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message 851: by maria helena (new)

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

A Vote for Murder (Murder, She Wrote, #22) by Donald Bain

card 4 - character Jessica Fletcher
card 7 - title V (ignore A)

mini challenge - book set in Washington DC

(I have to admit that I'm getting a bit bored with Murder, She Wrote now. I think I need a break from this series)


message 852: by Kazen (new)

Kazen MH - take that break! No reason to suffer on, especially when you'll probably read faster when it's something you're really into. You have my permission! ;) ;)


message 853: by Melindam (last edited Apr 20, 2017 04:25AM) (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments I am with Kazen, MH! :) Keep calm and quit "Murder she wrote" ... :)


message 854: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Thanks guys :-)


message 855: by Ashley (new)

Ashley Karczewski (ashleylorna) | 152 comments I have finished reading Carter Reed 2 (Carter Reed, #2) by Tijan

Card 2 (2nd in series)
Card 8 (Character - Emma)
Card 9 (Character - Noah)

Mini Challenge:
- Read a book with a number between 1-500 in the title (Carter Reed 2)
- Spell-it-out
- A (character - Andrea)
- T (character - Theresa)
- C (character - Cole)
- E (character - Emma)
(Not sure if that's the right way to go about the spell it out part..)


message 856: by Avamuc (new)

Avamuc | 132 comments I finished Todesfrist (Maarten S. Sneijder, #1) by Andreas Gruber yesterday. It works for:
1. First in Series
2: Title: Todesfrist
3: Character: Helen
4: Character: Frank
6: Character: Sabine Nemez
9: Character: Sabine Nemez

For the mini challenge it works for Germany


message 857: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Ashley wrote: "Not sure if that's the right way to go about the spell it out part..."

That's correct! :-)


message 858: by Ashley (new)

Ashley Karczewski (ashleylorna) | 152 comments maria helena wrote: "That's correct! :-)"

Great! :-)


message 859: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Just finished Annie's Lovely Choir by the Sea(Salt Bay, #1) by Liz Eeles for the mini-challenge.
For the regular uno it works for
- Card 1 : char Ollie Simpson
- Card 2: place name Trecaldwith / char Annie Trebarwith
- Card 3: char Hilary Baxham
- Card 4: char Fiona
- Card 6: place name Salt Bay / char Serena Pasco
- Card 8: author Liz Eeles
- Card 9: char Nettie
Skip: place name Penzance / chars Kayla, Josh Pascoe


message 860: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1012 comments I finished rereading The Hunger Games. I think I must have been mixing up the book and the film, as President Snow is barely in this one, and he doesn't speak at all - which makes me wonder if it would count for character is a President. Although he definitely is in Catching Fire, and I do want to read that now, so perhaps we'll just do a swap. ;)

For uno:

1 - #1 in series
2 and 2 - title
4 - C: Caesar Flickerman
6 - Author
8 - C: Effie Trinket
Reverse - surely everyone, but MH has read it.

Alternatives for mini:
Bird on cover
Fire - there is a fire in the arena to drive the tributes together
Over 500,000 ratings
Over 10,000 reviews


message 861: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments STATUS UPDATE

We're making progress. We now only need 30 more books to finish all of our Uno cards! Great job everyone!


message 862: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Only 29 books - I made a readathon last night - this morning :) and finished Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4) by Terry Pratchett for the mini.

For the regular cards it works for:
Card 1 - char Ossie Brunt
Card 2 - Author Terry Pratchett
Card 3 - char Lieutenant Hornett
Card 4 - book 4 in the City Watch series if Discworld / char Fred Colon
Card 5 - char Carrot Ironfoundersson
Card 6 - char Sam Vimes
Card 7 - char Havelock Vetinari
Card 9 - char Nobby Nobbs
Skip - author Terry Pratchett / place name: Klatch / char Prince Khufurah


message 863: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Melindam wrote: "Only 29 books - I made a readathon last night - this morning :) and finished Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4) by Terry Pratchett for the mini.

For the regular cards it works for:
Card 1 - char Ossie Brunt
Card 2 - Author Ter..."


Great!


message 864: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1012 comments Make that 28! I had a little detour before Catching Fire as Vinegar Girl was going to expire soon.

