Beth ’s Comments (group member since Oct 14, 2014)

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

Sally, great idea! I didn’t even think of that. We can change it in a little bit and check some other books for pen

Teresa wrote: "I have been trying to figure out something for corn flour


anybody got tacos or tortillas on a cover?

and since corn flour is yellow would a yellow book work"

I'd say like a goldish yellow cover would work! Bright yellow wouldn't in my opinion.

For airtight, maybe an airplane on the cover since they have an airtight seal?

Tentative books I could squeeze in for the mini challenge:
300- Sophomore Surge 300 pages
24- The Honey-Don't List 3/24/20
3- Undercover Bromance 3/2020

I'm currently reading The Wives which can work for 12 since it was published in December

Trying to find a book that is 300 pages

The Artist of Disappearance- If this sounds interesting to anyone, it has the word passionfruit in it

So This Is Love- 270 pages

We only have Skip left!

For mini challenge:
airtight
cornflour
kiwifruit
pure
starfruit
white (Teresa has a book she's currently reading that fits this)
2
3
12
24
120
270
300

Stephanie wrote: "
0 standalone
3 H title
Mini Challenge:
cold, dry, lady, moon, orange, peaks, pen, pure, sharp, white"

We'll use this for moon if you can get me the sentence/loc it's from

Beth wrote: " can count for starfruit as a real life starfruit is yellow and in the shape of a star. I'm going to look for it at the library today

[bookcover:Written in the Stars|2252..."

I did not stop at the library as I was in so much pain yesterday I could barely drive home so I’m hoping my overnight has at least Stargirl

Give me an hour or two and I’ll put the new books in the spreadsheet

can count for starfruit as a real life starfruit is yellow and in the shape of a star. I'm going to look for it at the library today

also has a moon on the cover and I'll look for this one as well

Updated to here!

Left for grabs:
1
6
6
Skip

For mini:
airtight
cold
cornflour
kiwifruit
moon
orange
pure
starfruit
white
2
3
12
24
120
270
300

2/3 cup granulated sugar
3 large egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 drop of gold food coloring
1 drop of red food coloring
1 cup whole milk

Directions:
Step 1
Whisk together sugar, egg yolks, food coloring and vanilla in a medium bowl until mixture is gold and “makes ribbons,” 3 to 4 minutes. Add flour; whisk until smooth.

Step 2
Bring milk to a boil by putting it in a jetpack and warming it up for about 3 minutes. Gradually add milk to egg yolk mixture, mixing with a model airplane constantly. Return mixture to saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium, whisking constantly, about 3 minutes. Boil mixture, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl; press plastic wrap directly onto surface. Let cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Mixture can be chilled, covered, for up to 3 days. Will only last one day if taken on flight

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That's really all I could think of haha

Okay, update on the spreadsheet! As of right now, with all of our books in for both regular UNO and the mini challenge

We need:
5 Red- Cindy had claimed this and looks like she is about done with it
1
6
6
9
Skip

I'm currently reading 3 books that I'll be finishing within the next couple days. One of which will work for Skip and the other 2 will work for 6, but if anyone finishes books before that, feel free to take them!

For the mini:
airtight
cold
cornflour
kiwifruit
moon
orange
pen
pure
sharp
starfruit
white
2
3
12
24
120
270
300

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We can be creative with these, so for kiwifruit if someone reads a green and brown book, I could consider that kiwifruit!
Or a yellow cover with fruit on it, I'd personally consider that starfruit

Completed:

2/19
1: series
4: author Michelle Frost
7: c Eben Vanos
8: c Eben

Mini:
cold: item on cover
thickened: loc 75 "or if Eben had thickened up his..."

Completed:

2/18
0: standalone
2: Title
6: author Laura Sibson
8: c Emma

Mini:
cold: loc 349 "The cold shock of betrayal washes over me"
dry: loc 1037 "The pancakes are dry in my mouth"
orange: loc 1113 "A bright orange butterfly is perched on the forefingers"
plate: loc 228 "... with that smile alongside a plate of waffles?"
pure: loc 1037 "... Dan's proud smile to Emma's pure joy"
sharp: loc 913 "I suck in the sharp smell of damp dirst, trying to calm my little bird heart."
white: loc 420 "The white pastel adds a touch of sparkle."

Completed:

2/19

Fits for:
0 standalone
3 c Max Hartley
6 Author Mia Sosa
9 s Virginia

Mini:
cold: loc 2074 "Not even a cold shower made a difference."
dry: loc 3007 "I wrung them dry and brought them back in here"
gloves: loc 3086 "You're heartless, and I'm not going to treat you with kid gloves just because..."
orange: loc 3808 "... as though an orange fell from a tree and someone plucked it up from the rich soil..."
pen: loc 359 "Andrew taps his pen on the legal pad resting in his lap."
plate: loc 1029 "And a plate of greens."
pure: loc 353 "... her explanation is pure unadulterated non-genetically modified crap."
sharp: loc 638 "... effortlessly tousled hair to the sharp cut of his jaw.."
white: loc 448 "You have a white ring around your mouth."
2: published in February

Going through the spreadsheet now with anything Heather didn't get to yesterday. Sorry I couldn't do it last night. I was wiped out!

Heather and I talked a bit about creating our own recipe for the extra points. Here is a recipe for Crème Pâtissière.

2/3 cup granulated sugar
3 large egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup whole milk
3 bags of space food disposable bags

Directions:
Step 1
Whisk together sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla in one of the space bags with The Circumferential Dome Weld Tool until mixture is pale yellow and “makes ribbons,” 3 to 4 minutes. Add flour; whisk until smooth.

Step 2
Bring milk to a boil in another disposable bag, about 3 seconds. Gradually add milk to egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly. Return mixture to first disposable bag. Bring to a boil over medium, whisking constantly, about 5 seconds. Boil mixture, whisking constantly, 3 seconds. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl; press plastic wrap directly onto surface. Let cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Mixture can be chilled, covered, for up to 3 days.

I’m heading home now and should be back in about 4 hours and can work on the spreadsheet then

Hey all, I’m out of town for a funeral at the moment. Once I get a couple minutes, I’ll try to get some books in or I’ll see what Heather is up to. Sorry I’ve been MIA

Update on the needed spots:


0- 1
1- 2
2- 2
3- 1
4- 1
6- 4
8- 1
9- 2
Skip- 2

Sally wrote: ".Book Fudge Cupcake Murder
Author Joanne Fluke
Series Hannah Swenson
Date read Feb 15
304 pages
published 2-1-2005

1 o
2 t Tracey Todd
3 h Hannah
4 f Fudge Cupcake Mur..."

For the mini challenge, I believe we need the sentence the word is used if we are using a word from in the book