Team Hydrus

[Alissa]

One for the mini: C author last name and also C for clock or cloud ;)

[Megan]

Thanks for posting all of this Caroline! I'll see which of my March planned books that still need to be read work for which letters and add in some more as well. I"ll get back to you all later today with my list!

Also Caroline in response to your earlier comment I'll push The Girl with All The Gifts (Yellow 2) into April and save a color card for next month.

I can still read Harry Potter 6 (Green 3) if needed, if not I can push it into April as well

[Alissa]

Would Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing work for the 4? Also takes care of a reverse.

[Jammin Jenny]

For the color cards I am still up for

Green 0 -
Red 4 -
Green 3 -

I can move my other color card books to April...

Just saw Megan's message about moving her Green 3 to April so I'll keep my Green 3 for March

[Megan]

March Mini-Challenge Books

We Were Liars
C (Character: Cadence), L (Author: Lockhart)

I Was Here
C (Character Name: Cody), M (Character Name: Meg), G (Author Name: Gayle)
**Finished 3/25**

The Outsiders
C (Character nickname: Cherry), J (Character: Johnny), D (Character: Dallas), C (Character last name: Curtis)
**Finished 3/16**

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone **Many letters can work for this one since there are so many important characters, if more are needed I can edit this post to include more**
R (Author: Rowling), A (Character: Albus), D (Character: Dumbledore), R (Character: Ron, Q (Character: Quirrell)
**Finished 3/21**

[Jammin Jenny]

Megan I think Harry Potter is a great book for finding letters - since it also works for Green 3 maybe I should move my Green book to April.

Caroline, would you like me to save my Green 3 book to April?

[Alexa]

Hey everyone! I'm just popping by to say that I'm alive, just haven't had time to post any updates lately. March has been crazy so far! I've finished two books so far for March and I'll post them in my planning post when I get a chance.

[Caroline]

Alissa wrote: "Would Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing work for the 4? Also takes care of a reverse."

No, unfortunately UNO rules do not count Four being the same as Fourth :/

[Caroline]

Well actually Jenna and Megan it looks like I have a pretty simple solution for this one: we'll use neither. I was just updating the spreadsheet and it looks like Ricka has slid in with a book that will work for Green 3 already done :D

However, I'll leave the decision to you two if you still want to use your green books for this month. One the one hand its good to have back ups, on the other we could end up with no green cards the way we did with no blue this month. Dealer's choice, ladies.

[Caroline]

Alright just to condense our color conversation and double check we're all on the same page:

We have FINISHED
Red 2
Wild Draw 4 #1 (doubled the Red 2 card)
Yellow 1
Yellow 2
Red 8
Green 3
Wild Draw 4 #2 (doubled the Yellow 1)
Red 4

Plan for remaining cards:
Green 0 - Jenny - The Troop
Red 5 - Nicole - The Vegetarian
Wild Draw 4 #3 - Virna - The Help (doubles the Yellow 2)

As for the mini-challenge
I want to treat the 4, the two Ys, three Us, and the Q like colored cards. So I would like if people will take a look specifically for those letters and claim them.
Remember that we can use items on the cover to count for letters!

4 - Four Blind Mice - Jenny - Title
Q - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Megan - Character: Quirrell
U - Under the Tuscan Sun - Virna - Title
U - The Amazing Maurice & His Educated Rodents - Caroline - Location: Überwald
U - The Ticket: A Romantic Comedy - Second Chances - Jenny - Underwear on the cover
Y - Homegoing - Virna - Author: Yaa
Y - Mary, Bloody Mary - Jenny - Series: Young Royals

Otherwise my advice at the moment is to try and organize your reading so that you hit the maximum number of books over the next two weeks if you can and take good notes for letters. Also please try to check in (as soon as you reasonably can) after each book you finish. This is a challenge that is going to depend on our communication and ability to shift our planning quickly to finish, but I know we can do it :D

Also we only have 37 UNO cards left!

[Hiraya]

Megan wrote: "Thanks for posting all of this Caroline! I'll see which of my March planned books that still need to be read work for which letters and add in some more as well. I"ll get back to you all later toda..."

