Team Ron Weasley

[Kazen]

Another book for the pile!



3 - third in series
6 - C: Sherlock Holmes
8 - C: Erica Rogers
Skip - Author K

More character names: Mary Russell, Mrs. Hudson, Dorothy Ruskin, Sally Wells, (Inspector) Lestrade, Peter

[maria helena]

PLANNING AHEAD

We have gotten our cards for April. We have 15 hands and will need 92 books to finish them all.

The cards we will need the most of are: 2, 8, 9, and also 1, 3, 4, 5, and skip.

Special cards to start looking for:
- We will need 8 reverse!

For colour cards, we will need:
0 Green
1 Green
3 Green
5 Green
5 Red
6 Red
7 Red - I have this one covered
3 Yellow
7 Blue (x2)

[Sarah]

I am pleased to see that 5 Yellow did not make a reappearance!

[Spirit-Soul-Body]

Finished Read :


Savages (Otherworld Stories 0.03--in Men of the Otherworld)



by Kelley Armstrong
Char : Jeremy Danvers, Clayton Danvers, Malcolm Danvers, Antonio Sorrentino
Place : New York , Louisiana

[Kazen]

I should be able to read for a reverse or two - I have The Royal We on hold (Avamuc) as well as a few other possibilities. You guys have great reading taste so finding books is easy! :D

[Kazen]

Yeaaa books! Finished:



0 - standalone
3 - Author H
6 - Author S
Skip - title P

[Spirit-Soul-Body]

started bone realm ...3 consecutive werewolf stories..oops ..why it is difficult to find fast paced any kind fantasy ??

[Eni]

Finished Silence Fallen.

Works for:

P and B - Author Patricia Briggs, M - char Mercy, A - char Adam, J - char Jesse, W - char Warren, B - char Ben, D and Z - char Darryl Zao, S - char Stefan, E and V - char Elizaveta Vyshnevetskaya, H - char Honey, L - char Lenka, G - char Guccio

[Avamuc]

I might not be able to finish the ice queen in march as I am traveling with friends. Another reverse would be covered :)

[Melindam]

Just finished Burn for Me, it was great fun. Lil, you might like to read it, if you like fast-paced, urban fantasy books. :)

Author: Ilona Andrews
Place: Houston
Charaters: Nevada Baylor
Connor Rogan
Lenora Jordan
Augustine Montgomery
Adam Pierce
John & Liz Rutger
Kelly, Tom Waller
Christina Pierce
Cornelius Maddox Harrison
Troy Linman

[Melindam]

maria helena wrote: "PLANNING AHEAD

We have gotten our cards for April. We have 15 hands and will need 92 books to finish them all.

The cards we will need the most of are: 2, 8, 9, and also 1, 3, 4, 5, and skip.

Sp..."

For April I will cover 5 Red with "The Masked City" & character named Irene. :)

[maria helena]

Avamuc wrote: "I might not be able to finish the ice queen in march as I am traveling with friends. Another reverse would be covered :)"

No worry - that one would actually be very good to save for April :-)

[maria helena]

We have finished the Uno cards!!! Great job team! We did it!

All books finished between now and the end of the month (countdown) will be used for Scrabble. Yay extra points!

[maria helena]

PLANNING AHEAD

So for April we tentatively have:

Reverse (8 needed)
- Kazen: The Royal We (Avamuc) or something else (maybe 2)
- Avamuc: The Ice Queen (MH) unless finished in March
- MH: Snow White Must Die (Avamuc) plus something else if needed

Colour cards (8 needed)
- 0 Green
- 1 Green
- 3 Green
- 5 Green
- 6 Red
- 3 Yellow
- 7 Blue
- 7 Blue
- 5 Red: Melindam
- 7 Red: MH

[Melindam]

maria helena wrote: "We have finished the Uno cards!!! Great job team! We did it!

All books finished between now and the end of the month (countdown) will be used for Scrabble. Yay extra points!"

Yaaaayyyy! :)

[Melindam]

If I read a book from the March mini-challenge, could that also be used for April Reverse? Just asking, because I am planning to read The Princess Bride. If not, then I am going to re-read Murder on the Orient Express.

[maria helena]

Melindam wrote: "If I read a book from the March mini-challenge, could that also be used for April Reverse? Just asking, because I am planning to read The Princess Bride."

Yes, if you finish it in April, we can use it for reverse.

The requirement for reverse is only that someone else on the team has read it before you (it doesn't matter if that person read it 5 years ago or 5 days ago).

[Melindam]

maria helena wrote: "PLANNING AHEAD

So for April we tentatively have:

Reverse (8 needed)
- Kazen: The Royal We (Avamuc) or something else (maybe 2)
- Avamuc: The Ice Queen (MH) unless finished in Marc..."

