Team Around the World With a Book

[Tally]

Erika wrote: "What are we doing for the next stop?"

Spell it out for Valdivia?
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
^--- from Sally back on message 321

[Erika]

Oky doke!

[Tally]

Im good with taking any letter for that btw, I have books that fit each one (I think....*goes to check TBR*)

[Sally906]

I can do most of them as well - I have two book titles starting with I lined up for other challenges so happy to take one of the 'I's'

[Tally]

This would work for V right, even though it starts with a "The"?
The Veins of the Ocean

[Sally906]

Tally wrote: "This would work for V right, even though it starts with a "The"?
The Veins of the Ocean
"

Yes - we can ignore A, An and The in titles - unless you want an A or a T :)

I am going to go for the I - India Black by Carol K. Carr - has been on my TBR pile for a while :)

[Erika]

I'll take that A! I have A Walk in the Woods on loan from my library

[Tally]

Sally906 wrote: "Tally wrote: "This would work for V right, even though it starts with a "The"?
The Veins of the Ocean
"

Yes - we can ignore A, An and Th..."

Awesome, then I can take V :)

[Sally906]

Tracking - completed list for Stop 6 - due in 5 days - this 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 - City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare - message 360
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

[Jodie]

completion post for stop 6!



Sorry I've been mia....i've been in a bit of a slump and this book, even though i loved it..took me awhile to get through!

[Sally906]

Jodie wrote: "completion post for stop 6!



Sorry I've been mia....i've been in a bit of a slump and this book, even though i loved it..took me awhile to get through!"
I know that feeling - I am reading and struggling - not because it's a bad book, but because it is a challenge book where someone else suggests a book for you to read - and I am resisting it because I 'have' to read it rather than chose to read it - lol - silly hey?

[Sally906]

Have sent this to the Travel Agent:

Stop 6 - Completion post


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 - City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare - message 360
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

[Sally906]

Now I've posted our completion and sent it to the Agent for verification - we can start stop 7 now instead of Friday?

Stop 7 - Spell out - Valdivia - read by 10th July

V - The Veins of the Ocean - Tally
A - A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail - Erika
L -
D - Secret Society Girl by Diana Peterfreund - Lory
I - India Black - Sally
V - The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge by Vernor Vinge - Opossum
I
A

[Lory]

I'll take the D, if possible. I am going to read Secret Society Girl by Diana Peterfreund. That works for D right?

If not, I'll find another book!

[Sally906]

Lory wrote: "I'll take the D, if possible. I am going to read Secret Society Girl by Diana Peterfreund. That works for D right?

If not, I'll find another book!"

Yes - I thought it was just title - but found this in the airport lounge:

Spell-it-out rules

Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.

As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.

[0possum]

I can do a V. The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge

[JackAttack]

Hmm I just finished an "I" book (Inferno) last Thursday. Not sure when we officially started this stop.

[Sally906]

Jacki* wrote: "Hmm I just finished an "I" book (Inferno) last Thursday. Not sure when we officially started this stop."

We started yesterday - so it has to be a book finished after 13th (although it probably was 12th USA time)

So this won't count

[Erika]

Completion Post:
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
for letter A :)

[Jodie]

i can do the "L" ...im about to read another princess diaries book, and mia's best friend is called Lilly.

[Jo-Jo]

I just finished an A book, can we use it for the 2nd A?

Completion Post

An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny by Laura Schroff
Date read: 6/20/16
Rating: 5 stars
How it fits: Spell it out, Letter A

[Lory]

Completion post
Spell it out for a D!

Anyone else getting caught up with the Wobble?

[Sally906]

Keeping Track

Stop 7 - Spell out - Valdivia - read by 10th July

V - The Veins of the Ocean - Tally

A - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz - Erika - Post 369

L - Jodie reading for this

D - Secret Society Girl by Diana Peterfreund - Lory - Post 372

I - India Black - Sally - Post 381

V - The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge by Vernor Vinge - Opossum - Post 382

A - An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny by Laura Schroff - Jo-Jo - post 371

[Sally906]

Lory wrote: "Anyone else getting caught up with the Wobble?"

I am - it is full on and I have to confess I am very confused - still I am reading and posting and letting my Captains figure out where to put it :)

[Lory]

That is my philosophy as well. Books meeting multiple qualifications makes it even trickier. Sounds like a lot of work for the captains! I'm impressed.

[Sally906]

Yes - I am SO glad I didn't get picked as co-captain!!!

[Jo-Jo]

Lory wrote: "Anyone else getting caught up with the Wobble?"

I am as well. And yes, it does seem like a ton of work for the captains. You would've made a great captain Sally! That challenge seemed quite confusing at first. It seems like our captains/team has finally settled on a way to do it that's working but it took until yesterday to get it all together. I wonder if each new game will be so confusing when it starts up. I know there's always little kinks to work out, etc. We have one girl who's ready to leave the team and challenge because she's so upset over being confused by everything. I hope she'll try to stick it out, but I don't want her to be upset either. Challenges should be fun.

[Sally906]

That's so sad. But I have felt like that before. I hope she preservers - because a good team makes all the difference

[Erika]

Lory wrote: "Completion post
Spell it out for a D!

Anyone else getting caught up with the Wobble?"

the Wobble is funnnnnn!

