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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2017
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Finished Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay. I started it before the mini challenge so it doesn't count for that.0 - standalone
2 - C: Tina Goldstein
4 - Title
6 and 9 - C: Newt Scamander
Skip - C: Jacob Kowalski
I also finished my 5 Yellow book, The End Of Eternity, also started before the mini challenge.
maria helena wrote: "Melindam wrote: "A third option could be "Shards of honour" by L. McMaster Bujold. (Sorry, I can't add the link, there is sth wrong with my PC) The MC is called Cordelia Naismith."[bookcover:Shar..."
Yes, I wanted to read it anyway. :) What is the deadline for it? Just askin' because I want to finish the March mini-challenge books first.
Melindam wrote: "Yes, I wanted to read it anyway. :) What is the deadline for it? Just askin' because I want to finish the March mini-challenge books first. "The books for all the March cards and the mini challenge needs to be finished by the end of the month.
We will get new cards and a new mini challenge for April.
OK, I will finish them all by 31 March.
Melindam wrote: "OK, I will finish them all by 31 March."Awesome!
Finished
yesterday.It should work for the Mini-Challenge and:
0: Stand Alone
3: C: Hazel
5: C: Isaac
7: Title: Verräter (I read the German version - so the German title is the one to take, right?)
Reverse: MH read it 2013
Avamuc wrote: "Finished yesterday.It should work for the Mini-Challenge and:
0: Stand Alone
3: C: Hazel
5: C: Isaac
7: Title: Verräter (I read the Ger..."
Yes, we use the title of the edition you read, but we can only use the first letter in the first word of the title :-)
I've finished
Not sure how it fits for the mini challenge (except for the scrabble part).
For the Uno cards it works for:
card 3 - book 3 in series
card 4 - place Isle of Lewis
card 5 - character Fin Macleod
skip - author Peter May
Just started
as I need something light after Das Schicksal ist ein mieser Verräter.It should work for
0: Stand Alone
2: C: Magnus Tavish
5: T: I've....
6: A: Sophie Kinsella
Skip: C: Poppy Wyatt
And for Part 1 of the Mini-Challenge
maria helena wrote: "Avamuc wrote: "Finished yesterday.It should work for the Mini-Challenge and:
0: Stand Alone
3: C: Hazel
5: C: Isaac
7: Title: Verräter ..."
okay, thx! was not that clear to me before :)
Just finished Persuasion for the Mini-challenge (and never mind neglecting cooking and other usual Sunday occupations :) ) . There is the character called Elizabeth (Elliot). So it could be good either for part 1 or part 3.
I've finished
Mini challenge: Part 3 character Bill Caine = Bill Weasley from the Harry Potter books
Uno:
card 3 - character Seth Hazlitt
card 4 - author/character Jessica Fletcher
card 6 - character Seth Hazlitt
Avamuc wrote: "Just started as I need something light after Das Schicksal ist ein mieser Verräter."I definitely understand that you need something light to read after that one!
Melindam wrote: "Just finished Persuasion for the Mini-challenge (and never mind neglecting cooking and other usual Sunday occupations :) ) . There is the character called Elizabeth (Elliot). So it ..."Yay! We're making such great progress on the mini challenge :-)
:) Well done to All of Us!Now I am onto Shards of Honour for the regular March challenge & The Cuckoo's Calling by JK Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith for the Mini-one. :)
We are doing well on the mini challenge!I can see why I kept putting off returning to the Brontës - I do prefer Austen. I know they are supposed to be unlikeable in Wuthering Heights, but really - this is not going to be something I reread!
Needing something to break up the gloom, I have a clutch of other books going at the same time that will only work for Scrabble, including one V title for a 7 - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
I have the first Shopaholic book on hold at the library for part 1 or 3, if we still need it by the time it's available.
"unlikeable" is putting it mildly. I find their behaviour revolting. :)
Melindam wrote: ""unlikeable" is putting it mildly. I find their behaviour revolting. :)"Ha ha, yes. I read a chunk this morning, then had to switch to something else for a palate cleanser. I'll head back in tomorrow. ;)
Welcome to the team Melindam! :-)Sorry I have been so absent lately, haven't been getting much reading time in these days but hopefully going to have some more time the next few days!
If anyone knows anything that needs read by the end of the month for the mini challenge let me know and I'll try and get it done.
I hope everyone is doing okay :-).
