Team Gone with the books

[Michelle's Empty Nest]

I'll take the N.


E: Broken Hart by Ella Fox (Nicole)
N: TBD (Michelle)
T: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Kavitha)
E: Ever After by Riley Hart (Sunshine)
B: Red Rising by Pierce Brown (Tahmina)
B:
E: Friction by Emily Snow (Nicole)

[Kavitha]

Finished a detour book of reader's choice Bhima Lone Warrior and updated the spreadsheet

[Bea (Books And Bees of Bea)]

Doing letter B.

E: Broken Hart by Ella Fox (Nicole)
N: TBD (Michelle)
T: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Kavitha)
E: Ever After by Riley Hart (Sunshine)
B: Red Rising by Pierce Brown (Tahmina)
B: Better than Perfect (Bea)
E: Friction by Emily Snow (Nicole)

[Nicole]

I swapped my one E book for another one. I've updated the spreadsheet.

E: Playing with Seduction by Erika Wild (Nicole)
N: TBD (Michelle)
T: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Kavitha)
E: Ever After by Riley Hart (Sunshine)
B: Red Rising by Pierce Brown (Tahmina)
B: Better than Perfect (Bea)
E: Friction by Emily Snow (Nicole)

[Sunshine]

Hi ...

Michelle sent me a PM. She cannot stay on and travel with us.
She has a lot going on right now.

So, "N" is still open.

E: Playing with Seduction by Erika Wild (Nicole)
N:
T: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Kavitha)
E: Ever After by Riley Hart (Sunshine)
B: Red Rising by Pierce Brown (Tahmina)
B: Better than Perfect (Bea)
E: Friction by Emily Snow (Nicole)

Thanks

[Tahmina]

Should we get someone else or is this just temporary?

[Kavitha]

I think we should get someone.

[Nicole]

I think we need 2-3 more people. Monica hasn't gotten back to me or checked in. And we also haven't heard from Wolf in a while.

[Tahmina]

ok there are a couple of peole on the sign up page that want to join the group should we ask them if they want to join us?

[Nicole]

Tahmina wrote: "ok there are a couple of peole on the sign up page that want to join the group should we ask them if they want to join us?"

I think we let the Travel Agent know that we are in need of more people.

[Sunshine]

I posted in the sign up and hitchhiker thread

Gone with the Books is looking for travelers
✈️ plane 🚂 train automobiles 🚙

Come join in the reading fun.
📚
Here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Introduce yourself and read the world 🌎

[Tahmina]

Ooo perfect. Thanks sunshine

[Sally906]

Can I join in have played this before

[Tahmina]

Of course. We are looking for someone to read an ‘n’ book

[Sally906]

cool - what do you want me to do - am in my lunch break right now

[Sunshine]

Plead add your book to the Google spreadsheet. Thanks 😁

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Sally906]

Tahmina wrote: "Of course. We are looking for someone to read an ‘n’ book"

oops - missed that - was on my phone app - I have an N book.

I can read: Nellie by Cynthia Woolf

How long do I have to read it?

[Sunshine]

I just posted my two books

[Tahmina]

As long as you need. We’re pretty easy going

[Sally906]

OK - have added it.

What is the detour? Do I need to do anything for that?

Belated Introductions - I am Sally and I live in Australia :)

[Sunshine]

The Detour is Readers Choice, this round.

[Sally906]

Doh - I've just realised the book I started to today starts with an N - so will switch to that!!! Nathan Fox: Seas of Blood by L. Brittney

I have updated the spreadsheet.

[Nicole]

Sally906 wrote: "OK - have added it.

What is the detour? Do I need to do anything for that?

Belated Introductions - I am Sally and I live in Australia :)"

Hey Sally :) Yay! Another challenge together. Welcome :)

[Sally906]

Nicole wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "OK - have added it.

What is the detour? Do I need to do anything for that?

Belated Introductions - I am Sally and I live in Australia :)"

Hey Sally :) Yay! Another challenge together ..."

