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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2017
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Team Harry Dresden
Good job, Rachael and Marie, and a very happy Easter to all of you! :)Marie's book Death Comes to Pemberley can also be used for reverse as I have read it.
It's late here now, so I'm going to bed, but I'll get to work on the mini challenge tomorrow. Hope everyone is having a nice holiday! :)
Happy Easter, hope you all had a fun weekend =)
From Team Heathcliff
Three hands completed now!2 one's
2 two's
2 three's
1 four
4 five's
2 six's
4 seven's
2 eight's
2 nine's
1 skip
3 reverse's
3 wild's
4 wild draw 4's
Thanks Marie for the answers to the April mini challenge- I've sent them off. There's still the spot the difference if anyone can do that.I've put everything on the spreadsheet that we need to do for the mini challenge. We're going to get more points if we work on the cards together- so for example Tina's book will fit the Monday card for Team Ove. If we can read the other two books for team Ove then we get extra points.
I'd like to start plotting what people are reading for the mini challenge to ensure we get maximum points so you can you please let me know what you could read and we'll see how they all fit together.
Is anyone able to post the Easter images onto the other group chats? Mine is coming up with 'image error'
Rachael wrote: "Is anyone able to post the Easter images onto the other group chats? Mine is coming up with 'image error'"Marie has already done that I believe.
Post #690
Marie wrote: "I have been round and left greetings to our fellow players - all different"
For the mini challenge the book I am currently reading will work for the "A" in Basket - Title A Natural History of Dragons
the "B" in Basket - Author Marie Brennan
It is also #1 in a series.
Will look for the words we need as I go.
COMPLETION POSTDeath Comes to Pemberley
Mini challenge
fits
First published in 2011
team rache watson - crime as MPG
Team ove - Monday in the text Page 144 ... how many, she wondered, would be alive by Monday. She found herself…
Team Augustsus Waters - tree in text Page 23 ... Each tree at the edge, perfect in form and hung with the warm gold…
Main challenge
0 standalone
1 character Reverend Oliphant
3 character Henry Alveston
4 characterFitwilliam character
6 character Selwyn Hardcastle
8 character Elizabeth Bennett Darcy
SKIP -author's first name
Reverse Ingeborg has read it
I will go and look at mini challenge again but i am trying to fit in books for SRC
Caly ☯ wrote: "Rachael wrote: "Is anyone able to post the Easter images onto the other group chats? Mine is coming up with 'image error'"Marie has already done that I believe.
Post #690
Marie wrote: "I have b..."
yes i did that had bait of spare time
Where have the posts for mini challenge gone i can only see the one for spot the difference - unfortunately my eyesight is not good enough to even attempt that one
They are gone, I think. But you'll find them on the spreadsheet.
Ah sorry I think I missed a page so we're actually at:2 one's
1 two
2 three's
4 five's
2 six's
3 seven's
2 eight's
2 nine's
1 skip
2 reverse's
3 wild's
4 wild draw 4's
No more 4's needed!
COMPLETION POSTThe Cloning of Joanna May
17/04/2017
5 stars - this book is fabulous
Mini Challenge
I think this could fit team Ove "swimming" but the swimming is not necessarily done in a pool
refs " bathing in the waters of a trout farm " p 10
"and now carl was angry, swimming around in the water " (cooling pond of a nuclear power station)
there are also several references to going to the lido but they don't actually mention swimming
Team Augustus waters - it does contain the word flower p22 "she was taught the mastery of flower arrangement"
Team bones book with 7 and 2 in page number = 272 pages
Will traynor - book with a C
Main challenge
0 - standalone
1 character Oliver
2 character Tom
3 and 6 Character Hughie scotland
5 Isadore Holly
SKIP character Philip
Completion postWhen Breath Becomes Air
Mini challenge
Harry dresden over 10,000 reviews
Peeta Mellark main character dies
Main challenge
SKIP - author
7 character victoria
Marie wrote: "Completion postWhen Breath Becomes Air
Mini challenge
Harry dresden over 10,000 reviews
Peeta Mellark main character dies
Main challenge
SKIP - author
7 character victoria"
What did you think of it Marie? I have it on my TBR list.
