Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Background:

I’ve just finished reading Eighty Days:Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World yesterday and was totally inspired by the ladies and since I saw a boardgame was developed in relation to Nellie Bly’s travel around the world, what else popped into my head but a reading challenge?!

I am guessing that I might be the only one excited but hoping this excitement is contagious ;)

I’ve not written a review for the book yet. I’ve only finished reading it yesterday and got carried away writing up this challenge. Nevertheless, review will not be published til closer to publication date (Feb 2013). Suffice to say, it was an enjoyable read about 2 inspiring ladies with many historical anecdotes in between, the 19th century was brought to life in this narrative non-fiction work (4 stars from me).

If you are curious, you can check out Nellie Bly’s entry on Wikipedia.

For this challenge, I’ve tried to relate some events to the tasks on the day / square however as the book does not specify day by day, I’ve also included some bits about Nellie Bly and incorporate tasks that way.

Note: The boardgame seems to have taken some liberties as I found events are quite as per the book, dates being a little bit off etc but don’t worry too much about this aspect as we’re here to have fun.

Rules of the Challenge:

The challenge is to beat Nellie Bly’s record of 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds. So, the time will start ticking when you roll your first dice.
Everyone starts at Day 1 (New York Harbor –Departure Point)


Random.org provides a timestamp for each roll, so be sure to record your first roll’s timestamp, exactly as shown on the site, just underneath your dice, like this:

Timestamp: 2012-11-28 23:40:11 UTC

Move the number of squares as indicated by your die rolls.

When you first landed on a square, follow the “Task on Board” however if you landed on that square again (2nd or 3rd etc), follow “Challenge Task”. It is, therefore, important for you to record which squares you have landed on.

If there is NO “Task on Board”, do the “Challenge Task” for that square.

If there is NO “Challenge Task”, do the “Task on Board” for that square (even if it is your second / third visit to this square).

Books must be read in order of the rolls. You can read 2 books at the same time but the books must be in consecutive order. For example, you're reading Book B and Book C. If you've finished Book C first, you can't read Book D until you have finished Book B.

We plan itineraries to travel, so you may plan your readings ahead BUT only up to the point where you lose throw/s as there is always a bit of uncertainties with travel. When you start to read for your lose throw/s, you may roll again and plan the next stage of your ‘travel’ up to the lose throw/s again. Then repeat above steps.

Lose next / x throw = Stay where you are and read x book/s of your choice. For example, if you lose 2 throws, you read 2 books of your choice

IF a task refers to word in title of books, we are discounting any subtitle / series name.

If you’re planning ahead –please update your post when you’ve read your book. BUT, if your travel is delayed (lose throw/s), please advised of your next stage of travel in a new post.

FINISH LINE = You have finished as soon as you landed on the last square. Record the roll which brings you to the last square however to complete the tour, just roll a die (the result doesn't matter, we're just after the timestamp) right after you finished reading your last book for this challenge. Post your final timestamp as a new comment so I'll receive a notification as well :)

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Square = Location / Weather / Incident
Task on Board
Challenge Task

1 = New York Harbor
Task on Board: START
Challenge Task: Read a book of your choice

2 = Clear
Task on Board: Go Ahead 3 days

3 = Rain
Task on Board: Go Back 1 Day
Challenge Task: "Nellie Bly was first ""discovered"" by a letter she wrote to the editor of The Dispatch (Pittsburgh) in response to an article they're printed -Read an epistolary novel (eg. Dracula, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Lady Susan, etc)

4 = Storm
Task on Board: Go Back 1 Day
Challenge Task: "Nellie Bly" is a nom de plume; she was born Elizabeth Jane Cochran -Read a book written under a pseudonym (author examples; George Eliot aka Mary Ann Evans, Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain, Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket,etc)

5 = Iceberg
Task on Board: Go Back to Port (1)
Challenge Task: Read a book that is the first book in a series