[Erika]

Jo-Jo wrote: "Lory wrote: "Anyone else getting caught up with the Wobble?"

I am as well. And yes, it does seem like a ton of work for the captains. You would've made a great captain Sally! That challenge seemed..."

Are we on the same team because I have one of those too? I actually think she may have just stopped participating. We have two MIA members right now.

[Sally906]

Completion Post

Stop 7. Kona (US) - Valdivia [Chili](CL)

Task: Spell out VALDIVIA (8 letters – 8 people)
Book: India Black by Carol K. Carr - 3★’s
How it fits: I
Read: 23/06/16

[0possum]

Completion Post:
The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge

As with most short story books some were good some were bad and I'm not sure why this was on my TBR but it was OK

as a side note:
First the back story- I'm not fat, not thin. My hair isn't blond or brown or grey (thank you Natasha) I'm not short or tall or gorgeous or unattractive. I'm a middle aged (plus) introvert happily married for 33 years. I don't wear a ring though. So How to pick up seemingly financial secure middle aged men who may read a bit:

1: Take the metro or other public transportation to a professional baseball game alone wearing a home team shirt.

2: Read a trade sized Science Fiction book on the metro. I think the science fiction part is a must. I have never been approached with such purpose while reading before. When you are not reading keep the book out of your backpack. (this attracted 3 men total on 3 different trains)
3: during down times at the game start reading. This got me 2 offers of beer.

4: Make sure you have your "don't talk to me" face on.

Weirdest game I've gone to.

Vernor Vinge -middle aged man magnet.

Are there any (non best seller) books you were reading while out that got people talking to you?

[Lory]

So, if it I'm reading this right, we only have Jodie and Tally left to read for this challenge? No pressure of course! Our deadline is the 10th, but I'm just trying to make sure we all are still remembering this challenge with the craziness of the wobble (for some of us) :)

What's the next stop?

[Sally906]

Lory wrote: "So, if it I'm reading this right, we only have Jodie and Tally left to read for this challenge? No pressure of course! Our deadline is the 10th, but I'm just trying to make sure we all are still re..."

Yes just Tally and Jodie :)

Where we're at

Stop 7 - Spell out - Valdivia - read by 10th July

V - The Veins of the Ocean - Tally - Post 395

A - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz - Erika - Post 369

L - What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi - Jodie - Post 392

D - Secret Society Girl by Diana Peterfreund - Lory - Post 372

I - India Black - Sally - Post 381

V - The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge by Vernor Vinge - Opossum - Post 382

A - An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny by Laura Schroff - Jo-Jo - post 371

[Sally906]

Lory wrote: "What's the next stop?
..."

Next up is:

8. Valdivia (CL) - St Croix Island [Virgin Islands](VI)

We decided to use our last detour for this one so we are going to - Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter D

[Erika]

Woop woop! The next book I'm grabbing has the main vampire as Dimitri! Perrrrfect!

[Jodie]

i'm reading several books at the moment! It's ridiculous...i start one..then put it down..then start another one! I will finish at least one of them before the tenth...lucky they have characters with names starting with "L".

[Erika]

Completion Post: (though it doesn't work for the stop but figured I'd throw it in just the same) :p

The Tales of Beedle the Bard
read 7/1/16

[Erika]

Jodie wrote: "i'm reading several books at the moment! It's ridiculous...i start one..then put it down..then start another one! I will finish at least one of them before the tenth...lucky they have characters wi..."

I do that alllllll the time!

[Erika]

Completion Post:

read 7/2/16
this one has a main character starting with D, Deliah

[Sally906]

Erika wrote: "Completion Post:

read 7/2/16
this one has a main character starting with D, Deliah"

LOL - we haven't finished this round yet :)

Just need Tally and Jodie to finish and we can start the next round with our D characters :)

[Jodie]

I'm done with this stop!

Completion Post:

Covers the letter "L"



Has a character called Lucy.

Rating: 3.5/5

Review: A very weird read!

[Sally906]

Hi Tally - have you read The Veins of the ocean for V yet?

Once you post your "v" book we can start reading our D character books for the last stop :)

[Tally]

Sally906 wrote: "Hi Tally - have you read The Veins of the ocean for V yet?

Once you post your "v" book we can start reading our D character books for the last stop :)"

Hey! Yeah sorry took so long, just finished it now. Had a crazy past couple of weeks.

[Tally]

Completion Post

The Veins of the Ocean
Finished: 7/11/2016
Task: Spell it out, Valdivia - Stop #7

[Sally906]

Tally wrote: "Hey! Yeah sorry took so long, just finished it now. Had a crazy past couple of weeks..."

I know that feeling!!!!

ok - I'll send a message to the travel agent saying we're completed.

Now on to Stop 8

[Sally906]

Stop 8 - Last stop on this leg

Valdivia - St Croix Island - Read by 1st August
(11th July – 1st August)

Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter D

[Lory]

Woo Hoo! Next stop...St. Croix I hear is nice. :)

Character's first name starts with a D...do you know if this needs to be the main character or any character?

[Sally906]

It says 'a' character - so I reckon any character

[Sally906]

I have found a book with a 'D' character - City of Jasmine by Deanna Raybourn - the main charcter is Evangeline - but her travel companion is her Aunt. Aunt Dove.