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Jenny wrote: "Also, please be aware that some US (and New Zealand, probably other countries as well) share place names with the UK so you may need to add the country as well as the state. For example, Birmingham..."Good point!
Robin P wrote: "I guess there's another part to my earlier question. I know how to find the tags under a book. But where would I go if I have a tag and want to find books for it? I see where I can browse by genre ..."Robin, you can plug your location tags into the genre search format that forsanolim posted. This shows user's tags. There is also a "place" function to search for books by settings that were provided by the author/published. Each location has a number, but I can't find a list of them. I posted examples a day or so ago. Sorry I think you asked this yesterday and I forgot to reply.
I found a way to find them, but I need a book to start with that already shows the setting. If you tell me the locations you're close to, I can try to find the right links.
There is also a tiny village in Denmark called Rome :)
Robin I found the place link for wisconsin, but not Madison. The regular Madison tag won't help you much because the books are mostly about James Madison. There are only two books on the madison-wisconsin tag.Books set in Wisconsin
https://www.goodreads.com/places/949-...
Books set in Milwaukee- wisconsin
https://www.goodreads.com/places/1929...
Tag list for Wisconsin
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Tag list for Milwaukee
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Tag for Madison-wisconsin
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/madi...
My husband loved this book by Nickolas Butler, a Wisconsin author
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Book Concierge wrote: "Cin ... Under This Unbroken Sky takes place in Alberta ... It's a marvelous book (I rated it 5*****). I tagged it Canada, but will now happily tag it Alberta as well. One other person has so tagged it Alberta, so that would make TWO. .."Thank you! (I'm going to check into this one whether or not it will work for the game! LOL!)
Turns out this was the easiest thing to research. I looked at some of the very soon upcoming books on my TBR, did a bit of research, and I found tons of users for many places that I was soon reading. I found Iran, Chile, Hawaii, Australia, Mexico, Cuba, India, South Korea, Poland, and much more Europe than I need. I know Russia, and Israel, and China are all over my TBR, Singapore too. I think I am not going to even try very hard, and I will do very well on this challenge. I am not competitive, and strategizing, I think this one is going to fall in naturally, because this is what I read. I'm really excited for this challenge, and going to (more than) 11 places that are each far flung. I have a few remaining questions.... Like - Where do we think the missing Seventh Sister, Merope, will be from? For those of you who understand the question, 2021, will finally end this series for us and solve the burning question. Where the hell is Merope?
Quiz - Are you well read in world literature?This quiz is humbling, but it gave me many ideas. I don't think I've even heard of half the books.
https://www.listchallenges.com/are-yo...
Reading books in many different settings is one of my things. I also tag wherever I read, so I am not at all concerned with completing this . I will not win, because, I am not concerned with finding the greatest distance between 2 points, rather, I am concerned that I am interested in what I read.The thing I saw as most concerning is getting back home and choosing your home base. I did a search today between my closest international airport , Sacramento and next, San Francisco. Sacramento had a couple of hundred tags none with the 5 tag requisite and San Francisco, 4,000 and plenty of 5 tag. It made an easy choice for me.
Booknblues wrote: "Reading books in many different settings is one of my things. I also tag wherever I read, so I am not at all concerned with completing this . I will not win, because, I am not concerned with findin..."I'm with you. I'm vowing to be more selective in what I read this year compared to last year. I also want to read at least one book from every major continent and region (there are 12-14 regions depending on how I deal with N/S America). Some of my regions don't have good antipodes (which is a word we will all get to know very soon), which will make it more challenging to earn miles.
Nicole R wrote: "Replying to Tien:Fictional towns do not count. BUT, if you are reading a book set in a fictional town, but that book is still tagged with the real state or country, then you can use it!
This is..."
Thank you, and totally makes sense.
And a relief because there aren't many books tagged with my "hometown" or even closest city or the state so 'Australia' will have to do :)
Tien wrote: "Nicole R wrote: "Replying to Tien:Fictional towns do not count. BUT, if you are reading a book set in a fictional town, but that book is still tagged with the real state or country, then you can ..."
For example, The Sun Down Motel is set in the fictional town of Fell , New York, and has plenty of New York tags. (Based on the descriptions I would place it in the middle of the state, possibly off route 81 between Binghamton and Syracuse. It really does have the right feel for that area.) It also has "canadian" tags and a Canadian author.
NancyJ wrote: "Quiz - Are you well read in world literature?This quiz is humbling, but it gave me many ideas. I don't think I've even heard of half the books.
https://www.listchallenges.com/are-yo...-..."
