Team Ron Weasley

[maria helena]

Kazen, I've started reading Passing Strange since you liked it so much. So far, I love it!

[Kazen]

maria helena wrote: "Kazen, I've started reading Passing Strange since you liked it so much. So far, I love it!"

Yeaaaa! I'm so glad to hear it. :)

[Kazen]

I'm giving up on Next Year, for Sure (great writing but not my thing) but I did finish another book :)



6 - C: Clarissa Stacpoole
4 & 8 - C: Frederick Eccleston

[Ashley]

I have finished reading which can work for...
-Card 1 (1st in series)
-Card 2 (Title: Trickery)
-Card 6 (Character: Siret)
-Card 8 (Author: Jaymin Eve)
-Skip (Character: Willa Knight)

[maria helena]

RESULTS FROM FEBRUARY

The mods have posted the results from February. We are sitting comfortable at place 13 out of 24 teams.

Once again: great job everyone!

[Kazen]

maria helena wrote: "RESULTS FROM FEBRUARY

The mods have posted the results from February. We are sitting comfortable at place 13 out of 24 teams.

Once again: great job everyone!"

Woo-hoo, go us! And looking at the points the teams are bunched together closely, meaning it wouldn't be hard to breeze past a team or two (or three, or four)! ;)

[Kazen]

I finished reading and it's good for:

0 - standalone
1 - C: Oliver
2 - C: Mr. Teague
3 and 6 - C: Susan Hallett
4 - C: Fergal
8 - C: Eva
9 - C: Nigel
Skip - Author K

[maria helena]

Kazen wrote: "Woo-hoo, go us! And looking at the points the teams are bunched together closely, meaning it wouldn't be hard to breeze past a team or two (or three, or four)! ;) "

Exactly what I was thinking! :-)

[maria helena]

Kazen wrote: "I finished reading and it's good for:

0 - standalone
1 - C: Oliver
2 - C: Mr. Teague
3 and 6 - C: Susan Hallett
4 - C: Fergal
8 - C: Eva
9 - C: Nigel
Skip - Au..."

Remember to add it to your uno shelf :-)

[Kazen]

Eeeeep, sorry! Done. :)

[maria helena]

Kazen wrote: "Eeeeep, sorry! Done. :)"

No problem :-)

I also forget to put the books on that shelf and are only reminded to do it when I update the spreadsheet...

[Sarah]

maria helena wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Woo-hoo, go us! And looking at the points the teams are bunched together closely, meaning it wouldn't be hard to breeze past a team or two (or three, or four)! ;) "

Exactly what I was thinking! :-)"

We had a good set of cards last month! We came second out of all the teams that didn't finish the mini challenge. Not too bad at all. :)

[Sarah]

Finished One Corpse Too Many.

My new (ish) audio is Someday, Someday, Maybe.

0 - standalone
4 - character Franny Banks
6 - title
9 - set in New York City
Skip - character Penelope
Reverse - read by MH (May 2013)

[Ashley]

I have finished which works for..

Card 1 (1st in series)
Card 2 (Title- The)
Card 3 (Character- Hannah)
Card 5 (Character- Isabella)
Card 6 (Author- Jessica Sorenson)
Skip (Character- Kai)

[Avamuc]

Just finished
It should work for:
0: Stand Alone
2: C: Judge Tyrone Kipler
3: C: Judge Harvey Hale
4: C. Leo F. Drummond (is this F enough? I can't remember it beeing spelled out in the book but it was mentioned quiet often)
6: C: Bruiser Stone
Skip: C: Kelly Riker
Reverse: MH read it

[Avamuc]

maria helena wrote: "Avamuc wrote: "Would this one work for the yellow 4 or is it too greenish? "

Avamuc, I'm sorry - I had a typo in post 326. Find Me is yellow enough, bu..."

No worries :). Maybe I just keep it for April for the next possible yellow card where it might fit. ;)

[maria helena]

Avamuc wrote: "No worries :). Maybe I just keep it for April for the next possible yellow card where it might fit. ;) "

Good idea :-)

[maria helena]

I've finished 3 books:


card 2 - character Temperance Brennan
skip - author Kathy Reichs


card 0 - stand alone
card 2 - character Franny Travers
card 3 - character Helen Young
card 4 - character Franny Travers
card 6 - place San Francisco
card 8 - author Ellen Klages
card 9 - character Emily Netterfield
skip - title P
reverse - read by Kazen (Feb 2017)


card 9 - Title N

[Sarah]

I was all ready to come and report a book, then realised that it won't count. :(

It's 100 pages. From the rules: "Books must be more than 100 pages in length..."

