Team Buttercup

[Caroline]

Okay guys, if everyone reads/finishes the books they`ve said they could do for part two, then we`ll have enough to complete that part. We`re looking good for our UNO cards too with only 19 left now.

This is important though! I have to write the reason the book works for each task in the spreadsheet. So, for example, if you wrote ``this book works for Read a book with a young man as the main character`` I need to know his name. So please be specific :D

After you read a book, if you could add more tasks that will work that would be great too. We have several books with the same single task (young man/woman as protagonist and first published in July)

If you don`t think you are actually going to get to a book you said for Part 2, that`s fine, but please let me know ASAP.

[Jess]

Good job, everyone!

Thanks Caroline and Kate S for keeping us on track :)

[Caroline]

Okay guys we are pretty much finished with Part 2 of the challenge!

We have 17 choices marked out (2 backups), with 12 of the chosen books already completed and the remaining 5 marked as currently reading. We only need 3 of those 5 remaining books to be finished and we are done! Nice work team!

Also we are down to 14 UNO cards left.

Now we just need to get cracking on Part 1 on the mini-challenge. Jess gave me an excellent idea when she said she was going to look at what other teams were doing for the mini-challenge. This lead me to check out our Valentine team`s challenge spreadsheet and I found two books that will work for me. There are probably a dozen books they`ve read in the last week that aren`t part of their UNO card spread. Very helpful.

[Ashlee]

Are we able to read what they read after the mini challenge started?

[Caroline]

Ashlee wrote: "Are we able to read what they read after the mini challenge started?"

Yes, as long as they finish it in February then it`ll count

[Jess]

When exactly does the mini challenge/February end? I know Feb started at like 6pm Feb 1st for my timezone and again at like 6pm for the mini challenge, so I was wondering if the same applies for when it ticks over to March?

[Caroline]

It'll be the same - Here is the official countdown clock

That being said, everyone needs to have their comments fully updated by then (at the absolute latest) as well. Kate and I have 24 hours after that to lock in our spreadsheet. Changes afterwards won't be accepted.

make sure your books are on your UNO shelves as well!

[Jess]

Thanks :)
I'll be sure to update Goodreads and this thread asap when I'm finishing my books over the next few days so hopefully you won't have heaps of work to do last minute lol.

[Bob]

Hey y'all, it's early, but here's my March reading plan... subject to change as always.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs**READ 3/3/17**
1 – First in a series, Character OLIVE
3 – Character HORACE
4 – Character FIONA
8 – Character EMMA
Skip – Character Alma Lefay PEREGRINE
Reverse – Stephanie’s read it

The Melancholy of Mechagirl by Catherynne M. Valente **READ 3/6/17**
0 – standalone
5 - Character Inari
7 – Author Catherynne M. VALENTE
8 - Character ELEFSIS
9 - Character NEVA
SKIP - Character Ko

Importing Diversity by David McConnell **READ 3/09/17**
0 - Standalone

Mort by Terry Pratchett **READ 3/11/17**
2 – Author TERRY Practchett
4 - #4 in a series
Skip – Author Terry PRATCHETT

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness **READ 3/16/17**
0 - Standalone
3 - Character HENNA
6 - Character Jared SHURIN
SKIP - author PATRICK Ness

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai **READ 3/20**
0 – standalone
1 – Author OSAMU Dazai
Reverse – Genna’s read it

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler **READ 3/28/17**
1 - #1 in the Philip Marlowe series
3 - character HARRY Jones
6 - character Carmen STERNWOOD
7 - character VIVIAN Regan
8 - character EDDIE Mars
9 - character NORRIS
SKIP - character PHILIP Marlowe

The Princess Bride by William Goldman **READ 3/31/17**
0 - Standalone
5 - Character Inigo Montoya
Reverse - Caroline's read it
MINI-CHALLENGE - Character Buttercup

A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin *READING
1- Character Osha
2- Character TYRION Lannister, second in a series
3- Character HODOR
4- Character Walder FREY
5- Character ILYN Payne
6- Character Jon Snow… or any of the STARK family
7- Character VARYS
9- Character NYMERIA
Skip- Character Podrick Payne
Reverse- Caroline has read it

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
1 – First in a series (I guess there’s going to be a sequel?)
7 – Author Catherynne M. VALENTE
Skip – Character Koschia
Reverse – Caroline’s read it

Lord of Light by Roger Zelzany
0 – Author Roger ZELZANY, standalone
Reverse – Caroline’s read it

Thinking, Fast & Slow - Daniel Kahneman
0 - Standalone
SKIP - author Daniel KAHNEMAN

[Jess]

You're onto it, Bob!

I'll probably post my March list once we tick over into March itself... so by this time tomorrow I guess haha.