I could also cover 3 Yellow. I want to read from the Perry Mason series & it has a character Hamilton Burger.

And 0 Green with character Zeus.

[Spirit-Soul-Body]

Melindam wrote: "Just finished Burn for Me, it was great fun. Lil, you might like to read it, if you like fast-paced, urban fantasy books. :)

Author: Ilona Andrews"

Thanks Melindam,

most books by Ilona Andrews are in my TBR (I had some books from long time haven't read any). I hope Hidden legacy series is better than Kate Daniels series.

my everchaning current tbr : memoir (work high sleep low). dark fantacy (Devil's Night Dawning), paranormal (The MacInnes Werewolves series), Mystery/Thriller (agatha christie, david Baldacci), High Fiction / Epic Fantacy (Robert Jordan - wheel of time series), urban fantacy (Jim Butcher - dresden files), High fantacy (Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself series), Dark fantacy - terry goodking/sword of truth and terry pratchet, terry brooks, c j sansom... list mentioned is started to read but could not finished.

[Melindam]

Spirit-Soul-Body ( Lil Book Harpy ) wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Just finished Burn for Me, it was great fun. Lil, you might like to read it, if you like fast-paced, urban fantasy books. :)

Author: Ilona Andrews"

Thanks Melin..."

I love the wheel of time series - I read & re-read it 3 times (though the last few books started to drag).

[maria helena]

Melindam wrote: "I could also cover 3 Yellow. I want to read The Case Of The Shapely Shadow by Erle Stanley Gardner from the Perry Mason series & it has a character Hamilton Burger.

And 0 Green The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan with character Zeus. "

will be perfect for green cover.

Sadly, is not yellow enough (it has to be minimum 50% and that one is only 46%). I will double check with the captain's group, but I'm pretty sure (based on previous covers we have discussed) that it will not pass...

I personally think yellow covers are the hardest to find - in pretty much every team challenge I've done, the yellow covers seems to cause the most headache...

[Spirit-Soul-Body]

maria helena wrote: " ....I personally think yellow covers are the hardest to find.... "

than I guess ..should be made list of rare color books previously read by any team...once we have book name, its easy to look for book availability.

[Sarah]

I'm planning on finishing my reread of the Narnia books, so that's two more Reverses for April.

[Eni]

is on my tbr. MC is Cammy Hall. I can see if I can grab a copy for april

[Ashley]

Sorry I haven't had much time to read this month! Hopefully I'll get more of a chance next month :-)

[maria helena]

Eni wrote: " is on my tbr. MC is Cammy Hall. I can see if I can grab a copy for april"

That's definitely yellow enough :-)

[Spirit-Soul-Body]

April Countdown still can read more..


Finished : Bone Realm
by D.N. Erikson
Char : Ruby Callaway, Kalos Aeon, Argos, Pearl, Galleron, Isabella Kronos, Marrack

[Melindam]

maria helena wrote: "Eni wrote: " is on my tbr. MC is Cammy Hall. I can see if I can grab a copy for april"

That's definitely yellow enough :-)"

Hurray! :)

[maria helena]

SCRABBLE UPDATE

We have finished 4 words! Amazing job team.

WORD 1 - HERSELF (35 + 4 points)
H - Unbelievable (Eni)
E - Murder Most Witchy (Sarah)
R - India Was One (Lil Book Harpy)
S - Filthy Beautiful Lies (Kazen)
E - Everneath (Kazen)
L - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Sarah)
F - The Chessmen (MH)

WORD 2 - HONESTY (35 + 4 points)
H - Blue Lightning (MH)
O - Margaritas and Murder (MH)
N - Shards of Honour (Melindam)
E - Lightning Blade (Lil Book Harpy)
S - The Case of the Horrified Heirs (Melindam)
T - The Dead Room (MH)
Y - Tequila and Tea Bags (Ashley)

WORD 3 - WESTERN (35 + 4 points)
W - 13 Drops of Blood (Eni)
E - The Homecoming (Lil Book Harpy)
S - Silence Fallen (Eni)
T - The Darling Buds of May (Sarah)
E - Bone Realm (Lil Book Harpy)
R - I've got your number (Avamuc)
N - Burn for Me (Melindam)

WORD 4 - MARRY (25 + 2 points)
M - Panning For Murder (MH)
A - Savage (Lil Book Harpy)
R - Filthy Beautiful Lies (Kazen)
R - Cookies & Cream (Melindam)
Y - The High Mountains of Portugal (Sarah)

If we finish any more books before the deadline, we can try and make another word (NYMPH). Even if we don't finish the word, we will get the 5 points per book.

If we finish more than 5 more books, the next word could be RYNDS. After that, we are out of vowels and will need to find a new word combination.

