Team Around the World With a Book

[Jodie]

You can go ahead and put me down as completed Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas for this challenge. I'm not quite done, but by the time i am i figure I might not have any electricity to update you guys (About to be caught up in the hurricane that is Matthew). See you on the other side!

[Sally906]

Jodie wrote: "You can go ahead and put me down as completed Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas for this challenge. I'm not quite done, but by the time i am i figure I might not have any electricity to update you guys..."

Take care Jodie. I live in cyclone (what we call hurricanes in my part of the world) my town of Darwin was wiped out in the mid 70s just before hubby and I moved here. We are heading into the season now - starting to get my emergency kit ready.

So can SO relate to what you are going through :)

Just give us the actual completed date when you come back online - but I have you down as completed

[Sally906]

UPDATE

Date Due: Tuesday 4th October

Stop 2 - Business Class - Enontekio (FI) - Burgas (BG) - Detour

Detour: Read a book that won or was nominated in the 2014 Goodread Choice Awards

Tally –Completed
Book read: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
How it fits: Winner of Good reads 2014 Award for Historical Fiction
Date completed: 10/4/2016

Opossom – Completed
Book Read: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
How it fits: Nominee for mystery/thriller
Date completed: 30/09/16

Sally – Completed
Book Read: Landline by Rainbow Rowell
How it fits: Winner of Good reads 2014 Award for Fiction
Date completed: 25/09/16

Lory – Completed
Book Read: Traitor's Blade bySebastien de Castell
How it fits: nominated for the fantasy for 2014
Date completed: 05/10/16

Erika –
Book Read: Cress by Marissa Meyer
How it fits: nominee for YA Fantasy
Date completed:

Jodie – Completed
Book Read: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
How it fits: nominee for YA Fantasy
Date completed: 03/10/16

[Erika]

Iiii am currently reading the october Once Upon a Book Club pick- The Ringmaster's Wife- which is fantastic and going fairly quickly and then I'll pick up cress!

[Lory]

Hmm, the front page says I'm no longer traveling :-(

I'm still working on my book. Wore myself out from reading books for Wobble. I'm working on the book though!

[Sally906]

Lory wrote: "Hmm, the front page says I'm no longer traveling :-(

I'm still working on my book. Wore myself out from reading books for Wobble. I'm working on the book though!"

What front page? you should be - we want you!!!! LOL

[Sally906]

OK - I see what you mean - when I post this trip as completed I'll ask the mod to fix it up!

I have:
Tally
Opossum
Sally
Lory
Erika
Jodie

[Tally]

Sorry for the delay!!

Completion Post:

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Finished: 10/4/2016
Task: Read a book that won or was nominated in the 2014 Goodread Choice Awards - Stop #2

[Tally]

What are we thinking for the next stop, spell it out? We could do Burgas since I think we have 6 people.

[Jodie]

Hurricane Matthew passed us by leaving us pretty much unscathed, so very grateful.

Finished Heir of Fire 3/10/2016.

[Jodie]

I have a few books on my shelf that have a teacher as a character, so id be ok doing the challenge.

[Tally]

Jodie wrote: "Hurricane Matthew passed us by leaving us pretty much unscathed, so very grateful.

Finished Heir of Fire 3/10/2016."

Glad you're okay!

[Sally906]

Jodie wrote: "Hurricane Matthew passed us by leaving us pretty much unscathed, so very grateful.

Finished Heir of Fire 3/10/2016."

Good to hear - I see on the news it's slammed into Haiti and edging Cuba now - they saying it might make the USA mainland.

[Sally906]

Just waiting on Erika and Lory and we're done.

I think spell it out this time as some big names coming up so the detours might be better saved - we've done one but are only allowed 5 out of the 8 stops.

[Sally906]

Still to come (we have 4 detours left) and we can opt to read books set in that country:

3. Burgas (BG) - Madinah (SA) - Bulgaria to Saudi Arabia
detour: Read a book where a character is a teacher

4. Madinah (SA) - Kozhikode (IN) - Saudi Arabia to India
detour: Read a book where MC is a virgin (at the beginning)

5. Kozhikode (IN) - Wenzhou (CN) - India to China
detour: Read a book with an X on the cover

6. Wenzhou (CN) - Obihiro (JP) - China to Japan
detour: Read a book with the word Ms, Mr, Mrs or Miss (plurals are acceptable) in the title

7. Obihiro (JP) - Watertown (US) - Japan to USA
detour: Read a book that has the birthstone Topaz in the text or title

8. Watertown (US) - Asturias (ES) - USA to Spain
detour: Read a book with 61-70 chapters

[Lory]

Completion!Traitor's Blade

[Lory]

I'm good with spell it out for this next round, thr other detours look a bit tricky though.

[Erika]

Bah! Still lost in The Ringmaster's Wife but! I will pick up Cress asap!

[0possum]

Where are we? If we are spelling out Burgas I have a book for all letters but I'd like to start on Burial Rites but if someone else wants B that's fine too I have plenty of U R G A and S books.

'possum

[Lory]

Has Erika finished Cress yet?

I don't think we have started the next stop as of right now.

[Sally906]

Lory wrote: "Has Erika finished Cress yet?

I don't think we have started the next stop as of right now."

No still waiting for Erika to finish Cress so haven't started yet.

We can plan though.

