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[Michelle]

Hello friends! If you would like to come tilt at windmills with Team Don Quixote and read some great books, you can browse our recommendations here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Tina ❣]

Hey travellers!

We've taken a short stop from riding our motorbikes to send you some recommendations from our team. Take a look to see what books we recommend to you guys!

If you do happen to read one of the books, we'd love you to drop by and share your thoughts with the team.

Recommendations from Motorcycle Diaries!

Happy travelling!

[Judy]

FYI, the two sets of questions for the BOM The Jetsetters are already up!

[Melindam]

I have update the post on our 1st page with all the links to other Teams' recommendation:

Book recommendations by other Teams

Also, I have added all your recommendations to the other post
Recommended by Team Orient Express

[Judy]

Thanks, Melinda! :)

[Maddy]

Completion Post

Title: Holes
Author: Louis Sachar
Pages: 272
Date read: 6/15
Letters: S/L - author
Tag: No
Task: Read a book with MPG Adventure

BOM: No

Planning sheet updated


Oh, right - https://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail...
Word Count: 47079

[Jackie]

Completion Post

Title: The Eiger Sanction
Author: Trevanian
Pages: 336
Date read: 6/15
Letters: E, T, C, D
Tag: No
Task: Read a book set in mainland Europe (Set in Switzerland)

BOM: No

Planning sheet updated

[Ora]

Completion Post

Title: Life of Pi
Author: Yann Martel
Pages: 460
Date read: Jun 13
Letters:
S character Santash Patel
A narrator Vikas Adams, character Francis Adiribasamy
L title
Tag: Tree
Task: Read a book set on a boat / ship

Title: Gone with the Wind
Author: Margaret Mitchell
Pages: 1037
Date read: Jun 15
Letters:
S character Scarlett O'Hara
A character Ashley Wilkes
D character Dilcey
C character Charles Hamiliton
L narrator Linda Stephens
E character Ella Kennedy and Eugenie Butler
Tag: Tree
Task: Read a book with MPG Classics

Planning SS updated

[Ora]

For Read a book with MPG Epic would
Fantasy > Epic Fantasy work

I am looking to see what task to use for A Game of Thrones

[Ali]

Completion Post

Title:
The Stone Sky
Author: N.K. Jemisin
Pages: 416
Date read: June 15
Letters: S(title) A (Alabaster) N (Author) D (Danel) T (Tonkee) L (Lerna) E (Essun)
Tag: None
Task: 95 Read a book written from an unusual point of view (e.g. animal / mineral)

[Annalisa]

Completion Post
First Comes Scandal
June 15, 2020

on the SS

[Judy]

Ora wrote: "For Read a book with MPG Epic would
Fantasy > Epic Fantasy work

I am looking to see what task to use for A Game of Thrones"

I think it has to be Epic exactly & when I go to the page that's a MPG too, so all good :)

[Melindam]

Maddy wrote: "Completion Post

Title: Holes
Author: Louis Sachar
Pages: 272
Date read: 6/15
Letters: S/L - author
Tag: No
Task: Read a book with MPG Adventure

BOM: No

Planning sh..."

Hi Maddy,

unfortunately this book does not qualify for "MPG Adventure"
only for Young Adult (Fiction, or Childrens) so I am going to change the task if it's all right with you.

[Maddy]

Aw maaaan. I hate it when they do that! I opened it and Adventure was 5th MPG, now it only shows first 4 :(

Can you use it instead for Read a book that won a major literary prize (e.g. Pulitzer / Booker / Nebula. NOT GR Choice)

It has won a bunch of those. I have another planned for YA

[Melindam]

Maddy wrote: "Aw maaaan. I hate it when they do that! I opened it and Adventure was 5th MPG, now it only shows first 4 :(

Can you use it instead for Read a book that won a major literary prize (e.g. Pulitzer / ..."

Sure. No problem. :)

[Maddy]

thank you :)

[Melindam]

Maddy wrote: "thank you :)"

Done. All good now.

