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Melindam wrote: "Just finished 
for the regular challenge Card 1 Green with char. Owen Griffith.I don't know if it could work for the Mini challenge (like crime being the main ..."
Awesome!
Here's the tasks for 3 more of the eggs:Mercy Thompson
✴ Read a book that contains the word egg in the text or title
✴ Read a book based in Washington, D.C
✴ Read a book where a character is a President or First Lady
Becky Bloomwood
Spell out Pysanka
Will Traynor
Spell out luck
I finished
, which I started yesterday. It should work0: Title Zombie
1: First in series (April: Team Buttercup)
2: Author: Mark Tufo
Skip: C: Paul
...And I have a book for France as well :)
I loved All The Light We Cannot See! Hope you enjoy it Avamuc.
For Team L. Meminger - read a book with witches, I will read
now that I am getting into Terry Pratchett re-reads. :)
Sarah wrote: "I loved All The Light We Cannot See! Hope you enjoy it Avamuc."I loved it to :-)
I've finished Bones on Ice: A Novellacard 2 - character Temperance Brennan
skip - author Kathy Reichs
I've also started Virals
card 2 - character Tory Brennan
card 3 - character Hiram Stolowitski
card 6 - character Shelton Devers
card 7 - title V
skip - author Kathy Reichs
For mini challenge: important character is younger than 15 (MC Tory is 14)
Second set of tasks from the questions in the eggs:Ron Weasley
✻ Read a book which has one or more rabbits on the cover
✻ Read a book with an Australian native animal on the cover
✻ Read a book where a main character is an animal
Mark Watney
❉ Read a book based on a tropical island
❉ Read a book that contains the word Easter in the text or title
❉ Read a book with a statue on the cover
Ty & Zane
❃ Read a book that is in the "Best Books Ever" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)
❃ Read a book that won a Goodreads Choice Award
❃ Read a book with a Number between 1-500 in the title (can be spelled out)
GETTING ORGANIZED...We have already found lots of books that will work for the mini challenge (yay), but in case you find the big lists of tasks too hard to navigate, here's a summary of tasks (organized by type) that no-one has claimed yet.
THINGS ON COVER
- Read a book which has one or more rabbits on the cover
- Read a book with an Australian native animal on the cover
- Read a book with chocolate on the cover
- Read a book with a garden on the cover
- Read a book with a grey cover
- Read a book with a statue on the cover
CHARACTERS
- Read a book where a main character is an animal
- Read a book with a vegetarian
- Read a book with a character who is obsessed with a holiday
- Read a book where the MC works in the food industry
- Read a book with a decorator
- Read a book where a character is a President or First Lady
PLOT EVENTS
- Read a book where a funeral takes place
- Read a book where the MC's goes to the zoo
- Read a book where a character goes swimming
- Read a book where the characters dance
- Read a book where a main character dies
- Read a book where there is a fire
SETTING
- Read a book set in Australia
- Read a book set in Italy
- Read a book based in Washington, DC
- Read a book based on a tropical island
- Read a book set in France (alt All the Light We Cannot See)
WORD SEARCH IN TEXT
- Onion
- Peel
- Tree
- Flower
- Petal
- Juice
WORD SEARCH IN TEXT OR TITLE
- Egg
- Easter
- Monday
BOOK TITLE
- Read a book with a number between 1-500 in the title
- Read a book where all the letters in HAUX can be found in the title
PAGE COUNT
- Read a book with 1 & 6 in the page count
- Read a book with a 7 and a 2 in the page count
MAIN PAGE GENRE
- Crime
- Thriller
- Suspense
OTHER RANDOM THINGS
- Read a book that is on the 'Best Books Ever' Listopia list
- Read a book that won a Goodreads Choice Award (alt All the Light We Cannot See)
- Read a book first published in 2011
- Read a book with over 500 000 ratings
- Read a book with over 10 000 reviews
LETTERS FOR SPELL-IT-OUT
- K I T E
- L U C K
- B A S K E T
- P Y S A N K A
MH, could this cover count as "with garden"? 
It is a small one, I know. :)
I just checked
, because I wasn't sure, but the main character does dance with someone, that could count for- Read a book where the characters dance
I started the book on 16 April so this could be used in the mini challenge as well.
- I am not sure about this one either, but if it qualifies as "read a book with a statue on the cover" or maybe as a "book with a grey cover" I could try to squeeze it in as well.... According to TinEye it's 50.8 % grey.
Is this enough Australian animal on the cover:
? If yes, I could do a quick re-read as it is not too long and a good one? :)
Does working in a pub count as part of the food industry? :)If yes, I am planning to read
], where the MC works in the eponymous pub.