Don't worry, Caroline, Megan..I am confident that I can finish The Help really soon. Probably today or tomorrow. :)

Wow, those are a LOT of A's. Anyway, noted on the (special/rare) mini challenge cards. Just thirty minutes to go till the challenge starts!

Mini-Challenge Updates:
From my original reading plan:
She Who Remembers by Linda Lay Shuler - L: Author

Additional Mini-Challenge Plan:
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes - U: Title

I'm also thinking of another U and the number 4 spots.
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin and The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle.
But I cannot commit to them yet. Let me finish these books first and update accordingly. :) If anyone wants to take these books as suggestions, feel free to take them!

By the way, here is my original reading plan post, for added convenience:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Edit (03/24/18):
Completed:
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - Y: Author

[Jammin Jenny]

I found this book for 4 - it works for another challenge too so I'm psyched it will help out here


Four Blind Mice by James Patterson

I can claim a Q too for this book

- Queen Anne Boleyn is a character in the book

Ooh and I think I have a U for this book

- underwear on the cover !

[Jammin Jenny]

Caroline wrote: "Well actually Jenna and Megan it looks like I have a pretty simple solution for this one: we'll use neither. I was just updating the spreadsheet and it looks like Ricka has slid in with a book that..."

My book is still on hold so it depends on when it comes through. It's on the Overdrive app and I'm next in line so I might have to read it this month anyway...

[Caroline]

Virna that looks great and of course I am always so happy to see someone pick up a Le Guin book :D

Jenny - the 4 is perfect and its always great when a book can work for multiple challenges ;) unfortunately titles don't count for UNO, so we cant use queen for Q :/ we can use it for Y though, since it's the first in the Young Royals series

[Alissa]

Caroline wrote: "Alissa wrote: "Would Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing work for the 4? Also takes care of a reverse."

No, unfortunately UNO rules do not count Four being the same as Fourth :/"

Oh well.

[Megan]

Caroline wrote: "Well actually Jenna and Megan it looks like I have a pretty simple solution for this one: we'll use neither. I was just updating the spreadsheet and it looks like Ricka has slid in with a book that..."

Ok great! I'll swap in the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. This will also take care of one of the Q letters (Character: Quirrell) and can work for several other letters as well if needed.

[Caroline]

Megan wrote: "Caroline wrote: "Well actually Jenna and Megan it looks like I have a pretty simple solution for this one: we'll use neither. I was just updating the spreadsheet and it looks like Ricka has slid in..."

Excellent! Also Ricka and Nicole already have our first books finished for the mini-challenge :D We're already off to a great start!

[Caroline]

Wow guys! I just updated our spreadsheet - we're not even a week in and we're already 1/3 of the way through the mini-challenge :D We also only have 10 UNO cards left (3 of which are colored cards). Keep up the great work everyone!

[Jammin Jenny]

Go Team Hydrus!!

[Hiraya]

Hi, finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I'll be updating my posts shortly. I'll be starting Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi for the challenge.

P.S. I might be pushing The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan for next month instead to focus on specific mini challenge books...if I can help myself! Haha.

Go Team Hydrus!

P.P.S. Just for those who are interested about the books mentioned in The Help by Kathryn Stockett, I have listed them down and collected them here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Jammin Jenny]

I finished my last two color cards...

[Caroline]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "I finished my last two color cards..."

Excellent!

[Jammin Jenny]

I just decided to double check the green in my last cover and it's only showing 48% - so off to find another book that works for Green 0. I'll report back when I find one. I'll update my post to show it doesn't work for Green 0.

[Jammin Jenny]

Found another one

- 83% green, Stand Alone - 0

I'll update my tracking thread.

[Caroline]

The Troop is fine. You have to turn off the ``exclude background color`` box. If you do that then the book is 51.2% green :D

[Caroline]

Okay guys! With still 9 days to go we only have 19 letters left for the mini-challenge! We also have only one UNO card remaining and that is the Red 5.

[Nicole B]

I'll props finish the red 5 today. I was saving it because I suspect Brix will want to talk about it at dinner and I wanted it fresh in my mind lol.

