Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

What does everyone prefer? I figure we all can find an American author or a book set in the States...

I can do a book set in the States and an American author.

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "I can do a book set in the States and an American author."

Yeah! I think that'll be the easiest one!

What is the spell-out for this one?

I assume it would be the United States of America or Roswell?

I can use for this one.
It is set in Vermont somewhere and Rachel Hawkins is an American author.

I'm game for an American author or setting.

The detour for this round: Read a book where the Author has the same first name as an Academy Award winning actor/actress.

I can put together a list for the last 10 years just for reference?

Roswell, NM (US)


Roswell is a city in New Mexico. It is the county seat of Chaves County in the southeastern quarter of the state of New Mexico, United States.[2] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 48,411,[3] making it the fifth-largest city in New Mexico. It is a center for irrigated farming, dairying, ranching, manufacturing, distribution, and petroleum production. It is also the home of New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI), founded in 1891. Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located a few miles northeast of the city on the Pecos River. Bottomless Lakes State Park is located 12 miles (19 km) east of Roswell on US 380.

Roswell is most popularly known for having its name attached to what is now called the Roswell UFO incident, though the crash site of the alleged UFO was some 75 miles (121 km) from Roswell and closer to Corona. The investigation and debris recovery was handled by the local Roswell Army Air Field. Roswell is a popular town for tourists from around the country because of its many alien-themed stores, restaurants, museums, and other attractions, including a McDonald's location built in the form of a flying saucer.

Nicole wrote: "The detour for this round: Read a book where the Author has the same first name as an Academy Award winning actor/actress.

I can put together a list for the last 10 years just for reference?"

Would you mind doing that? I think it would help.

Also, can we do the detour and the task?

Thanks Tahmina I have always thought that Roswell was awesome. Thanks for the little facts about it.

So since we are reading an american Author we won't be doing the spell it out.

Detour: Read a book where the Author has the same first name as an Academy Award winning actor/actress

Nicole wrote: "The detour for this round: Read a book where the Author has the same first name as an Academy Award winning actor/actress.

I can put together a list for the last 10 years just for reference?"

Please do!!. And thank You!

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "Thanks Tahmina I have always thought that Roswell was awesome. Thanks for the little facts about it."

Me too!! Me and my friends went there last year on a road trip. And unfortunately it was a huge let down :(

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "Also, can we do the detour and the task?"

Yes, we can do. The more people who do the detour, the more points we get in addition to completing the task.

I'll do Red Rising for the American Author.

I will wait for Nicole's list before deciding on the book for detour!

Yea...

I've been itching to get back to the US

LOL

Guys who is in the middle of a great book?

Sunshine wrote: "Yea...

I've been itching to get back to the US

LOL"

😂😂😂

And just to clarify so everyone is on the same page can we go for American Authors?

Tahmina wrote: "And just to clarify so everyone is on the same page can we go for American Authors?"

Sounds good to me.

Here's a list for the last 17 years. I've also included the links in case people want to check for other years.

And remember the AUTHORS FIRST NAME must be the same as the ACTOR/ACTRESS.

Academy Award for Best Actor

Best Actor

2000 – Russell Crowe
2001 – Denzel Washington
2002 – Adrien Brody
2003 – Sean Penn
2004 – Jaime Foxx
2005 – Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 – Forest Whitaker
2007 – Daniel Day-Lewis
2008 – Sean Penn
2009 – Jeff Bridges
2010 – Colin Firth
2011 – Jean Dujardin
2012 – Daniel Day-Lewis
2013 – Matthew McConaughey
2014 – Eddie Redmayne
2015 – Leonardo DiCaprio
2016 – Casey Affleck
2017 – Gary Oldman

Academy Award for Best Actress

Best Actress

2000 – Julia Roberts
2001 – Halle Berry
2002 – Nicole Kidman
2003 – Charlize Theron
2004 – Hilary Swank
2005 – Reese Witherspoon
2006 – Helen Mirren
2007 – Marion Cotillard
2008 – Kate Winslet
2009 – Sandra Bullock
2010 – Natalie Portman
2011 – Meryl Streep
2012 – Jennifer Lawrence
2013 – Cate Blanchett
2014 – Julianne Moore
2015 – Brie Larson
2016 – Emma Stone
2017 – Frances McDormand

Tahmina wrote: "And just to clarify so everyone is on the same page can we go for American Authors?"