[Ashlee]

MARCH READING PLAN

Salt to the Sea FINISHED 3/8/17
0 - Standalone
3 - character name "Heinz"
4 - character name "Florian"
5 - character name "Ingrid"
6 - title
7 - character last name "Valkas"
8 - character "Emilia"
Skip - character name "Klaus"
Reverse - read by Stephanie"

Cross Kill FINISHED 3/10/17
3 - character first name "Henna"
6 - character last name "Sampson"
7 - character first name "Virginia"
9 - character nickname "Nana Mama"
Skip - author last name "Patterson"

Bang Bang FINISHED 3/13/17
0 - standalone
2 - character nickname "Tex"
6 - character first name "Sergio"
7 - author's surname
9 - character first name "Nixon"
Skip - character first name "Phoenix"

Me Before You FINISHED 3/19/17
1 - 1st in series
2 - character last name "Traynor"
6 - character first name "Steven"
8 - set in England
9 - character first name "Nathan"
Skip - character first name "Patrick"
Reverse - read by Raahil
Read for mini challenge team name

Hamlet FINISHED 3/22/17 (started 2/21/17)
1 - character first name "Ophelia"
3 - title
4 - character first name "Fortinbras"
6 - author "Shakespeare"
Skip - character "Polonius"
Reverse - read by Jess

The Help FINISHED 3/23/17
0 - standalone
3 - title
4 - character surname "Foote"
6 - author's surname
8 - character "Elizabeth"
Skip - author's first name
Reverse - read by Raahil

Baking is Murder FINISHED 3/24/17
1 - 1st in series
2 - character first name "Tania"
3 - character last name "Henderson"
6 - set in Springdale
Skip - author's first name "Kathy"
Mini-Challenge: B-Baking is Murder (title), C-Cranston (author's last name), D-Daly (character last name), J-Jessie (character first name), M-Martin (character last name), L-Lloyd (character first name)

Knitting is Murder FINISHED 3/26/17
2 - character first name "Tania"
3 - character last name "Henderson"
6 - set in Springdale
Skip - author's first name "Kathy"
Mini-Challenge: B-Bee's Bakehouse (series), C-Cranston (author's last name),D-Daly (character last name), J-Jessie (character first name), M-Martin (character last name), W-Waverly (character last name)

Chosen
1 - 1st in Series
2 - character last name "Thompson"
6 - author's last name "Swank"
8 - character first name "Emma"
Mini challenge - name scavenger hunt "Will"
C-Chosen (title), D-Davenport (character's last name), J-Jake (character's name), W-Will (character's name)

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
1 - 1st in series
Reverse - read by Kate

Rock Chick
1 - 1st in series
3 - character "Henry"
5 - character "India"
8 - character "Eddie"
9 - surname "Nightingale"

[Kate S]

Currently Reading:
March Reading Plan:

Read:
(view spoiler)[My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
Read: 3/4/17
0 (stand alone)
1 (author surname)
2 (character surname: Jane Takagi-Little)

The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela
Read: 3/4/17
0 (stand alone)
1 (character: Oz)
2 (title: The)
5 (character Ian)
9 (character: Natasha)
Skip (title: Kindness)

The Nix by Nathan Hill
Read: 3/4/17
0 (stand alone)
2 (title: The)
3 (author: Hill)
4 (character: Faye)
6 (character: Samuel)
9 (title: Nix)
Skip (character: Pwange)

Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz
Read: March 5
0 (stand alone)
3 (title: Heads)
5 (character: Ilsa)
Skip (character: Paul)

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger
Read: 3/5/17
0 (stand alone)
2 (title: Tribe)
6 (author: Sebastian)
note: This one is non-fiction, so no real characters, sorry.

The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville
Read: 3/6/17
0 (stand alone)
2 (title: The)
6 (character: Sam)
9 (setting: New Paris)
Skip (character: Jack Parsons)

Waiting by Ha Jin
Read: March 7
0 (stand alone)
3 (author name)
6 (character: Shuyu)
Skip (character: Lin Kong)

The Informant by James Grippando
Read: March 7
0 (stand alone)
2 (title: The)
5 (title: Informant)
7 (character: Victoria)
Skip (Michael Posten)

The Free by Willy Vlautin
Read: March 8
0 (stand alone)
2 (title: The)
3 (character: Pauline Hawkins)
4 (title: Free)
7 (author: Vlautin)
Skip (character: Pauline Hawkins)

The Hidden Letters of Velta B. by Gina Ochsner
Date: 3/10/17
0 (stand alone)
1 (author: Ochsner)
2 (title: The)
3 (title: Hidden)
5 (character: Inara)
7 (character: Velta)
***Green cover