Thank you Ashley, nice meeting you! :)
Sarah wrote: "Melindam wrote: ""unlikeable" is putting it mildly. I find their behaviour revolting. :)"Ha ha, yes. I read a chunk this morning, then had to switch to something else for a palate cleanser. I'll ..."
I can understand your reluctance. "A love beyond the grave", HA! They are a hateful, pathologically obsessed bunch.
It feels like it's been a long time (I have several books on the go) but I finally finished something! :)
1 - C:Michael O'Malley
2 - C: Brynn Tremayne
4 - 4th in series
6 - C: Sean Lasseter
8 - Title E
9 - Author N
Skip - C: Kell Lasseter
Additional character names that may come in handy for the mini challenge:
Raven Kendrick
Nan
Charles
Catherine
Jervis
Emma Walsh
Jeremy North
Lucian Tremayne
Kazen wrote: "... (I have several books on the go) ..."I resemble that comment (and it seems to be getting worse!) :)
Ashley wrote: "Welcome to the team Melindam! :-)Sorry I have been so absent lately, haven't been getting much reading time in these days but hopefully going to have some more time the next few days!
If anyone ..."
Glad to know you are ok Ashley, just busy. The mini challenge is quite wide ranging, so anything you read (started after deadline on 15 Mar) will work for at least the Scrabble part.
Happy reading!
Hello Teammates, Finished India Was One
by An IndianBook Author : An Indian
Characters : Vijay Rao (nickname- "Jai") , Kahani Parekh (nickname- "Kaahi"), Pankaj Bose (nickname- "Punk"), Manjeet Singh Sodhi (nickname- "Bunty") , Subramaniam Iyengar (nickname- "Subra")
standalone book
Book counts for mini challenge.
Review
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Currently on The Princess Bride by William Goldman
next two read in Planning :
1. Lightning Blade by D.N.Erikson
2. Devil's Night Dawning by Damien Black
Sarah wrote: "Kazen wrote: "I resemble that comment (and it seems to be getting worse!) :)"Me, too! But I always find a way to justify it - but I need something digital, not on paper. But I need some mindless fiction for when I can't get into non-fiction. But I need some romance, because romance! Hehe.
Great job everyone! 10 days left and we now only need 29 more books for our Uno cards.We are almost done with part 1-3 for the mini challenge (yay)! Only 4 more books needed, and I think we got those covered with what is currently being read.
Has anyone got any ideas for words we can spell out for the scrabble part of the mini challenge? The letters we have are:
A x 1
B x 3
D x 1
E x 6
F x 1
H x 3
J x 1
K x 2
L x 1
M x 2
N x 5
O x 1
P x 2
R x 6
S x 5
T x 3
W x 1
Y x 4
Each word need to be minimum 4 letters long.
How about the word "WATER"? That's 5 letters.
Melindam wrote: "Please bear with me for asking, but do we only get to use the first and last letter of the team names for spelling words? And when we have the words do they have to be contained in the book titles ..."No problem! I'll do my best to try and clarify this (I'm sure you're not the only one wondering...)
We can only use the first and last letter in the team names. There are 24 teams, so we have 48 letters to use. They are:
A x 1
B x 3
D x 1
E x 6
F x 1
H x 3
J x 1
K x 2
L x 1
M x 2
N x 5
O x 1
P x 2
R x 6
S x 5
T x 3
W x 1
Y x 4
(i.e., we have one letter O, three letter T, five letter S etc)
We need to use these letters to form words. One example would be STORY.
To get points, we need to read books to spell out the word (one book per letter).
For spell-it-out, we can use the first letter in:
- Book title (can ignore a/an/the)
- Author first name or last name
- Character first or last name, or nickname
- Setting
- Series name
We can do as many words as we want to, but we only have the 48 letters listed above to work with. If we have done the word STORY, we cannot do another word that has the letter O in it (because we have used the only O in the list).
Does that make more sense?
Melindam wrote: "How about the word "WATER"? That's 5 letters."That would work :-)
Thank you for the explanation, it is clearer now. :)And if use the word WATER, we have Sir Walter Elliott or William Elliot from Persuasion to cover "W" right away. Can the books we used for parts 1-3 used for the scrabble part as well or do they need to be additional ones?
Melindam wrote: "Thank you for the explanation, it is clearer now. :)And if use the word WATER, we have Sir Walter Elliott or William Elliot from Persuasion to cover "W" right away. Can the books we used for parts 1-3 used for the scrabble part as well or do they need to be additional ones?"