Yes. According to the rules it says country or city.

Yes to American authors.

Nicole wrote: "Tahmina wrote: "And just to clarify so everyone is on the same page can we go for American Authors?"

Yes. According to the rules it says country or city."

I'm not sure how to phrase this. Does this mean that we have to pick either country or city as a group and then everyone has to stick to that one?

Tahmina wrote: "I'm not sure how to phrase this. Does this mean that we have to pick either country or city as a group and then everyone has to stick to that one?"

I checked again:
read books set in that country or by an author of that country

We only use the city if we chose to spell it out.

So individually (since I think we're all in agreement barring a few) we can either read a book set in America or written by an American.

So for example you could read Born in Fire by Nora Roberts. The book is set in Ireland but the author is American, so it would count. Or you can simply read an American author, where the books setting is in the States.

Hope that makes sense :)

Nicole wrote: "Tahmina wrote: "I'm not sure how to phrase this. Does this mean that we have to pick either country or city as a group and then everyone has to stick to that one?"

I checked again:
read books set ..."

Yes!! Thanks.

I will be reading The Story of My Life by Helen Keller who has the same first name as 2006 – Helen Mirren

I can do American authors as well.

I completed my book: Rookie Move by Sarina Bowen (05/01) and I updated the spreadsheet.

I'll work on the detour.

I finished my detour. I will work on the task one now. I updated the spreadsheet already.

I completed my detour book The Marriage Arrangement by Jennifer Probst (05/01) and updated the spreadsheet.

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

Completed Scythe for task. 5 stars from me. yet to review. will post the link later. updated ss.

What is the date range to complete this round? My detour is going to take some time. However, I still want to finish it within the time range

Completion Post


Leaving Unknown by Kerry Reichs
5-2-2018
3*
Fits: American author {born in North Carolina}

SS updated.

Each round should be two weeks. So this one should end about 5/13

Thanks 😊

Book set in the US - Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South

And detour: Paradox Bound by Peter Clines, who shares the same first name Best Actor Winner - Peter Finch.

Just a random question: for the spell-it-out rounds that we've done. Does every member have to read a letter and if we have leftover letters, then other members read two books? Or is it ok that we have members who haven't taken a letter?

Nicole wrote: "Just a random question: for the spell-it-out rounds that we've done. Does every member have to read a letter and if we have leftover letters, then other members read two books? Or is it ok that we ..."

I think as long as all the letters are done, one person can read more than one book.

Tahmina wrote: "I think as long as all the letters are done, one person can read more than one book."

So we can have members who don't read a book for a challenge at all then?

I don't know if I'm articulating my question right.

yes correct. You can have certain members that don't read at all.

Tahmina wrote: "yes correct. You can have certain members that don't read at all."

Ok :) So for this particular round we are doing, every single member read a book. Correct?

Nicole wrote: "Tahmina wrote: "yes correct. You can have certain members that don't read at all."

Ok :) So for this particular round we are doing, every single member read a book. Correct?"

no. I think for this round we need only about five people to read the book. But we usually make sure that everyone who wants to participate does and then we move on to the next stop.

I went back to the rules...

TASKS
◈ Completing a task will earn the team 10 points AND
◈ If at least 6 members of the team read a book that contributes to the tasks, that is an additional 15 points AND
◈ If ALL team members read a book for the time you are at the stop, that is an additional 10 points

DETOURS
◈ Completing a detour earns the team 25 points AND
◈ If at least 7 members of the team read a book for the detour, that is an additional 15 points AND
◈ If ALL team members read a book for the time you are at the stop, that is an additional 10 points

From this it looks like we need a minimum of 6 members in order for it to be considered complete when we are doing the option of reading a book set in a country or an author from that country. I just wanted to check because I started confusing myself
🙈

Almost done with Hex Hall. Will be finishing up soon.

Nicole wrote: "I went back to the rules...


TASKS

◈ Completing a task will earn the team 10 points AND
◈ If at least 6 members of the team read a book that contributes to the tasks, that is an additional 15 p..."

Yup you're right i remembered it as 5 not 6

Tahmina wrote: "Yup you're right i remembered it as 5 not 6"

Thanks for answering my spastic questions!

😂😂😂 no worries! I always have a hundred questions and usually someone answers me too!

Completed the detour book. She's My Bonnie, I'm Her Clyde: Ridin' To The Very End. 3* Updated the spreadsheet.