which cover is primarily black - Black Hills

Rolled a 2
Square 33 - Read a book with some kind of animal in title or on cover - Hannah's Dream

Rolled a 6
Square 39 - Go back 3 days
Square 36 - Go back 10 days :-(
Square 26 - Read a book with some kind of food in title or on cover - The Chocolate War

Rolled a 4
Square 30 - Go back 3 days
Square 27 - Lose next throw
Book: Private Games

OMG - started on 27 and ended on 27 to end round 2. Added 4 books but made no forward progress.

Completed: 4/4

[Tien]

Oh, Amy - rough seas, I see ;-)

[Amy]

Tien wrote: "Oh, Amy - rough seas, I see ;-)"

LOL...I'm drowning!

[Bea]

I've changed some of the books I hope to read.

[Dee]

guess I should plan my next stage of travel - might inspire me to finish the book I am stuck on right now

[Susan]

Timestamp: 2012-12-08 14:05:52 UTC
Must finish before 2013/02/22 20:17:06

STAGE 1

Rolled 6/Square 7 = Fair Sailing
no Task on Board
Challenge Task: Go to Amiens (9)/Square 9 = Amiens
Task on Board: One more throw --> 3/Square 12 = Mediterranean
no Task on Board
Challenge Task: Read a romance: The Well of Lost Plots - finished 12/15

Rolled 2/Square 14 = Thanksgiving
Task on Board: Go to 18th Day/Square 18 = Strikes a Rock
Task on Board:Go Back 10 Days/Square 8 = Southhampton
Task on Board: Go to Amiens (9)/Square 9 = Amiens (2nd visit)
Challenge Task: Read a fantasy / sci-fi: The Flame Alphabet - finished 12/16

Rolled 4/Square 13 = Suez Canal
no Task on Board
Challenge Task: Read a book set in a place away from your home country: Ammonite-on the planet Jeep - finished 12/22

Rolled 1/Square 14 = Thanksgiving (2nd visit)
no Challenge Task
Task on Board: Go to 18th Day/Square 18 = Strikes a Rock (2nd visit)
Challenge Task: Read a Speculative Fiction: Voyage to Arcturus - finished 12/24

Rolled 5/Square 23 = Indian Ocean
no Task on Board
Challenge Task: Read a translated work (ie. book which has been translated into English from another language): Aura - finished 12/25

Rolled 1/Sqaure 24 = Indian Ocean
no Task on Board
Challenge Task: Read a book published in Nellie Bly's lifetime (1864-1922 inclusive): The Innocence of Father Brown(1910) - finished 1/1/2013

Rolled 3/Square 27 = Ceylon
Task on Board: Lose Next Throw: Stay where you are and read a book of your choice: The WindUp Girl - finished 1/1/2013

[Bea]

Sorry, Tien, but I have broken the rules already. Most of my books are library books and so the date I receive them and the date due is determining what gets read when.

I did start and am still reading the first book but the other six are all from the library and I have finished some of the last few first. However, I will not move on from this leg of the journey until I have completed all 7, which will keep me in the spirit of the game. (I am already sure that I will not be a top finisher, since I have been too long on book 1.)

[Tien]

Bea wrote: "Sorry, Tien, but I have broken the rules already. Most of my books are library books and so the date I receive them and the date due is determining what gets read when.

I did start and am still..."

I love how honest you are, Bea :)

It doesn't matter - this is a real fun game for me and by the way, the winner won't be who finished first but who finished fastest ;) BUT all who defeated Nellie Bly's time WINS!! LOL granted, we're doing it from the comfort of our own home but it's still fun!

I just realised that I've hit Christmas Day! Happy Christmas everybody! xox

[Dee]

I'm stuck in Egypt still - my goal for being a bum today is to finish that book

[Dee]

Stage 2

See stage 1 travel HERE

Starting from Square 25

Roll 1
Rolled 6/Square 31
Challenge task - book with black in the title/predominantly black
Book A - 12/26

Roll 2
Rolled 2/Square 33
Challenge task - read book with animal on cover/in title
Book B - - 12/29

Roll 3
Rolled 6/Square 39/back 3 days 36/ back 10 days to Square 26
Challenge back - book with food in title/on cover -
Book C - - 12/29

Roll 4
Rolled 4/Square 30/back 3 days to 27/lose a throw
Book D - Visions of Skyfire - 1/1

[Susan]

Stage 1 completed, see message 69.