A Son of the Circus by John Irving
Date: 3/10/17
0 (stand alone)
4 (character: Farrokh)
5 (author: Irving)
6 (title: Son)

Agenda 21 by Glenn Beck
Date: 3/10/17
1 (#1 in series)
8 (Emmeline)

Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
Read: 3/13/17
1 (series)
3 (character: Henry)
4 (character: Fluerette)
9 (character: Norma)
Skip (character: Kopp sisters)

The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison
Read: 3/13/17
1 (series)
2 (title: The)
6 (title: Skull)
8 (author: Eliot)
Skip (author: Pattison)

Invasive by Chuck Wendig
Read: 3/14/17
2 (series)
3 (character: Hannah)
5 (title)
6 (character Stander)
8 (character: Ez)

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
Date: 3/14/17
0 (stand alone)
3 (author: Hawley)
6 (character: Scott)
8 (character: Emma)
9 (author: Noah)

Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
Date: 3/18
0 (stand alone)
6 (author: Sebald)
started before mini challenge

The Ladies of Missalonghi by Colleen McCullough
Date: 3/18
0 (stand alone)
1 (character: Octavia)
2 (title)
3 (character: Hurlingford)
6 (character: Smith)
9 (character: Neville)
Skip (character: Portia)
MINI CHALLENGE: character scavenger hunt: Buttercup (a cow) or Neville

In The Name of Honor by Richard North Patterson
Date: 3/19
0 (stand alone)
2 (character: Terry)
5 (title: In)
Skip (author surname)
MINI CHALLENGE: character scavenger hunt: Kate
scrabble A (character: Anthony), B (character: Brian), D (character: D'Abruzzo), I (title), J (character: Joe), K (character: Kate), M (character: McCarran), P (author surname), T (character: Terry)

The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Date: 3/20
0 (stand alone)
2 (title: The)
4 (character: Francie)
6 (author surname)
7 (character: Vinnie)
9 (title: Nest)
Skip (characters: Plumb family)
MINI CHALLENGE: character scavenger hunt: Jack
scrabble: B (character: Beatrice), F (character: Francie), J (character: Jack), L (character: Leo), M (character: Melody), N (title), S (author), T (title)

The Man of Feeling by Javier Marías
Date: 3/20
0 (stand alone)
2 (title)
9 (character: Natalia)
MINI CHALLENGE: J (author: Javier), M (author: Marias), N (character: Natalia), T (title: The)

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
Date: 3/20
1 (character: Owen)
2 (title: The)
3 (character: Holland)
4 (series)
6 (character: Simmington)
8 (character: Elsie)
9 (character: Nash)
MINI CHALLENGE: Part 1: A Book by the author of a team name: Agatha Christie wrote the Hercule Poirot Books.
scrabble: A (character: Aimee), B (character: Burton), E (character: Elsie), F (charcter: Florence), H (character: Hunter), J (character: Jerry), M (character: Megan), N (character: Nash), O (character: Owen), P (character: Pye), R (character: Richard), S (character: Simmington), W (character: Woddell)

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Date: 3/23/17
0 (stand alone)
4 (character: Finch)
5 (character: Israel)
6 (character: Swede)
8 (author: Enger)
9 (character: Dr. Nokes)
Skip (title: Peace)
MINI CHALLENGE: A (character Andeerson), D (character: Davy), E (author), F (character: Finch), J (character: Jeremiah), L (author), N (characer: Nokes), P (title), S (character: Swede)

The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
Date: 3/25/17
0 (stand alone)
2 (title)
6 (character: Sharon)
7 (character: Vaught)
Skip (character: Kisses)
MINI CHALLENGE: A (title), K (author), M (character: Mel), S (character: Sharon), T (title), W (author)

The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Date: 3/26/17
0 (stand alone)
2 (title)
3 (author: Hollinghurst)
9 (character: Nick)
MINI CHALLENGE: character scavenger hunt: Rachel

Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
Date: 3/25/17
3 (series)
6 (character: Strike)
8 (character: Ellacott)
MINI CHALLENGE: Approved for Part 1: Author of the Harry Potter books

The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
1 (series)
2 (title)
8 (author: Ellroy)
MINI CHALLENGE: B (title), E (author), J (author), L (character: Lee), T (title) (hide spoiler)]

Vernon God Little by D.B.C. Pierre
Date: March 28
0 (stand alone)
7 (title: Vernon)
8 (character: Ella)
9 (character: Navarro)
Skip (author: Pierre)
This is a very RED book (over 70% according to tineye)
MINI CHALLENGE: D (author), E (Ella), J (character: Jesus), L (character: Lally), N (Navarro)

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Date: 3/28/17
4 (character: Franny)
Skip: author
MINI CHALLENGE: A (author), B (character: Bert), F (character: Franny), K (Keating family), P (author)