6 = Clearing
Task on Board: Go to Southampton

7 = Fair Sailing
Challenge Task: Go to Amiens (9)

8 = Southhampton
Task on Board: Go to Amiens (9)
Challenge Task: One more throw

9 = Amiens
Task on Board: One more throw
Challenge Task: Nellie Bly is met Jules Verne on this day - Read one of Verne's book or a fantasy / sci-fi

10 = Indian Mail Accident
Task on Board: Go Back 5 Days
Challenge Task: Read a book set in France

11 = Brindisi / Brigands
Task on Board: Go Back 2 Days
Challenge Task: Read a book set in Italy

12 = Mediterranean
Challenge Task: Rumors of Nellie Bly as American heiress abounds and many men are approaching her -Read a romance

13 = Suez Canal
Challenge Task: Nellie Bly served as a foreign correspondent for The Dispatch in Mexico -Read a book set in a place away from your home country"

14 = Thanksgiving
Task on Board: Go to 18th Day

15 = Ismailia, Egypt
Challenge Task: Read a book set in Egypt

16 = Red Sea
Challenge Task: Read a book with 'red' in title or which cover is mostly red

17 = Stormy
Task on Board:Go Back 5 Days
Challenge Task: Read a book set in

18 = Strikes a Rock
Task on Board:Go Back 10 Days
Challenge Task: The World started a The Nellie Bly Guessing Match on this day, for their readers to submit their guess as to Bly's time & win a trip to Europe -Read a Speculative Fiction"

19 = Aden
Task on Board:Go Ahead 5 Days

20 = Arabian Sea
Task on Board:Another Throw

21 = Stuck On Sand Bar
Task on Board: Lose 2 Throws

22 = Indian Ocean / Stormy
Task on Board: Go Back 1 Day
Challenge Task: Nellie Bly's first exposé was in relation to an asylum where she went undercover under the alias of Nellie Brown -Read an "undercover" sort of books (spies / undercover police etc)

23 = Indian Ocean
Challenge Task: Nellie Bly went around the world knowing only English -Read a translated work (ie. book which has been translated into English from another language)

24 = Indian Ocean
Challenge Task: Read a book published in Nellie Bly's lifetime (1864-1922 inclusive)

25 = Indian Ocean
Task on Board: Lose Next Throw

26 = Colombo
Challenge Task: Nellie Bly came across curry and thought it "was unsightly but delicious" -Read a book with some kind of food in title or on cover"

27 = Ceylon
Task on Board: Lose Next Throw

28 = Bay of Bengal
Task on Board: Go To Siam (34)

29 = Bay of Bengal
Challenge Task: Read a book which author or which has a main character named BoB (Robert is acceptable)

30 = Malacca Straits / Pirate Ships
Task on Board: Go Back 3 Days
Challenge Task:Read a book in a series that is not the first book of that series

31 = Off Sumatra
Challenge Task: The Oriental anchored for refueling on the island of Penang (coal) -Read a book with 'black' in title or which cover is primarily black"

32 = Malacca Straits
Task on Board: Go Ahead 1 Day

33 = Singapore
Challenge Task: Bly bought a monkey in Singapore -Read a book with some kind of animal in title or on cover

34 = Siam
Task on Board: Go Ahead 2 Days

35 = China Sea
Challenge Task: Nellie Bly packed light (only the dress she's wearing and a gripsack) -Read a novella

36 = Simoon
Task on Board: Go Back 10 Days
Challenge Task:Read a book set in

37 = Borneo
Task on Board: Go Ahead 2 Days

38 = China Sea
Challenge Task:Read a book written by an author born in Nellie Bly's lifetime (1864-1922 inclusive)

39 = China Sea
Task on Board: Go Back 3 Days
Challenge Task: Read a book in a series that is not the first book of that series

40 = Hong Kong
Challenge Task: Bly found about about Elizabeth Bisland who is apparently sent to race her around the world -Read a book with 2 female protagonists OR with alternating perspectives (f/f, f/m, m/m)

