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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2016
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I've finished no shortcuts to the top!
Yay! Awesome. :D And now I'm very glad I didn't spend time moving a bunch of stuff around to cover the Gin & Daggers card. :)
Oh good! I'm looking forward to when the April cards that are already covered get filled, then I can plan this coming month's reading!
I have finished
, already in the spreadsheet. If you like Michael Jackson, I suggest you read it! I could have finished it faster, if I didn't get distracted by wanting to listen to the songs he mentions in the book!
Nicole wrote: "Oh good! I'm looking forward to when the April cards that are already covered get filled, then I can plan this coming month's reading!"Lol Nicole, I'll get that started tonight if I can! I have to make sure I have everything for March completed and verified first. The mods are giving us about 18 hours after the countdown ends to get the spreadsheets done before tallying up the points but I don't want to put it off. ;)
You don't have to plan books for specific cards/hands, if you don't want to. We have a book tracking tab on the spreadsheet and keep track of all the cards each book will work for. That way Maria Helena and I can rearrange books to fill in all of the hands, and for the most part everyone can just read what they want to! We don't have to complete the hands in order and books aren't actually locked into a spot until the end of the month.
That said, if you want to start planning for specific cards go for it! We don't have that many books even posted yet (besides those for the special color cards) so it's wide open! I have probably 15 books of my own that I need to put in for April, but I haven't even begun to think about that yet, lol.
I would say the more difficult cards for us to fill seem to be the Reverse and 5, 7, and 8. Possibly 4 as well - at least, for some reason in March we ended up having a bunch of 4s to fill in at the last minute. We only have six 7 cards, but we have eight of all the others I mentioned, so if you have books to fit any of those I'll probably be filling in several of those spaces first. :)
Karla wrote: "I have finished , already in the spreadsheet. If you like Michael Jackson, I suggest you read it! I could have finished it faster, if I didn't get distracted by wanting ..."Awesome, Karla! I actually saw that book earlier today at my library. I may have to give it a try!
Since Karla is finished, that means I just have to finish up Onyx and we are done! I still have to double check some of the info, and look up words in so many books for the Easter mini-challenge, but we at least have the March mini-challenge and all 13 hands completed! :)
FANTASTIC job, everyone! :D
Well I suddenly feel as tho the #7 books I read in March are going to be accidentally really helpful!
Oh, and I've just started a #9 in a series for April!
Nicole, anything read in March that isn't used expires this month, sadly we can't carry them over into April! :( But, I'm going to go through all of your books for the scavenger hunt words so hopefully we'll get some points for them that way! And yay for a 9! :D Whenever you post the book info (doesn't matter if you post when you're currently reading or when you finish, people post both ways) can you also list any other cards you notice it will fit for? Maria Helena and I can pull info from the main GR page if needed, but often there are multiple card options that only someone who reads the book can know (minor characters, settings, etc). :)
Maira Helena, can you please add your No Shortcuts to the Top book to your Uno shelf? Thanks! :) Looks like all of the other March books are on Uno shelves and have finish dates marked so we're good there.
For the Easter challenge, I have 6 of my own books to search and 10 other books read by various people. I didn't realize there were that many haha, I think some of them may not have been posted in here or else I missed them! ;) I'll work on those first thing when I get back online - if I can't find online previews I will ask whoever read the books if they are able to search. :)
Awesome, thanks! :) Working on finding Easter words now.
Sorry I forgot to post yesterday
Completed mar 31
4 stars
Oh, thanks! Glad you said that, I might have missed that I didn't put the date in for that on the Easter tab of the sheet, lol. :)
Completion PostBook Because of Miss Bridgerton Julia Quinn
Completed April 1
Rating 3 1/2 stars
Card 1 Green
LOL. Ora, I haven't even finished March yet and you're already finishing April books. :P
Okay, finished up with all of the spreadsheet stuff for March, I believe! We managed to fill in 13 of the words for the Easter scavenger hunt (we had a few extra books but they were repeat words) which is pretty good considering I don't think anyone was specifically reading books for certain words! ;) I doubled all of the Wild cards we had and then used the rest for various 25 point cards. So we received an additional 355 points for that mini-challenge. We finished all hands and got 195 bonus points for that, and also completed the March mini-challenge. Overall we ended up with 2720 points.