Completion postKaleidoscope Hearts 16/4 2017
1 - 1st in series
3 - character Oliver Hart
6 - set in Santa Barbara
7 - character Victor
8 - character Estelle Reuben
SKIP - title
Mini challenge
Team Ove - Monday (page 24)
Team Elizabeth Bennett - K in BASKET
Team Augustus Waters - Tree (page 54), flower (page 141)
Team Robert Langdon - K in KITE
The Avery Shaw Experiment 17/4 2017
1 - 1st in series
2 - title
6 - character Avery Shaw
SKIP - author Kelly Oram
Mini challenge
Team Augustus Waters - Onion (loc 490), flower (loc 2620), juice (loc 2282)
Team Becky Bloomwood - A, S, K in PYSANKA (A - title, S - character Avery Shaw, K - author Kelly Oram)
Team Buttercup - 1st in series
Team Elizabeth Bennet - A, T in BASKET (A - title, T - title)
Team Ove - Monday (loc 1336)
Team Robert Langdon - K, T in KITE (K - author Kelly Oram, T - title)
Team Sybilla Bridgerton - characters go to a restaurant
Team Will Traynor - L, K in LUCK (L - character Libby, K - author Kelly Oram)
My next book is Ink & Lies0 - standalone
5 - title
6 - author S.L. Jennings
Mini challenge
Team Augustus Waters - peel (loc 434), tree (loc 292), flower (loc 836), juice (loc 234)
Team Becky Bloomwood - S, A in PYSANKA (S - author S.L. Jennings, A - character August)
Team Elizabeth Bennet - A in BASKET (A - character August)
Team Heatcliff - 308 pages
Team Mark Whitney - Easter (loc 1859)
Team Ove - Monday (loc 457)
Team Robert Langdon - I in KITE (I - title)
Team Sybilla Bridgerton - characters go to a cafe
Team Will Traynor - C in LUCK (C - character August Rhys Calloway)
1 one1 two
2 three's
3 five's
2 six's
2 seven's
2 nine's
1 skip
2 reverse's
3 wild's
4 wild draw 4's
No more 4's or 8's needed!
Caly ☯ wrote: "Marie wrote: "Completion postWhen Breath Becomes Air
Mini challenge
Harry dresden over 10,000 reviews
Peeta Mellark main character dies
Main challenge
SKIP - author
7 character v..."
I liked it but it was not as good as i expected, and i felt that you had to have some knowledge of medicine / science to really understand it (i was a nurse so had no trouble). It was a very easy read though took me 2 hours max
Marie wrote: "Caly ☯ wrote: "Marie wrote: "Completion postWhen Breath Becomes Air
o..."
Thanks Marie! Appreciate the insight.
Completion postInk & Lies 19/4 2017
5 - title
6 - author S.L. Jennings
Mini challenge
Team Augustus Waters - peel (loc 434), tree (loc 292), flower (loc 836), juice (loc 234)
Team Becky Bloomwood - S, A in PYSANKA (S - author S.L. Jennings, A - character August)
Team Elizabeth Bennet - A in BASKET (A - character August)
Team Heatcliff - 308 pages
Team Mark Whitney - Easter (loc 1859)
Team Ove - Monday (loc 457)
Team Robert Langdon - I in KITE (I - title)
Team Sybilla Bridgerton - characters go to a cafe
Team Will Traynor - C in LUCK (C - character August Rhys Calloway)
Completion PostI haven't posted in a long while so it's going to be a big one. Sadly only one book is started after 15th and can be used for mini-challenge.
