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Find Your Flight - 2020
Update to message #8:I set a goal of 20 and am 4/20 as of February 6!
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 28/65
FLIGHTS: 0/5
FLIGHT 1: PHRASEBOOKS: IN TRANSLATION (8/20)
FLIGHT 1: PHRASEBOOKS: IN TRANSLATION
✔1. French-Spanish (1 book)
✔2. French-English (2 books)
✔3. English-Spanish (1 book)
✔4. Danish-Spanish (1 book)
✔5. Bengali-English (1 book)
✔6. German-Spanish (1 book)
✔7. Japanese-English (1book)
✔8. Danish-English (1 book)
I'm signing up, even if I already have too many challenges… I'll try for 3 flights, one for each option! That makes 9 books.
Update to message #85/20 as of February 9
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 29/65
FLIGHTS: 0/5
FLIGHT 3: BRANCHING OUT (7/10)
Updated msg 14Just completed my first book for my third flight - Ethiopia - The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste. I appreciate what the author is trying to accomplish, highlighting the woman warriors of Ethiopia's fight against Italian invasion in the 30's and 40's. And she has inspired me to learn more about Ethiopia. However, I did not like her writing style - it felt overly complicated. Worth reading for the story. 3 stars
4/12
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 31/65
FLIGHTS: 0/5
FLIGHT 1: PHRASEBOOKS: IN TRANSLATION (10/20)
I would like to join!Please sign me up for six flights, at least three books each, but I could get caught up and want to read more!
1. Women Trailblazers
2. Women in Sports
3. Things Japanese
4. Inspiration to Learn
5. Inspirational Biography
6. Food/Cooking/Life in the Kitchen
Regarding Message 17.This the other challenge I am pulling out of. Sorry!
Andrew wrote: "Regarding Message 17.This the other challenge I am pulling out of. Sorry!"
No worries - thanks for letting me know
Message 18 updated! 5/50 NYC books read!
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 32/65
FLIGHTS: 0/5
FLIGHT 4: CHARTER FLIGHTS: ISLANDS (2/10)
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 33/65
FLIGHTS: 0/5
FLIGHT 2: GRAND TOUR: UNITED KINGDOM (10/20)
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 36/65
FLIGHTS: 0/5
FLIGHT 1: PHRASEBOOKS: IN TRANSLATION (14/20)
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 37/65
FLIGHTS: 0/5
FLIGHT 5: TERRA INCOGNITA: GREAT EXPLORERS, ADVENTURERS, AND PIONEERS (3/5)
Message 32 UpdatedFlights: 0/3
Books: 12/75
Updated msg 14Just completed a book for my fourth flight, Asexuality - City of Betrayal by Claudie Arseneault. I really enjoyed this second book in the trilogy, much more than I expected. The author was able to focus on developing the characters, rather than the world, and the plot benefited from that attention. Worth reading! 4 stars
5/12
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 38/65
FLIGHTS: 0/5
FLIGHT 1: PHRASEBOOKS: IN TRANSLATION (15/20)
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 41/65
FLIGHTS: 0/5
FLIGHT 1: PHRASEBOOKS: IN TRANSLATION (18/20)
February update to msg #9Progress: 26/60
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 42/65
FLIGHTS: 0/5
FLIGHT 4: CHARTER FLIGHTS: ISLANDS (3/10)
Updated msg 14Just completed my first flight - Mexico - with this third book - The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia. I really wanted to like this book more, but I found myself struggling to hold together the pieces of the plot. There were parts told in flashback and parts as if a continuation of the story, and I struggled to figure out who was narrating. I really enjoyed the setting and the pieces of Mexican history threaded throughout. I loved the fantastical bits with Simonopio. Worth reading. 3.5 stars
1/3 flights, 6/12 books
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 46/65
FLIGHTS: 1/5
❎FLIGHT 1: PHRASEBOOKS: IN TRANSLATION (21/20)
Flight completed, but I have some translated books in my TBR list, so it isn't over yet 😉
FLIGHT 2: GRAND TOUR: UNITED KINGDOM (12/20)
Updated message 27. Progress: 8/40 Books. 0/4 Flights.
Message 18 updated! 7/50 NYC books read!
Great progress, everyone! Some people are already halfway to goal and/or have completed some flights - super impressive. Keep flying! Updated to here
Message 18 updated! 8/50 NYC books read!
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 54/65
FLIGHTS: 1/5
❎FLIGHT 1: PHRASEBOOKS: IN TRANSLATION (22/20)
FLIGHT 2: GRAND TOUR: UNITED KINGDOM (18/20)
FLIGHT 3: BRANCHING OUT (8/10)
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 56/65
FLIGHTS: 2/5
❎FLIGHT 2: GRAND TOUR: UNITED KINGDOM (20/20)
Another flight completed!
updated msg #19Progress: 0/4 flights, 2/12 books
Flight 4: Empire Of Dragons
1.
Die Saat des weißen Drachen
updated msg #19Progress: 0/4 flights, 3/12 books
Flight 3: Lost Land Of Childhood
2.
Der 1000-jährige Junge
Update to message #8:13/20 as of March 9
updated post 151/12 books
0/3 flights
I would like to participate.Flight 1: Around Asia
[Books about the country/city or written by an author originating from an Asian country] [4/5]
1. South Korea - Human Acts
2. Vietnam - In the Golden Sun
3. Japan - Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
4. Burma/Myanmar - Miss Burma
5.
Flight 2: HITCHENS CHRISTOPHER [2/3]
1. Mortality
2. The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
3.
Flight 3: Indian History [3/3]
1. Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From
2. Past and Curious-Forty Tales of Good Old Bangalore
3. Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire
Flight 4: Delve into the Classics [2/3]
1. A Passage to India
2. Emma
3.
Completed - 11/14
Message 18 updated! 9/50 NYC books read!
Update to message #42PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 59/65
FLIGHTS: 2/5
FLIGHT 3: BRANCHING OUT (9/10)
FLIGHT 4: CHARTER FLIGHTS: ISLANDS (5/10)
Updated to here! Welcome to our new participants, by Books and peloton and Anu!
Message 18 updated! 10/50 NYC books read!
Message 32 UpdatedFlights: 2/3
Books: 22/68
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PROGRESS:
BOOKS: 26/65
FLIGHTS: 0/5
FLIGHT 2: GRAND TOUR: UNITED KINGDOM (10/20)