Team Ron Weasley

[Avamuc]

maria helena wrote: "Avamuc, I'm really enjoying

I'm gonna see if my library has "

Good luck! :)

I still think this one is the best but I have not read the newest one nor Ice Queen.

[maria helena]

Spirit-Soul-Body ( Not Talking - Only Reading ) wrote: "I think getting idea of ...further can we put colour card no. "blue" will be counted for current book or coming next read?

my current two books can be said blue right..even for curr..."

Yes, would be perfect for a blue cover (although, we only have 8 colour cards and the blue ones are already covered). Sarah and I always double check the book covers and make sure they can be used.

You don't have to worry so much about exactly where the book should be used. Sarah and I make sure that we assign the books to give us the maximum amount of points (and we move books around when needed). All you have to do is to post in the thread what cards your books work for, like you have just done for your first two books :-)

Just a clarification about the character names and place/setting:

For character, they should play a significant part of the story (not just be a name someone mentioned in a comment).

If you have multiple characters with names starting with the same letter, you only have to list one (the main character).

For place/setting, each book can only have one main setting and it should be however it is referred to in the book.

So for example, I have a book set in Visby which is a town on the island Gotland in Sweden. The book could therefore be used for card 7 (letter V) but not for card 6 (letter S).

I previously read another book in the same series, and that book took place all over Gotland so therefore I couldn't use the place for a card (no card for letter G).

Does that make sense?

Feel free to ask as many questions as you need to get the rules sorted out :-)

[maria helena]

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

I liked parts of it, but also felt like it was just going on forever so in the end I only gave it 2 stars.

[Sarah]

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

I liked parts of it, but also felt like it was just ..."

Exactly! 2.5 for me. I think she got the "feel" of Poirot, but the mystery was too drawn out and ridiculously convoluted.

[Avamuc]

just finished The Strain.

This should work for:
1: first in a series
3: Author: Chuck Hogan
4: Character: Vasiliy Fet
6: The Strain
7: Character: Vasiliy Fet
8: Character: Ephraim Goodweather
9: Place: New York
Skip: Character Eldritch Palmer

[Avamuc]

Eni wrote: "ohhhhhhh the strain is a book????? i like the TV Show a lot. Let me know how is the book =)

"

The book is a really good read, it started very strong but in the end it was a bit hurried. Interesting take on Vampires though. I might read / listen to the next part as well! :)

[Sarah]

Finished Someday, Someday, Maybe.

I have a few books in progress to add, will post those later.

[Avamuc]

I just started listening to Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand

It should work for

Skip: Allan Karlsson
Reverse: MH, Sarah

Possible other cards will be added later :)

[Spirit-Soul-Body]

Hi ,

I have completed book and added to book shelf- uno.

The Goddess Project

Title : The Goddess Project by Bryan Wigmore
Pages : 520 nos.
Published January 2nd 2017 by Snowbooks Ltd

Characters :

Protagonist: Orc Strandborn, Cass Strandborn, Tashi, Hana Quallace, Shoggu
Antagonist: Lucien Daroguerre (scarab), Martin Seriuz, Thera, Vanessa

Minor : Ranga, Corvan Geist, Esteban, paiko, Siegfried Astrasis, Ferman, Fusilli, Stefanie, Lansdahl, Vandres, Jervik,


Card : 1 – Character name (orc)
Card : 2 – Book title (the), Place (Torrento)
Card : 3 – Character name (Hana)
Card : 6 – Character name (shoggu, Martin Seriuz)
Card : 7 – Character name (Vanessa)

[Avamuc]

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

[Sarah]

I found a 5 Yellow! I've been searching for days after I foolishly read the only one on my kindle last month.

Quite yellow I think you will agree. ;)

Also works for 2 if we accidentally (unlikely, I know) find another 5 Yellow.

[Ashley]

I 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)

[maria helena]

I've finished:


Card 1 - Character Oliver Bodenstein
Card 2 - Title T
Card 3 - Book 3 in series
Card 4 - Character Frank Behnke
Card 5 - Title I (ignore the)
Card 7 - Character Vera von Kaltensee
Card 9 - Author Nele Neuhaus
skip - Character Pia Kirchhoff


Card 2 - Book 2 in series
Card 3 - Character Halvor Muntz
Card 4 - Author Karin Fossum
Card 5 - Character Irene Album
Card 6 - Character Konrad Seijer
Card 8 - Character Eddie Holland
Skip - Author Karin Fossum

[maria helena]

CHECKING IN...