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
2 (series)
3 (character: Haflis)
5 (author: Ian)
9 (character: Nicosar)
Skip (title)
MINI CHALLENGE: B (character: Bourelal), H (Haflis), I (Ian), J (Jernau Morat Gurgeh), N (Nicosar), P (title: Player), T (title: The), Y (character Yay)

Tuesday Nights in 1980 by Molly Prentiss
0 (stand alone)
1 (title: 1)
2 (title: Tuesday)
8 (title: 8)
9 (title: 9)
Skip (author)
MINI CHALLENGE: M (author), P (author), T (title)

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z.Z. Packer
0 (stand alone)
1 (character: Octavia)
2 (character: Tia)
3 (character: Mrs. Hedy)
6 (character: Snot)
8 (character: Elsie
Skip (author: Packer)
this is a short story collection, so there should be a few characters to choose from
MINI CHALLENGE: A (Arnetta), B (Ray Bivens), D (title), E (Elsie), H (Heidi), M (Marcelle), Y (Doris Yates)

[Caroline]

Glad to see everyone is so enthusiastic about getting March off to a good start.

I have one important announcement for March. This month we will have 8 special color cards included with our regular UNO cards.

We will have a:
7 Green
2 Yellow
8 Blue
7 Red
1 Yellow
5 Red
2 Blue
5 Green

This means that in addition to meeting the criteria for the number, the cover for the book used (whichever edition you are using is fine) also has to be 50% or more of that color. These cards are worth an extra 10 points and are scattered throughout our hands, so it`s very important that we finish them.

Some books, like The Help are very obvious for what color they are. If you`re unsure of a book you can use this website here. The shade of the color doesn`t matter.

So when you are writing the UNO cards for your March books please write the color underneath any books that will work as well. Let me know if you have any questions.

[Caroline]

March books:

READ
The Alchemaster's Apprentice
2 (Character: Theodore T. Theodore), 5 (5th in a series), 7 (Characters: Vlad the First - Vlad the Thousand Four Hundred and Thirty-Eighth), 8 (Character: Echo), YELLOW
March 8th

How to Train Your Dragon (30774 words)
1 (first in series), 2 (Character: Toothless), 3 (Character: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III), 4 (Character: Fishlegs), 5 (Location: Isle of Berk), 6 (Character: Stoick the Vast), 8 (Character: Old Wrinkly), RED
March 8th

The Enchanted
0 (Stand alone), 2 (Title starts wtih T), 8 (Title starts with E), Reverse (Bob)
BLUE (84.3 % Atomic Blue)
March 9th

Mort
2 (Author: Terry), 4 (#4 in a series), 5 (Character: Isabella), Skip (Author: Pratchett)
March 11th

The Graveyard Book
0 (Stand alone), 1 (Character: Ownes), 2 (Title starts wtih T), 9 (Author: Neil), Reverse (Bob)
Mini-challenge part 1
BLUE
March 17th

How to Be a Pirate (27308 words)
2 (Character: Toothless), 3 (Character: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III), 4 (Character: Fishlegs), 5 (Location: Isle of Berk), 6 (Character: Stoick the Vast), 8 (Character: Old Wrinkly)
GREEN
A (Character: Alvin the Treacherous), G (Gobber the Belch)
March 17th

Tehanu
2 (title begins with T), 4 (4th in a series), 6 (Character: Sparrowhawk), Reverse (Jess)
U (Author: Ursula), L (Author: Le Guin), E (Series: Earthsea), G (Character: Ged), M (Character: Moss)
March 20th

How to Speak Dragonese (27703 words)
2 (Character: Toothless), 3 (Character: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III), 4 (Character: Fishlegs), 6 (Character: Stoick)
A (Character: Alvin the Treacherous), G (Gobber the Belch)
March 20th

Dealing with Dragons
1 (first in a series), 2 (Character: Therandil), 8 (Location: Enchanted Forest), Skip (Author: Patricia)
K (Character: Kazul), C (Character: Cimorene) A (Character: Alianora), W (Author: Wrede), M (Character: Morwen), Z (Character: Zemenar), E (Series: Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
March 21st

Searching for Dragons
2 (2nd in a series), 8 (Location: Enchanted Forest), Skip (Author: Patricia)
M (Character: Mendenbar), Z (Character: Zemenar), K (Character: Kazul), C (Character: Cimorene), W (Author: Wrede), S (Title), T (Character: Telemain), E (Series: Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
March 22nd

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
1 (first in a series), 6 (Character: Susan), 8 (Location: England), Reverse (Kate)
R (Character: Richard), D (title), A (author)
March 23rd

