UNO Pixie’s Comments (group member since Feb 13, 2016)

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

So close to finishing this Valentine's challenge!

So we have opened up an Easter Egg Hunt here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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                                ~Early Easter!~

This was our mini challenge in April 2015

Just when you thought Easter was a few months away! You are invited to join our UNO Easter Egg Hunt while waiting for UNO to begin.


Easter Egg Hunt
So many coloured eggs! Try and collect them all!
Read books with a cover that is predominantly one of these covers. As a group, we can only read one of each colour. :
♔ Blue
♔ Brown
♔ Gold
♔ Orange
♔ Green
♔ Yellow
♔ Grey
♔ Purple
♔ Pink
♔ Red
♔ Yellow
♔ Black
♔ White

Easter Scavenger Hunt
Find these words... they are all products used to naturally dye eggs for Easter
Read books that contains one of these words in the text or title (plurals are acceptable). You can claim each word more than once (there is no limit), HOWEVER, you can only claim a maximum of three words per book.

♔ Blueberry
♔ Grape
♔ Coffee
♔ Walnut
♔ Tea
♔ Dill
♔ Chilli
♔ Turmeric
♔ Spinach
♔ Chlorophyll
♔ Apple
♔ Beetroot
♔ Onion
♔ Carrot
♔ Paprika
♔ Craberry
♔ Raspberry
♔ Hibiscus
♔ Red Wine
♔ Orange
♔ Lemon
♔ Chamomile
♔ Celery
♔ Cumin
♔ Saffron

When you have read a book, post in this thread and add to this spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

◈ You can't use the same book for the egg hunt and scavenger hunt. That means if you have a pink book that contains the words "saffron" and "grape" you will need to decide if you want to use it for the colour OR the words. It can not be used for both.
◈ Books read between January 25 and 31 count
◈ The usual book length rules apply, Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books and Graphic Novels can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com or are more than 3 hours in audio

Updated page requirements to match 2024 UNO (100 pages not the 160 that it was back in 2017!) thanks Shaw for noticing 😊

All Teams are open!

For players checking the thread for their teams just now, here is the link where you can see which teams you are placed on:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

A reminder that you need to find your way to your team and check in by 25 January at the latest!

Michael wrote: "Stacey and I have both also read Puppets so it’s a quadruple reverse. Lol"

It sounds like either a yoga 🧘‍♀️ or a you-know-what pose. 😀

(Mel)

We are so close with our BINGO mini game!

So our next mini game starts soon ; for books with a read date of Jan 18 or after

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We are so close with BINGO!

So our next mini game starts soon ; for books with a read date of Jan 18 or after

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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This was a mini challenge in 2017!

~~Read books that fit these valentine tasks ~~

◈ Books with a read date between January 18 - January 31, 2024 count
◈ As a group, complete all 30 tasks
◈ Each task is worth 5 valentine points. As a group if we achieve the goal of 150 points you will have your dream valentine this year (awww)
◈ Only one book per task
◈ The usual book length rules apply, Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books and Graphic Novels can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com or audio is more than 3 hours in length


Once you have finished a book enter the details into the spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
and also post in this thread!



The most popular theory about Valentine’s Day origin is that Emperor Claudius II didn’t want Roman men to marry during wartime. Bishop Valentine went against his wishes and performed secret weddings. For this, Valentine was jailed and executed. While in jail he wrote a note to the jailor’s daughter signing it “from your Valentine”. After St. Valentine was buried, Julia, the daughter of his jailor, planted an almond tree with pink blossoms near his grave. The almond tree today is a symbol of lasting friendship and love.

❤ Read a book where there is a secret wedding
❤ Read a book where a character is in jail
❤ Read a book where a character is named Julia

The earliest description of February 14 as an annual celebration of love appears in the Charter of the Court of Love. The charter, allegedly issued by Charles VI of France at Mantes-la-Jolie in 1400, describes lavish festivities to be attended by several members of the royal court, including a feast, amorous song and poetry competitions, jousting and dancing. Amid these festivities, the attending ladies would hear and rule on disputes from lovers. No other record of the court exists, and none of those named in the charter were present at Mantes except Charles's queen, Isabeau of Bavaria, who may well have imagined it all while waiting out a plague.

❤ Read a book where two characters fall in love
❤ Read a book where there is unrequited love
❤ Read a book where there is a first kiss

In China, Valentine's Day is called lovers' festival. The "Chinese Valentine's Day" is the Qixi Festival, celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. It commemorates a day on which a legendary cow herder and weaving maid are allowed to be together. In Chinese culture, there is an older observance related to lovers, called "The Night of Sevens" According to the legend, the Cowherd star and the Weaver Maid star are normally separated by the Milky Way (silvery river) but are allowed to meet by crossing it on the 7th day of the 7th month of the Chinese calendar.

❤ Read a book set in China
❤ Read a book first published on the 7th of any month
❤ Read a book first published in July of any year

Based on retail statistics, about 3 per cent of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.

❤ Read a book where the main character has a pet
❤ Read a book with a 3 in the page count
❤ Read a book where someone gives a gift

If you’re single don’t despair. You can celebrate Singles Awareness Day (SAD) instead. It is meant as an alternative to Valentine’s Day, the holiday is for single people to celebrate or to commiserate in their single status.

❤ Read a book where the main character is, and remains, single
❤ Read a book where characters go on a date
❤ Read a book where the characters go to a dance

Or you could pop over to Finland where Valentine’s Day is called Ystävänpäivä, which translates into “Friend’s day”. It’s more about remembering your buddies than your loved ones.

❤ Read a book where there are a group of 3 or more friends
❤ Read a book where a new friendship is made
❤ Read a book by an author who is known to be a friend of another author (Google is great to find these. Some examples are: Holly Black & Cassandra Clare, Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, F. Scott Fitzgerald & Ernest Hemingway, or Beth Revis & Victoria Schwab)

In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression “to wear your heart on your sleeve.”

❤ Read a book set in the Middle Ages (5th to the 15th century)
❤ Read a book with a young man as the main character
❤ Read a book with a young woman as the main character

Physicians of the 1800s commonly advised their patients to eat chocolate to calm their pining for lost love.

❤ Read a book where a character is a nurse or a Doctor
❤ Read a book written in the 1800s
❤ Read a book with chocolate on the cover

Every Valentine’s Day, the Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.

❤ Read a book that contains a shakespeare quote
❤ Read a book where the character writes or receives a letter
❤ Read a book based in Italy

The most fantastic gift of love is the Taj Mahal in India. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan as a memorial to his wife.

❤ Read a book based in India
❤ Read a book where a husband gives his wife a present
❤ Read a book where there is a character who is an Emperor

William wrote: "So I may have went a little overboard LOL! Once we were finally assigned teams I decided to draw this is my reading journal to go along with the Uno tracking...
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Wow, that is some drawing!! :)

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Team Kathryn Merteuil's French Connection

Team Members:
❅ Shaw - Captain
❅ Jean Harris - Co-Captain
❅ Paige
❅ Faith
❅ Kristie Evans
❅ Christy
❅ Leah Williams


♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

❅ Emily

Quick reminder, If you have signed up after this post you are listed on the sign up spreadsheet under the big black line.

This means you are on reserves. If a player doesn't check in to their team thread in time then we will assign you ; or if we get enough new sign ups for a new team then we will also let you know. :)

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