STAGE 2

Rolled 2/Square 29 = Bay of Bengal
Challenge Task: Read a book which author or which has a main character named BoB: Bob - finished 1/4/2013

Rolled 3/Square 32 = Malacca Straits
Task on Board: Go Ahead 1 Day/Square 33 = Singapore
no Task on Board; Challenge Task: Bly bought a monkey in Singapore -Read a book with some kind of animal in title or on cover: Along Came a Spider - finished 1/9/2013

Rolled 2/Square 35 = China Sea
Challenge Task: Nellie Bly packed light (only the dress she's wearing and a gripsack) -Read a novella:
When Will You Rise read 1/10/2013 . I thought this was a novella, but it turned out only to contain one, and one I'd already read at that. I re-read it, but wish I'd picked something new.

Rolled 5/Square 40 = Hong Kong
Challenge Task: Read a book with 2 female protagonists OR with alternating perspectives (f/f, f/m, m/m): Trans-Sister Radio finished 1/12/2013

Rolled 3/Square 43 = Canton
Task on Board: Lose Next Throw: Stay where you are and read a book of your choice: The Alchemist read 1/13/2013

[Bea]

Haha. Susan, I am so bogged down on my first book....just having the dickens of a time with it that I did stage 2, 3, 4, and 5 planning just to have hope! I just won't post it until I get past stage 1.

[Tien]

Bea wrote: "Haha. Susan, I am so bogged down on my first book....just having the dickens of a time with it that I did stage 2, 3, 4, and 5 planning just to have hope! I just won't post it until I get past st..."

I didn't hear (read) that...

[Dee]

starting Third Phase

Second Phase HERE

Starting from Square 27

Roll 1
Rolled 5/Square 32/Ahead 1 day to Square 33
Book A - Read a book with an animal on the cover - - Finished - 1/5


Roll 2
Rolled 6/Square 39 (2nd time landing there)
Book B - Read a book that is not first in a series - Real Men Will (#3 in the series) - Finished - 1/5

Roll 3
Rolled 4/Square 43/Lose next throw
Book C - book of choice - Easy

[Tien]

Third Stage of Travel:

Currently on Square 67 (Pacific Ocean)
Rolled 6
Square 73 = Finish Line!

Awww… that was a bit anti-climactic!
When I finish reading my book for Square 67, I’ll come back with my ‘finishing’ time

[Dee]

damn!

[Bea]

My sails are just beginning to flap...hoping for a breeze soon so I can get out of the harbor.

[LynnB]

Lynn's Fifth Stage of Travel
Original Start: 2012-11-29 06:04:00 UTC

Currently on Square 43

Rolled 3
43+3=46; Read a mystery/Crime novel
Glazed Murder

Rolled 2
46+2= 48; Go ahead 5 days
48+5= 53; (First time) Go back 5 days
53-5= 48; Go ahead 5 days
48+5= 53; (Second time) Read a book with a 4-word title.
The Lies That Bind

Rolled 4
53+4= 57; Go ahead 1 day.
57+1 =58; (First time) Go back 3 days.
58-3= 55; (First time) Go back 2 days.
55-2= 53; (Third time) Read a book with a 4-word title.
Travels with My Aunt

Rolled 5
53+5= 58; (Second time) Read a book that is not 1st in a series.
Brooklyn

Rolled 3
58+3= 61; Read a picture book.
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

Rolled 3
61+3= 64; Lose 2 Throws
The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club
The Goose Girl

[Amy]

Third stage of travel

Currently on Square 27: Lose next throw

Rolled a 2
Square 29 - Read a book with author or main character named Bob (Robert is acceptable): The Amateur

Rolled a 2
Square 31 - Read a book with 'black' in title or which cover is primarily black: Black and Blue

