Verónica’s Comments (group member since May 14, 2020)

Verónica’s comments from the The Perks Of Being A Book Addict group.

Heli wrote: "I finished Bubble and Eugénie Grandet for country and classical painting. I can read more if needed.

My current read is . Could that be a fantasy painting?"

Yes, definitely works as a fantasy painting.

+++UPDATE+++

In the main challenge we have just two cards left and one is a zero, the other a skip that I will be using for a swap. So, we're done!

Vanessa, your book The Replacement Wife has a W for a swap but it doesn't say what is the W for, could you please write it? I did used it for a swap.

The mini is looking good, but we still need more paintings and countries.

Of paintings we have five, I'll be reading one more soon, and maybe can squeeze one more short book for that. So that will left three more to go.

Of countries we have six, I can do at least two more, one I'm currently reading and the other one is also a short read, I have a third logged but it's a little longer and I'm not sure I could finish it. So that will leave two more to go.

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "I found these two books in my stacks that might be a possibility...Please tell me if you think they fit for Paintings..

- For Classical?

AND

[bookcover:Piran..."

I think the second one does work for fantasy.

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "Finished The People We Keep and updated the spreadsheet. Also, just wanted to check in for any certain type of book we may still need that I should start next..."

Paintings is definitely the one we are far behind. I think your new book will go to countries, swaps are ok now.

+++UPDATE+++

In the mini, the ones already reading or logged a book on colors and swaps, keep on going with those, but we don't need extras so no need to keep looking. If you logged a book on swaps, give priority if it's an X or Q (6 or skip). W's are less urgent, since in the main we have only two 2's left (and very easy to find) but we have four 6's left.

We are a little behind with paintings and countries.

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "Hi...I just updated the spreadsheet with Put on Your Crown by Queen Latifah. I know it was mentioned we needed to focus on the letter Q, so I found a short audiobook that would help and completed i..."

Thank you Jojo! I hope you feel better soon. Don't feel pressure of any kind, and to the contrary, I wish you could find some comfort if not in books some other relaxing activity. We appreciate your contributions, and totally understand the situation. Please keep us on the loop on how you are doing.

Corina wrote: "Hi, just a question on covers, do you think that any of the below would work for a classical paining?




Not sure ..."

The first one yes, second one no.

Hi team.

We are doing great. Finally I finished the last color card.

+++UPDATE+++

Mini:
Cover colors: 6 left
Paintings: 7 left
Countries: 8 left
Swaps: 5 left

Kira, I moved the book with the gothic cover to a grey cover, since I wasn't sure it will qualify as classical.

Melanie and Jojo, your books had white letters, so I put them in the cat#1. Although we prefer whole covers, this also counts.

Corina your book ended up in the painting category, we have less of them. But it's good to know in which ones could it go, in case we need to rearrange.

As for the main challenge, we are on track. We are at 65% at mid month which is great. No hard cards left, maybe just the issue with the skip's waiting to be swapped into Q's. In case we can't reach the goal, I'll just have to move some cards to fill the skips.

Melanie wrote: "Question, do you think this one would work for cover like a classical painting?

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I think yes.

Hello everyone.

We've official started the March mini challenge.

In category #4 on the mini tab, you don't need to select the hand with the swap column, I'll be doing that. It seems this month will be heavy on the moving around cards thing 😓. But it could be fun 😁.

Jojo I put your book "We Are Okay" in that category because of the title. In this case it was obvious but for books with names and places within the book please team don't forget to write the reason in the color column for me to write it on the main tab.

As for everything else, we are a little behind in 4's and 9's. So remember to log all cards your books fit in, not just for the mini.

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "◈ Read books where the cover could be a classical painting (no need to get mod approval, but if you need inspiration on what is classical, here is a good guide: https://www.toperfect.com/Classical-..."

I'm not sure, but I don't think so. It looks like a photo not a painting, and I've been seeing covers like this surveyed on captains group and are rejected.

In summary, this is what we need to look for the mini:

- Covers, text in cover or word of the color, preferably covers:
Orange
Purple
Pink
Black
White
Brown
Grey

- Covers with classical or fantasy paintings, not themes, paintings.

- Books set in countries other than Canada, USA, England, Australia and New Zealand.

- Books with W, X and Q for title, author, places, characters, etc. Preferably Q's.

EDIT
We need at least 10 of each. And we can add another 5 books in more than one category of our choosing. The extras that will give us the most points are the Q's.

For the mood readers, we will locate all books where they qualify, regardless of points, just try to find any that fits. At the end the important thing is to finish the mini. The maximization of points comes second.

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "Verónica wrote: "JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "Verónica wrote: "For the mini books, please write in the same column as the color card if a book has a W, X, or Q, same rules as for the other cards. If it has..."

It's ok, it's just good to know for which letter exactly so I put them in the right card and get the corresponding points. But no worries. If I have a question on an specific book I'll ask.

Sometimes I move things around and it's good to know all the options available. For example if we have too many of the covers but not of the swaps, maybe i'll move some books of category if they fit.

EDITED
Could be a good idea to write it like in the other columns, like Quentin character, Xanadu place, etc.

Corina wrote: "The book I'm currently reading, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, could also work for X. Should I write down in that category as well?"

Absolutely. Just remember the books for the mini have to be finished after March 15th.

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "Verónica wrote: "For the mini books, please write in the same column as the color card if a book has a W, X, or Q, same rules as for the other cards. If it has more than one, give priority to the Q..."

Just one question, when you write X,W,Q it means it qualifies for all of them or is a reference to the category?

For the mini books, please write in the same column as the color card if a book has a W, X, or Q, same rules as for the other cards. If it has more than one, give priority to the Q, but if it's either X or W choose whatever you want.

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "Verónica wrote: "March Mini Challenge has been posted 📣
Check it out and let me know if you have any questions.

Some important points:

- Cat #1: We can repeat colors for all subcategories (covers..."

Yeah, #4 could be little bit confusing, but it's just that instead of looking for T's, S's and K&P's (for 2, 6 and skip) we have to look for W's, X's, and Q's respectively, and put those in the main challenge in the corresponding card, and in the mini write in "reason" the hand where we did the swap. We almost finished all our skip cards, but those are the ones that will give us the most points, so I'll be moving them around so I can make room for the new books that qualify as they come. So I hope we can find as many Q's as possible.

March Mini Challenge has been posted 📣
Check it out and let me know if you have any questions.

Some important points:

- Cat #1: We can repeat colors for all subcategories (covers, text, word). And since we want to maximize the amount of points we get, we probably need to focus on whole covers. But all qualifying books should be located in the mini.

- Cat #2: more than one member can use the same book.

- Cat #3: we can repeat countries.

- Cat#4: In the main challenge we can change cards 2, 6 and skip for W, X, and Q respectively. In the mini we will reference the hand in which we made the swap. In this case Skip's will give us the most points. We only have one color card that qualifies, a 2 Blue. Which means a 2(W) Blue.

Well, Bella and Heli took care of the last 5 and 7 🙌.

So I will use my book for a Reverse, which leave us with one more left. Then we can focus on 9's, 1's and 4's.

Corina wrote: "Well done everyone! Great update, Verónica! I will save the 7 Green one that I was planning for next month, just in case :) I kept trying to find a 5 Yellow but so far no luck..."

Well, I have one on my to read list, if you (or someone else) find an 8 Red which is easier, I'll use my 8 Red for a Reverse and read the 5 Yellow next.