We have moved up to place 7 on the score board, after sitting comfortably around 13-14 since the start of the challenge. Some teams haven't updated their books for the mini challenge yet, so it might change, but we are doing great!

[Melindam]

I will finish A Murder Is Announced tonight. It could be used for letters M (Place: Medenham Wells) or P (char. Philippa Haymes) or H (char: Hinchcliff). :) Then I could still finish another Perry Mason story by tomorrow.

[Sarah]

I have a Y in Mort which I should finish in time (character Ysabell).

[maria helena]

Melindam wrote: "I will finish A Murder Is Announced tonight. It could be used for letters M (Place: Medenham Wells) or P (char. Philippa Haymes) or H (char: Hinchcliff). :) Then I could still finish a..."

Great!

I will definitely finish Bones Are Forever for scrabble. I'll see if I can find another quick read.

[Sarah]

Finished a short book for the mini - Beneath the Neon Sky.

Author: Alex Scarrow
Characters: Ellie Quin, Jez, Deacon, Edward Mason

[Melindam]

Melindam wrote: "I will finish A Murder Is Announced tonight. It could be used for letters M (Place: Medenham Wells) or P (char. Philippa Haymes) or H (char: Hinchcliff). :) Then I could still finish a..."

Finished. :)

Letters that could be used both for "Nymph" and "Rynds" -
M (Place: Medenham Wells),m char Mitzi
P (char. Philippa Haymes)
H (char: Hinchcliff)
R (char: George Rydesdale)
S (char Edmund Swettenham)
D (char Dermot Craddock,)
A - char Amy Murgatroyd
J - char Jane Marple
C- Henry Clithering, place Chipping Cleghorn
F- Sgt. Fletcher
B- char Dora Bunner
E - Archie Easterbrook
G - Belle Goedler
L - Laura Easterbrook

[Sarah]

Mort is finished too. :)

[Kazen]

One more finished!



Some characters: Alex Broussard, Mikaela Jones, Nic

[Melindam]

I will definitely finish The Case of the Calendar Girl on the train on my way home from work. :)

Letters that could be used:
L - place LA
N- char Loretta Nann Harper
D- char Paul Drake
S - char Della Street
A - char George Ansley, Arthur Tragg
G - char George Ansley
T - char Arthur Tragg
H - char Hamilton Burger
B - Beatrice Cornell, Hamilton Burger
C - char Beatrice Cornell
M - char Dawn Manning

[Spirit-Soul-Body]

Finished :


Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman

Char: Eon, Kuno, Prince Kygo, Lord Ido, Lady Dela, Lord Silvo, Ryko

[Melindam]

For the April challenge - is this green enough ? If yes, it could be used for 3 Green - place: Highbury or character: Harriet Smith. I will read it anyway for a Classics group read. :)

[maria helena]

Melindam wrote: "For the April challenge - is this green enough ? If yes, it could be used for 3 Green - place: Highbury or character: Harriet Smith. I will read it anyway for a Classics gro..."

That's green enough :-)

[Melindam]

maria helena wrote: "Melindam wrote: "For the April challenge - is this green enough ? If yes, it could be used for 3 Green - place: Highbury or character: Harriet Smith. I will read it anyway f..."

:)

[maria helena]

Less than 24 hours left! (countdown)

We currently have 31 books finished for Scrabble (plus 2 more that definitely will be finished) out of the 48 possible.

We have until Sunday to finalize the spreadsheet, so I will wait until after the cutoff to see exactly how many books we have for Scrabble (and change/reorganize the words if needed).

Great job everyone!

[Melindam]

I have expanded the character lists for both the Agatha C. & the Perry M. books in my previous posts - in case other letters are needed for the reorganization.

[maria helena]

Melindam wrote: "I have expanded the character lists for both the Agatha C. & the Perry M. books in my previous posts - in case other letters are need for the reorganization."

Thanks :-)

[Sarah]

Finished Killer Chef for the mini.

Author: James Patterson
Place: New Orleans
Characters: Caleb Rooney, Marlene DePietra

I'm also trying to get finished Nailed Down Murder to cover our last Y - character Scott York.

[Melindam]

Finished "the case of the Calendar girl" :)

[Spirit-Soul-Body]

Hi Melindam,

Is it The Case of the Calendar Girl by Erle Stanley Gardner

I guess its classic urban detective and mystery. I just added it to my TBR.

[Melindam]

Yes, it is. A very exciting book. I loved it & will write a review soon.

[Spirit-Soul-Body]

Melindam wrote: "Yes, it is. A very exciting book. I loved it & will write a review soon."

nice. looking for it .

[maria helena]

I've finished Bones Are Forever. Don't think I will be able to finish another book before the deadline.