ATW: Ongoing Team Challenge: SIGN UPs

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

welcome! We just need 8 people for a new team, so 5 more to go and you can set sail :)

[Carol]

Please sign me up. I read most things except for Westerns

[Caroline]

I'll join! I read about 2 books per week, mostly nonfiction or fiction :-) I'm from Ohio, USA and I think it would be fun to try and read books from random cities!

[Ida]

Please sign me up! I read a lot of crime. I need to read other things...

[NBRC Travel Agent]

Team Flying for Fiction is looking for a hitchhiker:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If someone would like to join a team right away rather than waiting for a new team to be formed. Please just let me know if you decide to do this so we don't accidentally add you to a new team later on :)

[Elise]

This looks like fun! I read a lot, but 2016 is the first year I've started really involving myself in goodreads. I am a massive crime fiction fan, but am currently working through a lot of classics. I usually love YA as well, but am a little burned out from this genre at the moment! Looking forward to chatting with my travel group ;)

[Ida]

NBRC Travel Agent wrote: "Team Flying for Fiction is looking for a hitchhiker:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If someone would like to join a t..."

I join the other team as a hitchhiker.

[NBRC Travel Agent]

Just one more sign up and team 16 is ready to fly!

[Rylie]

I'll sign up for team 16!
2016 is the year for getting involved in reading challenges and talking to others about books, I guess.
I read a lot of YA, romance, reading more classics, and more mysteries, and I read, a, lot. So I'm sure this'll be awesome!

[NBRC Travel Agent]

Team 16 - COMPLETED


Team Members

Kiki

Roseena

Cathy

Carol

Caroline

Elise

Isaboe

Rylie


Please find your discussion thread here

[George P.]

Hello, I'd like to join an Around the World challenge team. I'm already in the "Classics Without All the Class" and "1001 Books You Must Read" groups. I'm trying to read more books lately by writers from other countries after realizing a few yrs ago that a large majority of the writers I've read are from the US, Britain and Canada. Last year I read 7 books by writers from Mexico (2), Australia, France, Russia, Ireland and Germany. I just finished The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Italian) and am about to start "The Shadow of the Wind" by Ruiz Zafon (Spanish).
I will either wait for the next team formed or hitchhike.

[Bookworm_gem]

I'm not sure how good I'll be at this but I've been looking through and does seem like fun...so I'd like to join the next team :)

[Lucy]

My name is Lucy. I would like to to join this too!

What is a bear that has no teeth? GUMMY BEARS! heehee makes me giggle. <-- I love puns. <3

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

haha. Nice one Lucy!

Ok, you need 5 more sign ups for the new team to be created :)

[Angela]

Hello. My name is Angela and I live Virginia, USA. I would like to join. I am not partial to one genre, but I would say my least favorites are romance and horror. Lately, I have chosen to read books based in different countries. So , this would be fun.

[Chris]

I'll sign up.
I'm Christella. I love dystopian, sci-fi, and fairy tale retelling novels.

[George P.]

Looks like we need 3 more...I can be patient...actually I'm not very good at being patient sometimes, but for this I will be.

[Brittney]

I'll sign up. This looks like fun.

My name is Brittney from Texas. I read pretty much anything but mostly mystery/suspense thrillers. I love challenges!!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

George wrote: "Looks like we need 3 more...I can be patient...actually I'm not very good at being patient sometimes, but for this I will be."

:)
two more now!

[Skandia]

I've resisted long enough! I'm in!

[NBRC Travel Agent]

Team 17 - COMPLETE


Team Members

George

Gemma

Lucy

Angela

Christella

Brittney

megan.lynn♡

Skandia

Please find your discussion thread here

[Daniel]

My name is Daniel, I'm from Colombia and I think this will be very interesting :D

[NBRC Travel Agent]

Daniel wrote: "My name is Daniel, I'm from Colombia and I think this will be very interesting :D"

Hi Daniel

There are a few teams looking for some new players if you want to hitch a ride? You can see the teams here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please just post back to this thread to let us know if you join one of the teams :)

[Kirby]

Is this still going? I'd love to join! I'm Kirby from Chicago. I love reading science fiction most but I'm interested in most genres. Let me know if I can hitchhike :)

[NBRC Travel Agent]

Kirby wrote: "Is this still going? I'd love to join! I'm Kirby from Chicago. I love reading science fiction most but I'm interested in most genres. Let me know if I can hitchhike :)"

Hi Kirby! Armchair Travelers and Smokin' Ladies Brigade have both posted looking for new players here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... if you want to check out their team threads and jump on board one of the teams!

[George P.]

