Book Geeks and Bookniks discussion

Late Night On Watling Street St Albans ENGLAND
Charlotte Grey Lavaurette FRANCE
Long Time Coming Antwerp. BELGIUM
Sea Change. Amsterdam HOLLAND
The Snowman. Oslo NORWAY
The Girl who kicked the Hornets Nest SWEDEN
3,096 days. Strasshof AUSTRIA
The Past Is Myself. Berlin. GERMANY
Days Without Number Venice ITALY
The House Gun SOUTH AFRICA
Avenger SERBIA
The Leopard Hunts In Darkness ZIMBABWE
The Greatest (Haile GEBRSELASSIE story)Adis Abeba ETHIOPIA
An Evil Cradling. Beirut. LEBONON
Snow Drops Moscow RUSSIA
Highway To Hell. Baghdad IRAQ
Devil May Care Tehran IRAN
Apache Dawn. Helmand province AFGANISTAN
losing Gemma. Delhi INDIA
The shadow Walker. ulan Baatar MONGOLIA
Gemini. Hong Kong
The Slap Melbourne AUSTRALIA
A Land of Two Halves Travel book all over NEW ZEALAND
The Tenderness Of Wolves CANADA
Tequila Oil BELIZE
The Saints Of New York USA
Past Caring Madeira PORTUGAL
Faithful Place Dublin IRELAND
The Flanders Panel Madrid SPAIN
Semi Detached Cardiff WALES
Sight Unseen St Helier JERSEY
The Flood. Edinburgh SCOTLAND

I have decided not going to have time to do another challenge so will share / bore you with this one
Who is the moderator? Would like to know how much can cheat!!!

Okay - I give up. How are you going to cheat???

Melki wrote: "Okay - I give up. How are you going to cheat???"

Are YOU in Charge?
How much has each book got to be in the country?

can we have more than one country from each book?
Ian on the UK site is very strict sure you will be kinder

No one is IN CHARGE! I think it's most fair if you pick only one country per book, based on where MOST of the action occurs. But I don't think anyone here will call you on something, unless you start making up books and saying you read one per day. (Though Lynne the Book Squirrel could probably get away with that.) I thought you were going to read Michael Palin's Around the World in 80 Days: Companion to the Pbs Series and say you were finished with the challenge.

PS. Ian terrifies me!

@ Melki, Ian is a sweetie! And thanks for the compliment of my reading one book per day! Hoping to finish one tonight but it is UK based from Leicestershire near where I was born and bought up.

I have been thinking of re reading Mc Carthy.s bar which if I remember a lot was set in Tasmania which must be quite rare
Think can get away with that
And a bit of light relief

Robert wrote: "I have been thinking of re reading Mc Carthy.s bar which if I remember a lot was set in Tasmania which must be quite rare
Think can get away with that
And a bit of light relief"

Now we could do an Ian and say NO RE-READS allowed!! LOL!

no re reads did not know that was a rule

Ian's not here. Read whatever you want, Bob.

Melki wrote: "Ian's not here. Read whatever you want, Bob."

Hey, you are supposed to be on my side!

Who's Ian and why is everyone looking over their shoulder when talking about him?

Lynne - The Book Squirrel wrote: "Melki wrote: "Ian's not here. Read whatever you want, Bob."

Hey, you are supposed to be on my side!"

Stacey wrote: "Who's Ian and why is everyone looking over their shoulder when talking about him?"

Stacey. He is the moderator on uk book club and thought up the 80 days idea.

Ugh. That doesn't sound like fun. Whenever I get into reading challenges, I get competitive and then it loses the fun factor, lol.

Stacey
I know what you mean. I have not got competetive on this one as a number of people read far more than me. In saying that I will have to complete it. I have found a lot of books I would not normally read. I think the challenge for states would be to difficult for me I don't even know the abbreviations! English counties as some people are doing would be a lot easier

Ian's not a bad guy, though I do get a distinctly anti-American vibe coming from him. He helps keep Bob in line, which is difficult!

Keep me in line!!! How dare you!!
I don't think that British are anti American I have met loads of really clever funny interesting Americans on this site and oddly enough when I have been to America.
JUST a couple let you down. mainly ones who pick on ME.
I am a bit grumpy as on nights and heating broken and waiting for repair man
I have finished a book though

You are a grumpy pumpkin today! Good luck with the repairman. If they are like US repairmen, they will promise to arrive anytime between the hours of 8 and 5 and will knock on your door at 4:55. Meanwhile, you've wasted an entire day, sitting indoors, afraid to even use the bathroom for fear that you'll miss the doorbell. Good news about the book though. Did you add it to your list yet?