[Ora]

Judy wrote: "Ora wrote: "For Read a book with MPG Epic would
Fantasy > Epic Fantasy work

I am looking to see what task to use for A Game of Thrones"

I think it has to be Epic exactly & when I go ..."

Thank you!

[Judy]

Ora wrote: "Judy wrote: "Ora wrote: "For Read a book with MPG Epic would
Fantasy > Epic Fantasy work

I am looking to see what task to use for A Game of Thrones"

I think it has to be Epic exactly & when I go ..."

Thank you!"

I also saved a screenshot just in case it disappears again :)

[Maddy]

Smart :D
For some reason GR does that.. You open a book, it has like 8-9 MPGs, you mark it as read, but then open later and only 3-4 MPGs are left. Obviously, it should not be added :D

[Judy]

Maddy wrote: "Smart :D
For some reason GR does that.. You open a book, it has like 8-9 MPGs, you mark it as read, but then open later and only 3-4 MPGs are left. Obviously, it should not be added :D"

Yep, that's so annoying! I've had that happen to me a few times as well. Never again!

[Ora]

Completion Post

Title: Narcissus in Chains
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Pages: 644
Date read: Jun 16
Letters:
S character Dolph Storr
A character Anita Blake
N title
D character Damian
C character Micah Callahan, Caleb, Cherry
T character Janet Talbot
L author Laurell Hamilton
E character Elizabeth
Tag: None
Task: Read #10 in a series

[Ora]

For color covers do we have to use tineye or just by sight? Right now I have for purple cover however have not used tineye to get percentage of purple yet.

[Melindam]

Ora, this book is clearly purple, so no need to check on tineye.

I'd say, when a colour is obvious, then go with it.

When in doubt about the percentage, you can check on tineye or just bring the issue here and we'll decide.

[Ora]

Thanks!

[Jackie]

Completion Post

Title:
Author: Miranda James
Pages: 306
Date read: 6/16/20
Letters: A, C, L
Tag: No
Task: Read a book with stripes on the cover (Stripes on flag)

BOM: No

Updated SS

[Maddy]

Completion Post

Title: North and South
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
Pages: 521
Date read: 6/16
Letters: N - title, E- author, T -character John Thornton, D - character Dixon
Tag: No
Task: Read a book with a brown cover

BOM: No

Planning sheet updated

[Colleen]

Completion Post

Title: The Starless Sea
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Pages: 498 pages
Date read: 6/16/20
Letters: S - title, A - title, D - narrator
Tag: No - don't think so
Task: Read a book with MPG Romance
BOM: No

Planning sheet updated

[Ali]

Completion Post

Title:
Love From A to Z
Author: S.K. Ali
Pages: 384 pages
Date read: June 16
Letters: L (title) A (Adam) S (author first name)
Tag: No
Task: 38 Read a book set in the Middle East

BOM: No

Planning sheet updated

[Judy]

Colleen wrote: "Completion Post

Title: The Starless Sea
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Pages: 498 pages
Date read: 6/16/20
Letters: S - title, A - ..."

Colleen, can you please add a read date on goodreads?

[Melindam]

COMPLETION POST

Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy

read: 17 June

All details are on planning sheet.

[Judy]

Completion Post

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Read: 17 June

Details on planning spreadsheet

[Bookworm_gem]

Everyone is doing so well!

I'll be finish my first book today - i've really not enjoyed it :(

[Melindam]

Gemma, here's to hoping you'll have better luck with you next book. :)

[Devann]

just checking in to say that im hoping to finish my first book tomorrow or friday. then next week im gonna pick two shorter ones i think so i can get in the 3 that i'm supposed to have. im doing a fandom character week thing this week so im a bit slow

[Ora]

Devann wrote: "just checking in to say that im hoping to finish my first book tomorrow or friday. then next week im gonna pick two shorter ones i think so i can get in the 3 that i'm supposed to have. im doing a ..."