How are everyone doing?

We are making steady progress. We now have 24 books finished for March, and need 62 more!

Special cards needed
- We need 2 or 3 more REVERSE

Colour Cards
- We have finished 1 Green, 4 Blue, 7 Blue
- Sarah is reading The End Of Eternity for 5 Yellow
- Avamuc, are you still planning on reading Fatherland for 1 Red?
- Eni, are you still planning on reading Unbelievable for 4 Green?
- We still need 2 Yellow and 9 Red

Remember: we also have a mini-challenge for the last 2 weeks of March. More info to come soon.

[Avamuc]

maria helena wrote: "CHECKING IN...


How are everyone doing?

We are making steady progress. We now have 24 books finished for March, and need 62 more!

Special cards needed
- We need 2 or 3 more REVERSE

Colour Cards..."

Yes, I still plan to read Fatherland. I just need to read Hände weg vom Quarterback in between for another challenge.

This should work at least for:
3: Title: Hände weg...
9: Ninth in series
Skip: Author: Poppy J. Anderson

And I will add the other cards later as I am not sure which characters played a part in this one :)

I will also try to read the Ice Queen to cover another reverse and it has been on my kindle for a while.

[maria helena]

Avamuc wrote: "Yes, I still plan to read Fatherland. I just need to read Hände weg vom Quarterback in between for another challenge.

This should work at least for:
3: Title: Hände weg...
9: Ninth in series
Skip: Author: Poppy J. Anderson

And I will add the other cards later as I am not sure which characters played a part in this one :)

I will also try to read the Ice Queen to cover another reverse and it has been on my kindle for a while. "

Great!

I really liked Ice Queen. One of the best books I've read this year!

[Avamuc]

And I just found a yellow 2 in my kindle freebies: . It is "only" 228 pages. If no one else has a fitting book I will try to read it as well. Right now I am really motivated to read as much as possible ;)

[Sarah]

Avamuc wrote: "And I just found a yellow 2 in my kindle freebies: . It is "only" 228 pages. If no one else has a fitting book I will try to read it as well. Right now I am reall..."

That's great! I've checked, and it sure is yellow. I'm not sure how it works for a 2 though - are there characters not mentioned in the description? I could well be missing something obvious ...

[Sarah]

Finished Prince Caspian.

2 - #2 in a series
6 - C: Susan
8 - C: Edmund
9 - C: Nikabrik
Skip - Title P
Reverse - MH

[maria helena]

Finished


card 0 - stand alone
card 3 - title High

Now I'm reading

card 8 - title Epic

[Kazen]

Another book, yea!

by Anne Perry

1 - first in a series
2 - title T
6 - character Sarah
8 - character Edward
SKIP - Author P

[maria helena]

Kazen wrote: "Another book, yea!"

Great! That looks like an interesting series (but I might wait with it until you have read a few more books to see how you like it).

[Kazen]

maria helena wrote: "Great! That looks like an interesting series (but I might wait with it until you have read a few more books to see how you like it)."

Totally fair - I'm curious to see how it continues myself. :)

[Sarah]

I've read a few of Anne Perry's books - but not in series order. It's been awhile, but I think they were a solid 3 stars for me - I would read more but not seek them out especially.

[maria helena]

I've finished The Lewis Man



card 2 - book 2 in series
card 4 - character Fin Macleod
card 5 - place Isle of Lewis
skip - author Peter May

[maria helena]

MARCH MINI CHALLENGE

This month, the mini challenge is all about our team books and authors. There are 4 ways to gain points as a team:

1. Read 5 books by an author of one of the team names for 15 points each
- Example: for Team Robert Langdon, we need to read a book by Dan Brown; for Team Kate Daniels, we need to read a book by Ilona Andrews
- Each of us can only read each author once, but it is ok if more than one team member read the same author

2. Read one book that is one of the team names for 30 points
- Note that where a team name is a series book, only book 1 of the series can count for this part

3. Scavenger hunt character names in books, 10 different names for 5 points each
- Read a book that has a character that shares the first name of one of the characters from any of the team names
- One name per book, and each name must be different

If we complete all tasks for part 1-3 (16 books), we will get a 15 point bonus!