Are there others who would be interested in forming a team in which you just read books by writers from the countries you visit, and not do spellouts or other ways of completing the location? I have done a tour once in which we mostly did spellouts for the locations, so I'm familiar with the process.

[Jamie]

George wrote: "Are there others who would be interested in forming a team in which you just read books by writers from the countries you visit, and not do spellouts or other ways of completing the location? I hav..."

I would, but I am already on a team. Is it possible to be on two teams?

[Karin]

I'd be interested too - if we can be on two teams

[NBRC Travel Agent]

yes you can be on two teams.

Let me know if you want me to set a team up for the 3 of you and grab others as you go, or if you'd like to wait for more players

[Anna]

I'd like to join! Reading books from different countries sounds fun! Unless you want to read at a lightning speed, then I'll pass

[Stephanie]

I would be interested in reading books from different countries as well!

Anna, looks like we could end up on the same team again :)

[Anna]

Stephanie wrote: "I would be interested in reading books from different countries as well!

Anna, looks like we could end up on the same team again :)"

Perfect!

[NBRC Travel Agent]

New team in formation:
Just reading books by authors of the countries


George

Jamie

Karin

Anna

Stephanie

If you'd like a team thread set up before reaching 8 players just let us know

[Karin]

NBRC Travel Agent wrote: "New team in formation:
Just reading books by authors of the countries


George

Jamie

Karin

Anna

Stephanie

If you'd like a team thread set up before reaching 8 players just let us know"

I'd be open to starting now if everyone else is interested

[[deleted user]]

I'd like to join the new team as well if I'm not too late!

[Jamie]

Karin wrote: "NBRC Travel Agent wrote: "New team in formation:
Just reading books by authors of the countries


George

Jamie

Karin

Anna

Stephanie

If you'd like a team thread set up before reaching 8 players..."

I agree, we can at least get set up and check in and get organized

[George P.]

Yes, let's get our own "thread". Wow, I'm happy to see there's that much interest in "Just reading books by authors of the countries", I didn't really expect it, but thought, I'll give it a shot. I would also hope we can be in a somewhat leisurely pace, as Anna said. We would probably be starting each location- book from scratch and not using others that we were already reading, and we would have to find copies. Finding copies could be hard for some places (like Finland, maybe), esp if you don't have a large local library. But I think it would stretch our reading habits. If it takes 6 months to do, that's okay with me.
I believe we don't need to read the same book for the stop ( it may be fun to read the same book as other team members, though) as long as we "read books set in that country or by an author of that country" and we technically only need one team member to read a book from that country, but I would like it to be several. How does that sound?

[Anna]

Cool!
Finland doesn't sound all that difficult. I can easily come up with a dozen countries I don't know any writers from :)

[NBRC Travel Agent]

Here you are team 18 (you may want to think of a new name. haha). Your first country is Canada
Team thread

[Elinaly]

I am also currently in another team (we are doing already first class itinerary, so all the fun will be over soon), but I really like the idea of reading books by authors of the countries we visit.

Would also the books which setting is in those countries count or only the author is important?

Anyway, I would like to join this group of readers please, especially when there is no hurry to finish a book within a week, but just relax :)

[NBRC Travel Agent]

Elinaly wrote: "I am also currently in another team (we are doing already first class itinerary, so all the fun will be over soon), but I really like the idea of reading books by authors of the countries we visit...."

Added you :)

[Megan]

If there's still room, I'd love to play. :)

[NBRC Travel Agent]

Megan wrote: "If there's still room, I'd love to play. :)"

Sure thing

[Megan]

Great! Also, I saw that Talia wanted to join - don't know if it was for a different team or if her post was missed.

[NBRC Travel Agent]

Megan wrote: "Great! Also, I saw that Talia wanted to join - don't know if it was for a different team or if her post was missed."

Totally missed it. Thanks Megan!

Ok, team 18 is now FULL! :D

[[deleted user]]

NBRC Travel Agent wrote: "Megan wrote: "Great! Also, I saw that Talia wanted to join - don't know if it was for a different team or if her post was missed."

Totally missed it. Thanks Megan!

Ok, team 18 is now FULL! :D"

Thanks! :)

[Marianna]

Hello everyone,

I am Marianna from Greece. If there's still room in this challenge, I would like to join as well. :-)

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Marianna wrote: "Hello everyone,

I am Marianna from Greece. If there's still room in this challenge, I would like to join as well. :-)"

Team Armchair Travels have a few spots if you want to join them on their new trip. The thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Marmie7]

Any room left? Love a challenge :)

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Marmie7 wrote: "Any room left? Love a challenge :)"

Team Armchair Travels have one spot if you want to join them on their new trip. The thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...