I've only read 27 of the 1,000, but I'm surprised that it's above the average of score of 21. A lot of them are on my TBR, some of them I've already started, but most I've never heard of.
annapi wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "Quiz - Are you well read in world literature?This quiz is humbling, but it gave me many ideas. I don't think I've even heard of half the books.
https://www.listchallenges.com/are..."
I only read 23, so I was also surprised that it was above average. I didn't keep track, but there were quite a few that I read only recently.
I've read 46. I have taken it before, I thought, but my number was higher, so maybe it's another list. There were also quite a few I hadn't heard of. There were a couple of Danish books on there that I wouldn't expect non-Danes to know of. It seems to be a good mix of new and old, critically acclaimed and/or popular in their own country. I have a handful of those I haven't read at home, that I want to read 'soon'.
I now see a seperate thread has been made :)
NancyJ wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Reading books in many different settings is one of my things. I also tag wherever I read, so I am not at all concerned with completing this . I will not win, because, I am not co..."Anywhere in the Continental U.S. will set in you in the Indian Ocean
From anywhere in the continental United States, the exact opposite is somewhere in the Indian Ocean—between Australia and Africa. The map superimposes the inverse globe on top of itself to illustrate antipodes—the diametrically opposite point from any place on Earth.
NancyJ wrote: "Robin I found the place link for wisconsin, but not Madison. The regular Madison tag won't help you much because the books are mostly about James Madison. There are only two books on the madison-wi..."Thanks for this!. I know there are some local authors and plenty of Wisconsin. I really liked Shotgun Lovesongs.
I'm not planning to do this, but what I meant in my post 137 is that I think I could use a book about James Madison if I wanted to. If the tag says the name of your town/state/region, the intent of the tagger is irrelevant, right? Like the example of Darwin, if there were books tagged that about the scientist but you live in the town by that name in Australia, you could use it.
That’s right, Robin. While the purpose of the game is to read about the place to “travel” to, that level of monitoring of the game is just way too much for me. Lol. So some people may have creative ways to get to some destinations that really have nothing to do with the destination itself. So, if you want to read a book about James Madison, to get home to Madison, Wisconsin, then it is an option!
NancyJ wrote: "Quiz - Are you well read in world literature?This quiz is humbling, but it gave me many ideas. I don't think I've even heard of half the books.
https://www.listchallenges.com/are-yo...-..."
I've read 44 but now I'm completely inspired to use this for my unofficial Trim choices which may also work for the Fly the Skies challenge...
Nicole R wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Also, please be aware that some US (and New Zealand, probably other countries as well) share place names with the UK so you may need to add the country as well as the state. For examp..."
Thank you! As a UK member of the group I thought it might be helpful to remind everyone :-)
Thank you! As a UK member of the group I thought it might be helpful to remind everyone :-)
Amy wrote: "I think I am not going to even try very hard, and I will do very well on this challenge. I am not competitive, and strategizing, I think this one is going to fall in naturally, because this is what I read..."I'm not competitive, either, and am likely going to choose from books I plan to read each month, anyway. It won't necessarily wrack up a lot of miles, but.... Unless I think I have time to add in an additional book in a month, then I might pick something for the miles.
I will admit, though, that if I was not an admin, and was competing for prizes, I would probably do more planning and strategizing!
And I still don't know if I'll "properly" be able to get home at the end, anyway! LOL!
Tien wrote: "And a relief because there aren't many books tagged with my "hometown" or even closest city or the state so 'Australia' will have to do :) ..."And I may have to use "Canada". I don't know if BC is really proper to use for me (I still need to check if there are books with the 5 taggers for BC - I suspect so, but I'll check), and I'm certain individual cities within Alberta will not have the requisite 5 taggers since Alberta itself doesn't.
I may not even finish "officially" and just read an Alberta one and not count it officially, just unofficially for myself, but not for the actual game here.
You know, return trips are often rerouted due to weather conditions like severe storms or blizzards but also engine troubles, especially if you fly, with you finding yourself having to train or drive or route through another city to get all the way home. It has happened to me, my sister, and friends IRL. It happens in movies all the time, starting with the original Out of Towners with Jack Lemon to at least 3 or 4 new Hallmark Christmas movies each year. So all you having to use a big tag like Canada, or UK or Denmatk, think of it as the totality of your getting home after being rerouted or no flights being available causes you to have to cover half your home country to get to your hearth and home.
Where, it being December, you can watch the latest Hallmark Christmas movie version. Or re-watch Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
AJ wrote: My question is, do we have to fly logically or is flying back and forth okay? For example, can I fly from Johannesburg to Canada and then to Cape Town and then to Pennsylvania; or would I have to be more logical and fly Johannesburg to Cape Town and then to Pennsylvania and then Canada. Just wondering how much I need to plan ahead.