For Uno:

0 - Standalone
2 - Author: Anne Tyler
7 - Title
8 - C: Edward Mintz
Skip - C: Kate Battista

It has a few options for the mini:

Bunny is a vegetarian
Aunt Thelma is an interior decorator
Monday in text: "On Monday when she went in to work ..." page 117


message 865: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Way to go, Team Weasley! :)


message 866: by Avamuc (new)

Avamuc | 132 comments Do we have an option for the yellow three? I could finally use Mai Tai One On (A Tiki Goddess Mystery, #1) by Jill Marie Landis as the place is Hawaii which works also for the tropical island. If we find another book for the reviews?


message 867: by maria helena (last edited Apr 23, 2017 01:37AM) (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Avamuc wrote: "Do we have an option for the yellow three? I could finally use Mai Tai One On (A Tiki Goddess Mystery, #1) by Jill Marie Landis as the place is Hawaii which works also for the tropical island. If we find another book for the r..."

Eni is reading a book for 3 yellow, but if you want to read Mai Tai One On, then please do! We can use it for tropical island and use Sarah's book for the 10000 reviews instead. It seems like an easier/faster read than your other book :)


message 868: by Avamuc (last edited Apr 23, 2017 01:41AM) (new)

Avamuc | 132 comments I finished How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea (Newsflesh Trilogy, #3.2) by Mira Grant yesterday.

It works for:

0: C: Zane
1: C: Olivia
3: C: Hotaru / T: How...
4: C: Reynaldo Fajardo
6: C: Juliette Seghers-Ward
Reverse: Eni

Easter: Australian Animal + Australia


message 869: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Avamuc wrote: "I finished How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea (Newsflesh Trilogy, #3.2) by Mira Grant yesterday.

It works for:

0: C: Zane
1: C: Olivia
3: C: Hotaru / T: How...
4: C: Reynaldo Fajardo
6: C: Juliette Seghers-War..."


Yay!

Only 27 more books to go team!


message 870: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments I finished a book :-)

The Bird Tribunal by Agnes Ravatn

card 0 - stand alone
card 3 - character Agnes Hagdorn
card 6 - character Sigurd Bagge

mini challenge - grey cover, water on the cover


message 871: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Only 25! :)

I finished Lords and Ladies (Discworld, #14; Witches #4) by Terry Pratchett for the mini challenge (with witches).

It also works for
Card 1 - char Nanny Ogg
Card 2- char Diamanta Tockley
Card 3 - char Hodgesaargh
Card 4 - Book 4 in the Witches series / char Violet Frottidge
Card 6 - char Shawn Ogg
Card 7 - King Verence
Card 8 - Esme Weatherwax
Card 9 - Agnes Nitt
Skip: author Terry Pratchett / char Ponder Stibbons


message 872: by Sarah (last edited Apr 24, 2017 11:32AM) (new)

Sarah | 1012 comments Down to 24!

Is anyone else having to save the read date twice to get it to stay? It's been going on for about a week now. :(

I finished Catching Fire.

1 - C: Finnick Odair
2 - #2 in series
3 - C: Haymitch Abernathy
4 - C: Finnick Odair
6 - A: Suzanne Collins
7 - C: Venia
8 and Skip - C: Katniss Everdeen
Reverse - Everyone! Well, almost.

And that finishes another egg - we have two complete eggs now. :)

I've found "Easter" in the book I'm reading now, so that covers the last spot in the Mark Watney egg.


message 873: by Eni (new)

Eni | 169 comments Finished Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder.

Fits cards:

cover - yellow
1 - #1 in series
2 - char Andrea Todd
3 - char Hannah Swensen
4 - author Joanne Fluke
6 - char: Delores Swensen
8- char Edna ferguson
9- char Norman Rhodes
skip - char Mike Kingston
reverse - Sarah read it Nov 17, 2015.

Fits Easter Hunt:

- Read a book with chocolate on the cover
- Read a book where the genre on the main page in Goodreads is Crime
- Read a book where the genre on the main page in Goodreads is Suspense
- Spell it outs - P - char Paul Littletree, S - char Hannah Swensen, A - char Andrea Todd, N - char Norman Rhodes, K - char Mike Kingston, B - char Bill Todd, E - char Edna ferguson, T - char Tracey Todd,


message 874: by Melindam (last edited Apr 25, 2017 02:27AM) (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Finished Summer at the Dog & Duck (Dog and Duck) by Jill Steeples for the mini.