Etched in Bone on 8-Apr
5 - fifth in series
6 - character's name starts with s (Simon)
8 - title starts with E
9 - character's name starts with N (Nathan)
The Night Mark on 10-Apr
0 - standalone
2 - author's name starts with T
4 - character's name starts with F (Faye)
9 - title starts with N
Beautiful Redemption on 13-Apr
2 - second book in series
6 - set in San Diego
7 - character's name starts with V (Val)
Blade Song on 15-Apr (started before mini challenge)
1 - first in series
Skip - character's name starts with K (Kit)
The Gospel of Loki on 17-Apr (started before mini challenge)
0 - standalone
2 - title starts with T
3 - author's surname starts with H
6 - character's name starts with S (Sigyn)
Completion PostPleasure Cruise on 16-Apr
0 - character's surname starts with Z (Dominik Zakharov)
1 - first in series
Skip - title starts with P
Mini challenge:
Becky Bloomwood - P (title), K (character Kira)
Buttercup - first in series
Ove - water on the cover
Peeta Mellark - there is a scene where Claire and Braden (MCs) dance
Will Traynor - K (char Kira), C (char Claire),
Completion Post
0 - stand alone
Skip - Author last name
Wild + Wild Draw 4
3 - title
6 - Author last name
Wild + Wild Draw 4
7 - character last name Vaughn
0 - stand alone
6 - author last name
Easter:
Becky Bloomwood - N (title), S (author)
My next book is No Time Like Forever6 - 6th in series
9 - title
Mini challenge
Augustus Waters - onion (page 129), tree (page 90), flower (page 46), juice (page 194)
Becky Bloomwood - Y, N in PYSANKA (Y - author Zoe York, N - title)
Ove - Monday (page 101)
COMPLETIONThe Girl Who Stole the Apple
19/04/2017
Mini Challenge
Team Rachel Watson - thriller
Main challenge
0 character Zoe
6 character Sam
Bluebell Hollow 18/04/2017
will fit B of basket in mini challenge
Main challenge
2 - character tom
3 character Fred Hassell
6 character Margaret Stanley
7 character Sheila Vickers
Alissa wrote: "Completion Post0 - stand alone
Skip - Author last name
Wild + Wild Draw 4
[bookcover:Hidden Figur..."
Hi Alissa, did you start But what if we're wrong or Hidden Figures before 15th April? If you didn't I can fit them in the mini challenge
Team Becky Bloomwood here to brighten up your day.Now go ahead and have yourselves a happy holiday!
Main challenge update- not many hands to go!The main cards we need are:
2 reverse's
1 five
1 nine
All the rest are Wilds or wild draw 4's so we should be able to cover them anyway
For the mini challenge we're a bit all over the place. We'll get more points if we stick to the challenges that only need 3 books read, otherwise we're reading a lot of extra books that aren't going to get us the bonus points. The spreadsheet is up to date so can we try and read books that will fit the nearly finished hands.
We've got:
Read a book with a U
Read a book where the genre on the main page in Goodreads is Suspense
Read a book where the genre on the main page in Goodreads is Crime
Read a book with over 500 000 ratings
Read a book with an important character is younger than 15
Completion PostSilence Fallen on 19-Apr
5 - character's name starts with I (Iacopo)
For mini challenge
Augustus Waters - tree (loc 774 "..around a tree..."), flower (loc 2804 "...more flower gardens..."), petal (loc 3564 "...of rose petals...")
Bones - set in Italy (partially, around 50%),
Liesel Meminger - has a couple of witches as side characters,
Mark Watney - Easter in text (loc 2468 "...the Easter bunny incident...")
Completion PostJax and the Beanstalk Zombies on 20-Apr
1 - first in series
2 - character's surname starts with T (Jax Taylor)
4 - Author's surname starts with F
7 - character's name starts with V (Veronica)
Skip - character's surname starts with K (Veronica Kwon)
Mini challenge:
Robert Langdon - K (char surname Kwon), T (char surname Taylor)
Buttercup - first in series
Becky Bloomwood - A (author), K (char surname Kwon),
Augustus Waters - tree (loc 102 "...a dead tree..."), peel (loc 710 "... she'd peel off..."),
Completion posySomething You Are
20/04/2017
Mini challenge
Augustus Waters
"juice" in text p109 "drinking orange juice in a can"
Becky Bloomwood - I am assuming when it says book with an S it means title starting with S if it includes character - P = Pat Dyer
Buttercup - first in a series
Peeta Mellark - main character Pat Dyer dies
Rachel Watson - MPG crime Mystery Thriller
Rose Hathaway - funeral take place
Sybilla - characters go to a cafe "Brinks had gone into a cafe and sat down ...It was a while before i followed him p114
Main challenge
1 - first in series
3 Author first name
8 character Edie
9 - character Nic
SKIP character Pat Dyer
Rachael wrote: "Main challenge update- not many hands to go!The main cards we need are:
2 reverse's
1 five
1 nine
All the rest are Wilds or wild draw 4's so we should be able to cover them anyway
For the min..."