[Caroline]

Nicole B wrote: "I'll props finish the red 5 today. I was saving it because I suspect Brix will want to talk about it at dinner and I wanted it fresh in my mind lol."

Well at least it will be fresh for one of the three of us xD

[Jammin Jenny]

Caroline wrote: "The Troop is fine. You have to turn off the ``exclude background color`` box. If you do that then the book is 51.2% green :D"

Yay!! Great! That's one less book I need to squeeze in (and restores my sanity - I was like why isn't it green anymore???)

[Megan]

Just to post a quick update on the mini challenge, I’ve finished The Outsiders and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. I’m starting my next book but wanted to check which letters we still need, I’m sure Harry Potter can cover quite a few!

[Caroline]

Yea Tineye is so weird. I can`t figure out why excluding most of the picture would be the default option xD

Also, Nicole`s The Vegetarian took care of one of the Y cards. I believe Virna is already reading her Y book if you want to push Mary, Bloody Mary off (if you need to).

Megan that`s great to hear! So glad to get the Q card finished xD Doing another HP book should be fine, right off the bat I know we can at very least use Ron for one of our R cards :D

[Jammin Jenny]

Cool. I'll push it to April. Thanks!

[Jammin Jenny]

I finished my 4 book and updated my thread.

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Wow - we're doing good!

Thanks Caroline for keeping track of everything.

[Megan]

Megan wrote: "Just to post a quick update on the mini challenge, I’ve finished The Outsiders and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. I’m starting my next book but wanted to check which letters we still need, ..."

Great! I can work on fitting in another Harry Potter book, or else can we count that R for the one that I just read? I just started I Was Here but can read another HP after that if needed :)

[Caroline]

Megan wrote: "Megan wrote: "Just to post a quick update on the mini challenge, I’ve finished The Outsiders and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. I’m starting my next book but wanted to check which letters w..."

Whichever book you want to read will be fine. We used the first HP book for Quirrell.

[Alissa]

I see the main March cards are all full. Good job everyone!

[Alexa]

I just updated my reading post with the two books I finished yesterday and today. I know the main cards are full but I wasn't sure if the mini challenge cards had been claimed yet. If they have, just disregard my books.

Thanks!

[Caroline]

Wow you guys. We only have 4 cards left: one Y, U, A, and C. So I guess for the entire WEEK we have left maybe start a really long book? Or do what I'm gonna do and have some quality time with TV & video games xD

[Hiraya]

Hi, just want to update that I already finished Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi and have already started Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes, both for the mini challenge. :)

Sorry about not having to go online as often. It's almost Holy Week (a week-long religious holiday) here in the Philippines, and my article deadlines are swamping as usual. I am so happy that we are almost finished with the challenge!

[Caroline]

It's no problem Virna :D Holy Week sounds interesting! What kinds of things are you guys celebrating? What do you typically do during the week?

[Hiraya]

Caroline wrote: "It's no problem Virna :D Holy Week sounds interesting! What kinds of things are you guys celebrating? What do you typically do during the week?"

It officially starts on Holy Thursday, on Christ's Agony in the Garden, and lasts until Easter Sunday. It's a little bit different depending on where you are in the Philippines. For instance, people usually fast and abstain from eating meat during Good Friday, but there's a province here which actually welcomes it with a feast because from their point of view, the redemption of sins must be celebrated.

Some people also practice to be crucified every year as a form of their devotion. While others may walk barefoot for miles while flogging themselves.

In our province, my absolute favorite tradition when I was a kid was to watch another kid, dressed in an angel costume, being lowered from a tower (much to the kid's horror) by a harness, in order to remove Mary's veil and see the risen Christ, during early Easter Sunday morning. It's called "Salubong".

It's interesting how much politics and power play go into the selection of that one special angel. Yet, almost every child views this prospect as an absolute nightmare.

[Caroline]

That sounds really interesting - and kind of intense! I'd really like to visit during Holy Week one year :D do you guys also practice lent in the lead up to Easter?

[Hiraya]

Caroline wrote: "That sounds really interesting - and kind of intense! I'd really like to visit during Holy Week one year :D do you guys also practice lent in the lead up to Easter?"