I hope you have fun this weekend. I've seen the one show I think Scifi did with fandom characters. That looked really cool and fun to do when you have time to make your costume. Who are you going as?

[Bookworm_gem]

Completion Post

The Missing Sister - Elle Marr

read 17th June

details on spreadsheet

[Ora]

Ora wrote: "Devann wrote: "just checking in to say that im hoping to finish my first book tomorrow or friday. then next week im gonna pick two shorter ones i think so i can get in the 3 that i'm supposed to ha..."

I just realized I was thinking about cosplay. What is fandom?

[Devann]

haha well cosplay is a part of fandom so you weren't totally off! although i personally am not cosplaying. fandom is just like a term for all creative fanworks - fanart, fanfic, cosplay, podfic, whatever else - and different groups of people will sometimes put things together like this week is [x character] week and have different prompts for each day so every day people will make something based on the prompt and share it on twitter/tumblr or wherever. so i've been making moodboards and also reading a lot of fanfic just because people are currently writing a lot of fanfic lol

[Sammy]

Hello there fellow railway travelers!

Having just finished The Art of Fielding (a book I can heartily recommend!), I am left in the mood for more sports-themed books, so have come to see if any of you have any recommendations in the genre.
Just to be clear, I'm not looking for a trashy romance that happens to have a sports backdrop (you know the kind I mean...), but the kind that has a sport at its heart. (any sport, I'm open to learning about new ones! lol)

Thanks in advance!

Sammy - Team HP

[Jackie]

Completion Post

Title:
Author: Agatha Christie
Pages: 288
Date read: 6/17
Letters: T, A, C
Tag: No
Task: Read a book with a brown cover (76.3%)

Planning sheet updated.

[Maddy]

Completion Post

Title:
Author: Diane Setterfield
Pages: 416
Date read: 6/17
Letters: T - title, D/ S - author, L - character Margaret Lea, E- character Emmeline March, A - character Adeline March
Tag: No
Task: Read a book with a book on the cover

BOM: No

Planning sheet updated

[Navi]

Greetings from Team Pants! I've come to request recommendations from you all 😊 Lately, I’ve been in the mood for some great nonfiction. Any favourites? I don’t have a genre preference – biography, memoir, history, science are all fine! Thanks in advance!

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Colleen wrote: "Completion Post

Title: The Starless Sea
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Pages: 498 pages
Date read: 6/16/20
Letters: S - title, A - ..."

I believe The Starless Sea does have a tag! At least I have it written down on my list of books with one. I believe it was "forest"

[Ora]

Devann wrote: "haha well cosplay is a part of fandom so you weren't totally off! although i personally am not cosplaying. fandom is just like a term for all creative fanworks - fanart, fanfic, cosplay, podfic, wh..."

That sounds pretty cool. Hope you have fun!

[Ora]

Navi wrote: "Greetings from Team Pants! I've come to request recommendations from you all 😊 Lately, I’ve been in the mood for some great nonfiction. Any favourites? I don’t have a genre preference – biography, ..."

Since you didn’t say what team you are from I will just answer here.. I do not read a lot of nonfiction however when I looked on my shelves for nonfiction the ones that stood out that I really enjoyed are The Most Dangerous Animal of All Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre

[Annalisa]

Completion Post

June 17

On the planning SS

[Judy]

qe wrote: "I believe The Starless Sea does have a tag! At least I have it written down on my list of books with one. I believe it was "forest""

Good spot! :)

[Judy]

Annalisa wrote: "Completion Post

June 17

On the planning SS"

Can you please put the right edition on your shelf/mark the one on your shelf as read? :)

[Ali]

Completion Post

Title:
Crown of Midnight
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Pages: 420
Date read: June 17
Letters: C (title), S (author first name), D (Dorian) N (Nehemia)
Tag: No
Task: 162 Read a book with a single person on the cover

Planning sheet updated.