4. Scrabble
- Create a word using the first and last letter of the team names
- Each word must be at least 4 letters long
- Read one book per letter of that word for 5 points per letter
- 4p bonus for completed words with 7 or more letters
- 2p bonus for completed words with 5-6 letters

Spell-it-out rules:
- Letter needs to be the first letter in the book title, author first name or surname, character name or nickname, or setting
- Articles (a/an/the) can be ignored in the book titles
- For this spell-it-out, you can also use the first letter in the series name
- Letters under spoiler
(view spoiler)[
A x 1
B x 3
D x 1
E x 6
F x 1
H x 3
J x 1
K x 2
L x 1
M x 2
N x 5
O x 1
P x 2
R x 6
S x 5
T x 3
W x 1
Y x 4
(hide spoiler)]

Other rules:
✣ Only books read March 15-31 will count for this challenge
✣ Books started before March 15 don't count for this mini challenge
✣ The countdown to the start of this mini challenge is here
✣ The usual book length requirement for UNO apply
✣ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books for what we are claiming for our UNO hands

[Avamuc]

Sarah wrote: "Avamuc wrote: "And I just found a yellow 2 in my kindle freebies: . It is "only" 228 pages. If no one else has a fitting book I will try to read it as well. Right..."

The "T" in the Mai Tai is not enough of a T? Well....than...I migh read this one . According to TinEye it should be yellow enough

#e6c552 26.4 % Cream Can (Yellow)
#cb8f2e 20.7 % Fuel Yellow (Yellow)
#ece496 14.4 % Khaki (Yellow)

....and as far as I understand the mini challenge it should work there as well right? And I might see it in London at the end of the month (if we get tickets.........) :)

[Avamuc]

I finished Hände weg vom Quarterback today.
It works for

2: C: Teddy Palmer
3: Title: Hände weg...
6: C: Seth
9: Ninth in series
Skip: Author: Poppy J. Anderson

And according to TinEye it is red though I would say its more of a pink?

[Sarah]

Avamuc wrote: "The "T" in the Mai Tai is not enough of a T? Well....than...I migh read this one . According to TinEye it should be yellow enough"

I'm afraid not - as it's two words then Mai Tai would count for an M. :(

Cursed Child will certainly work though - and I'm more than a little envious of you getting to see it! I'll have my fingers crossed for you that you get tickets. ;)

As long as you start it after the countdown on 15th March it will work for the mini challenge. :)

[Avamuc]

Sarah wrote: "Avamuc wrote: "The "T" in the Mai Tai is not enough of a T? Well....than...I migh read this one . According to TinEye it should be yellow enough"

I'm afraid not - as it's two words then Mai Tai wo..."
I hope for tickets but I am not very optimistic as the online tickets were sold out for months already :(.

[Avamuc]

Anyway...I started reading yesterday and the beginning is quiet intriguing!

[Sarah]

Finished The Trouble with Goats and Sheep.

2 - title
3 - C: Harold Forbes
4 - C: Harold Forbes
6 - C: Sheila Dakin
8 - C: Eric Lamb

[Avamuc]

I just finished Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand.

It should work for
0: Stand Alone
2: C: Harry S. Truman
6: C: Harry S. Truman
Skip: Allan Karlsson
Reverse: MH, Sarah

[Eni]

Finished The Darkest Part of the Forest.

Should work for:
0: Stand Alone
2: title
3: char Hazel Evans or author Holy Black
4: char Franklin
6: char Severin
8: char Hazel Evans or Ben Evans
Skip: char Kerem Aslan

should be finished with the green book tomorrow

[Kazen]

By my count we have less than a day until the March mini-challenge starts, huzzah! I was having a hard time wrapping my mind around what books are eligible for the first couple of parts, so with MH's permission I'm listing what qualifies. :)

Part One - Authors (need five)