Yes, we do practice the Lenten season, but mostly it's only by attending the Ash Wednesday mass, then by abstaining from meat every Friday. Others, I bet, have other practices and devotions, but for our family, the real action starts during the Holy Week. :)

[Caroline]

Okay guys - April information incoming!

In April we will 112 UNO cards which includes a whopping EIGHTEEN color cards o.o This is broken into 14 color cards and 4 Wild Draw 4s

📕 Red 0 - - Caroline - Stand alone
📙 Yellow 1 - - Caroline - Character: Otto
📕 Red 3 - - Jenny - Author: Harris
📕 Red 4 - - Caroline - Character: Finn
📗 Green 4 - - Jenny - 4th in a series. (Read: 14)
📙 Yellow 5 - - Caroline - Character: Carrot Ironfoundersson
📗 Green 5 - - Nicole -Character: Carrot Ironfoundersson (Read: 2nd)
📕 Red 6 - - Nicole - Character: Satoru (Read: 3rd)
📘 Blue 6 - Jenny - Author: Steve (Read: 1st)
📙 Yellow 7 - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Virna - Author: Verne
📗 Green 8 - - Jenny - Title starts with E (Read: 2nd)
📙 Yellow 9 - - Jenny - Author: Nancy (Read: 14)
📙 Yellow 9 - - Alissa - Character: Nakamura (Read: 7th)
📘 Blue 9 - - Caroline - Character: Nuggan (Read: 6th)
📘 Wild Draw 4 #1 - Blue 6 - - Caroline - Character: Susan (Read: 4th)
📘 Wild Draw 4 #2 - Blue 9 - - Caroline - Character: Nguyen Xuan (Read: 9th)
📗 Wild Draw 4 #3 - Green 4 - - Jenny - Character: Frank (Read: 1st)
📕 Wild Draw 4 #4 - Red 6 - - Nicole - Character: Satoru (Read: 3rd)*

*We were able to hit a wild draw 4 and the red 6 with the same book and a draw 2 card

Lets go ahead and getting planning! Don't forgot to click OFF the little tickey box for "exclude background color" on tineye when you check your books

Important
Please indicate how sure you are you are going to get to your color book in your tracking thread for April. If you are 100% you're going to get to the book, great, I'll put your book(s) here and you can claim the card. For instance, several of mine are up here because I MUST read these books in April for a different challenge over in another group. But, I'm not sure if I'll get to a red one I have, so it's not up here yet. If you're not sure right this second about some/all of your books, that is of course totally fine - I'm just putting this here so we're all on the same page as to why not everyone's books are up here yet : )

* The two yellow 9 cards is not a mistake, we do have two identical colored cards

[Caroline]

April Books


Cards: 2 (Author: Terry), 5 (Character: Carrot Ironfoundersson), 6,7 (Sam Vimes), 9 (Title), Skip (Author: Pratchett)
YELLOW 56.7%


Cards: 1 (Character: Otto), 2 (Author: Terry), 6,7 (Sam Vimes), 9 (Character: Nuggan), Skip (Author: Pratchett)
YELLOW - can be a back-up for Yellow 1 or 7


Cards: 0 (stand alone), 3 (character: Hanson), 4 (Character: Finn) 6 (Author: Scalzi), Reverse (Previously read by Jenny)
RED


Cards: 0 (Character: Zeus), 1 (Character: Odysseus), 3 (Character: Helius), 5 (Character: Icarus)
⭐ 69. Read a book where "honesty" can be found in the text - Circe - 24% "There was no honesty in regretting what had given me my life."