Avamuc wrote: "Is this enough Australian animal on the cover: ? If yes, I could do a quick re-read as it is not too long and a good one? :)"Seems Australian enough to me. :)
And my final bid :) -
is on the Listopia List.
- Read a book with over 10 000 reviewsI can't promise it but I would have
at home for this task which has 20,406 reviews or
with 20,079 reviews.
I've finished The Shadow Over Innsmouth.Set in the small town of Innsmouth.
For Uno:
0 - standalone
2 - title
3 - Author H.P. Lovecraft
5 - P: Innsmouth
6 - title
I'm thinking of rereading The Hunger Games, which would work for character is a President: President Snow.Also, if no-one borrows it before I can get it from the library, I could read The Bees for character is an animal - all the characters are bees.
I should have saved my 6 Red until now, it was set in Australia! Oh well. :(
Late I know but...
From Team Becky B
Melindam wrote: "MH, could this cover count as "with garden"? It is a small one, I know. :)"
Maybe? I will double check with the captain's group about that one.
Edit: It is enough of a garden!
Sarah solved the Hercule Poirot question and here are the last tasks:Hercule Poirot
✿ Read a book with a rabbit on the cover
✿ Read a book with a white cover
✿ Read a book with an orange cover
✿ Read a book with a bird on the cover
OK Melinda, I've got these books added for you:Annie's Lovely Choir by the Sea - garden on cover
Soulless - works for either statue on cover or grey cover
Summer at the Dog & Duck - works in food industry
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - >500000 ratings
Murder on the Orient Express - Listopia list
It's a lot, so let me know if you change your mind/don't have time to read all of them!
Avamuc - I've added these books for you:How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea - native Australian animal
and maybe Life After Life or Tagebuch (if time) - over 10000 reviews
Phu. I think I've gotten the spreadsheet all updated now!Awesome job everyone at finding books for the tasks!
UPDATEWe're down another member :( Lil Book Harpy decided to leave the challenge, but I hope the rest of us can keep on and finish the last month!
Now we only need 43 more books! We are making progress, just a little bit slower than last month.
I hope everyone had a good, relaxing Easter weekend. I had family visiting, so not much time to read but now I will try and find some shorter books to help get our numbers up.
MH! I may not be able to finish all, I realised it is quite a lot. I will leave HP/Soulless to the end and will let you know if I can't tackle them any more
Welcome Rachyl! So good that you joined us! :)
Melindam wrote: "MH! I may not be able to finish all, I realised it is quite a lot. I will leave HP/Soulless to the end and will let you know if I can't tackle them any more"No problem :-)
Hey everyone! Sorry I've had a busy last few days having extra hours at work!Can anyone let me know if there's any tasks or books left that need tackled I'd be more than happy to do!
Hope everyone is doing well!
Ashley (and Rachyl), no-one is reading for the following tasks:THINGS ON COVER
- Read a book which has one or more rabbits on the cover
- Read a book with chocolate on the cover
- Read a book with a grey cover
- Read a book with a statue on the cover (maybe Melindam if time)
CHARACTERS
- Read a book where a main character is an animal
- Read a book with a vegetarian
- Read a book with a character who is obsessed with a holiday
- Read a book with a decorator
- Read a book where a character is a President or First Lady
PLOT EVENTS
- Read a book where a funeral takes place
- Read a book where the MC's goes to the zoo
- Read a book where a character goes swimming
- Read a book where a main character dies
- Read a book where there is a fire
SETTING
- Read a book set in Australia
- Read a book set in Italy
- Read a book based on a tropical island
- Read a book set in France (alt All the Light We Cannot See)
WORD SEARCH IN TEXT
- Onion
- Peel
- Tree
- Flower
- Petal
- Juice
WORD SEARCH IN TEXT OR TITLE
- Egg
- Easter
- Monday
BOOK TITLE
- Read a book with a number between 1-500 in the title
- Read a book where all the letters in HAUX can be found in the title
PAGE COUNT
- Read a book with 1 & 6 in the page count
- Read a book with a 7 and a 2 in the page count
MAIN PAGE GENRE
- Crime
- Thriller
- Suspense
OTHER RANDOM THINGS
- Read a book that won a Goodreads Choice Award (alt All the Light We Cannot See)
- Read a book first published in 2011
- Read a book with over 500 000 ratings (maybe Melindam if time)
- Read a book with over 10 000 reviews (maybe Avamuc if time)
LETTERS FOR SPELL-IT-OUT
- K I T E
- L U C K
- B A S K E T
- P Y S A N K A
Hopefully you can find something among all those alternatives to read for :-)
For the regular Uno cards, we still need 43 books so all books will be useful, even if they don't work for any of the mini challenge tasks listed above!
