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message 651: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Melindam wrote: "Finished "the case of the Calendar girl" :)"

Remember to put it on your Uno shelf :-)


message 652: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1012 comments Finished Nailed Down Murder. I think that's it for me now until April - and hopefully some better books. :(


message 653: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments maria helena wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Finished "the case of the Calendar girl" :)"

Remember to put it on your Uno shelf :-)"


Done. :)


message 654: by Spirit-Soul-Body (last edited Mar 31, 2017 08:13PM) (new)

Spirit-Soul-Body   (dreamsage) Finished.

description

Dragon and Thief by Timothy Zahn


char: Draycos, Jack Morgan, Virge(computer personality)/Virgil, Cornelius Braxton, Raven


message 655: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Hi Lil Harpy,

With the time zones I think it's a little early for MH or Sarah to be on. Is something the matter?


message 656: by Kazen (last edited Mar 31, 2017 09:58PM) (new)

Kazen MH said earlier that she has time after March ends to finalize the spreadsheet, so I'm sure she'll sort it out then. :)


message 657: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments One hour left to the deadline for March books! (countdown)

Great job everyone! Now we just have one more month to go. I hope everyone has some great books lined up to read in April :-)

The captains have 2 extra days to finalize the spreadsheet for March. I have to work today, but will add the last few books on Sunday morning.


message 658: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1012 comments And ... drum roll please .... its April!

I can update the spreadsheet this afternoon (it's 9:21 am for me right now). Good finish everyone!


message 659: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Was a great March Read-athon with you all. :)


message 660: by Kazen (new)

Kazen And here's our first April book! :D

Managed (VIP, #2) by Kristen Callihan

2 - second in a series
6 - C: Gabriel Scott
Skip - K author


message 661: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Kazen wrote: "And here's our first April book! :D

Managed (VIP, #2) by Kristen Callihan

2 - second in a series
6 - C: Gabriel Scott
Skip - K author"


Yay!


message 662: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments MARCH SPREADSHEET is finished!

We completed all our Uno cards, all of part 1-3 of the mini challenge, and for scrabble we ended up with 36 our of the 48 letters. Sarah figured out that we got the most points if we did 5 words with 7 letters each (plus one letter in one additional word) rather than the 3 words with 7 letters each and 3 words with 5 letters each that we had in our original setup, so we changed those around.


message 663: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments I've finished my first book for April:

Wild Crush (Wild Cards, #2) by Simone Elkeles

Card 2 - book 2 in series
Card 6 - author Simone Elkeles
Card 7 - character Victor Salazar
Card 8 - author Simone Elkeles


message 664: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments :)


message 665: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments The next two books that I'm reading are:


The Precipice (Mike Bowditch, #6) by Paul Doiron
card 2 - title T
card 6 - book 6 in series
card 9 - character Bob Nissen
skip - author Paul Doiron

Bones of the Lost (Temperance Brennan, #16) by Kathy Reichs
card 2 - character Temperance Brennan
skip - author Kathy Reichs


message 666: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1012 comments Finished my first April book: Romeo and Juliet

0 - Standalone
2 - C: Tybalt
6 - A: William Shakespeare
7 - P: Verona
Reverse - Read by MH, Melindam, Kazen


message 667: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments We're off to a great start this month with several books finished already!


Here's our current plan for the colour cards:
- 5 Red: Melindam The Masked City
- 7 Red: MH The Bourne Identity
- 0 Green: Melindam The Lightning Thief
- 3 Green: Melindam Emma
- 3 Yellow: potentially covered by Eni (or alt. Lil Book Harpy)

We are still looking for:
- 1 Green
- 5 Green
- 6 Red
- 7 Blue
- 7 Blue


message 668: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Is this cover blue enough? Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7) by Lois McMaster Bujold If so, it has character names starting with 'V' & I could read it. :)


message 669: by Melindam (last edited Apr 03, 2017 04:18AM) (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare This could work for 1 Green with characters Olivia/Orsino or 5 Green with place name Illyria.


message 670: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments As You Like It by William Shakespeare This could for for 6 Red with character Silvius.


message 671: by Kazen (new)

Kazen I just realized my current read would probably work for 7 Blue!

The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent
Character Guylain Vignolles


message 672: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Melindam wrote: "Is this cover blue enough? Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7) by Lois McMaster Bujold If so, it has character names starting with 'V' & I could read it. :)"

It's blue enough :-)


message 673: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Melindam, Twelfth Night and As You Like It would be great for the cover colour, but they are classified as poetry and therefore need to be at least 25000 words. Unfortunately, both of them are slightly too short :(


message 674: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Kazen wrote: "I just realized my current read would probably work for 7 Blue!

