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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2018
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Team Sculptor
Finished
(Feb12)This book fits 0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, Skip, and Reverse. I've also updated the spreadsheet. :)
Saraaa wrote: "Finished (Feb12)This book fits 0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, Skip, and Reverse. I've also updated the spreadsheet. :)"
Ooh, how was it? I've been waiting for that one from the library for a bit now :)
February Completion Post
Book Read: Oroonoko | Aphra Behn
Date Completed: 10-Feb-2018
Fits:
0: Standalone
1: Title O
2: Character T - Trefry
5: Character I - Imoinda
7: Location S - Suriname
✔ Spreadsheet updated
✔ UNO Shelf updated
February Completion Post
Book Read: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | Dai Sijie
Date Completed: 12-Feb-2018
Fits:
0: Standalone
1: Title O
4: Character F - Four-Eyes
7: Author S
✔ Spreadsheet updated
✔ UNO Shelf updated
Kaila wrote: "Ooh, how was it? I've been waiting for that one from the library for a bit now :).."I ended up reading that one twice. It has a The Great Gatsby feel and is quite hard to review without spoilers
I finished
My audiobook expired at midnight last night and I only had 2 chapters left! Ah! At least I was able to get it from a different library as an ebook and finish it!
Yes, yes, you have guessed it already - the recommendations were not only for our pleasure but there was something more to it ;-)
Since some of you have already added a few of the recommendations to your TBR shelves, we figured that would be an ideal title for our February Mini Challenge. ;-)
All info for the mini challenge can be found HERE. Have fun!
(Co-)Captains, your spreadsheets will be updated with a new sheet for the mini challenge within the next 24 hours.
Teri, both your picks are included in the books recommended by our team. Now, it is possible that some other teams might have recommended the same series, but I would rather avoid that situation (since the rules say teams other than yours)So, as a team, we have to pick 3 other teams for Part 1 of this challenge!
Therefore, I suggest, all of us jot down the three teams they want to read the recommendations from, and we can choose the most common ones as our 3 choices for this part of the challenge?
Works?
February Mini Challenge
Part I
Apoorv's three picks!
1. Team Haumea - History Is All You Left Me
2. Team Pyxis - King's Cage (Since I have read the recommended Red Queen)
3. Team Carina - Beartown
I've got a backload of library books I have to get through, so my next reads are pretty much set, but I did manage to find a couple teams with recs for books I've got planned!1. Team Milky Way - Stillhouse Lake (and I'd do the next one, Killman Creek)
2. Team Haumea - The Dry (and I'd do the next one, Force of Nature)
3. Team Musca - ^^ also recommended The Dry
Also, Apoorv, looks like Team Musca recommended Red Queen, too!
Kaila wrote: "Also, Apoorv, looks like Team Musca recommended Red Queen, too! "Oh yay! Nice! Seems like we have two common teams. Let's see what the other's choose and we can lock in our 3 Part 1 teams! :=)
Also, it may be important to choose the right part 1 teams, because the remaining teams will be our part 2 teams!So, 18 teams, 2 books each to find a connection from for part 2. Now, that might just be a little tricky!
Time to do some digging!
February Completion Post
Book Read: Moonraker | Ian Fleming
Date Completed: 13-Feb-2018
Fits:
2: Character T - Tanner, Bill
3: Series - James Bond #3
4: Author F - Fleming, Ian
5: Author I - Ian Fleming
7: Character V - Vallance, Ronnie
8: Location E - England
Skip: Character P - Ponsonby, Loelia
Cover Color: Portica (Yellow) - 84.7%
Can be also used for 4 (Yellow)
✔ Spreadsheet updated
✔ UNO Shelf updated
I've found something on every list EXCEPT for Eris. So, I'll go with whatever the team decides.
Apoorv wrote: "February
Completion Post
Book Read: Moonraker | Ian Fleming
..."
GR isn't showing a date read on your shelf. I read something that for some people there is a bug at the moment - if you are able to edit it and see if it works?
I'll find something from where ever ya'll need me to
That's such an interesting mini challenge. On a quick look I can easily read books from
Mensa, Venus, Triangulum,Haumea , Belelgeuse and Musca.
My first picks are -
Musca
My next read is book 6 in the series. Venus -
Triangulum and Ceres -
Am up to No 23 in this series.
Teri wrote: "I'll find something from where ever ya'll need me to"Thanks Teri!
It's 510 points for the mini challenge so it is certainly worth trying to complete :)
---edit---
just saw Lisa's post. Let me work this out :)
Mini challenge planning(updated and deleted my previous post)
Part One
We only need 6 books. 2 from 3 teams.
The 5 teams with the least # of recommendations are:
Venus (Lisa can read 1, Karen can read 1)
Triangulum (Lisa can read 1, can can read 1)
Pyxis (Apoorv can read 1)
Carina (Apoorv can read 1)
I know these don't include Kaila's books, but we just have to pick 2 books from these teams:
one from Pyxis ;
or one from Carina;
then we know which 3 teams we are doing and we have the whole of part one set. Kalia's can then be connected to part 2 (e.g. Force of Nature can connect to The Dry as both being based in country VIC)
That then leaves us with the most possible options for part 2, and hopefully everyone will find a connection for their existing reads.
Thoughts?