41 = Christmas
Task on Board: 1 More Throw

42 = Joss, China
Challenge Task: Bly saw a decapitated head when she visited Canton -Read a book with cover of close up of a head (ie most of the body is not shown on cover)

43 = Canton
Task on Board: Lose Next Throw

44 = Hong Kong
Challenge Task: Bly bought a "huge-legged Chinese temple chair, finished in brass and brilliant red lacquer" and brought it back all the way to NY -Read a book with some kind furniture in title or on cover

45 = China Sea
Task on Board: Go Ahead 3 Days

46 = China Sea
Challenge Task: Bly's only fictional work was titled "The Mystery of Central Park" which generated bad reviews and poor sales -Read a Mystery / Crime novel (hopefully a good one)"

47 = Off Formosa
Task on Board: Go Back 5 days
Challenge Task:Read a book set in

48 = New Year's Day
Task on Board: Go Ahead 5 Days

49 = Yokohama
Task on Board: Go Ahead 1 Day

50 = Yokohama
Challenge Task: Nellie Bly's main passion is journalism -Read a book in connection to journalism (for example, a bio on a journalist, a novel with a journalist protagonist, etc)"

51 = Yeddo
Task on Board: One More Throw

52 = Yokohama
Challenge Task: As a child, Bly wore lots of pink and she was then often called "Pinky" -Read a book that you love the cover of

53 = Yokohama / Delay
Task on Board: Go Back 5 Days
Challenge Task: Bly has 4 goals in life: to work for a New York newspaper, to reform the world, to fall in love, and to marry a millionaire -Read a book with 4 words in title

54 = Yokohama
Challenge Task: Bly's passion in journalism tend to drive her to write articles to the betterment of conditions for women and those in needs (in her later years, many babies are left at her doorstep to be adopted out and she raised much needed assistance for those in needs) - Read an "adopted" book (adopted = book gifted to you whether second hand or brand new / book purchased from second hand stores / flea markets)

55 = On the Pacific
Task on Board: Go Back 2 Days
Challenge Task: William Allen, chief engineer of the Oceanic, ordered a rhyming couplet to be written on the ship's engines and throughout the engine room: For Nellie Bly - We'll win or die. - January 20, 1890 -Read a book of poems

56 = Stormy
Task on Board: Go Back 10 Days
Challenge Task: Nellie Bly's talent lies not in fiction writing -Read a Non-Fiction book

57 = Clear
Task on Board: Go Ahead 1 Day

58 = Break in Machinery
Task on Board: Go Back 3 Days
Challenge Task: Read a book in a series that is not the first book of that series

59 = Clear
Challenge Task: Nellie Bly is inducted to the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1998. Their mission is "to honor in perpetuity those women, citizens of the United States of America, whose contributions to the arts, athletics, business, education, government, the humanities, philanthropy and science, have been the greatest value for the development of their country." -Read a book about or by one of these (it can be a bio on one of these women or any work/s written by any of these women)

60 = Fair
Task on Board: Go Ahead 2 Days

61 = Clear
Challenge Task: This boardgame is developed by McLoughlin Brothers., Inc. According to Wikipedia, "The company was a pioneer in color printing technologies in children's books." -Read a picture book

62 = Storm
Task on Board: Go Back 3 Days
Challenge Task: Bly was depressed as the weather has been really bad and she hated to lose -Read a sad / tear jerker book

63 = Collision
Task on Board: Go Back 15 Days
Challenge Task: Nellie Bly completed her trip in 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds -Read the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th or 7th book of a series

64 = On A Raft
Task on Board: Lose 2 Throws

65 = Rescued
Task on Board: Go Ahead 1 Day

66 = Clear
Challenge Task: The reception of her return home was phenomenal for its time -Read a popular book (a book with at least 300,000 ratings)"

67 = Pacific Ocean
Task on Board: Lose 1 Throw

68 = Golden Gate
Challenge Task: Bly was staunchly and patriotically American -Read a non-fiction book on America (it can be a biography on an American, history, etc)

69 = Sierra Mountains / Snow Bound
Task on Board: Lose 3 Throws

70 = Cheyenne (Indians)
Task on Board: Go Back to Golden Gate (68
Challenge Task: Read a book set in the US

71 = Omaha
Task on Board: Go to End (Day 73)

72 = Leaving Chicago
Task on Board: Lose 1 Throw

73 = Pennsylvania Railroad Depot
Task on Board: FINISH LINE
Congrats!