Pyramids
2 (Character: Teppicamon XVII), 7 (7th in a series), Skip (title starts with P),
D (Character: Dios) M (Character:Maldito), B (Character: Broncalo,) K (Character: Koomi)
March 26th

Calling on Dragons
2 (Character: Telemain), 3 (3rd in a series), 6 (Character: Scorn), Skip (Author: Patricia)
M (Character: Morwen), Z (Character: Zemenar), K (Character: Kazul), C (Character: Cimorene), W (Author: Wrede), E (Series: Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
March 26th

Reaper Man
2 (Author: Terry), Skip (Author: Pratchett)
D (Character: DEATH), R (Character: Renata)
March 28th

The Color of Magic
1 (1st in a series), 2 (Character: Twoflower)
R (Character: Rincewind)
March 31st

[Jess]

MARCH PLAN

The Vile Village Cards:
1 - character Olaf
3 - character Hector
5 - character Isadora
6 - character Sunny
7 - 7th in series
Skip - character Klaus
Book completed March 5

The Hostile Hospital Cards:
1 - character Olaf
3 - character Hal
6 - character Sunny
7 - character Violet
8 - 8th in series
skip - character Klaus
Book completed March 7

The Carnivorous Carnival Cards:
1 - character Olaf
3 - character Hugo
6 - character Sunny
7 - character Violet
8 - character Esme
9 - 9th in series
Skip - character Klaus
Book completed March 11

The Deep Cards:
0 - stand-alone book
3 - character Young Harrah
6 - character Sennred
7 - character the Visitor
Book completed March 16

The Slippery Slope Cards:
1 - character Olaf
6 - character Sunny
7 - character Violet
8 - character Esme
Skip - character Klaus
Book completed March 18

Primal Waters Cards:
2 - character Jonas Taylor
3 - 3rd in series
6 - author Steve
Skip - title Primal Waters

Dracula Cards:
56% RED COVER!!!
0 - stand-alone book
3 - character Jonathan Harker
6 - character Dr Seward
7 - character Van Helsing
Complete

Wolves of the Calla Cards:
5 - fifth in the series
6 - author name Stephen; character name Susannah
8 - character name Eddie
Skip - author name King
Not completed

The Fellowship of the Ring Cards:
(I couldn't resist a re-read lol)
1 - 1st in series
4 - character Frodo
6 - character Samwise
Skip - character Pippin
Reverse - someone else has read this surely lol, I can double check when I've finished it if we need to use it for reverse :)
Not completed

[Jess]

Ooh, we have colours now! I'll have a look at the editions I have and add in any colours they will work for :)

[Stephanie]

March Reading :

Read :
Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson
0 - stand alone
4 - Title starting with F
BLUE
Part 2 (Lettters : A, B, C, E, F, G, I, J, K, M, N, R, S, V, W, X, Y)
Title : Frank with Me, Author : Julia Claiborne Johnson; Characters : Frank Banning, Alice Whitley, Mr. Vargas, Mimi Gillespie, Xander)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
0 - stand alone
4 - Title starting with F
7 - Character name Victor
8 - Character name Elizabeth
Reverse - Genna read it
Part 1 Scavenger hunt character names in books : "Elizabeth"
Part 2 (Lettters : A, E. F, H, L, M, N, R, Y)
Title : Frankenstein, Author : Mary Shelley; Characters : Victor Frankenstein, Elizabeth Lavenza, Henry Clerval, Robert Walton)

[Caroline]

Okay guys we finished February out with a grand total of 2,242 points! We finished all of our UNO cards (with books to spare) and managed 70% of the mini-challenge!

This month we`ll have 90 regular cards and 8 colored cards to do, as well as whatever they throw at us for the March mini, but it looks like we`re already off to a good start :D

[Emma]

March plan:
Big Little Lies
0: standalone
Reverse: Read by Caroline

The Hypnotist's Love Story
Red cover
8 character Ellen
Skip: Patrick
3: Title
0: Standalone

Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Finished 14/3
0: Standalone
3: Character Molly Hayes

I've Got Your Number - Challenge part 1
Author: Sophie Kinsella
0: Standalone
Skip: Character Poppy Wyatt
6: Character Sam Roxton

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Scavenger hunt
Character: Ron Weasley
3: Book 3 in series
6: Character Snape
4: Character Fred Weasley
9: Character Neville Longbottom
Skip: Character Harry Potter

Matilda - Scavenger hunt
0: Standalone
2: Character Miss Trunchbull
3: Character Miss Honey

[Kate S]

Hey team! Hope everyone is doing well. I have not finished a book yet for March, but will finish 4-5 on Saturday. I have a handful in progress and library due dates are driving my reading right now.