LOL. Hi Nicole - nice to see you again :)

[Franziska]

I finished my detour book... my first one on this travel! This was an easy task though ;)

[Kavitha]

Welcome to the group, Sally :)

[Sally906]

Kavitha wrote: "Welcome to the group, Sally :)"

Thank you

[Tahmina]

Done with my books and added to spreadsheet

[Bea (Books And Bees of Bea)]

I'm also done with my books!

[Sally906]

I’ve finished my N book: Nathan Fox: Seas of Blood by L. Brittney

My detour book was Borrowed Dreams by Debbie Macomber

Added to spreadsheet

[Kavitha]

I am still on my book, it is a bit slow paced. hope to finish by this week...

[Kavitha]

Ok, I changed my book and done with both the books. Thoonilum Iruppaan: தூணிலும் இருப்பான் for T and Bhima Lone Warrior for detour. I added to the spreadsheet.

[Nicole]

Whoop whoop! So we're done with that stop. Next up is Madinah/Medina in Saudi Arabia.

What's everyone's preference for this stop? There are authors from Saudi Arabia and books set in Saudi as well. Are you up for that or should we do another spell-it-out?

Detour for this is a romance book which isn’t approved by a family member.

[Tahmina]

Medina, Saudi Arabia

Medina (/məˈdiːnə/; Arabic: المدينة المنورة‎, al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, "the radiant city"; or المدينة, al-Madīnah (Hejazi pronunciation: [almaˈdiːna]), "the city"), also transliterated as Madīnah, is a city in the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula and administrative headquarters of the Al-Madinah Region of Saudi Arabia. At the city's heart is al-Masjid an-Nabawi ("the Prophet's Mosque"), which is the burial place of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and is the second-holiest city in Islam after Mecca.

Medina was Muhammad's destination of his Hijrah (migration) from Mecca, and became the capital of a rapidly increasing Muslim Empire, under Muhammad's leadership. It served as the power base of Islam in its first century where the early Muslim community developed. Medina is home to the three oldest mosques, namely the Quba Mosque, al-Masjid an-Nabawi,[1] and Masjid al-Qiblatayn ("the mosque of the two qiblas"). Muslims believe that the chronologically final surahs of the Quran were revealed to Muhammad in Medina, and are called Medinan surahs in contrast to the earlier Meccan surahs.[2][3]

Just like Mecca, the city center of Medina is closed to anyone who is considered a non-Muslim, including members of the Ahmadiyya movement, by the national government; however, other parts of the city are not closed.[4][5][6]


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[Tahmina]

I can do either one. I have some Saudi Authors and Philosophers I wanted to read. But I can also do those as spell it outs. So its really up to everyone else.

[Kavitha]

Either is fine with me :) Like Tahmina, I also want to explore Saudi Arabia. Seems like we are doing more spell out nowadays...

[Nicole]

I don't mind doing an author/setting from Saudi either.

So far we have 3 votes for author/setting.

[Nicole]

Here are some suggestions for books...

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...

[Kavitha]

Awesome, Nicole!! Thanks so much! there is this book....https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[Sally906]

I don't have any books by Saudi authors or set in Saudi Arabia - so will be limited to what I can find at the library

[Sally906]

OK - I have found:

Girl of the Book by Princila Murrell on the Saudi Arabia list link - is a Saudi author and set in Saudi Arabia - so will read that.

All sorted :)

[Kavitha]

Finished my detour book அலை உறங்கும் கடல்

[Bea (Books And Bees of Bea)]

I'm fine with anything. I have 2 books written by Saudi authors. I can also do spell outs. :)

[Sally906]

When do we start?

[Sally906]

Actually guys I’m leaving. Thanks for having me.

[Tahmina]

We started already but I’m sorry to hear gay you’re leaving

[Nicole]

Sorry to hear you're leaving Sally :(

[Nicole]

By my count there are only four five active participants:

1. Kavitha
2. Tahmina
3. Nicole
4. Bea
5. Franziska

[Franziska]

I don’t have any books by Saudi authors, but I also haven’t checked the links you‘ve provided. If there‘s any interesting book, I will let you know in the afternoon... because actually I would love to do anything but spell-outs this time

[Sunshine]

Nicole wrote: "By my count there are only four five active participants:

1. Kavitha
2. Tahmina
3. Nicole
4. Bea
5. Franziska"

What about me 😎