Great job, everyone! :D
In April, I will also read:
Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason
Card 4 - Book 4 in series
Card 5 - Author last name Indridason
Card 6 - Title starts with S
Card 8 - Character Erlendur
Completion PostBook Full Tilt Neal Shusterman
Completed Apr 1
Rating 3 1/2 stars
Card 9 Red
Author Neal Shusterman
Denise wrote: "Okay, finished up with all of the spreadsheet stuff for March, I believe! We managed to fill in 13 of the words for the Easter scavenger hunt (we had a few extra books but they were repeat words) w..."
Completion PostBad Romeo Leisa Rayven
Apr 2
4 stars
1 (One)
- is book 1 in a series
2 (Two)
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with T
Tristan
8 (Eight)
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with E
Ethan
9 (Nine)
- is set in a place name starting with N ; or
New York
The 100 Kass Morgan
Apr 2
4 stars
1 (One)
- is book 1 in a series
7 (Seven)
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with V
Vice Chancellor Rhoades (asking about this one since he is always referred as the Vice Chancellor or Vice Chancellor Rhoades)
Skip
- has an author first name or surname starts with K or P
Kass Morgan
Ora wrote: "Completion PostBad Romeo Leisa Rayven
Apr 2
4 stars
1 (One)
- is book 1 in a series
2 (Two)
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with..."
No for 7
Completion PostSilver Borne Patricia Briggs
Apr 4
4 1/2 stars
0 Zee
2 Tad
3 Adam Hauptman
4 Finley
5 5th in series
Skip Patricia Briggs
Reverse Denise has read this book
The Sound of Us by Ashley PostonApril 5
4 Stars
1 (book one in a series)
6 (has a title starting with S)
Skip (has an author first name or surname starts with K or P)
Lol, so far all of the books that we have that would work for Reverse also work for 5. Not really sure where to put everything in the hands since those are both difficult cards to cover! Put Silver Borne in for a Draw 2 in hand 5 so at least we can cover both 5 and Reverse with that one!Oh, and I finished
and used it for 7 Red, which leaves 1 Red open still. I figured that one would be easier to cover later. But, my book will work in either spot. :)
Everything is updated to here, we still have quite a lot open: Zero - 3 (0 filled)
One - 7 (2 filled)
Two - 7 (2 filled)
Three - 7 (0 filled)
Four - 8 (0 filled)
Five - 8 (3 filled)
Six - 6 (2 filled)
Seven - 6 (1 filled)
Eight - 8 (3 filled)
Nine - 6 (0 filled)
Skip - 8 (2 filled)
Reverse - 8 (3 filled)
Draw Two - 4 (3 filled)
Wild - 3
Wild Draw Four - 2
For the color cards we have 7 Blue and 1 Red open as well. :)
I haven't put Ashley's Opposition in yet, haven't decided if we need it more for a 5 or Reverse. :) I also have several of my own books to add into hands, but I'm holding off until I actually read (or at least start) them. Last month I added in a ton of books and then had to change everything around because of other games, lol.
Finished (already in spreadsheet):
Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason
Card 4 - Book 4 in series
Card 5 - Author last name Indridason
Card 6 - Title starts with S
Card 8 - Character Erlendur
Currently reading:
The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver
Card 6 - Character Amelia Sachs
Card 7 - Book 7 in series
After that, I will read:
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free by Héctor Tobar
Card 0 - stand alone
Card 2 - Author Héctor Tobar
Card 3 - Author Héctor Tobar
Completion PostRoomHate Penelope Ward
Apr 5
4 stars
0 Stand Alone
1 Olivia
3 Tracy
8 Easton Beach
9 Newport and
Skip Penelope Ward
Completion Post:
- already in spreadsheet.Currently Reading:
by Gretchen McNeil Cards:
One - has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with O (Olivia)
Two - is book 2 in a series
Eight - has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with E (Ed the Head)
Skip - has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with K or P (Kitty)
FINISHED
by Frank W. Abagnale (Audio)
Finished 4.06.16
✔0 - Stand Alone
✔1 - O Character - Sean O'Riley
2 - T
✔3 - H Character - John Henderson
✔4 - F Author - Frank
5 - I
✔6 - S Charater - Sean O’Riley
7 - V
8 - E
9 - N
✔Skip - P Character - Paulette Abagnale
✔Reverse - Read by Maria Helena
Completion PostThe Baller: A Down and Dirty Football Novel Vi Keeland
Apr 6
3 stars
0 Stand Alone
3 Henry
5 Indie
6 Shannon
7 Vi Keeland
8 Brody Easton
9 New York
Skip Phil Stapleton, Vi Keeland
Awesome! I'm nearly finished with one of my books and then I'll get the most recent posts into the spreadsheet/hands. :)
My first book, Get Even, will also work for card 8 - character starting with E - Ed the Head. I forgot to add this to my completion post.