Cards: 0 (stand alone)
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I may slam through these, lets see what our April mini looks like

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

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

How to Speak Dragonese (27703 words)
2 (Character: Toothless), 3 (Character: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III), 4 (Character: Fishlegs), 6 (Character: Stoick)

How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse (29444 words)
1 (Character: Old Wrinkly), 2 (Character: Toothless), 3 (Character: Hiccup), 4 (4th in a series), 5 (Location: Isle of Berk), 9 (Character: Norbert the Nutjob)
BLUE

How to Twist a Dragon's Tale (32517 words)
2 (Character: Toothless), 3 (Character: Hiccup), 4 (Character: Fishlegs), 5 (5th in a series), 6 (Stoick the Vast), 7 (Character: Valhallarama)
GREEN

How To Ride A Dragon's Storm (33981 words)
2 (Character: Toothless), 3 (Character: Hiccup), 4 (Character: Fishlegs), 6 (Stoick the Vast), 7 (7th in a series)

How to Break a Dragon's Heart (39261 words)
2 (Character: Toothless), 3 (Character: Hiccup), 4 (Character: Fishlegs), 6 (Stoick the Vast), 8 (8th in a series)

How to Steal a Dragon's Sword (46952 words)
2 (Character: Toothless), 3 (Character: Hiccup), 8 (Character: Excellinor), 9 (9th in a series)
RED

How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel (52188 words)
2 (Character: Toothless), 3 (Character: Hiccup), 4 (Character: Fishlegs), 5 (Character: Innocence), 6 (Character: Snotlout), 7 (Character: Valhallarama), 8 (Character: Excellinor), Skip (Character: Patience)

How to Betray a Dragon's Hero (48750 words)
2 (Character: Toothless), 3 (Character: Hiccup), 4 (Character: Fishlegs), 5 (Character: Innocence), 6 (Character: Snotlout), 7 (Character: Valhallarama), 8 (Character: Excellinor), Skip (Character: Patience)

How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury (64536 words)
2 (Character: Toothless), 3 (Character: Hiccup), 4 (Character: Furious), 5 (Character: Innocence), 6 (Character: Stoick), 7 (Character: Valhallarama), 8 (Character: Excellinor), Skip (Character: Patience)
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Completed Books:

- April 3rd
Cards: 0 (stand alone), 2 (Character: Tal), 3 (Character: Harper), 5 (Character: Iris), 6 (Character: Sullivan), 9 (Character: Nisha Devi)

- April 4th
Cards: 2 (Author: Terry), 6 (Character : Susan), 9 (Character: Nanny Ogg), Skip (Author: Pratchett)
BLUE

- April 6th
Cards: 2 (Author: Terry), 3,7 ( Havelock Vetinari) 6 (Character: Ponder Stibbons), 9 (Character: Nuggan), Skip (Author: Pratchett)
BLUE 58%

(56684 words) - April 9th
Cards: 1 (First in a series), 4 (Character: Fowl), 6 (Character: Holly Short), 7 (Character: Chix Verbil), 8 (author: Eion), 9 (Character: Nguyen Xuan), Reverse (Previously read by Nicole)
BLUE

- April 13th
Cards: 0 (stand alone), 1 (Author: Ozeki), 2 (Title starts with T), 3 (Character: Haruki), 9 (Character: Nao)

- April 18th
Cards: 0 (Stand Alone), 1 (Character: Osborne), 2 (Character: Taylor), 3 (Author: Horowitz), 4 (Character: Frances), 6 (Character: Sebastian), 8 (Character: Emilia), 9 (Character: Neville), Skip (Character: Pund), Reverse (previously read by Jenny)
RED

- April 19th
Cards: 0 (stand alone), 2, 6 (title), 7 (Author: Vonnegut)

[Jammin Jenny]

April Books

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Completed Books:

- Blue 6 (A: Steve), read 4/1
Cards: 1 (1 in series), 2 (C: Taylor), 6 (A: Steve), Skip - P: Pacific Ocean

- Green read 4/1
Cards: 1 (1 in series), 4 (C: Frank), 6 (P: Sage Gardens), 8 (C: Eddy)

- Green 8 (T: Eyre) read 4/2
Cards: 1 (1 in series), 2 (C: Thursday), 3 (C: Hades), 4 (A: Fforde), 6 (C: Schitt), 8 (T: Eyre), 9 (C: Mrs. Nakajima), Skip (C: Pickwick)

Peach Cobbler Murder by Joanne Fluke, read 4/2
Cards: 2 (C: Tracy), 3 (C: Hannah), 4 (A: Fluke), 6 (C: Swensen), 7 (7 in series), 9 (C: Norman), Skip (T: Peach)