Rolled a 4
Square 35 - Read a novella:
Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box

Rolled a 1
Square 36 (second visit) - Read a book set in South-East Asia: The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine

Rolled a 2
Square 38 - Read a book written by an author born in Nellie Bly's lifetime (1864-1922 inclusive): Reilly's Luck by Louis L'Amour (born in 1908)

Rolled a 3
Square 41: 1 more throw
Rolled a 4
Square 45: Go Ahead 3 Days
Square 48: Go Ahead 5 Days
Square 53: Go Back 5 Days
Square 48: Go Ahead 5 Days
Square 53 (second visit) - Read a book with 4 words in title: Every Move She Makes

Rolled a 1
Square 54 - Read an "adopted" book (adopted = book gifted to you whether second hand or brand new / book purchased from second hand stores / flea markets): The Woodcutter

Rolled a 1
Square 55: Go Back 2 Days
Square 53 (third visit) - Read a book with 4 words in title: Prayer for the Dead

Rolled a 5
Square 58: Go Back 3 Days
Square 55 (second visit): Read a book of poems: Locomotion

Rolled a 2
Square 57: Go Ahead 1 Day
Square 58 (second visit) - Read a book in a series that is not the first book of that series: Merry Christmas, Alex Cross

Rolled a 3
Square 61: Read a picture book: Harold and the Purple Crayon

Rolled a 1
Square 62: Go Back 3 Days
Square 59 - Read a book about or by one of these women listed: O Pioneers!

Rolled a 6
Square 65: Go Ahead 1 Day
Square 66 - Read a popular book (a book with at least 300,000 ratings): The Notebook

Rolled a 4
Square 70: Go Back to Golden Gate (68)
Square 68: Read a non-fiction book on America (it can be a biography on an American, history, etc) Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

Rolled a 4
Square 72: Lose 1 Throw
Book: Nevermore

Completed: 14/15

[Tien]

Finish: Timestamp: 2013-01-03 10:11:12 UTC

Start: Timestamp: 2012-11-29 03:37:03 UTC

That's 35 Days 6 hours 34 minutes & 9 seconds

Fair weather sailing :D

[Dee]

wow

[LynnB]

Tien wrote: "Finish: Timestamp: 2013-01-03 10:11:12 UTC
Start: Timestamp: 2012-11-29 03:37:03 UTC
That's 35 Days 6 hours 34 minutes & 9 seconds
Fair weather sailing :D"

Wow, Tien! Congrats!

[Amy]

Tien wrote: "Finish: Timestamp: 2013-01-03 10:11:12 UTC

Start: Timestamp: 2012-11-29 03:37:03 UTC

That's 35 Days 6 hours 34 minutes & 9 seconds

Fair weather sailing :D"

WTG!

[Tien]

Thanks, guys, I really focused on this challenge more than any other so no wonder I finish it in record time ;)

Now, it's time to focus on Moving Mountains!

[Dee]

started Fourth Phase

Third phase HERE

started Square 43

Roll 1
rolled 3/moved to square 46
Book A read to mystery/crime novel - Collared - 1/12/13

Roll 2
rolled 3/moved to square 50
Book B - read a book with a connection to journalism - The List - 1/20/13

Roll 3
rolled 3/moved to square 53
go back 5 days/moved to square 48
go ahead 5 days/moved to square 53
Book C - read a book with 4 words in the title - While He Was Away - 1/21/13

Roll 4
rolled 3/moved to 56/go back 10 days
moved to square 46
Book D - read a mystery/crime novel - Tempest in the Tea Leaves - 1/26/13

Roll 5
rolled 6/moved to square 52
Book E - read a book with a cover you love

Roll 6
rolled 6/moved to sqaure 58/go back 3
go back 2 days/ square 53
Book F - read a book with 4 words in the title

Roll 7
rolled 4/moved to square 57/moved ahead 1 day
moved to square 58
Book G - book that is not first in a series

Roll 8
rolled 4/moved to square 62/go back 3 days
moved to sqaure 59
Book H - bio of one of the women on the list