For regular UNO it works for
Card 1 - char Owen Jennings
Card 2 - char Tim Weston / book #2 in series
Card 6 - author Jill Steeples / char Sasha / title beginning with S
Card 7 - char Victoria
Card 8 - char Ellie
Skip chars Katy & Polly


message 875: by Melindam (last edited Apr 25, 2017 02:13AM) (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments I am currently reading Soulless and can also finish Night Watch and Murder on the Orient Express by Sunday. I am not sure I will be able to finish Harry Potter, though. If not, I will try & grab a shorter book: an Agatha Christie or a Perry Mason that might work for the mini challenge.
So I wonder, that in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Dr. Shepard committing suicide (well, it doesn't get described) could count as a "main character dies"? If yes, that would be completing the Rose Hathaway egg - I am not sure if there is a funeral in the book - I will check tonight.


message 876: by Kazen (new)

Kazen Sarah wrote: "Is anyone else having to save the read date twice to get it to stay? It's been going on for about a week now. :(."

Eeep, that stinks! I haven't finished many books lately... ~stares at shoes~ ...but I've had the opposite problem, where I mark a book as finished and it shows as finished twice. :/ I guess they're still working the bugs out?


message 877: by Kazen (new)

Kazen The good news is that I'm this.close to finishing The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent ! So no worries there. :)


message 878: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Great job everyone! I'm having a crazy couple of days at work (it is final exam time!) but I'll update the spreadsheet tonight.

I've also been having issues with the read dates not sticking / books suddenly being read twice. Hopefully GR gets those bugs fixed soon.


message 879: by Melindam (last edited Apr 25, 2017 03:45AM) (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments I found a Perry Mason book (a relatively short one): The Case of the Angry Mourner where there is a funeral. I could read it by Sunday instead of HP. So by Sunday I will read
- Soulless for the grey cover / statute on cover
- Night Watch for hats on cover
- The Case of the Angry Mourner for a funeral
and if I can, I will fit in Murder on the Orient Express or The Murder of Roger Ackroyd in case it could count for the "main character dies" category as that would mean another egg completed


message 880: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1012 comments Melindam wrote: "So I wonder, that in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Dr. Shepard committing suicide (well, it doesn't get described) could count as a "main character dies"? If yes, that would be completing the Rose Hathaway egg - I am not sure if there is a funeral in the book - I will check tonight.

I think that should count - you can't get more of a main character than the narrator, after all!


message 881: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1012 comments Melindam wrote: "Finished Summer at the Dog & Duck (Dog and Duck) by Jill Steeples for the mini.

For regular UNO it works for
Card 1 - char Owen Jennings
Card 2 - char Tim Weston / book #2 in series
Card 6 - author Jill Stee..."


I can't find any page count for this- the perils of ARCs I guess. Do you have any indication of pages in your copy?


message 882: by maria helena (new)

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

A Superior Death (Anna Pigeon, #2) by Nevada Barr

card 2 - character Tinker
card 3 - character Hawk and Holly
card 6 - character Scotty
card 7 - character Lucas Vega
card 9 - author Nevada Barr
skip - character Anna Pigeon

mini challenge - water on cover


message 883: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Sarah wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Finished Summer at the Dog & Duck (Dog and Duck) by Jill Steeples for the mini.

For regular UNO it works for
Card 1 - char Owen Jennings
Card 2 - char Tim Weston / book #2 in series
Card 6 -..."

No, unfortunately there isn't any.


message 884: by Melindam (last edited Apr 25, 2017 12:36PM) (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Sarah wrote: "Melindam wrote: "So I wonder, that in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Dr. Shepard committing suicide (well, it doesn't get described) could count as a "main character dies"? If yes, that would be comp..."

