Lexi’s Comments (group member since Dec 08, 2018)

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

Denise wrote: "Lexi wrote: "Denise wrote: "Finished Cannery Row. Looks like Lexi has also read it, so there's another reverse."

Did you like it? I found it fun."

I did. And a little sad. John Steinbeck always h..."

Very melancholy

Denise wrote: "Finished Cannery Row. Looks like Lexi has also read it, so there's another reverse."

Did you like it? I found it fun.

Update with 10 days left:
Wild Draw 4 -6 (6 of 6 claimed and 2 of 6 read)
Lexi - Wild 4 for 6 Red and 9 Blue and Yellow 3
Melissa - Wild 4 for 2 Blue

Reverse - 11 (8 of 11 read)

Cards still needed: 38

I am working on a red now and then I still have another red, a blue, and a green.

Moved some things around so we could use a red, green or yellow Wild4 as all the blues are claimed

I have another 4 reverses to read this month but we need another 3 after that.

Updated list (4/21):
Wild Draw 4 -6 (5 of 6 claimed and 2 of 6 read)
Reverse - 11 (6 of 11 read)

2 Green - Shaw - read
5 Green - Lexi - read

1 Red - Lexi - read
2 Red - Colleen - read
6 Red - Lucy - read and Wild4- Lexi

1 Blue- Denise -read and Wild4-Shaw -read
2 Blue - Shaw - read and Wild4- Melissa
8 Blue - Susan - read and Wild4-Denise - read
9 Blue - Denise - read and Wild4-Lexi

2 Yellow - Shaw - read
3 Yellow - Lexi - read
5 Yellow - Lexi - read
5 Yellow - Susan - read
8 Yellow - Denise - read

At this point, reading as much as you feel like is the most help

I think it would count as Dublin sadly. Also, from the summary, it looks like the book does not all take place in Dublin so I would avoid place.

We still need to read for 58 cards this month, if my counting is correct, so any and all books are helpful. I am up to about a book a day, but the whole team is needed if we are going to finish our hand this month.

However, the only color card not claimed is Green 2 (letter T) if you would like to look for one.

It is kindle sadly.

Also, blue or green cover? I'm leaning towards blue.

The captains have mostly voted and we are using Cosmic Affogato's recipes b/c it is quite long and I like that it has a cow.

Cosmic Affogato Recipe

You will need...
-1 pint of vanilla ice cream (See note on how to make ice cream below)
-1 1/2 cups coffee beans sourced from the interplanetary base Affogato, sourced only at the full moons of Europa and Callisto on Jupiter
-1 cup sunbeams (Please use ethical suppliers, not slave sun-ships)
-Grand Marnier or Frangelico (optional, but really, optional?)
-Whipped cumulus clouds, for garnish (optional-these can be found at Trader Joe's, but usually only on Tuesdays, and use sparingly, they are a bit sweet)
-Stardust (for garnish) from Alpha Centauri - must be sprinkled on through an emptied out telescope that has been blessed by a female astronomer born on a quarter moon in Cancer. (optional)

-Biscotti, for serving (optional)

*For ice cream
-Introduce yourself to a cow, ask for 4 to 5 cups of fresh milk. (Terran cow milk is the best to use, but the Affogato space station cows are friendlier, and if you add a bit more time to the churning, this milk will work.)
-Vanilla beans from Saturn’s Vanilla purveyor - Cosmo’s Vanilla.
-6 eggs (from chickens please. Yes, the blue yolk from the eggs of the Horned Catterbownder are pretty, but they will not taste right.)
-2 cups regular sugar

-Mix sugar, eggs and 1/2 of the milk in a pan. Heat, stir until thickened. Remove from heat, add vanilla, and the remaining milk.
-Chill. Two seconds in deep space will be fine. Or, in the refrigerator for three hours.
-Place in ice cream maker, churn for twenty minutes. (thirty if using Affogato cows' milk.)

To make...

Grind beans and brew to your liking. For this recipe, the darker the better. Cool slightly. Add liquor to espresso. Stir together.

Divide ice cream evenly between four serving dishes. Pour a cup of the espresso over ice cream. Pour about 1/4 cup sunbeams over each dish of ice cream. Garnish as desired. Serve with Biscotti.

For best flavor. make during a full lunar eclipse on Earth.

Serves: 4

The April mini challenge is up, and requires us as a team to choose a recipe. The link to the instructions is here- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The mini is on the tracking spreadsheet as well, so when we decide, you can start to add books.

The challenge doesn't start until the 12th, (books finished after the start of the challenge as usual).
The countdown is here- https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

When you have read the recipes (here-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...), and found a favorite (not ours) then post your choice here please, we will pick one by majority rules by Monday.

Colleen wrote: "My library just opened for pick-ups only - we call in to schedule in advance for our curbside delivery. So happy. :)"

I'm jealous. I do not think mine is planning on doing that. My books just auto-renewed until June 30.

Bailey wrote: "Hi! Going good! One book down, I’ll add it to the sheet!"

I added it, no worries. Just wanted to see how you were doing.

As we are one week into April, just a shout out to anyone we have not heard from this month.
Bailey, Ashley, how is reading and life going?

Melissa wrote: "I'm reading which could work for blue 2 and the last wildcard!"

Great, added you too

Thank you, Lucy. I added you to the list.

Colleen, that works great and I added you to Red 2

Thank you, Denise.

Lucy, we are done with books for March so don't worry about it but in general, yes you can use charecters from short stories.

Colleen wrote: "Can we get a list of the open color cards yet to read for April? Then I can get organized and pick my next audio book based on what's still needed. Thanks!"

Right above you, post 304