First Stage of Travel:

Amy
Bea
Coralie
Dee
Ebony
Karen
LynnB
Susan
Tien

Second Stage of Travel:

Amy
Bea
Dee
Ebony
LynnB
Susan
Tien

Third Stage of Travel:

Amy
Bea
Dee
LynnB
Susan


Fourth Stage of Travel:

Dee
LynnB
Susan

Fifth Stage of Travel:

LynnB

Sixth Stage of Travel:

LynnB

Completion

Tien: 35 Days 6 hours 34 minutes & 9 seconds
LynnB: 48 Days 21 hours 33 minutes & 52 seconds
Amy: 61 Days 23 hours 12 minutes & 50 seconds
Susan: 63 days, 5 hrs, 54 min, 33 sec
Bea: 5 months, 13 days, 2 hours, 59 minutes and 48 seconds

Okay, I give you all permission to laugh at me now...

At least, I've got my obsession out (spent last night and most of today putting this together) LOL

I really don't need another challenge either but... when you're obsessed, you just can't help yourself!

HELP!

Tien's First Stage of Travel:

Start: Timestamp: 2012-11-29 03:37:03 UTC

Rolled 4
Square 5: Go Back to Port (1) :(
Square 1: Read a book of your choice
Derailed - Read 12/02

Rolled 6
Square 7: Go to Amiens (9)
Square 9: One more throw --> 1
Square 10: Go Back 5 Days
Square 5 (2nd visit): Read a book the first book in a series
White Ninja (Roxy Ran 1) - Read 12/4

Rolled 5
Square 10 (2nd visit): Read a book set in France
Beauty and The Beast - Read 12/4

Rolled 1
Square 11: Go Back 2 Days
Square 9 (2nd visit): Read one of Verne's book or a fantasy / sci-fi
Touch of Power -fantasy - Read 12/5

Rolled 4
Square 13: Read a book set in a place away from your home country
Fate Fixed -US and I'm in AU - Read 12/07

Rolled 2
Square 15: Read a book set in Egypt
Death Comes as the End -Read 12/10

Rolled 6
Square 21: Lose 2 Throws
Blood Twist-Read 12/10
The Family Tree -Read 12/11

Here ends my first stage! 7 books for about 30% of the board, hmmm...

Tien wrote: "Okay, I give you all permission to laugh at me now...
At least, I've got my obsession out (spent last night and most of today putting this together) LOL
I really don't need another challenge eith..."

Tien - you come up with the most interesting challenges! I will try this. Don't know if I can get it done, but it's a fun way to pick books to read!

Lynn's First Stage of Travel
Start: 2012-11-29 06:04:00 UTC

Rolled 7 (Note: error noted late/1 die roll only! but will keep it for this first book)
Square 7: Go to Amiens (9)
Square 9 - One more throw
Rolled 8
Square 17 - Go Back 5 Days
Square 12 - Read a romance (oh my, this will be a challenge! But I have a local author to pick...)
McKettrick's Choice (McKettrick Cowboys, #4)

Rolled 3
Square 15 - Read a book set in Egypt
Anatomy of a Disappearance: A Novel

Rolled 6
Square 21 - Lose 2 Throws
English Creek
On Canaan's Side

Wow, you're so creative, Tien! I might have a go at this, even though I'm not even halfway through any of the birthday games, haha! I love these board game type of challenges!