:) Then I will try and read it instead of the Orient express, as it would mean another egg completed.


message 885: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Melinda, we got Summer at the Dog & Duck (Dog and Duck) by Jill Steeples sorted so you don't have to do anything.


message 886: by Melindam (last edited Apr 25, 2017 12:29PM) (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments I finished The Case of the Angry Mourner for the mini, with a funeral.
For regular cards it works for
-Card 2 - title starting with T
- Card 3 - char Harvey Delano
- Card 4 - char Nora Fleming
- Card 5 - char C. Creston Ives
- Card 6 - char Sam Burris
- Card 8 - char Bert Elmore / author Erle S. Gardner
- Card 9 - char Raymond Norwood
Skip chars Paul Drake / Marion Keats


message 887: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Melindam wrote: "I finished The Case of the Angry Mourner for the mini, with a funeral.
For regular cards it works for
-Card 2 - title starting with T
- Card 3 - char Harvey Delano
- Card 4 - char No..."


Awesome!


message 888: by Eni (new)

Eni | 169 comments Finished Zomb-Pocalypse

Fits cards:

1 - #1 in series
6 - char: Silas
9- char Nichols
skip - char Kyle

Fits Easter Hunt:

- Find in text: tree - page 7 (i use google play books) - "The shadows from the back fences are long and reaching, and the tree branches look gnarled and spooky in the dark."
- Find in text: peel - page 34 (i use google play books) - "Their skin has turned a sickening greenish-white and is beginning to peel."
- Find in text: flower - page 50 (i use google play books) - " From the corner of my eye, I see Ryan digging around in a flower pot, ..."
- Spell it outs - S - char Silas, A - char Abby, N - char Nichols , K - char Kyle, B - char Billy Bob,


message 889: by Eni (new)

Eni | 169 comments going to be reading next She Smells the Dead for Read a book with 1 & 6 in the page count (165 pages)


message 890: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments That's great, Eni! :-)


message 891: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1012 comments Finished Cross Bones:

2 - C: Temperance Brennan
4 and 5: C: Ira Friedman
8 - #8 in series
Skip - A: Kathy Reichs
Reverse - MH

For the mini:

"Following an Easter dinner ..." pg 15
"On Monday, February seventh, ..." pg 15
Crime and Thriller MPGs


message 892: by Eni (new)

Eni | 169 comments Finished She Smells the Dead.

Fits cards:

0 - char Jared Zempter
1 - #1 in series
6 - char: Simon
7 - char: Vanessa Stennings (nickname Yuki - she's never called vanessa)
8- char Emma

Fits Easter Hunt:

- Read a book with 1 & 6 in the page count - 165 pages


message 893: by Eni (new)

Eni | 169 comments going to read next After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse for Read a book where all the letters in Haux can be found in the title


message 894: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1012 comments Eni wrote: "going to read next After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse for Read a book where all the letters in Haux can be found in the title"

Brilliant! That's such a difficult one to find. Thanks Eni!


message 895: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Finished Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1) by Gail Carriger for the mini - with statue on cover.

For the regular uno, it works for
Card 1 - char Oromund Tunstell
Card 2 - char Alexia Tarabotti
Card 3 - char Herbert Loontwill
Card 4 - char Felicty Loontwill
Card 5 - Ivy Hisselpenny
Card 6 - title with S / char Mr Siemons
Card 8 - Evilyn Loontwill
Card 9 - char Countess Nadasdy


message 896: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments Now I am onto
- Night Watch (Discworld, #29) by Terry Pratchett - for hats on the cover
- I will definitely read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd for "main character dies"-book that would complete the Peeta Mellark Egg
- I could also read The Case of the Negligent Nymph where a character goes swimming


message 897: by maria helena (last edited Apr 27, 2017 01:05AM) (new)

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

Where Roses Never Die (Varg Veum) by Gunnar Staalesen

card 2 - character Thor Hansen
card 3 - character Thor Hansen
card 4 - character Einar Fylling
card 6 - author Gunnar Staalesen
card 7 - character Varg Veum
card 8 - character Einar Fylling

mini challenge - spell-it-outs, "on that Monday" p. 25/346 overdrive


message 898: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 4428 comments MH, if we take yr book for the "Monday" category & I finish The Negligent Nymph" for swimming that means anothet egg completed. :)


message 899: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments Melindam wrote: "MH, if we take yr book for the "Monday" category & I finish The Negligent Nymph" for swimming that means anothet egg completed. :)"

Perfect!


message 900: by maria helena (new)

maria helena (mariahel) | 964 comments STATUS UPDATE

14 more books needed for the Uno cards - we can do this!

We also have 5 of the Easter eggs finished already, and several more partly finished :-)


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