EDIT
Part One
Team 1
Triangulum
Two for the dough -Karen
Born in Death -Lisa
Team 2
Venus
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society -Karen
A curious beginning -Lisa
Team 3
Pyxis
King's Cage -Apoorv
Night Shifts Black -Teri
If everyone can now start to think about Part Two. How your books can fit with teams that are NOT Triangulum, Venus, or Pyxis
sorry, edited the above post again. I will read one from Triangulum and one from Venus. Lisa is doing one from each of those teamsSo that gives us 2/3 teams covered
Then we just need one book from Pyxis or one from Carina for the 3rd team
UPDATEPart One
Team 1
Triangulum
Stephanie Plum -Sass
Born in Death -Lisa
Team 2
Venus
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society -Karen
A curious beginning -Lisa
Team 3
Pyxis
King's Cage -Apoorv
Night Shifts Black -Teri
If everyone can now start to think about Part Two. How your books can fit with teams that are NOT Triangulum, Venus, or Pyxis (Links to their recs are in our s/sheet)
That's great. I'm actually going to be reading Book 2 of the Veronica Speedwell series..
Born in Death also has a very yellow cover.. if we still need one for February.
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "That's great. I'm actually going to be reading Book 2 of the Veronica Speedwell series..Born in Death also has a very yellow cover.. if we still need on..."
Cool thanks :)
i think i'm going to change my book. I'm taking too much time with the one I'm currently reading
Karen, Do you have to read two books? I can read the Stephanie Plum one. I've got one of those on tap anyway.
Awesome - go for it Sass!-I've edited the above post
Kunal wrote: "i think i'm going to change my book. I'm taking too much time with the one I'm currently reading"Kunal, in case you do end up changing your book, please do check, if you could possibly find a match for the book of your choice, with any book that has been recommended by any other team, apart from Sculptor, Triangulum, Venus, and Pyxis.
Details about what constitutes a match and other recommendations can be found here.
Also, don't forget to give a shout-out here if and when you do decide on a new book, so that everyone else is aware of the same.
Good points ApoorvAs I've been looking at part 2, I think it may be a bit tricky and require some co-ordination and effort to find "matches"
So as people know what they want to read, and how it may match, feel free to shout it out here so we can add it to our spreadsheet. We can only read 2 books for each team so this is one of those times where I think it will help, if you want to, to "claim" spots.
If you're not that kind of reader and don't want to "claim" spots, that is totally fine. Just make sure you have a look at what it can 'match' for of the spots left once you're done :)
edit-- I'm also just waiting for Europe to wake up so I can check with the UNO Pixie's about if some connections will count (e.g. same author name) and will let you know asap
Finished
for Red 7. Added to spreadsheet and shelf.
So do we have to finish part 1 before we read the books for part 2?For Part 2 I can read from Mensa
- I will be reading
. Connection - woman with blue dress on both covers. From Musca -
- I will be reading
Same Characters in both books. Does this work?
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "So do we have to finish part 1 before we read the books for part 2?Oooo, that is a good question! I don't know this either. The wording in the Part I sort of reads that it needs to be completed before we can move on, but I sure as hell, hope not!
Anyhooo,
What do you guys think about these connections, as part of Part II?
David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music for:
- Room (Team Pluto)
Both covers have rainbow colors on them.
OR
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Team Jupiter)
Both books have a real life person mentioned in title.
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AND
The 8th Confession for:
Titles have a number in it.
Note: These have the word for the number in the title.
- Ready Player One (Team Mensa)
- Ready Player One (Team Mercury)
- Ready Player One (Team Betelguese)
- Ready Player One (Team Carina)
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Team Hydrus)
Note: These have the actual number in the title.
- 11/22/63 (Team Kuiper)
- 1984 (Team Saturn)
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "For Part 2 I can read from Mensa Edenbrooke - I will be reading [book:Beyond Scandal and Desire|350687..."
I think, both your connections are bang on, Lisa!
Thanks for listing them out here.
Thanks Apoorv. Either of your connections work really well too!
This is fun.
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "So do we have to finish part 1 before we read the books for part 2?For Part 2 I can read from Mensa
- I will be reading [bookcover:Beyond Scandal and Desire|350687..."Perfect
No need to finish part 1 before part 2 :)
Apoorv wrote: "Anyhooo, What do you guys think about these connections, as part of Part II?..."
Love it. I think any of those work!
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Awesome - go for it Sass!-I've edited the above post"
Ok, Thanks.
I'm still working on trying to figure out part 2. I'm not sure I've got the understanding of it correct.
So part two you can read whatever provided you can find a way to connect it to a book from another team’s recommendations(just can’t be the same teams we use for part 1 or our own). And we can only have two books per team (if you check out the Feb Mini fab on our team s/sheet it may help)It’s pretty open how to connect - cover items, authors who are friends, same book, same character names etc.
ok, got it. I think I was getting caught up on the 2 books per team thing. Thanks!ETA: Can we use the same books that we read for the mini challenge for the uno hands or no?
I’m going to link from Night Shifts Black to Moon Called from Team Mensa as both covers have people with tattoos are their arms- will that work? If not, I’ll give it some more thought after work!
Works perfectly Teri!
So do we need a list (or on spreadsheet, sorry Karen) with who is reading what books from what teams? To see where the vacant spots are?
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