The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent
Character Guylain Vignolles"


That works!


message 675: by maria helena (last edited Apr 03, 2017 09:01AM) (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments COLOUR CARDS


Updated list:
- 5 Red: Melindam The Masked City
- 7 Red: MH The Bourne Identity
- 0 Green: Melindam The Lightning Thief
- 3 Green: Melindam Emma
- 3 Yellow: potentially covered by Eni (or alt. Lil Book Harpy)
- 7 Blue: Melindam Barrayar
- 7 Blue: Kazen The Reader on the 6.27

We are still looking for:
- 1 Green
- 5 Green
- 6 Red

(If anyone else has a book they want to read for 7 Red, I don't have to read The Bourne Identity now - I have plenty of other books I want to read this month)


message 676: by maria helena (last edited Apr 03, 2017 09:58AM) (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments I've finished:


Leaving Paradise (Leaving Paradise, #1) by Simone Elkeles

card 1 - book 1 in series
card 3 - character Brynn Healey
card 5 - character Irina
card 6 - author Simone Elkeles
card 8 - author Simone Elkeles
card 9 - character Brian Newcomb
skip - place Paradise

Return to Paradise by Simone Elkeles

card 2 - book 2 in series
card 6 - author Simone Elkeles
card 8 - author Simone Elkeles
card 9 - character Brian Newcomb


message 677: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments ok, them I'll keep looking. :)


message 678: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1012 comments I can read The Secret Apocalypse for 6 Red. TinEye adds up to 53% red.

The Secret Apocalypse (Secret Apocalypse, #1) by James Harden


message 679: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Sarah wrote: "I can read The Secret Apocalypse for 6 Red. TinEye adds up to 53% red.

The Secret Apocalypse (Secret Apocalypse, #1) by James Harden"


Awesome!


message 680: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Sarah wrote: "I can read The Secret Apocalypse for 6 Red. TinEye adds up to 53% red.

The Secret Apocalypse (Secret Apocalypse, #1) by James Harden"


Yeaa!

...is it possible to keep an apocalypse a secret? O.o


message 681: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1012 comments Kazen wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I can read The Secret Apocalypse for 6 Red. TinEye adds up to 53% red.

The Secret Apocalypse (Secret Apocalypse, #1) by James Harden"

Yeaa!

...is it possible to keep an apocalypse a secret? O.o "


Lol! Guess I'll find out!


message 682: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments I could read this for 5 Green A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple, #7) by Agatha Christie with a char Irene Grosvenor


message 683: by Melindam (last edited Apr 04, 2017 01:59AM) (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments And maybe this for 1 Green The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #4) by Agatha Christie with character Owen Griffin. According to Tineye it is more than 50% green.


message 684: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments COLOUR CARDS


Updated list:
- 5 Red: Melindam The Masked City
- 6 Red: Sarah The Secret Apocalypse
- 7 Red: MH The Bourne Identity
- 0 Green: Melindam The Lightning Thief
- 3 Green: Melindam Emma
- 5 Green: Melindam A Pocket Full of Rye
- 7 Blue: Melindam Barrayar
- 7 Blue: Kazen The Reader on the 6.27
- 3 Yellow: potentially covered by Eni (or alt. Lil Book Harpy)
- 1 Green: potentially covered by Melindam The Moving Finger

Melindam, are you ok with covering 6 of the colour cards? Let us know if you need a backup for any of them.


message 685: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments I've finished Bones of the Lost (Temperance Brennan, #16) by Kathy Reichs

card 2 - character Temperance Brennan
skip - author Kathy Reichs


message 686: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments maria helena wrote: "COLOUR CARDS


Updated list:
- 5 Red: Melindam The Masked City
- 6 Red: Sarah The Secret Apocalypse
- 7 Red: MH The Bourne Identity
- 0 Green: Melind..."


Thank you, MH, I will be fine. I will be on holiday next week and I intend to do a hell of a lot of, well-deserved reading. :) Plus, I will have finished The Masked City (The Invisible Library, #2) by Genevieve Cogman by tonight.


message 687: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Melindam wrote: "Thank you, MH, I will be fine. I will be on holiday next week and I intend to do a hell of a lot of, well-deserved reading. :) Plus, I will have finished The Masked City (The Invisible Library, #2) by Genevieve Cogman by tonight.
"


Perfect!


message 688: by Ashley (new)

Ashley Karczewski (ashleylorna) | 152 comments I have just finished reading A Portrait of Pain (Seraph Black, #4) by Jane Washington which can work for...