Must be more careful in future - at least it's the beginning of the month and there's plenty of time left. Sigh.

[maria helena]

Sarah wrote: "I was all ready to come and report a book, then realised that it won't count. :(

It's 100 pages. From the rules: "Books must be more than 100 pages in length..."

Must be more careful in future -..."

Gah, that's so annoying! Was the book good at least? :-)

[maria helena]

Kazen, I really enjoyed Passing Strange. Not quite five stars for me (but I'm notoriously hesitant at giving 5 stars)

[maria helena]

I think my next few books will be:



card 1 - character Oliver Bodenstein
card 3 - #3 in series
card 5 - title I (ignore the)
card 7 - character Vera von Kaltensee
card 9 - author Nele Neuhaus
skip - character Pia Kirchhoff


card 2 - #2 in series
card 5 - place Isle of Lewis
skip - author Peter May


card 2 - title T
card 3 - #3 in series

I read a bit less than usual last month, so I will try and get a few extra books read this month.

[Sarah]

maria helena wrote: "Gah, that's so annoying! Was the book good at least? :-)

It was acceptable and useful for challenges (except Uno), but not great. Ah well, I live and learn!

The annoying thing is that I had it approved as an ebook only for the SRC, and the file size is larger than the next book in the series, which has a higher page count. Go figure. :/

[Avamuc]

maria helena wrote: "I think my next few books will be:



card 1 - character Oliver Bodenstein
card 3 - #3 in series
card 5 - title I (ignore the)
card 7 - character Vera von Kaltense..."

....and another reverse possible. The German Version of the Ice Queen is on my to read list as well for this month :). Nele Neuhaus is one of my favorite authors

[maria helena]

Avamuc wrote: "....and another reverse possible. The German Version of the Ice Queen is on my to read list as well for this month :). Nele Neuhaus is one of my favorite authors ."

Perfect! I have started it and I will try to have it finished in a couple of days, if you want to read it after that (or later) for reverse.

I haven't read anything else by Nele Neuhaus, but so far, I'm really enjoying The Ice Queen.

[Avamuc]

Just now I started reading Nebelsphäre - Das Licht des Phönix: Lübeck-Reihe 2
It should work for
2: Second in Series
3: C: Jan Hendrik Meier
6: C: Sofie

[Avamuc]

maria helena wrote: "Avamuc wrote: "....and another reverse possible. The German Version of the Ice Queen is on my to read list as well for this month :). Nele Neuhaus is one of my favorite authors ."

Perfect! I have ..."

She is actually one of the few authors I have not been getting tired of after reading four or five books of her crime series. I started with Snow White Must Die a few years ago which I still think is the best book of the whole series. I hope you 'll like The Ice Queen and will start it after you finished ;)

[maria helena]

Sadly, Fatimah has had to leave the challenge because of school being very demanding this semester.

We will see if there is a replacement player (for her and Drishti) - otherwise the mods will probably let us use some books from the special mod shelf like we did to cover Drishti's books last month.

[Kazen]

Boo crazy school - totally understand but we'll miss you, Fatimah!

[Sarah]

maria helena wrote: "Sadly, Fatimah has had to leave the challenge because of school being very demanding this semester. "

Oh, sorry to see you go, Fatimah. School comes first, of course, but still. :(

[Sarah]

I finished Charmers and Rogues: Extraordinary Pet Tales From Ordinary Homes today. It only works for 0 (standalone).

Umm - at least it's easy to pick a card for it? ;)

[Ashley]

maria helena wrote: "Sadly, Fatimah has had to leave the challenge because of school being very demanding this semester.

We will see if there is a replacement player (for her and Drishti) - otherwise the mods will pr..."

Ah no! Our team is dropping like flies! Hope everything goes well at school Fatimah!

[Ashley]

I have just finished which works for....
Card 0 (Character- Zach)
Card 2 (2nd in series)
Card 6 (title - Saved Elemental)
Card 8 (character - Evie)
Skip (character - Ky)

[maria helena]

Ashley wrote: "Ah no! Our team is dropping like flies! "

I know, but luckily, we have a great team so I'm sure we can get this month's cards done anyway. We have already finished 13 books - only 72 more needed! Also, we have 3 more days this month than in February :-)

(We are not alone, several other teams have lost a few members too.)