It was set in England and I used the first short story as my set point.
have a look at uk site I have set up a discussion would value your opinion Really no joke
Bob

I have added SPAIN to my list above with The Flanders Panel
I was amazed had to but Madrid between Dublin and Cardiff going west to East
Have a look on an atlas
Melki these countries are in EUROPE across the big watery thing!!!ha ha

I know you can't see me, Bob, but I'm making a very rude gesture in your direction.

Finished FRANCE now onto Madeira which will have to be confirmed as a separate country from Portugal.
Melki am I ahead of you AGAIN

Please note I have had to edit my geography as Edinburgh further west than St Albans

Enjoy it while it lasts - we will soon be tied. Then I will leave you in my dust while you're watching rugby.

Probably right can only count Madeira as Portugal( If that makes sense)

Nah - those are Ian's rules. Here in America you can count it as whatever you like.

Thanks Melki Why you being nice to me?
Don't think you will get an easy ride in England!

Austria sorted with another hostage book!
The book was good but the true story was a strange thing. Does anyone recall the story?

Finished Madeira for PORTUGAL That is 17 now onto South Africa and Mongolia

started to read again as well so soon be way ahead of Melki

Grrrr!

Mongolia doen with The Shadow Walker come on Melki concentrate starting to run away with this!!

Actually, Bob, you can stop gloating - we're tied. It would help if you'd number your list like a normal person.

Melki wrote: "Actually, Bob, you can stop gloating - we're tied. It would help it you'd number your list like a normal person."

You have a point there Melki! But is Bob a normal person? LOL!

I think we both know the answer to that, Lynne.

Melki wrote: "I think we both know the answer to that, Lynne."

LOL! yes I think we do!

Completed South Africa Rubbish book could not wait to complete it
Now onto IRAQ SAS hero boys own adventure but a true story
hope easy readHighway to Hell: Dispatches from a Mercenary in Iraq

Finished Highway to Hell a good easy read but not to sure how much truth in it

Next
not sure which country at the moment as 3 listed will decide later and what happening with Yugoslavia

Finished Serbia with Fredrick Forsyth good book easy to read adventure yarn need to add books previously read to my total
Now Russia snow Drops
new book up for booker prize bought by my partner who is hunting countries as well
prob just to shut me up and get it finished ASAP

MELKI 21 !!!!! WHERE ARE YOU

Well, Bob...I've been reading books for 3 Goodreads groups, 2 real book clubs, participating in the A - Z Authors challenge, and the 50 State challenge - that's "where" I am. Sorry that I do not live exclusively to try to beat your Around the World totals. Now, sod off. (And would it create an international incident if I called you a wanker?)

I've googled all sorts of British slang, so next time you tease me, I'll be ready.

Thanks for those kind words
I am a good boy so they mean nothing to me!!
Remember I am just a man doing this challenge and ALL women can multi task
So when I get the feeling may win with women at anything brag and boast as much as I can

(but think touched a nerve)

You touched a frayed nerve. On edge right now as hospital keeps sending ME the bills for husband's recent kidney stone, instead of sending them to the insurance company. Not much stops your heart like opening an envelope and seeing "Please remit $30,453.22"!!! So far, the total is over 60 grand for a freakin' kidney stone!

Be thankful you have national healthcare.

Melki wrote: "Well, Bob...I've been reading books for 3 Goodreads groups, 2 real book clubs, participating in the A - Z Authors challenge, and the 50 State challenge - that's "where" I am. Sorry that I do not l..."

Way to go Melki!

Finished Snow Drops
A bit strange as pretty obvious what going to happen but so well written that could not put it down and read in 3 days whilst on nights when do not normally read much
given 4 stars well worth a read

On to Germany
looks at reviews of this on GR and nearly all 5 star so here is hoping

Melki wrote: "You touched a frayed nerve. On edge right now as hospital keeps sending ME the bills for husband's recent kidney stone, instead of sending them to the insurance company. Not much stops your heart..."

Over 30 grand!!! Jesus, I never thought I'd be thankful for the NHS!!!

Lynne - The Book Squirrel wrote: "Melki wrote: "Well, Bob...I've been reading books for 3 Goodreads groups, 2 real book clubs, participating in the A - Z Authors challenge, and the 50 State challenge - that's "where" I am. Sorry t..."

I second Lynne's sentiments ;-D

Finished the Leopard hunts In Darkness Audio book

Not sure I like this format but story ok

Germany completed. Will read comodu book now for a break Gove Melki Chance to catch up!
Only joking.

Yay! I'm only 6 behind you. If you don't read any more books this year, I might be able to catch up.