I did find a book which will qualify for a green 7:

ETA: 88.9% dark cyan (green) according to tinyeye

[Caroline]

Nice Kate! I've got both blues and the yellow 2, so that's half of the colored cards found only 3 days in :D

[Jess]

Lol Kate, sometimes library due dates are exactly what you need to get a move on!

Good job with our February books, everyone! :)

[Kate S]

Jess wrote: "Lol Kate, sometimes library due dates are exactly what you need to get a move on!

Good job with our February books, everyone! :)"

I agree. I don't check out a lot of *new* books, but recently my books have had no renewals on them, so the due dates have become more of a factor than in previous months. :)

[Bob]

I'll be reading Clash of Kings, which is pretty much all yellow, and counts for one. Huzzah.

[Kate S]

Hope you enjoy it, Bob!

[Raahil]

MARCH !!!
Read:

Beautiful Ruins
0 - Stand-alone
5 - Place (Italy)
6 - Place (Seattle - Sandpoint)
Skip - has a character with first name starting with 'P' (Pasquale)
Reverse - read by Kate.S

Christmas in Venice
0 - Stand-alone
1 - has a character with first name starting with 'O' (Olivia)
2 - authors surname starting with T (Taylor)
7 - place (Venice, Italy)
BLUE >63% shades of blue

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Cards:
1 - is book 1 in a series
2 - title starting with 'T'
3 - title starting with 'H'
4 - has a character with first name starting with 'F' (Ford Perfect)
Skip - has a character with surname starting with 'P' (Ford Perfect)
Reverse - read by Kate. S
BLUE >90% shades of blue

[Jess]

Oh man... it's been a while since I've given up on a book, but I'm considering it with The Deep. It's just not grabbing me. But at the same time I'm like, I'm halfway through, and I'm behind in my reading goals, so I don't want to just abandon it haha. My current plan is to set it aside until the weekend then give it one last shot. Hate these feels haha.

[Kate S]

Books like that can be a big bummer to your reading plan! Sorry you're not enjoying it. Hopefully, you pick up something you can love for the next couple of days.

[Caroline]

Okay guys good job getting the color covers. The only one we have left to get is the Red 7!

We'll be starting out next mini-challenge next week, so I'd like to have the spreadsheet fully updated by Monday. Thanks and keep up the good reading!

[Kate S]

The March Mini-Challenge is now up!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We can't start reading for this until the 15th (countdown clock: here), but that doesn't mean we can't start planning for this next point boost!

[Caroline]

Okay! So the mini-challenge has two parts again this month and we`re going to run it pretty much like we did last month. This time we only need to read 16 books to finish PART 1 of this challenge.

All normal UNO rules apply and books can again be counted for both the mini-challenge and a normal UNO card (so please update your original comments as necessary for that). Only books started after the mini-challenge begins will count towards it (see Kate`s above comment).

PART 1 As a team
This has three parts:

1. Read 5 books by an author of one of the team names for 15 points each
Note: Individual team members can only read each author once. It is ok if more than one team member reads the same author. So both Kate and I could read two Gaimen books together, but Kate herself couldn`t read two.

♣ The authors are: J. D. Robb, Emily Brontë, Patricia Briggs, Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, Abigail Roux, Madeleine Urban, Markus Zusak, J.K. Rowling, Suzanne Collins, Ilona Andrews, Dan Brown, Andy Weir, Jim Butcher, Paula Hawkins, Stephen King, Fredrick Backman, John Green, Richelle Mead, Julia Quinn, Sophie Kinsella, Jojo Moyes, Neil Gaimen, Jeaniene Frost, and last but not least William Goldman.

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

♣ The books are: Pride and Prejudice, Stardust, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Princess Bride, Moon Called, Vampire Academy, Cut & Run, Wuthering Heights, The Shining, Naked in Death, The Book Thief, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Hunger Games, Magic Bites, The Da Vinci Code, The Martian, Storm Front, The Girl on the Train, A Man Called Ove, The Fault in Our Stars, Because of Miss Bridgerton, Me Before You, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Halfway to the Grave

3. Scavenger hunt character names in books. Find the first name of one of the characters from our team names for 5 points each. One name per book, maximum of 10 books. Each name must be different (i.e. 10 different names need to be 'hunted')

♣The names are: Augustus Waters, Becky Bloomwood, Bones, Buttercup, Elizabeth Bennet, Eve Dallas, Harry Dresden, Heathcliff, Hercule Poirot, Jack Torrance, Kate Daniels, Liesel Meminger, Mark Watney, Mercy Thompson, Ove, Peeta Mellark, Rachel Watson, Robert Langdon, Ron Weasley, Rose Hathaway, Sybilla (Billie) Bridgerton, Ty & Zane, Will Traynor, and Yvaine