They need to be separate books. (Books used for mini challenge can also be used for the regular Uno cards, but not twice for the different parts of the mini challenge.)
We can move books around, so if we have more books than needed for part 1-3, we can use the leftover ones for scrabble.
Finished
for the regular Uno challenge 9 red with a character called Cordelia Naismith.Other character names: Aral Vorkosigan, Serg Vorbarra, Ensign Dubauer, Sgt. Koudelka, Parnell, Yeoman Nilesa, Simon Illyan, Stuben, Korabik Gottyan,
Places: Beta Colony, Escobar
Melindam wrote: "Finished Shards of Honour for the regular Uno challenge 9 red with a character called Cordelia Naismith.Other character names: Aral Vorkosigan, Serg Vorbarra, Ensign Dubauer, Sg..."
Nice going Melindam,
my current read too comes under Science fiction and military-political intrigue
haha
Finished Read,Lightning Blade by D.N. Erikson
Review
For Challenge:
ebook, 281 pages
Published January 2017 by Watchfire Press
Characters: Rebecca Callaway (Ruby Callaway), Colton Roark, Serenity Cole, Alice Conway,Solomon Marshall (necromancer)
Place : Phoenix (card skip)
I finished Wuthering Heights. I'm glad to fill a hole in my literary knowledge and that I finally read it, but I didn't love it. :/
Finished Unbelievable.Works for:
#4 Green (#4 in a series)
card 3 - char trista
card 6 - char Spencer
card 7 - char Mona Vanderwaal
card 8 - char Emily
What should i read next? Part I of the mini-challenge is almost complete. Should i focus on the ones that are missing or just read whatever for the spell it outs?
Whoop! That's our last colour card finished!I think we have enough books in progress to cover the last 3 spots, so read whatever you feel like for Scrabble. :)
i was playing around with the letters and i came up with:-> HERSELF for 35 points + 4p bonus (7 letters)
-> HONESTY for 35 points + 4p bonus (7 letters)
-> WESTERN for 35 points + 4p bonus (7 letters)
-> MARRY for 25 points (5 letters)
but then we would be missing a few letters that i cant fit:
B x 3, D x 1, E x 1, H x 1, J x 1, K x 2, M x 1, N x 3, P x 2, R x 2, S x 2, T x 1, Y x 2
Eni wrote: "i was playing around with the letters and i came up with:-> HERSELF for 35 points + 4p bonus (7 letters)
-> HONESTY for 35 points + 4p bonus (7 letters)
-> WESTERN for 35 points + 4p bonus (7 letters)
-> MARRY for 25 points (5 letters)
but then we would be missing a few letters that i cant fit:
B x 3, D x 1, E x 1, H x 1, J x 1, K x 2, M x 1, N x 3, P x 2, R x 2, S x 2, T x 1, Y x 2 "
NYMPH for 25 points + 2p bonus (5 letters)
Then we have left over:
B x 3, D x 1, E x 1, J x 1, K x 2, N x 2, P x 1, R x 2, S x 2, T x 1, Y x 1
I'm so glad you guys are figuring out the letter stuff - I'm awful at Scrabble! My head spins even thinking about it. ;)
Yeah I really do not really understand this scrabble part either! Does the first letter of the word just have to match up a book or the full word?
Ashley wrote: "Yeah I really do not really understand this scrabble part either! Does the first letter of the word just have to match up a book or the full word?"We need one book per letter in the word (so to get points for a 7 letter word, we need to read 7 books).
For each letter, we can use the first letter in any of the following:
- Book title (can ignore a/an/the)
- Author first name or last name
- Character first or last name, or nickname
- Setting
- Series name
Finished read : Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot series) by Agatha Christie
Author: Agatha Christie
Cards:
Skip : Hercule poirot (character), Pierre Michel
Card 1 : Greta Ohlsson
Card 3 : Harriet Hubbard
Card 4 : Antonio Foscarel
Card6 : Samuel Edward Ratchett
Card 8 : Elena Andrenyi
Card 9 : Natalia Dragomiroff
Mini : yes
Review
Oh okay I think I've got it! Hopefully I'll have finished one of the books I'm reading by tonight :-)
maria helena wrote: "Then we have left over:B x 3, D x 1, E x 1, J x 1, K x 2, N x 2, P x 1, R x 2, S x 2, T x 1, Y x 1
That does leaves us very short of vowels! I've been searching this list Words without vowels but I don't see anything that would fit the letters we have left. :(
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