Argh! I missed the rule about starting on Line 1. Should I re-roll everything, or just go with what I've got?

Thanks, Lynn & Ebony :) I am enamored with the die (though I do not gamble)

Lynn, don't re-roll though I can't tell what you actually rolled first? Was it a 7?

Bea's First Travel Stage:

Start: Timestamp: 2012-11-29 09:44:36 UTC

Rolled 3
Square 4: Go back 1 day.
Square 3: Go back 1 day.
Square 2; Go ahead 3 days
Square 5: Go back to Port (1)
Square 1: Read a book of your choice
To Play with Fire: One Woman's Remarkable Odyssey

Got nowhere fast on that roll!

So...I decided to read the book chosen for me in Pick-a-book Chain Gang so very long ago, since I seem to be getting nowhere in reading it since the pick! Also it is on my LOST list. (I will read this book!)

Rolled 5
Square 6: Go to Southhampton (8)
Square 8: Go to Amiens (9)
Square 9: One more throw --> 1
Square 10: Go back 5 days.
Square 5 (2nd visit): Read the first book in a series.
What Angels Fear

Rolled 6
Square 11: Go back 2 days.
Square 9 (2nd visit): Read a Jules Verne book or a fantasy/sci fi book.
Shadowland

Rolled 6
Square 15: Read a book set in Egypt.
Death Comes As the End

Rolled 1
Square 16: Read a book with "red" in the title or a red cover.
A Red Herring Without Mustard

Rolled 6
Square 22: Go back 1 day.
Square 21: Lose two throws. (Read two books of choice)
Sacred Cows
Morality Play

End of first stage: 7 books
Timestamp: 2013-02-04 11:38:29 UTC

I'll definitely play. I can't decide, though, whether to jump right in now (It is definitely calling to me!), or to be a little more sensible, and wait to start on, say, Jan. 1, when a few of our other challenges are done.

of course i'm in ;)

First roll - 1
Timestamp: 2012-11-29 15:04:16 UTC

Rolled 1/Square 2/Clear (ahead 3)
Square 5 (Iceberg) - back to port 1 (Square 1)

Book A - Challenge Task - Read a Book of your Choice - Just This Once - Finished - 11/30

Rolled 4/Square 5/Iceberg (Challenge task, since second landing)
Book B - Challenge Task - Read a Book that is first in a series - I'm the Vampire, That's Why

Tien wrote: "Lynn, don't re-roll though I can't tell what you actually rolled first? Was it a 7?"

Yes, it was a 7. Thanks for not making me re-roll :)

Are we rolling 1 or 2 dice?

Tien - If our roll happens to coincide with a book being read for another of these challenges, can we overlap?

Timestamp: 2012-11-29 18:58:20 UTC
Rolled 5
Square 6; Go To Southampton
Square 8; Go To Amiens
Square 9; One More Throw
Rolled 2
Square 11; Go Back 2 Days
Square 9 (2nd visit); Read one of Verne’s books or a fantasy/sci-fi
Book: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (what a great book to start off with!) Finished 2.12.12

Rolled 2
Square 11 (2nd visit); Read a book set in Italy
Book: Pompeii by Robert Harris finished 14.12.12

Rolled 6
Square 17; Go back 5 days
Square 12; Read a Romance
Book: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel finished 9.1.13

Rolled 1
Square 13; Read a book set in a place away from your home country
Book: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini finished 29.12.12

Rolled 2
Square 15; Read a book set in Egypt
Book: Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz finished 6.2.13

Rolled 2
Square 17 (2nd visit); Read a book set in Western Asia
Book: Not Even My Name: A True Story by Thea Halo (set in Turkey) finished 15.02.13

Rolled 5
Square 22; Go back 1 day
Square 21; Lose two throws
Book: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll finished 17.02.13
Book: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen finished 16.03.13

So that’s my first stage! Now will go back and select books sometime today.