♣ Where one of our team names is a series book, you can take a character from any book within that series. For example, if you find Sirius that is ok as that is from Harry Potter (Team Ron Weasley) <----- IMPORTANT

♣ "Characters" means as per usual UNO character rules. They do not need to be listed on GR (because most character's aren't)

♣ The name needs to be the name the character is known by. If they are known as two names in their book (Sybillia and Billie) you can find either. Where they are known as one name (Mercy, not Mercedes) you can only find the name they are known as

♣ The name needs to be in context as a proper name. So finding the word "bones" in a book which is not a persons name will not count

♣ You can read the books the names derive from to find a name if you like

♣ Only one name per book, but you can use the name more than once. So if 3 of your team want to read books that all have the name "Ron" in them that is ok


Progress report - I will cross out books as they are finished.

♣ Read 5 books by an author of one of the team names for 15 points each. MAX 5
Caroline: The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
Kate: Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
Kate: The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
Emma: I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
Jess: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

♣ Read one book that is one of the team names for 30 points. MAX 1
Ashlee: Me Before You

♣ Scavenger hunt character names in books. MAX 10
1. Kate: Rachel in The Line of Beauty
2. Kate: Jack in The Nest
3. Kate: Neville or Buttercup in The Ladies of Missalonghi
4. Emma: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
5. Jess: Tristan in Stardust
6. Jess: Mercy in Moon Called
7. Jess: Harry in Storm Front
8. Jess: Rose in Spirit Bound
9. Jess: Mark in The Servants
10. Kate: Kate in In The Name of Honor
11. (Backup) Caroline: Susan (from Harry Dresden) in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
12. (Backup) Stephanie Elizabeth in Frankenstein

[Caroline]

PART 2 Scrabble

♣ Create a word using the first and last letter of the team names - which words you use is up to the team - but they 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

♣ You can only get points for one partially finished word, i.e. if you by the end of the month have more than 1 incomplete words, you will only get 5p/book for the first word.

♣ Example, PYRES (Yvaine is Y,E ; Buttercup is P, Kate Daniels is S, Rose Hathaway for R). Teams can complete this task more than once by creating new words, but you can't re-use letters or books already used.

♣ Normal "spell-it-out" rules apply. i.e. 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.

♣ This one is actually easier than it sounds as we can basically just take whatever books we read that don`t work for part 1 and then create words from there. The key here is just going to be to read AS MANY BOOKS AS POSSIBLE

[Kate S]

Ashlee has Me Before You on her reading plan. That would work for the 30 point task. Ashlee are you still planning on reading that this month? Have you already started it?

[Kate S]

For Part 1, I have
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling)
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

And I have found the following characters in upcoming books:
Rachel
Jack
Buttercup

[Caroline]

Kate S wrote: "Rachel, Jack, Buttercup"
Excellent - which books are those?

Also I`d like to recommend Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins for anyone who hasn`t read it. I thought it was just as good as The Hunger Games. It`s a 5 book series, but they are very quick reads

[Ashlee]

Kate S wrote: "Ashlee has Me Before You on her reading plan. That would work for the 30 point task. Ashlee are you still planning on reading that this month? Have you already started it?"

Yes, I can start it Wednesday.

[Kate S]

Caroline wrote: "Kate S wrote: "Rachel, Jack, Buttercup"
Excellent - which books are those?

Also I`d like to recommend Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins for anyone who hasn`t read it. I thoug..."

The Line of Beauty, The Nest and The Ladies of Missalonghi. All three are in my possession and ready to start later in the week.

[Kate S]

Ashlee wrote: "Yes, I can start it Wednesday."

Fantastic!

[Caroline]

Please remember to be on the lookout for a Red 7 when looking for books for our mini-challenge. That is our last color card :D

[Ashlee]

Plays count as a read, correct? I am reading "Hamlet" with one of my students. I verified word count as 32,000 on arbookfind.

[Jess]

This sounds awesome! I'll have a closer look at my options later today and report back :)

[Emma]

I can read Confessions of a shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

[Jess]

I might as well go for the 30 point ones, hey? Since I have a few of those on my to-read list anyway.

There's no restrictions on that part? Ie a book can only be read by one person? I'm thinking I'll just take a look at the local library website and see which books I can get a hold of the quickest haha.

[Caroline]

So the 30 point one has a max of 1. While I think it's always good to have a backup, there are also other areas to look at. Right now we need one more book for the part 1 of part 1 and 7 more for the scavenger hunt.

As for part 2, we need to basically read as many books as possible there.