You absolutely do not have to be logical! You can fly wherever you want when the fancy strikes. No advanced planning needed if you do not want!
You can fly to the same country more than once as well, but keep in mind the guidelines I set out previously (Message 21 or 22, I think):
Can we visit the same country 2 times a year?
You can visit the same country more than once, but you cannot visit the same "location" more than once.
Let me give you an example.
In February, I leave my January destination (probably someplace warm!) and travel to Paris (Valentine's in Paris, right?!?).
I have a great time and then head to Ireland for March.
But, I realize there is so much more in France to see! I can go back to France, but I cannot use the tag "Paris" again for my destination. BUT, I can use France or Eiffel Tower or another city name in France.
- OR -
Perhaps I want to set up my whole year as a driving tour of the US! No problem! But I'll have to read books with city/state/attraction names to bounce around as I can't visit the same tag "location" of "United States" over and over.
And, I can hear the question already...."United States" and "U.S." -- even though technically different literal words -- are the same location as they convey the exact same thing. So I couldn't travel to the "United States" then bounce around a bit then come back to the "U.S."
Theresa wrote: "So all you having to use a big tag like Canada, or UK or Denmatk, think of it as the totality of your getting home after being rerouted or no flights being available causes you to have to cover half your home country to get to your hearth and home."Ha! I like this!
And, if you are in a cheesy Christmas romance book, you not only have to take extra steps to get home, but you are traveling in the same direction as a super attractive man. And you have to unexpectedly stay in a motel en route. And there is only one room left. That only has one bed.
LOL!
Theresa wrote: "So all you having to use a big tag like Canada, or UK or Denmatk, think of it as the totality of your getting home after being rerouted or no flights being available causes you to have to cover half your home country to get to your hearth and home.Where, it being December, you can watch the latest Hallmark Christmas movie version. Or re-watch Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. ..."
LOL! Nice!
Nicole R wrote: "And, if you are in a cheesy Christmas romance book, you not only have to take extra steps to get home, but you are traveling in the same direction as a super attractive man. And you have to unexpectedly stay in a motel en route. And there is only one room left. That only has one bed. ..."And lol again!
Nicole R wrote: "Theresa wrote: "So all you having to use a big tag like Canada, or UK or Denmatk, think of it as the totality of your getting home after being rerouted or no flights being available causes you to h..."Exactly! Star in your own Cheesy Christmas romance.
Which reminds me....friend owns a country home that would make the perfect setting for a cheesy Christmas romance...log cabin style, woods, fireplaces, etc. Her cousin has been house sitting there for a few weeks during COVID to get some space after ending up sheltering mostly with his parents during the last few months. He says he has wandered the wooded property frequently this fall wearing flannel and has not once come across a beautiful woman needing help. Hallmark lies.
Theresa wrote: "...He says he has wandered the wooded property frequently this fall wearing flannel and has not once come across a beautiful woman needing help. Hallmark lies...."HAHAHA! That's the best comment!
Theresa wrote: "Nicole R wrote: "Theresa wrote: "So all you having to use a big tag like Canada, or UK or Denmatk, think of it as the totality of your getting home after being rerouted or no flights being availabl..."But did he bring an axe and chop wood bare chested, while his muscles rippled??? If not, I don't know if it counts. Oh maybe that's the smutty romances I read, not Hallmark movies.
I feel like he needs a cute dog that adorably runs off and he has to chase after it, and the dog was conveniently found he said big city woman out for a walk to clear her head and think about whether she needs a slower pace of life.
Oh, you ladies crack me up! Hey, why not we all join forces and write our own cheesy Christmas romance? How would we decide though, if there is a delicious cowboy, or a dream-boat Navy Seal? Decisions, Decisions....
You know, you could have both, maybe throw in some time travel to bring the cowboy forward in time.
KateNZ wrote: "JoAnne - you just beat me to it!!"well, you know what they say about "great minds";)
I’m on the app and it cut the adjective from your comment JoAnne - was that ‘great minds’ or ‘evil minds’ ??😉
Johanne wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Nicole R wrote: "Theresa wrote: "So all you having to use a big tag like Canada, or UK or Denmatk, think of it as the totality of your getting home after being rerouted or no flight..."Definitely the smutty romances. Hallmark Channel only has the ax being wielded while the flannel shirt remains in place.