Susan wrote: "I'll definitely play. I can't decide, though, whether to jump right in now (It is definitely calling to me!), or to be a little more sensible, and wait to start on, say, Jan. 1, when a few of our o..."

Susan, you're definitely wiser and more disciplined than the rest of us ;)

@Dee, we're rolling 1 dice - I just can't link it to just 1 dice, I tried and it worked once but the second time, the link reverted to the home page of the dice roller.

@LynnB, do you mean if you can crossover books with the bday games? yes, you can - this is a separate game altogether :) And I see that you've read your first book already! Woo hoo!

@Ebony, great choice for your first book :) That was fun to read. I hoped you like Palace Walk too -this was such cultural shock for me.

Thanks! Was wondering how there was a roll of 7 ;)

Tien wrote: "@Dee, we're rolling 1 dice - I just can't link it to just 1 dice, I tried and it worked once but the second time, the link reverted to the home page of the dice roller."

Well, I messed it up again. I didn't realize it was just one die. I've just been rolling from your link (which is two dice-- and explains why my first roll was a 7). I'll go back and re-roll, except for the first 7 (already read the book).

I see you've been able to fix it to roll 1 die now. Yay! Maybe I need to read directions better :)

LOL - I was trying to be discrete ha ha ha

I'm glad to see that the link seems to be working better now, yay!

You have got to be the most creative challenge person ever, Tien. I am going to skip this one (at least for now) as I have too many things going and am pretty sure I would not beat Nellie's record.

Lyn M wrote: "You have got to be the most creative challenge person ever, Tien. I am going to skip this one (at least for now) as I have too many things going and am pretty sure I would not beat Nellie's record."

You can start anytime you like, Lyn, should you feel the niggling push ;)

Tien wrote: "LOL - I was trying to be discrete ha ha ha I'm glad to see that the link seems to be working better now, yay!"

I feel I did my penance anyway because that first roll series made me read a romance LOL!

Tien wrote: "Lyn M wrote: "You have got to be the most creative challenge person ever, Tien. I am going to skip this one (at least for now) as I have too many things going and am pretty sure I would not beat N..."

I do, I do....I am thinking January. December is horrible for me and I don't think I will even finish one book. ;(

Re-reading. I may jump in sooner than I planned. No will power. :)

I have a couple questions -- Any hints for where to search for books translated from other languages, or published during a particular set of years?

of course i'm in ;)

First roll - 1
Timestamp: 2012-11-29 15:04:16 UTC

Stage One

Roll 1
Rolled 1/Square 2/Clear (ahead 3)/Square 5 (Iceberg) - back to port 1 (Square 1)
Book A - Challenge Task - Read a Book of your Choice - Just This Once - Finished - 11/30

Roll 2
Rolled 4/Square 5/Iceberg (Challenge task, since second landing)
Book B - Challenge Task - Read a Book that is first in a series - I'm the Vampire, That's Why - Finished - 12/6

Roll 3
Rolled 4/Square 9/Task on Board - one more roll/ Rolled 2/Square 11/Task on Board - go back 2 squares/Square 9 Challenge Task: Nellie Bly is met Jules Verne on this day - Read one of Verne's book or a fantasy / sci-fi
Book C - Reached - 12/9

Roll 4
Rolled 3/Square 12 - Read a Romance
Book D - The Perfect Hope - 12/9

Roll 5
Roll 5/Square 17/Back 5 days/Square 12/Read a romance
Book E - Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - 12/10

Roll 6
Rolled 3/Square 15/Book set in Egypt
Book F - Crocodile on the Sandbank - 12/24

Roll 7
Rolled 5/Square 20/Another Throw
Rolled 5/Square 25/Lose next throw
Book G - read 1 book of own choice - Shades of Gray - 12/20

Susan wrote: "Re-reading. I may jump in sooner than I planned. No will power. :)

I have a couple questions -- Any hints for where to search for books translated from other languages, or published during a parti..."

published during a specific year - you could use the goodreads popular books, or do a generic google search for books published XXXX (being the year) - for translated books...soo many choices - lots of stuff from the scandinavian countries - all oing to depend on what you like

@Susan: I've just been to your bookshelves to check out your books :)

For your 'Shelf Setting' - tick 'date pub' then sort (desc) - it will usually show you the first publication year and I saw that you have a range of books published in Bly's lifetime.