Thanks, Karla! I added that info for the book. Tracking spreadsheet is updated to here - messing around with adding books to hands now. I'll post an update once I've finished with what we have left to cover. :)
Ora wrote: "Completion PostThe Baller: A Down and Dirty Football Novel Vi Keeland
Apr 6
3 stars
0 Stand Alone
3 Henry
5 Indie
6 Shannon
7 Vi Keeland
8 Brody Easton
9 New Yor..."
Ora, when you have a chance can you add this one to your Uno shelf? No rush! :)
Okay, I have everything that has been mentioned so far put into hands (aside from some of my books - some I'm not sure I'll get to this month, others I have started reading but I'm not sure all of the cards that they would work for so I'll add them in once I finish). Here is what we have open: Zero - 3
One - 5
Two - 5
Three - 5
Four - 5
Five - 4
Six - 4
Seven - 4
Eight - 3
Nine - 5
Skip - 5
Reverse - 3
Draw Two - DONE
Wild - 3
Wild Draw Four - 2
Color Cards
1 Red
7 Blue
I could read
for the 7 Blue space. I won't get to it until the second half of the month so if someone beats me to it that's cool, but I can cover the space if needed. :)
Would
work for blue? I'm reading that currently.
I think it probably would. Would it fit for a 7 card in any way? I can't think of any V characters/settings in the series off the top of my head but I haven't read that book yet!I'm currently reading my book for the 5 Blue space - if I happen to find a V character in that I could move it to the 7 Blue space and yours could be moved to the 5 Blue, if Iko makes an appearance at all? I probably won't be lucky enough to find a V character though, lol.
Iko does make an appearance, I can support that already. But yeah, nothing so far I've read that shows it as a 7 card. Will keep an eye out for V characters as I go through too!.
Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card3 stars
7th April
1 Author name
2nd in a series
3 Character name Hyram Graff
6 This book is also counted as a 6 in a series, otherwise set in a place called Shakespeare
7 Character name Valentina Wiggin
8 Title & Character
Completion PostMonster Prick Kendall Ryan
Apr 7
3 stars
1 Gracie Oliver
3 Hudson Stone, Hayden Oliver
6 Hudson Stone
8 Emery
Skip Kendall Ryan
I'm not sure if you want to use this for 3 Blue or wait until I read
in the next few days.
FINISHED
by Patricia McLinn
Finished: 4.07.16
0 - Stand Alone, Z
✔1 - #1 in a series
✔2 - T Character - Thomas David Burrell
✔3 - H Character - Les Haeburn
✔4 - F Character - Deputy Foster Redus
5 - I
✔6 - S Title - Sign
✔7 - V Character - Val Heatherton
✔8 - E character - Elizabeth “E. M.” Danniher
✔9 - N Character - Needham Bender
✔Skip - P Author - Patricia
Reverse - another team member
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Zero - 3 (0 filled)
One - 7 (0 filled)
Two - 7 (0 filled)
Three - 7 (0 filled)
Four - 8 (0 filled)
Five - 8 (0 filled)
Six - 6 (0 filled)
Seven - 6 (0 filled)
Eight - 8 (0 filled)
Nine - 6 (0 filled)
Skip - 8 (0 filled)
Reverse - 8 (0 filled)
Draw Two - 4 (0 filled)
Wild - 3
Wild Draw Four - 2
Color cards:
RED: 1, 7, 9 (9 filled, 1 OR 7 also filled)
BLUE: 3, 5, 7 (3 and 5 filled)
GREEN: 1 (filled)
I haven't even started adding the books you guys have mentioned to the tracking or April tab, which is why everything but the color cards are marked as 0 filled. In a day or two when I get everything situated I'll post another update. :)