Team Around the World With a Book

[Jo-Jo]

Completion Post - Stop 5

by Kerstin Gier
Date read: 5/13/16
Rating: 5 stars
Task: Read a book where a character lives in a city
How it fits: The book is set in London, England

[Jodie]

Completion Post



Date read: May 14 2016
Rating: 3.5stars

I believe the character lived in Cincinnati or something like that before the world ended!

[Sally906]

Got a message from travel Agent to say we're all updated up to stage 4 - whoo hoo!!!

[Sally906]

Tracking - completed list for Stop 5 - due Friday 27th May

Task - read a book set in a city

Sally - Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina - message 299
Jo-Jo - Ruby Red by Kerstin Gear - message 301
Jodie - The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey - message 302
Tally - Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour - message 317
Opossum - Thirty Three Teeth by Colin Cotteril - message 316
Erika - Origin of the Sphinx! by Raye Wagner - message 311
Jacki -
Lory - Cast in Chaos by Michelle Sagara - message 310

[Erika]

If its an apocalyptic settlement, does that count?

[Sally906]

Yep - 5th Wave that Jodie read is apocalyptic - big cities go bye bye and all in ruins - still a city :)

[Erika]

Well then, one of the books I'm currently reading may work :)

[Lory]

Hello! I'm reading Cast in Chaos, by Michelle Sagara. The city is not a real city, Elantra, but I should be able to finish shortly.

[JackAttack]

Not sure what I will be reading for this stop but I will for sure finish in time!

[Lory]

Completion Post!

[Erika]

How long does a book have to be to count? If 118 pages is okay then!

Completion Post! Origin of the Sphinx!

[Tally]

Erika wrote: "How long does a book have to be to count? If 118 pages is okay then!

Completion Post! Origin of the Sphinx!"

I didn't think there was a min requirement? but even so I think 118 would count!

[Tally]

I'm still deciding which book to use for this challenge, reading these two right now but both will work. Just a matter of which I finish first!


The Rose Effect, city: New York


Everything Leads to You, city: Los Angeles

[Erika]

Ohhh the city is Belen which is outside of Athens.

[Erika]

I actually have a book all picked out and ready for our next stop! Sorcery and the Single Girl

[0possum]

Completion Post:
Thirty Three Teeth by Colin Cotteril. Thirty-Three Teeth
It takes place in Vientiane Laos. I like this series so far. Of course there's about 8 books and I'm on number 2.

[Tally]

Completion Post

Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
City: Los Angeles

[Sally906]

Tracking - completed list for Stop 5 - due Friday 27th May

Task - read a book set in a city

Sally - Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina - message 299
Jo-Jo - Ruby Red by Kerstin Gear - message 301
Jodie - The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey - message 302
Tally - Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour - message 317
Opossum - Thirty Three Teeth by Colin Cotteril - message 316
Erika - Origin of the Sphinx! by Raye Wagner - message 311
Jacki - Pretending to Be Erica by Michelle Painchaud - message 320
Lory - Cast in Chaos by Michelle Sagara - message 310

[Lory]

Does anyone know how many detours we have done? I feel like we are almost out of detours, but I'm having a hard time keeping track..

[JackAttack]

Looks like I'm the last! Sorry bout that guys! For whatever reason none of my books were taking place in cities...

Completion Post

Pretending to Be Erica by Michelle Painchaud
Finished: 5/23/2016
Rating: ★★★★
City: Las Vegas

[Sally906]

Lory wrote: "Does anyone know how many detours we have done? I feel like we are almost out of detours, but I'm having a hard time keeping track.."

We can only do 5 Detours – so far we have done 4:
1. St Croix Island (VI) - Port of Spain [Trinidad and Tobago] (TT) - DETOUR
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as trilogy - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

2. Port of Spain (TT) – Leon [Nicaragua](ES) - DETOUR
Read a book with a child on the cover

3. Leon (ES) - Kemi/Tornio [Finland] (FI) -
Read a book where the title starts with the letter Q

4. Kemi/Tornio (FI) – Shymkent [Kazakhstan](KZ) - DETOUR
Read a book that has a predominately scarlet and gold cover.

5. Shymkent (KZ) - Hervey Bay [Australia] (AU) - DETOUR
Read a book where a character lives in a city


SO we can have only 1 more detour - and we have 3 more stops - so we have to choose weather we spell it out, read a book set in the destination country or use our last detour.