Ashley wrote: "Hey everyone! Sorry I've had a busy last few days having extra hours at work!Can anyone let me know if there's any tasks or books left that need tackled I'd be more than happy to do!
Hope everyo..."
Welcome back Ashley :-)
Just finished
for the April mini.It could also work for the regular Uno cards
Card 2: with char. Tom Tranton
Card 3: char Hildegard Chambers
Card 4: char Felix Carpenter
Card 6: Book #6 in the series / char Sidney Chambers / book title starting with "S"
Card 7: char Vanessa Morgan
Card 8: place name Ely / char Robert Ellis
Card 9: char Nigel Martin
Skip: chars Gerodie Keating / Kenrick Prescott
Thank you, MH! And welcome Rachyl! Well I have just started to read
so I can cover the set in Italy task :-)
I will have finished
by tonight for the regular challenge. It may also be used for the Mini: spell-it-out or page count or crime genre. It also has the word "tree / yewtree" in the text.
Welcome Rachyl! It's great to have you on the team. :)
I finished Monk's Hood3 - #3 in series
6 - Set in Shrewsbury
8 and Skip - Author Ellis Peters
For the mini - set in 5th to 15th centuries - set in 1138.
I've finished
card 3 - character Hercule Poirot
card 4 - character Stephen Farr
card 6 - character Stephen Farr
card 8 - character Pilar Estravados
skip - character Hercule Poirot
mini challenge: crime genre, egg in text, or one of the spell-it-out
Sarah wrote: "I'm thinking of rereading The Hunger Games, which would work for character is a President: President Snow."The book I just finished (Hercule Poirot's Christmas) had the word egg in it, and I'm now reading a book set in Washington, so that means we have all the tasks for Mercy Thompson's egg covered! Yay for extra bonus points :-)
Hi everyone! Sorry for being so late in joining, I had no idea you were all so close to the end when I signed up. But anything I read this month counts for the Easter Egg Hunt and our April hand? Also I'm a little unsure of what books are still needed for April so I'm just gonna put everything I think works...What is Not Yours is Not Yours:
What is Not Yours is Not Yours
card 1 - author surname starts with O
card 3 - author name starts with H
(card 9 - this is a book of short stories and there are 9 stories. I doubt this counts, but I thought I'd put it)
*This book probably fits more cause I can't remember all the character names (there's a lot of them) but I'll go back to the library and have a look through and see if any match up.
Do Not Say We Have Nothing:
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
card 0 - stand alone novel; character name Zhuli
card 2 - author surname starting with T
card 6 - character name Sparrow; set in Shanghi
Egg hunt - main character dies [spoilers] Sparrow, Kai
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane:
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
card 0 - stand alone novel
card 2 - title starts with T
card 3 - character name Haley
Yiddish for Pirates
Yiddish for Pirates
card 0 - stand alone novel
card 2 - character name Torquemada
card 6 - character name Sarah; set in Spain
card 9 - set in the New World
Egg hunt - main character an animal (parrot) Aaron
Hope this helps!
Good job Rachyl! :) I am sure MH will tell you all you need to know, but books you started on/after 15 April can count for both the mini/regular challenge & any book you finish in April (no matter the start date) can count for the regular challenge
I have finished
for Card 5 Green in the regular challenge with char. Irene Grosvenor.It could be also used for:
Card 3 - char Sgt. Hay
Card 4 - Percival Fortescue
Card 6 - char Amire Sommers
Card 7 - 7th book in the series / char Vivien Dubois
Card 8 - char Elaine Fortescue
Card 9 - Inspector Neele
Skip - Title starting with P (ignoring "A"), char Pat Fortescue
Reverse - MH
It might be used for the mini challenge: it has the word tree / yew tree in the text or for the spell-it-out / page count / crime genre part.
Thanks Rachyl! I've added your books to our inventory (and sent you a PM with some additional info)
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I don't know if it could work for the Mini challenge (like crime being the main genre) or individual letters.
It could also work for
Card 3: char Megan Hunter
Card 4: book 4 of the Marple books / char Florence Elford
Card 6: char Dick Symmington
Card 8: char Elsie Holland
Card 9: char Superintendent Nash
Skip: chars Marcus Kent / Partridge
Reverse: read by MH
other place names / characters for the letters in the Mini Challenge
- Jane Marple
- Jerry / Joanna Burton
- Mr Pye
- Emily Barton
- Aimee Griffith
- Mrs Dane Calthrop
- Inspector Graves
- Agnes Woddle
- place name: Lymstock