I will finish my current book today or tomorrow and it works for 9 and 5 (among others).
Next I will read The Art of Racing in the Rain which Marie has read so put me down for one of the Reverses .
8-)
Completion postNo Time Like Forever 20/4 2017
6 - 6th in series
9 - title
Mini challenge
Augustus Waters - onion (page 129), tree (page 90), flower (page 46), juice (page 194)
Becky Bloomwood - Y, N in PYSANKA (Y - author Zoe York, N - title)
Ove - Monday (page 101)
Next I'll read Paper Princess which Dragana and Ozana have read, so that can cover the other Reverse we have left:)Mini challenge
Augustus Waters - peel (loc 1375), tree (loc 139), flower (loc 1393), juice (loc 1100)
Becky Bloomwood - P, K in PYSANKA (P - title, K - author Elle Kennedy)
Buttercup - 1st in series
Team Robert Langdon - K, E in KITE (K, E - author Elle Kennedy)
Completion PostHer Best Friend's Lover on 20-Apr
0 - standalone
3 - title starts with H
6 - author's name starts with S
Mini challenge:
Augustus Waters - onion (loc 3075 "...Slicing an onion..."), tree (loc1767 "...every bush and tree..."), flower (loc283 "...every single flower...")
Becky Bloomwood - S (author's name),
Liesel Meminger - grey cover?
Sybilla (Billie) Bridgerton - MCs go on a date and have dinner in restaurant
Completion Post.Analfabeten som kunne regne by Jonas Jonasson.
Cards.
9. Character Nombeko.
Mini challenge.
Becky Bloomwood. S - Set mostly in Sweden.
A - Title.
Liesel Meminger. There is a fire in chapter 15 where several houses burn down.
Mercy Thompson. There is a president who makes several appearances. He isn't a major character, but he is important. Hope that counts. President Hu Jintao of China.
Completion Post A Natural History of Dragons
works for :
5 - character Isabelle
9 - title
7 - location Vystrana
and Reverse ( I forgot about this one) Marie has read it.
For the mini challenge -
Read a book where a MC dies - Jacob Isabelle's husband dies
Read a book where there is a fire - location 3750 (kindle) - " Jacob? There is a fire."
We've pretty much finished the main challenge so don't need to worry about that now.We're still all over the place on the mini challenge so we're not picking up the extra points that we really need to make up for all the 0 points we got with the Draw 2 cards.
We will get more points if we read the following:
Read a book set in Germany
Read a Book with chocolate on the cover
Read a book with over 500 000 ratings
Read a book with an important character is younger than 15
Read a book with a grey cover
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 the characters dance
Read a book based during the 5th - 15th century
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
Read a book with pots or pans on the cover
Read a book where a character is a cook or a chef
Read a book with a U
Can any of you read books that will fit with these?
I've got one that would fit the grey cover so I'll read that next and that will finish off the Liesel hand
Rachael wrote: "We've pretty much finished the main challenge so don't need to worry about that now.We're still all over the place on the mini challenge so we're not picking up the extra points that we really ne..."
I am going to read Dark Places next. Works for:
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
Maybe something else.
After that I will try to focus on other tasks from your list.
I'll read one with over 500000 ratings. It can also work for character under 15 if anyone else takes the ratings one.
Brilliant- you stars!!Priority books are:
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 with a U
Next most important are:
Read a book with over 500 000 ratings
Read a book with an important character is younger than 15
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 the characters dance
Read a book based during the 5th - 15th century
Read a book with pots or pans on the cover
Read a book where a character is a cook or a chef
Next I can- Read a book with a U
- Read a book where a character is a cook or a chef
- Read a book that contains the word egg in the text or title
- Read a book where the characters dance
When I pick my next book, I'll check if any of these tasks are already taken or if you've put my name on one them.
I can also read a book set in Italy if we need that task eventually.
One question about task for word egg. Can it be plural? Almost every book has plural "eggs" but I can't find "egg" anywhere...
I'm doing the 100000 ratings now and then I'll do the 15 years old thing afterwards.
Dragana wrote: "One question about task for word egg. Can it be plural? Almost every book has plural "eggs" but I can't find "egg" anywhere..."I've asked so will let you know
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finished 4/16/17
Read for 8 Green - Setting is Egg Fork and cover is definitely green
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