If the Navy Seal has tattoos and motorcycle....that's my choice! Wait! We can write a series! Brothers - eldest is a cowboy holding down the family ranch when the city girl journalist, who is looking for an authenthic 'cowboy' to write a featurn on to prove herself, ends up stuck in a snowdrift a mile from the ranch, rescued just as she is about to freeze to death in the blizzard by the cowboy riding by after rescuing one of the cattle. Of course they are snowed in together.
Middle brother, needing to prove himself, is the Navy Seal and after 2 tours in Afghanistan and 1 in Iraq, is sent state side to recover from an injury which may sideline him to a desk for the rest of his military career. He's brooding while enduring rehab at Walter Reade Hospital in DC when he keeps meeting the adorable young women in the rental apartment next to his whose fluffy adorable kitten and cute niece (or nephew) keep invading his space and forcing him to be sociable.
Then we have the spoiled indulged youngest brother - he's irresponsible and rebellious, not interested in working the ranch with big brother but really has no idea what he wants in life. He is content being a rolling stone, biking around the country taking odd jobs, adding tattoos here and there. On day he rescues an injured pup at the side of the road and takes it to the nearest Vet. The vet happens to be a stunning brunette who converts this rolling stone to a rooted tree. The stunning brunette could be male just to shake things up a bit and youngest could be struggling with outing to his family which is why he is footloose. Family of course knows he's gay and always has, it's no big deal.
I recently read Still Life with Bread Crumbs, which is a step up, but still it is about the big-city woman who moves to the country and immediately needs a handyman. He turns out to be smart, educated, and unattached (and fit, of course). Plus about 15 years younger than her. The nearby town has quirky characters, of course.My weakness is Regency so I am eagerly awaiting the Bridgerton TV series. I just read that Shonda set it an alternate Regency where the Queen has African ancestry, so there are Black characters in society. I always pretend those Regency romances were in an alternate world anyway, one where the men are sensitive, the servants happy and everyone bathes a lot. In the real historical period, there were only a couple of Dukes, who were ancient, and hygiene and medicine were abominable.
NancyJ wrote: "Quiz - Are you well read in world literature?This quiz is humbling, but it gave me many ideas. I don't think I've even heard of half the books.
https://www.listchallenges.com/are-yo...-..."
I've read 69 .... better than 96% of those who have taken the quiz so far. Current rank #152 of 3,472 users on this list.
I have quite a few others already on my TBR.
AJ wrote: "Sadly, even though I live in the biggest city in my country, my hometown doesn't have a book with 5+ tags. The book with the most tags of "Johannesburg" is Born a Crime with 4 tags, so I will have ..."AJ, Born a Crime now has 5 Johannesburg tags.
Hahahahaha, Theresa - we have a bestseller series in the making! Nicole, do you think we could ask Nora to be Expert Consultant (civilian)?
Hahaha Theresa, that's a bestseller series right there! :D And we have to remember to have a lot of great side characters who can then later have their own books.
KateNZ wrote: "Hahahahaha, Theresa - we have a bestseller series in the making! Nicole, do you think we could ask Nora to be Expert Consultant (civilian)?"
Please, do not toy with me. That would be a dream come true! lol
I like Theresa's idea of creating a trilogy. I have to admit that I am a fan of the cowboys hands down every time, but I could be convinced to work in others! lol
Johanne wrote: "Hahaha Theresa, that's a bestseller series right there! :D And we have to remember to have a lot of great side characters who can then later have their own books."
Oh, for sure!
AJ wrote: "Does the bonus points for meeting the monthly tag in Fly the PBT skies also have to meet the 5 tag rule? Example, if Mental Health wins next month, does my Fly book have to have Sweden tagged 5 times and Mental Health tagged 5 times?"
Yes, to claim the bonus 500 miles then it has to be tagged with the monthly tag by at least 5 users.
But, if it is not tagged by at least 5, you can at least still report it in the monthly tag folder for 2 participation points! There is no minimum for the regular monthly tag.
Good morning, all! We have had several questions regarding the games, mainly Fly the PBT Skies, and I am consolidating them here in a little Q&A. Feel free to continue to ask questions if you have hem, but I believe this covers have I have gotten so far!Sorry the posts are kind of long, I didn't know how else to get them in one place!
Pursue It!
If I read on my Kindle/Nook, sometimes there aren’t page numbers or the page numbers are off because I made the print bigger. If there’s a chapter number I could mention that instead of the exact page number where I found the scavenger item?
Yes! I think a chapter number would work or a location number from the ebook. Or even a percentage complete. I am fairly flexible so long as it would allow someone to find the mention relatively quickly.
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This is a great example! Also, to search for any tag "location" you can go here and type it into the search bar:
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf
And they are helpfully organized from most tags to lowest! So i is super easy to scan.