The last 3 stops are:
6. Hervey Bay (AU) - Kona [USA – Hawaii] (US)
Read a book with the word magic, sorcery, enchant or divine (plurals are acceptable) in the title

I think we can all find a book set in the USA - does it specifically have to be Hawaii?


7. Kona (US) - Valdivia [Chili](CL) - Doing
Read a book where the author uses a suffix (Jr, Sr., III)

Valdivia would give us each one letter for a spell-it out - not sure who easy it would be to find a book set in Chili


8. Valdivia (CL) - St Croix Island [Virgin Islands](VI)
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter D

Hmmm - a bit daunting - maybe the Detour for this one?

[Tally]

Sally906 wrote: "Lory wrote: "Does anyone know how many detours we have done? I feel like we are almost out of detours, but I'm having a hard time keeping track.."

We can only do 5 Detours – so far we have done 4:..."

I think a detour for stop 8 sounds good. As for the Hawaii stop #6 according to the challenge "read books set in that country or by an author of that country" so doesnt look like it needs to be Hawaii specifically just the USA.

So we could either read an American author or book set in the US which seems pretty easy to me :) What do you all think?

[Sally906]

Tally wrote: "So we could either read an American author or book set in the US which seems pretty easy to me :) What do you all think? ..."

That works for me - Erika you have your book all picked out - but it fits this criteria - so you don't need to change it if you don't want to.

I have few books that will fit.

So everyone happy for Stop 6 to read a book by an American author or set in the US?

[0possum]

So everyone happy for Stop 6 to read a book by an American author or set in the US?

That works for me.
Can we start our book for the next stop?

[JackAttack]

Works for me! Should be an easy one!

[Sally906]

I have sent a message to the Travel Agent to say stop 5 is completed so I reckon we can start stop 6 now:

Stop 6. Hervey Bay (AU) - Kona [USA – Hawaii] (US) – read by 18th June

Task: Book set in the USA or written by American Author

[Lory]

Perfect! Probably the easiest one to find a book for me. looking forward to it!

[0possum]

Completion Post: A Sudden Light

It was waiting for me at the library yesterday. It takes place near Seattle. I got lucky that my reserved book that showed up actually matched the challenge. I just started it and kept on reading until the end. I really thought I needed to know how it ended. I didn't love it.

[Erika]

In that case, i'm half way through Delirium which is based in US so I'll probably use that one :)

[Sally906]

Tracking - completed list for Stop 6 - due Friday 18th June

Task - read a book either set in the USA or written by an American author

Sally - Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber - message 345
Jo-Jo - Jinx by Meg Cabot - Message 341
Jodie -
Tally - The Heir by Kiera Cass - message 344
Opossum - A sudden Light by Garth Stein - message 328
Erika - Delirium by Lauren Oliver - message 338
Jacki - Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid - message 346
Lory - George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade - message 339

[Erika]

I cant believe were almost through with this challenge!
Is anyone here doing the Wobble challenge?

[Sally906]

I'm doing the wobble challenge - I put my name down for one book a week, chatty group and a co-captain.

Never captained anything before so thought I'd give it a whirl as a back up!!!

I understand over 300 people have put their hands up!!!

You do know when we've finished this tour - we can choose to go on to do another 8 as 'Business' class - this is economy.

If some don't want to we can request hitchhikers to join us - or if we mostly decode not to go on - we can go and sign up to be a hitchhiker and be assigned to another team when a spot becomes available :)

Though wobble sounds full on not sure there would be another team that would let us take 3 weeks to do a stop like we all agreed :)

[Erika]

oooo I did not recall we could keep travelling!
:)

Sally906 wrote: "I'm doing the wobble challenge - I put my name down for one book a week, chatty group and a co-captain.

Never captained anything before so thought I'd give it a whirl as a back up!!!

I understand..."

