Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Forgive me Sunshine 🙈🙈 My brain is on holiday mode.

Sunshine wrote: "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 😎"

Haha ... that's six!

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

So we're all good with reading a book written by a Saudi or set in Saudi?

I think if we go for Saudi-authors I will find something interesting from the list, so we can do that if the majority wants. :)

I think we all want something different from the spell-it-out option. Saudi author/setting it is then :) 9 months out of the year I live in the Middle East and am fascinated with Saudi Arabia. So I look forward to reading something to feed my interest.

Saudi author/setting works for me

how is everyone doing with their books? I won't be finished with mine for a while just been super busy

Going through some slump. Trying to overcome with audiobooks....hopefully I will finish the book in a week. I finished my detour book before the slump.

I just saw the request for new players. I'll happily join if you still need me.

I think we still needed two players but not sure. I’ll get back to you tonight or someone else might beat me to it

So so sorry, I totally forgot about this challenge, I've also been super busy. But I will try to find a good book and will let you know when I finish it. But I won't finish it before next weekend.

Franizka, I forgot too!! 😂😂 But I’ve been busy and I won’t finish before the weekend either. So I’m on the same boat with you!

Slytherpuff, I just looked over the team and we have replaced all players. It doesn’t look like we have room for anyone at this moment. You can try the hitchhikers thread and see if a team needs a player. Sorry 😐.

Finally! I finished both my books for this leg of the journey.
Completed In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom. 5 stars. I am so very glad to have read this book!

Do you guys think we should switch to spell it out to finish this leg?

Yeah ... I wanted to do an author but it’s proving hard so maybe we should switch. What does everyone else rbink?

Sorry all. I finished my book for this! Been crazy with quidditch. Will update the spreadsheet.

I finally updated the spreadsheet. I really did enjoy my book. I learnt a lot.

And I don't mind if the team wants to do a spell-it-out.

Hey Team,

Are we still doing this?

Hi sorry I took forever to respond to this been on vacation and came back a week ago. I'm still up for it but I dont see that anyone else is responding...

I am waiting for people to finish Saudi Arabia leg so that we can move on to next leg...

I'll PM people and see if they're still participating.

Thanks Nicole!!

Sunshine got back to me and she's still participating. She did fill out the spreadsheet with her completed book. Still waiting on Franziska and Bea to get back to me.

Nicole wrote: "Sunshine got back to me and she's still participating. She did fill out the spreadsheet with her completed book. Still waiting on Franziska and Bea to get back to me."

thanks for doing this. I will read my book this weekend and add to spreadsheet

Wow, so sorry... got busy with my training for Berlin marathon. And still don’t have a book for this leg... but now on holidays I can find something. :)

Sorry for being so silent. I'm here and if you'll let me, I'll just jump in here.

Its ok we have all been very slow. I think we need to change this to a Spell it out

Is that ok with everyone. MADINAH?

Good with me...

So, should we fill in a book that was read since we landed in Medinah? If so, we can travel on petty quickly.

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M
A - From Pakistan to Saudi Arabia: A Gay Love Story by Talal Ahmad Sunshine
D
I - Saudi, Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom's Pursuit of Profit and Power by Ellen R. Wald - Nicole
N
A - In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Qanta A. Ahmed - Kavitha
H

Mine won't fit but I can put in other books that I've read?

Nicole wrote: "Mine won't fit but I can put in other books that I've read?"

I made your book fit with the "I"

Sunshine wrote: "Nicole wrote: "Mine won't fit but I can put in other books that I've read?"

I made your book fit with the "I""

How so? Isn't it the title or authors name? Am I missing something? Wouldn't Kavitha's book be a better fit for I?

M
A - From Pakistan to Saudi Arabia: A Gay Love Story by Talal Ahmad Sunshine
D
I - Saudi, Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom's Pursuit of Profit and Power by Ellen R. Wald - Nicole
N -- Thunder by Neal Shusterman
A - In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Qanta A. Ahmed - Kavitha
H

Nicole wrote: "Sunshine wrote: "Nicole wrote: "Mine won't fit but I can put in other books that I've read?"

I made your book fit with the "I""

How so? Isn't it the title or authors name? Am I missing something?..."

I don't understand Putting Nicole's under 'I'. I though it had to be the first word in the Title or first or last name of author,

And I also could add an A book if we need it.

M
A - From Pakistan to Saudi Arabia: A Gay Love Story by Talal Ahmad Sunshine
D
I - In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Qanta A. Ahmed - Kavitha
N
A - Saudi, Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom's Pursuit of Profit and Power by Ellen R. Wald - Nicole
H

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Kavitha wrote: "M
A - From Pakistan to Saudi Arabia: A Gay Love Story by Talal Ahmad Sunshine
D
I - In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Qanta A. Ahmed - Kavitha
N
A - ..."

The Arabian is part of the subtitle. I don't think that counts.

I also read M D and H in September if you want to use to move to next level.

M - Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews
D - Magic Dreams by Ilona Andrews
H - The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan

Yeah I think it would have to be the first word. I can add an A from my books but we still need three different people to add a book to the spell it out. I just went back to July 10 since that's when we started the Medinah stop.

Kavitha wrote: "I also read M D and H in September if you want to use to move to next level.

M - Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews
D - Magic Dreams by Ilona Andrews
H - The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan"

I think only the 'H' counts. The rest don't match up with the rules.

I believe we need at least five separate people to finish a book in order to move to the next stop.

What is the rule? I probably forget after a long gap :)

I read The Hardest Fall by Ella Maise on 16/09 for the an H.

Also got Dominate by Amy Daws on 13/09 for the D.

And then Maybe This Time by Nicole McLaughlin on 18/09 for the M.

M - (Maybe this time by Nicole Mclaughlin -- Nicole)
A - From Pakistan to Saudi Arabia: A Gay Love Story by Talal Ahmad -- Sunshine
D - (Dominate by Amy Daws -- Nicole)
I - In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Qanta A. Ahmed -- Kavitha
N - (Thunder by Neal Shusterman -- Tahmina)
A - (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen -- Tahmina)
H - (The Hardest Fall by Ella Maise -- Nicole)

We need one other person from the group (so it can't be me, Kavitha, Sunshile or Nicole) to add to either Letter "M", "D", "N", "A", "H".

The Titles in parenthesis mean they can be switched out if you have a book that fits.

Kavitha wrote: "What is the rule? I probably forget after a long gap :)"

Rule for Spell it out is that it has to be the first letter of the first word or the first letter of the first or last name of the author.

And at least five different members have to contribute to the spell it out before we can move on to the next round.

We just need one more person!

Wolf? Franziska?

I can do H with Haruki Murakamis „Kafka on the shore“.

Franziska wrote: "I can do H with Haruki Murakamis „Kafka on the shore“."

You've read it already?