So, if you're looking for some kind of guidelines going forward I would say: read as many short books as possible. Any books not used for part one we WILL be able to use for part two

[Emma]

Emma wrote: "I can read Confessions of a shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella"

Sorry can I change this to I've Got Your Number I can't find Confessions of a shopaholic

[Caroline]

Okay guys the mini-challenge starts in about 8 hours so remember that nothing marked as `currently-reading` or `read` will count before that.

Our plan for part 1 is looking good and I want to clarify for part 2. Any book you read starting from this evening to the end of the month can be used for part 2 as long as it`s not used for part 1. We will be using most of the letters from the alphabet for this, so going forward we need you guys to write the title, authors, main location, and all characters regardless of the starting letter. All other standard UNO rules apply, with one exception: the first letter of the series name can also be used here.

So for example I have Lord of Light on my reading list like this: 0 (Author: Zelzany), 2 (Character: Tak), 6 (Character: Sam), Skip (Character: Kali), but I can add L (title), Y (Character: Yama), R (Character: Ratri), and M (Location: Mars) to the list.

As part two has 1 L, 2 Ms, 6 Rs, and 4 Ys we can use, this is very helpful. The more specific you guys are the more helpful it is to me and Kate. If you write down one character name and no location, then Kate and I will have to try and track the remaining information down for books we`ve haven`t read.

As for our regular UNO cards we`ve got 59 left to go and I have every confidence we are going to hit that goal! Luckily we`ll only need 5 more books above that to 100% finish the mini-challenge too :D

Now last but not least: let`s find that RED 7!

[Jess]

Red 7! I think I'll have to scour my bookshelves today and see if I can find that red 7.

I'm all cleared up on the mini challenge rules now and I'll update once I get my hands on some candidates today :) come on mini-challenge start time lol

[Jess]

this copy I have is 56% Bordeaux (red) according to the TinEye results. There's a character called Van Helsing. I can do a reread of this one (hardly a chore since it's one of my favourites) and knock out our red 7. Sound like a plan?

[Caroline]

Jess wrote: " this copy I have is 56% Bordeaux (red) according to the TinEye results. There's a character called Van Helsing. I can do a reread of this one (hardly a chore since it's on..."

Absolutely yes - I love you forever for getting that red 7 off my back xD

[Jess]

MARCH MINI-CHALLENGE POST

I'll add these books to my normal March challenge post with the appropriate normal Uno cards they work for :)

Also, for part 2 books I'll add more letters in later as I find it easier once I've read the book and actually know character names etc lol :)

The plan:
Stardust - part 1.1, part 1.3 (character name hunted - Tristan), part 2
(Letters: G, N, S, T, Y, V, F, D
Title: Stardust; author Neil Gaiman; characters: Tristran, Yvaine, Victoria Forrester, Dunstan)
COMPLETE

Moon Called - part 1.1, part 1.3 (character name hunted - Mercy), part 2
(Letters: B, M, P
Title: Moon; author Patricia Briggs; characters: Mercy)
COMPLETE

Storm Front - part 1.1, part 1.3 (character name hunted - Harry), part 2
(Letters: B, D, H, J, S
Title: Storm; author Jim Butcher; characters Harry Dresden)
COMPLETE

Spirit Bound - part 1.1, part 1.3 (character name hunted - Rose), part 2
(Letters: A, B, C, D, H, I, L, M, O, R, S, V
Title: Spirit, author Richelle Mead; series Vampire Academy; characters Rose Hathaway, Lissa Dragomir, Dimitri Belikov, Christian Ozera, Adrian Ivashkov)
COMPLETE

And Then There Were Nonepart 1.1, part 2
Letters: A, C, T
Author: agatha christie, title and then
COMPLETE

The Servants - part 1.3 (character name hunted - Mark), part 2
(Letters: M, S, T
Title: Servants; author Michael Marshal Smith; characters Mark)
COMPLETE

Primal Waters - part 2
(Letters: A, D, F, J, M, P, S, T, W
Characters: Jonas, Terry, Dani, Mac, Wayne Ferguson; author Steve Alten; title Primal)
COMPLETE

Dracula - part 2
(Letters: A, B, D, H, J, L, M, Q, R, S, W, V
(Title: Dracula; author: Bram Stoker; characters Jonathan Harker, Lucy Westenra, Abraham Van Helsing, Quincy Morris, Renfield)
COMPLETE

The Slippery Slope - part 2
(Letters: B, K, L, O, S, V, q, c, b, h, c
Title: Slippery; author Lemony; characters Violet Baudelaire, Klaus, Olaf, Quigley, Carmelita, Bruce, Hugo, collette,
COMPLETE

The Grim Grotto - part 2
As above minus quigley, Bruce, Hugo, Colette, and plus Fiona, widdershins
COMPLETE

The Penultimate Peril - part 2
as above minus Fiona, widdershins, and plus frank, Ernest, Dewey
COMPLETE