[Sally906]

Erika wrote: "oooo I did not recall we could keep travelling!
:) ..."

Is at the end of post 1 here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

When your team has completed all eight stops

◈ At the end of the trip (minimum 8 weeks), the team can decide if they want to get a new itinerary and start a new trip, or pat themselves on the back and disband :)

◈ Your first trip as a team is in Economy class. Once you have completed, if you decide to go again as a team, then you are upgraded to Business Class. In Business Class you can do a maximum of six detours (rather than 5).
If your team decide to go for a third trip, because you have accumulated enough frequent flyer points, you are upgraded to first class, and you can do a maximum of seven detours.

◈ If your team decide to not continue, you can join a new team, but you start again in economy class or you can become a hitchhiker for a team that is missing a player.

[Tally]

Sally906 wrote: "Erika wrote: "oooo I did not recall we could keep travelling!
:) ..."

Is at the end of post 1 here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

When yo..."

I'd be down to keep travelling, this is super fun and helping me tackle my TBR list!

[Lory]

I signed up for the Wobble challenge too. It seems a little daunting, but looks like fun. i would like continuing on with Business class. It's definitely nice to have a little time to finish a book.

[0possum]

I'll continue on. It is nice to tackle my backlog of books. This is the only challenge I'm signed up for.

[Erika]

Completion Post! <\b>
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Takes place in Portland, Maine.

[Lory]

Completion Post! George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution]
All about the US Revolutionary War and the spy ring that was involved. Non-fiction but taking place in New York.

[Jo-Jo]

Erika wrote: "I cant believe were almost through with this challenge!
Is anyone here doing the Wobble challenge?"

I'm doing the Wobble challenge. =) It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.

[Jo-Jo]

Completion Post

by Meg Cabot
Date read: 6/1/2016
Rating: 3 stars
How it fits: Set in the USA, specifically New York City, New York

[Jo-Jo]

Sally906 wrote: "I'm doing the wobble challenge - I put my name down for one book a week, chatty group and a co-captain.

Never captained anything before so thought I'd give it a whirl as a back up!!!

I understand..."

Good for you on offering to co-captain! You'll do a fantastic job at captaining so I hope you get the job!

I'd be up for going another round in this so you can count me in for that. I also agree that not everyone would be willing to do 3 weeks a stop like we all agreed to, that is super laid back and is a long time commitment as far as the length of time it takes to finish the whole challenge. I'm good with playing no matter- this has been a fun challenge. =)

[Sally906]

I didn't get picked - but I think it will be full on so may have dodged a bullet :)

[Tally]

Completion Post


The Heir by Kiera Cass
How it fits: American author (also technically set in the US though a dystopian one)

[Sally906]

Completion Post

Task: Read a book set in the USA or written by and American
Book: Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
How it fits: Is set in the USA and written by an American
Read: 05/06/15

[JackAttack]

Completion Post

Task: Read a book set in the USA or written by an American author

Book: Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid
How it fits: set in California
Read: 5/29/2016

[Tally]

Jacki* wrote: "Completion Post

Task: Read a book set in the USA or written by an American author

Book: Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid
How it fits: set in California
Read: ..."

How did you like this? I think I read it for one of our other challenges and was so excited for it but wasnt exactly what I was expecting...

[JackAttack]

Tally wrote: "Jacki* wrote: "Completion Post

Task: Read a book set in the USA or written by an American author

Book: Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid
How it fits: set in Ca..."

I enjoyed it quite a bit :) I had just finished Let's Get Lost by the same author. I think I enjoyed both so much cause they weren't really what I was expecting - which isn't typical of the YA genre.

[Sally906]

Tracking - completed list for Stop 6 - due Friday 18th June

Task - Read a book either set in the USA or written by an American author

Sally - Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber - message 345
Jo-Jo - Jinx by Meg Cabot - Message 341
Jodie -
Tally - The Heir by Kiera Cass - message 344
Opossum - A sudden Light by Garth Stein - message 328
Erika - Delirium by Lauren Oliver - message 338
Jacki - Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid - message 346
Lory - George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade - message 339

[Erika]

What are we doing for the next stop?