[Sally906]

Stage 3 - Spell out Burgas - Finish date 10th November

B - Opossom
U - Tally - Unrivaled by Alyson Noel - completed: 25/10/2016
R -
G - Sally906
A - Lory - Alison Wonderland by Helen Smith - completed: 27/10/2016
S -Jodie

[Lory]

Can I claim A. I would like to read Wallbangee by Alice Clayton.

[Tally]

I can take any letter so if anyone else wants a specific one, I'll take what's left

[Sally906]

Erika still in it - but has a few books ahead of Cress - she is doing Wobble challenge like a few of us and it is full on right now. Our fast readers are reading up a storm!

[Sally906]

I'll take G as I have Gertie's Paranormal Plantation on my TBR pile just squealing for me to pick it up ;)

If Tally and Jodie pick and then Erika can take what's left - and I'll message her her letter :)

[Erika]

Thanks! You guys are awesome!

[Jodie]

I can take S , i'm reading Carrie by Stephen King.

[Tally]

I'll take 'U'!

Unrivaled

[Erika]

So I have R, right?

[Sally906]

Rrrright! ;)

[Erika]

I found two R books! Woop woop! I have a couple ahead of them but! I should get to it well before the deadline this time around

[Tally]

Completion Post:

Unrivaled by Alyson Noel
Finished: 10/25/2016
Task: Spell it out BURGAS - Stop #3

[Lory]

Did we move on to the next stop?

[Sally906]

Lory wrote: "Did we move on to the next stop?"

I think we have Lory :) I've got you down for Wallbangee by Alice Clayton.

I don't think we've set a finish date though.

So shall we make it 2 weeks from today? My date is Thursday 27th - so those who haven't finished yet (in my case haven't started) read by Thursday 10th November?

How does that sound.

Sorry haven't been around much - have had some non-Goodreads stuff going on and am doing the wobble challenge and everything focussed on that - Thank goodness it finishes in just over a week!!!!

SO Thursday 10th everyone?

[0possum]

thursday Nov. 10 is fine with me.

[Lory]

Works for me!

I switched my book, but it still works for A.

Completed: Alison Wonderland
Finished: 10/27/16
Spell it out: A in Burgas

[Sally906]

Progress report for stage 3 - Spell out Burgas - Finish date 10th November

B - Opossom - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent - completed: 09/11/2016
U - Tally - Unrivaled by Alyson Noel - completed: 25/10/2016
R - Erika
G - Sally906 - Gertie's Paranormal Plantation by Melanie James - Completed: 02/11/16
A - Lory - Alison Wonderland by Helen Smith - completed: 27/10/2016
S -Jodie - The Surf Girl Handbook: The essential guide for surf chicks, everywhere! Second edition by Louise Searle - Completed : 9/11/2016

[Erika]

I think I can get to mine by the tenth!

[Sally906]

Completion Post
Book read: Gertie's Paranormal Plantation by Melanie James
Finished: 02/11/16
How it fits: G in Burgas

[Lory]

Anyone a little excited for the end of Wobble? I loved it (not as a big a fan of the role playing one as I'm still confused) but I'm ready for more relaxed reading :-)

[Tally]

Did we decide what the next stop is going to be? Detour, Country, Spell-it-out? I'm fine with whatever (got books lined up for all options) :)

[Sally906]

Lory wrote: "Anyone a little excited for the end of Wobble? I loved it (not as a big a fan of the role playing one as I'm still confused) but I'm ready for more relaxed reading :-)"

Gosh yes - finishes this weekend doesnt it? We have a captain who is in her element with role playing reading games - so she is working tirelessly fitting our books to what they need to be fitted too. Every so often she asks for a particulare task and one of us usually comes up with it - but the team has to read so fast!!!!

[Sally906]

Tally wrote: "Did we decide what the next stop is going to be? Detour, Country, Spell-it-out? I'm fine with whatever (got books lined up for all options) :)"

Next stop is: 4. Madinah (SA) - Kozhikode (IN) - Saudi Arabia to India
detour: Read a book where MC is a virgin (at the beginning)

I have a book that is set in India - and a couple of fairy tale retelling with virgins - so can do either. - spelling out MADINAH will mean someone would have to read 2 - the other word 3 of us would have to.

The only one I would vote against is a book set in Saudi Arabia - as I have nothing that would fit.

[Erika]

So ready for the end of WOBBLE!

[Erika]

Does an author in a compliation with lots of authors count for spell it out?

[Sally906]

Erika wrote: "Does an author in a compliation with lots of authors count for spell it out?"

I have no idea. You might need to ask the mod about that one. I am guessing not but that's just me - I'm not a mod.

[0possum]

My guess is that the editor would count but not one author of many in a short story compilation.

Completion: Burial Rites
It was interesting -not my normal type read but Iceland is one of my favorite places to visit.

[Jodie]

Stop Completed 9/11/2016

Okay I still haven't finished Carrie by Stephen King, but i did read , which covers "S" as well so i'm using that for this stop. I'm back in a slump again!! I've been reading a couple of books on audio to help me out of it. I don't think I have any books on hand set in India. I do have some middle grade books, which I do expect the MC's to be virgins lol!.

[Erika]

I am currently reading a book where the main character's best friend's name is Raven. She's not a main character but is certainly an important one since it seems to be building up to some kind of save Raven thing.