Roll 9
rolled 4/moved to square 63/go back 15 days
moved to square 48/go ahead 5 days/move to 53
Book I - book with 4 letters in title

Roll 10
rolled 4/moved to square 57/move ahead 1 day
moved to square 58
Book J - book not first in series

Roll 11
rolled 2/moved to square 60/go ahead 2 days
Book K read a sad/tear-jerker

Roll 12
rolled 1/moved to sqaure 63
Book L - read a book that 1, 2, 4, 6 or 7 in a series

Roll 13
rolled 1/moved to square 64/lose 2 throws
Book M/N - read 2 books of choice

[Bea]

HaHaHa (belly laugh). (whispering: You know that preplanning I did for the next stages? I counted all the stops WRONG!)

I will salvage the rolls...but my trip will be longer than I thought. Oh, well...at least I am moving.

[LynnB]

Bea wrote: "HaHaHa (belly laugh). (whispering: You know that preplanning I did for the next stages? I counted all the stops WRONG!) I will salvage the rolls...but my trip will be longer than I thought. O..."

LOL, Bea! I'm glad I'm not the only one that does stuff like that!

[Susan]

Tien wrote: "Of course Not, Dee! I've just started my 6th book which allows me to plan my second stage..."

So you're "planning" based on books you've already read? It never occurred to me we could do that.

[Tien]

Bea wrote: "HaHaHa (belly laugh). (whispering: You know that preplanning I did for the next stages? I counted all the stops WRONG!)

I will salvage the rolls...but my trip will be longer than I thought. O..."

Ha ha ha, oh dear... but at least you've got more books of your TBR *hopefully* ;p

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "Tien wrote: "Of course Not, Dee! I've just started my 6th book which allows me to plan my second stage..."

So you're "planning" based on books you've already read? It never occurred to me we coul..."

Um...?

There might be a misunderstanding here... Dee was commenting on the the total number of books I've listed at the bottom of my second stage and I said that I've only read the 6th book (the last book of my first stage) which allows me to plan the second stage which at the time I've not started reading any of, yet. But the total number of books include both from stages 1 & 2.

Does that make more sense now?

[Dee]

yeah, i'm totally confused...lol!

[Tien]

uh... is this better?

Dee was commenting on the the total number of books I've noted at the bottom of my second stage (17) but at that point in time, I've only started to read the 6th book (the last book of my first stage).

This allowed me to plan the second stage. The total number of books included both from stages 1 & 2. I read all my books in order they rolled.

[Dee]

i think I have shoppers brain melt-down...lol! but yeah - I knew what you were talking about but not susan

[Tien]

oh, I wasn't exactly sure what she was asking either but I thought I'd explain the context of our discussion :p

It's Monday morning for me and late Sunday evening for you (?) - so brains probably aren't functioning! LOL

Btw, have you read Eighty Days yet?

[Dee]

no - but I did land on the square with the read a book by or about one of the women in the hall of fame - so it fits nicely right there ;) and i've managed to fit all my books into SRC so far

[Susan]

Tien wrote: "uh... is this better?
There might be a misunderstanding here... Dee was commenting on the the total number of books I've listed at the bottom of my second stage and I said that I've only read the 6th book (the last book of my first stage) which allows me to plan the second stage which at the time I've not started reading any of, yet. But the total number of books include both from stages 1 & 2.

Does that make more sense now? ."

Well, yeah, I was totally confused. I can't even find now what I was looking when I wrote that. It must've been someone else's Stage 2, because it had a lot of books finished in December. And since I was thinking that was yours that you'd just planned, it really confused me.

[Ebony]

Hmm, I have a question, Tien. For my lose throw reads, I'm planning on reading the Chrestomanci Chronicles, which is cheaper and easier to get in volume form. So each book was originally published seperately, and has now been turned into two-book volumes. Would it be reasonable for me to still count each book as a book on its own? So if i read volume 1 (charmed life/lives of christopher chant) would that count as 2 seperate books?

(im actually planning on reading half of volume 1 and half of volume 2, as ive already read charmed life, but the question is still relevant, so I would be able to use the other half of volume 2 for another task/challenge?)