With translated work, you had some books on your shelf too! Gabriel Garcia Marquez & Arturo Perez-Reverte wrote in Spanish whilst Haruki Murakami wrote in Japanese. I believe you'd be reading their books in English?

And of course, as per Dee's comments (scandinavian countries) - Stieg Larsson wrote in Swedish and there seems to be a lot of scandinavian crime novels these days ;)

I'll give this a whirl:

Timestamp: 2012-11-30 23:54:39 UTC
Rolled 4
Square 5: Go Back to Port (1)
Square 1: Read a book of your choice
NYPD Red

Rolled 6
Square 7: Go to Amiens (9)
Square 9: One more throw --> 5
Square 14: Go to 18th Day
Square 18: Go Back 10 Days
Square 8: Go to Amiens (9)
Square 9 (2nd visit): Read one of Verne's books or a fantasy/sci-fi: One Grave at a Time

Rolled 2
Square 11: Go Back 2 Days
Square 9: (3rd visit): Read one of Verne's books or a fantasy/sci-fi: Zoo

Rolled 5
Square 14 (2nd visit): Go to 18th day
Square 18 (2nd visit): Read a Speculative Fiction: Leviathan

Rolled 6
Square 24: Read a book published in Nellie Bly's lifetime (1864-1922 inclusive): The Secret Garden

Rolled 2
Square 26: Read a book with some kind of food in title or on cover: Friendship Bread

Rolled 4
Square 30: Go back 3 days
Square 27: Lose next throw
Deadline

End of first stage: 7 books
Read 7/7

Really don't need another challenge but I'm in anyway.

Karen's First Stage of Travel.

Start Timestamp 2012-12-01 21.11.37 UTC

Rolled a 5
Square 6:Go to Southampton

Rolled a 6
Square 12: Read a romance: Dead in the Family - 4/12/12

Rolled a 6
Square 18: Go Back ten days
Square 8: Go to Amiens(9)
Square 9: One more throw

Rolled a 5
Square 14: Go to 18th day
Square 18 (2nd visit): Read a Speculative Fiction: The Passage

Rolled a 3
Square 21: Lose two throws : The Falcons of Fire and Ice and Citadel

I think I am ready to set off now.

Coralie's first stage of travel

Start: Timestamp: 2012-12-08 20:52:06 UTC

Rolled 4
Square 5: Go Back to Port (1)
Square 1: Read a book of your choice
The Woman in White

Rolled 6
Square 7: Go to Amiens (9)
Square 9: One more throw
Rolled 6
Square 15: Read a book set in Egypt
Pillar of Fire

Rolled 6 (again)
Square 21: Lose 2 turns
Read 2 books of my own choice.
The Princess Bride
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance

Second Stage of Travel:

Currently on Square 21 (Stuck on Sand Bar)

Rolled 5
Square 26 -Read a book with some kind of food in title or on cover
Rosewater and Soda Bread -Read 12/14

Rolled 6
Square 32 – Go Ahead 1 Day
Square 33 - Read a book with some kind of animal in title or on cover
The Horse Whisperer -Read 12/17

Rolled 4
Square 37 – Go Ahead 2 Days
Square 39 – Go Back 3 Days
Square 36 – Go Back 10 Days (Ack!)
Square 26 - Read a book with some kind of food in title or on cover

Read 12/20

Rolled 6
Square 32 – Go Ahead 1 Day
Square 33 - Read a book with some kind of animal in title or on cover
The White Tiger -Read 12/24