John Green
Sophie Kinsella
Jeaniene Frost
William Goldman
Jane Austen
J.D. Robb
Jim Butcher
Emily Brontë
Agatha Christie
Stephen King
Ilona Andrews
Markus Zusak
Andy Weir
Patricia Briggs
Fredrik Backman
Suzanne Collins
Paula Hawkins
Dan Brown
J.K. Rowling
Richelle Mead
Julia Quinn
Abigail Roux & Madeleine Urban (must be written by the pair, not just one)
Jojo Moyes
Neil Gaiman

Part Two - Books (need one, must be book one if a series)







Part Three - match a character first name with one from a part two book ↑↑ (need ten)

...too many to list! ;) More detailed rules here, but we can start with the team first names:

Augustus
Becky
Bones
Buttercup
Elizabeth
Eve
Harry
Heathcliff
Hercule
Jack
Kate
Liesel
Mark
Mercy
Ove
Peeta
Rachel
Robert
Ron
Rose
Sybilla (or Billie)
Ty / Zane (not sure how this one will be handled)
Will
Yvaine

...and scrabble is over my head right now, so let's start with this :)

[maria helena]

Thanks Kazen! This will be so much help! :-)

[maria helena]

I checked with the mods: for Abigail Roux/Madeleine Urban it needs to be a book written by the two of them together.

[Kazen]

maria helena wrote: "I checked with the mods: for Abigail Roux/Madeleine Urban it needs to be a book written by the two of them together."

I'll edit that in!

I was surprised to see that I've read seven of the part two books - obviously the mods share my good taste. ;) How many have you guys read?

[maria helena]

Kazen wrote: "I was surprised to see that I've read seven of the part two books - obviously the mods share my good taste. ;) How many have you guys read? "

I've read 14 of them :-)

[Kazen]

maria helena wrote: "I've read 14 of them :-)"

~~~ded~~~

Hehehe. Can anyone beat her? ;)

[Avamuc]

Kazen wrote: "maria helena wrote: "I checked with the mods: for Abigail Roux/Madeleine Urban it needs to be a book written by the two of them together."

I'll edit that in!

I was surprised to see that I've rea..."

I've read seven of them :)

....and have two more of them at home. But I am not sure if I will be able to read them :/

[Kazen]

Avamuc wrote: "....and have two more of them at home. But I am not sure if I will be able to read them :/"

Another person in club seven, woo! The good news is that we only need one exact match - hopefully someone will have something. :)

[maria helena]

Kazen wrote: "maria helena wrote: "I've read 14 of them :-)"

~~~ded~~~

Hehehe. Can anyone beat her? ;)"

And I have read 3 of them several times (x2, x3, and x4)
:-)

[Avamuc]

Kazen wrote: "Avamuc wrote: "....and have two more of them at home. But I am not sure if I will be able to read them :/"

Another person in club seven, woo! The good news is that we only need one exact match - h..."

....I was really looking forward to read the next but I could swap it for ....would work for a reverse as well...hm....but I would be happy too if someone else has one of the books :)

Thanks Kazen for putting all this stuff together :)

[Kazen]

MH - Rub it in, why don't'cha!

~cracks up laughing~

Avamuc - my pleasure! It may have been procrastination from studying, but we don't need to tell anyone that. ;)

[maria helena]

Kazen wrote: "MH - Rub it in, why don't'cha!

~cracks up laughing~"

:-)

And I'd be totally willing to reread another one if needed :)

[maria helena]

Avamuc wrote: "....I was really looking forward to read the Tiefe Wunden (Bodenstein & Kirchhoff, #3) by Nele Neuhaus next but I could swap it for The Fault in Our Stars by John Green....would work for a reverse as well...hm....but I would be happy too if someone else has one of the books :)"

would be very useful for the scrabble part, so I think you should start with that one since you've been looking forward to it (and it was so, so good!). I'm sure between the rest of us we can cover the 6 books needed for part 1 and 2!

Edit: I'm sure it will work for part 3 (the name search) too!

[maria helena]

For part 2, the book for team Robert Langdon is (because it is listed as book 1 in the series)

We can still read The Da Vinci Code for part 1 or part 3 :-)

[Kazen]

Fixed.

..and now I've read eight of them! ;)

[maria helena]

Kazen wrote: "Fixed.

..and now I've read eight of them! ;)"

:-)