[Christina]

hey Ron Weasley!! I'm Christina, co-captain of Hercule Poirot, and I've been meaning to drop by, but MH was quicker ;) I found the status check thing for the books in the spreadsheet of Becky Bloomwood, but was told it was actually created by you guys!
I tracked our Feb books/status in a comment on the first page of our thread, but putting it into the ss is so much smarter of course!
so, special shoutout to whoever did the functions stuff, I didn't even realize at first! so good!
and thanks for being so cool about it MH :)

[maria helena]

Christina wrote: "hey Ron Weasley!! I'm Christina, co-captain of Hercule Poirot, and I've been meaning to drop by, but MH was quicker ;) I found the status check thing for the books in the spreadsheet of Becky Bloom..."

No problem! I'm happy you found it useful! :-)

[Ashley]

I have just finished which works for...

Card 1 (1st in series)
Card 6 (author - May Sage)

[Avamuc]

I just finished

The cover is blue and it works for:
2: Second in Series
4: C: Sofie "Phönix" Fredenhagen
3: C: Jan Hendrik Meier
6: C: Sofie "Phönix" Fredenhagen
7: C: Viktoria "Flammenhaar" Abendrot
Skip: C: Sofie "Phönix" Fredenhagen

[Perks Moderator, Know-it-all]

Please welcome new team member Lil Book Harpy!

[Kazen]

Yea Lil Book Harpy, nice to meet you!

I finished a book, yea!



0 - stand alone
2 & 5 - C: TJ Illingworth
6 - Title S
7 - C: Virginia

[maria helena]

Welcome Lil Book Harpy!

[maria helena]

Kazen wrote: "I finished a book, yea!"

Yay! I'm almost done with my book. We're slowly and steadily making progress on this month's cards :-)

[Kazen]

maria helena wrote: "Kazen, I really enjoyed Passing Strange. Not quite five stars for me (but I'm notoriously hesitant at giving 5 stars)"

I don't know how I missed this - huzzah! I'm also skimpy with my five star reads so I totally understand. So glad you liked it enough for four!!

eta: PS - Isn't the cover amazing? I printed it out and it lives on my wall because... ~sigh~ So perfect.

[maria helena]

Kazen wrote: "maria helena wrote: "Kazen, I really enjoyed Passing Strange. Not quite five stars for me (but I'm notoriously hesitant at giving 5 stars)"

I don't know how I missed this - huzzah! I'm also skimpy with my five star reads so I totally understand. So glad you liked it enough for four!!

eta: PS - Isn't the cover amazing? I printed it out and it lives on my wall because... ~sigh~ So perfect."

It might even be a 4.5 stars for me. Definitely one of the best books I've read this year (and surely one of the best of the year). The cover is beautiful. Printing it was a good idea. I might do the same.

[maria helena]

Avamuc, I'm really enjoying

I'm gonna see if my library has

[Avamuc]

Welcome Lil Book Harpy! :)

[Sarah]

Spirit-Soul-Body ( Not Talking - Only Reading ) wrote: "Hi guys,

I am Lil book Harpy

thanks.

I may need to talk to my team members for understanding it properly. who should I PM?"

Hi Lil book Harpy!

Great to have you on the team. I'm sure you'll pick things up just fine.

The rules of the challenge are here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Our spreadsheet is linked in Post 1 of this thread.

MH (maria helena) is our fabulous captain and I help out here and there.

Just let us know what you are reading and what cards it works for. For instance, it looks like The Goddess Project works for:

0 - stand alone book
1 - character Orc
2 - title begins with T

Ask away if you're still unsure, and have fun!

[Sarah]

Spirit-Soul-Body ( Not Talking - Only Reading ) wrote: "I think it works for most hands...what should it be put?
how to use "action cards" and wild??? and how to put color for card?"

That's a wonderful selection of options, thank you. Without reading the book we would never know all those character names. :)

Action cards (I'm assuming) mean the Skip and Reverse cards. Skip works the same as the number cards but using K or P as the letter (looks like you already know that), and Reverse is for any book that a team member has already read. It can have been read at any time, not just during Uno.

Wild cards are any card that also works for any number card (0 - 9), and Wild Draw 4 is for any book.

I usually just update the tracking sheet, MH will assign your books to where they are most needed when they are complete.

As for the colour cards, the announcement from the Mods is here

If you have anything that you want to read that will fit any of our colour cards, just mention it when you post.

[Sarah]

I finally finished The Monogram Murders yesterday. It seemed to take forever, and was quite a disappointment. :(

[Avamuc]

My next book is .

It should work for
0: Stand Alone
6: A: Seanan McGuire
9: P: New York
Skip: C: Patty