Card 2 (character - Tariq)
Card 4 (4th in series)
Card 6 (character - Seraph)
Card 9 (character - Noah)
Skip (title - Portrait of Pain - ignoring a)


message 689: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Ashley wrote: "I have just finished reading A Portrait of Pain (Seraph Black, #4) by Jane Washington which can work for...

Card 2 (character - Tariq)
Card 4 (4th in series)
Card 6 (character - Seraph)
Card 9 (character - Noah)
S..."


Yay :-)


message 690: by Avamuc (new)

Avamuc | 132 comments Currently I am reading Tiefe Wunden (Bodenstein & Kirchhoff, #3) by Nele Neuhaus . The cards are already in the spreadsheet and listening to Die Seelenfischer by Hanni Münzer

It should work for:
1: First in series
3: Author: Hanni Münzer
6: C: Lukas van Stetten

After that I plan to read The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick which should work for

0: Stand alone
2: C: Nobusuke Tagomi
3: C: Hawthorne Abendsen
4: C:Juliana Frink
6: P: San Francisco
Skip: Phillip K. Dick

..and The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick which should work for

0: Stand Alone
2: C: Tiffany
6: T: (ignoring the) Silver Linings
Skip: C: Pat Peoples


message 691: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Great Avamuc!

I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of Tiefe Wunden.

The Silver Linings Playbook is on my tbr list but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.


message 692: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Finished The Masked City for 5 Red with char. Irene.

I don't know if it can be used for other cards. But here go
Card 2: 2nd book in series/title starting with T/ char Tsuuran
Card 7: place name Venice,
Skip: characters Kai & Peregrine Vale
Card 0 : char Zayanna
Card4: char Atrox Ferox
Card 6: char Sterrington


message 693: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments I've started reading Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson . Kazen has read it, so it will work for one of the many reverse cards this month :)


message 694: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1012 comments Finished The Secret Dreamworld Of A Shopaholic:.

1 - #1 in series
2 - Title
6 and Skip - Author Sophie Kinsella
Reverse - Avamuc, MH, and Melindam

I finally gave a chick lit more than 2 stars! (Only just).


message 695: by Ashley (new)

Ashley Karczewski (ashleylorna) | 152 comments I have finished The Year of Second Chances (Sunnyvale, #3) by Jessica Sorensen which works for...

Card 2 (Title- The)
Card 3 (3rd in series)
Card 5 (Character- Isabella)
Card 6 (Author- Jessica Sorenson)
Skip (Character- Kai)


message 696: by Ashley (new)

Ashley Karczewski (ashleylorna) | 152 comments I have also just finished reading Holding Seven (The Complete Seven Hearts Series) by G.E. Kelly which works for...

Card 2 (2nd in series)
Card 3 (title - Holding Seven)
Card 6 (character - Sean)
Skip (character - Paul)


message 697: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments MARCH RESULTS ARE POSTED

We ended up in place 14, with only 19 points difference to the 2 teams right ahead of us.

Great job everyone!


message 698: by Melindam (last edited Apr 06, 2017 12:06AM) (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Finished The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan for card 0 Green with char. Zeus.

Also works for:
Card 1: 1st book in series / place name: Olympus
Card 3: char. Hades / place name Hollywood
Card 6: char. Sally Jackson / place Santa Monica
Card 9: char. Nancy Bobofit / place name: New York
Skip: chars. Percy Jackson, Poseidon, Kheiron & Kharon
Reverse: Avamuc & MH


message 699: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Finished

The Precipice (Mike Bowditch, #6) by Paul Doiron

card 2 - title T
card 4 - character Brian Fitzpatrick
card 6 - book 6 in series
card 9 - character Bob Nissen
skip - author Paul Doiron


message 700: by Ashley (last edited Apr 06, 2017 08:53AM) (new)

Ashley Karczewski (ashleylorna) | 152 comments I have finished Groupie by C.M. Stunich which works for..

Card 1 (1st in series)
Card 2 (character - Lilith Tempest Goode)
Card 6 (author C.M. Stunich)
Card 7 (character - Vanessa)
Skip (character - Paxton)


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