Rolled 4 -I really don’t know what’s going on with my dice rollers app?!?!??!
Square 37 – Go Ahead 2 Days
Square 39 – 2nd Visit - Read a book in a series that is not the first book of that series
Scent of Magic (Healer #2) -Read 12/24

Rolled 6
Square 45 – Go Ahead 3 Days
Square 48 – Go Ahead 5 Days
Square 53- Go Back 5 Days Oops, a glitch on the boardgame!!
Square 48 – Go Ahead 5 Days
Square 53 – 2nd Visit - Read a book with 4 words in title
What's Left of Me -Read 12/28

Rolled 4
Square 57 – Go Ahead 1 Day
Square 58 – Go Back 3 Days
Square 55 – Go Back 2 Days Hhhmm… another glich?!
Square 53 – 3rd Visit - Read a book with 4 words in title
The Mad Scientist's Daughter -Read 12/30

Rolled 5
Square 58 – 2nd Visit - Read a book in a series that is not the first book of that series
A Study in Revenge (Archie Lean #2) - Read 01/02

Rolled 3
Square 61 - Read a picture book
TBA – whatever my son wants to read when I reach this spot!
The Elephant and the Bad Baby - Read 01/02

Rolled 6
Square 67 - Lose 1 Throw
Book of my choice – The Scarlet Pimpernel

End of Second Stage – I can see the finishing line!!
10 books for Second Stage of Travel
17 books for length of travel to date.

Tien - i am completely jealous if you have read that many books already!

Dee wrote: "Tien - i am completely jealous if you have read that many books already!"

Of course Not, Dee! I've just started my 6th book which allows me to plan my second stage ;)

You read a lot faster and a lot more than I do but you're probably concentrating your effort on the Seasonal Challenge whilst I try to fit these books onto the Seasonal challenge and it's working so far though it's all over the place!

phew...lol!

Where do the Stages change? --And how can you tell if you really change into one? I keep going backwards :)

anybody got any ideas for a book set in Egypt - i have Crocodile on the Sandbank, but not sure if I want to do that one

Lynn's Second Stage of Travel:
Original Start: 2012-11-29 06:04:00 UTC

(From Square 21)
Rolled 6
Square 27 - Lose Next Throw
Lottery

Dee wrote: "anybody got any ideas for a book set in Egypt - i have Crocodile on the Sandbank, but not sure if I want to do that one"

I have lots of good African books, but few set in Egypt. I just read Anatomy of a Disappearance: A Novel which is set in Egypt and some European countries. It was good (not excellent, but good).

@LynnB - "We plan itineraries to travel, so you may plan your readings ahead BUT only up to the point where you lose throw/s as there is always a bit of uncertainties with travel. When you start to read for your lose throw/s, you may roll again and plan the next stage of your ‘travel’ up to the lose throw/s again. Then repeat above steps."

Erm, I wasn't checking your 'itinerary' but it looks like you should be on the 4th or 5th stage of travel, lol

@Dee - books set in Egypt:

River God by Wilbur Smith
(I actually started reading the sequel for this for my 'book set in Egypt' but it's not actually set in Egypt! *@*@#* so I ended up reading:
Death Comes as The End by Agatha Christie

Some other suggestions:
The Egyptologist: A Novel
Palace Walk
Every Last Kiss -YA/time travel ()

Lynn's Third Stage of Travel:
Original Start: 2012-11-29 06:04:00 UTC

Rolled 3
Square 30 - Go Back 3 Days
Square 27 - Lose Next Throw
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

Actually, I thought a stage was determined by when you lost a turn. That was the end of the previous stage of travel/throws.

So far I am still working on my first book. Slow start.

Bea wrote: "Actually, I thought a stage was determined by when you lost a turn. That was the end of the previous stage of travel/throws. So far I am still working on my first book. Slow start."

I think that's right, Bea. @Tien - You are just too detailed for me :) Think I have to study these plans more thoroughly before I get going on them! I seem to have made a mess on this one, lol! I do enjoy all these games, though.