The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin read 4/3
Cards: 0 (Stand Alone), 5 (A: Ira), Skip (C: Kohler)

Demon Street Blues by Starla Silver read 4/3
Cards: 1 (1 in series), 3 (C: Howard), 6 (A: Starla), 8 (C: Emily)

Hollywood Nights by Sara Celi read 4/5
Cards: 0 (Stand Alone), 2 (C: Tanner), 3 (T: Hollywood), 6 (A: Sara), 7 (C: Vance), Skip (C: Pryce)

The Girls by Emma Cline read 4/5
Cards: 0 (Stand Alone), 2 (T: The), 3 (C: Helen), 6 (C: Susanne), 8 (A: Emma)

Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales by Justin Richards read 4/5
Cards: 0 (Stand Alone), 2 (T: Time), 3 (C: Helena), 6 (C: Sontarans), 7 (C: Vash), 8 (C: Evangeline), 9 (C: Nimon), Skip (C: Krillians), Reverse (Read by Megan)

by Arnaldur Indriðason read 4/6 - Blue
Cards: 2 (C: Thuri(, 3 (C: Hannibal), 4 (C: Frimann), 5 (A: Indridason), 6 (C: Sigurgeir), 7 (C: Vignar), 8 (C: Erlendur)

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus read 4/7
Cards: 0 (Stand Alone), 1 (T: One), 2 (C: TJ), 6 (C: Simon), 8 (C: Eli), 9 (C: Nate), Skip (A: Karen), Reverse (Read by Megan)

A Case of Syrah, Syrah by Nancy J. Parra read 4/7
Cards: 1 (1 in series), 2 (C: Taylor), 3 (C: Holly), 5 (C: Ivy), 6 (C: Sally), 9 (A: Nancy), Skip (A: Parra), Reverse (Read by Ricka)

The Devil in Disguise by Cynthia Eden read 4/8
Cards: 1 (1 in series), 2 (C: Thorne), 4 (P: Florida), 8 (A: Eden)

Ella: A Stepmum's Tale by J.L. Higgs read 4/8
Cards: 1 (1 in series), 3 (A: Higgs), 6 (C: Sylvia), 8 (T: Ella)

by Genevieve Cogman read 4/10 - Green
Cards: 1 (1 in series), 5 (T: Invisible), 8 (P: England), Skip (C: Kai), Reverse (Read by Nicole)

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne read 4/10
Cards: 1 (C: Otto), 3 (3 in series), 5 (P: Iceland), 7 (A: Verne)

The Lullaby Girl by Loreth Anne White read 4/11
Cards: 2 (2 in series), 3 (C: Halegstron), 6 (C: Semi), 7 (C: Vetter), 9 (C: Nina), Skip (C: Pallorino)

Texas Troubles by N.C. Lewis read 4/12
Cards: 1 (1 in series), 2 (T: Texas), 3 (C: Harry), 4 (C: Felton), 6 (C: Strathford), 8 (C: Ethel), 9 (A: N.C. Lewis), Skip (C: Kidd)

Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer read 4/15
Cards: 1 (1 in series), 2 (C: Mary Tudor), 3 (C: Henry VIII), 4 (C: Fitzroy), 6 (C: Salisbury), 7 (C: Vives), 8 (C: Elizabeth), Skip (C: Peter)
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Mini-Challenge Books

Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke read 4/12
Cards: 2 (C: Andrea Todd), 3 (C: Hannah), 4 (A: Fluke), 6 (C: Hannah Swensen), 7 (C: Veronica), 9 (C: Norman), Skip (C: Mike Kingston)
62. with baked goods on the cover -
- Also works for #2, #5, #17, #21

- Green 4 (4 in series) read 4/14
Cards: 4 (4th in series), Skip (P: New Mexico)
#13. where a character is named Charlie, or Charles

All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris read 4/13
Cards: 2 (C: Tara), 3 (A: Harris), 6 (C: Sookie), 7 (7 in series), 8 (C: Eric Northman), 9 (C: Eric Northman)
Works for #7. where there is a road trip - Sookie goes on a road trip to a Vampire Convention

by Nancy McGovern - Yellow, read 4/14
Cards: 4 (4 in series), 6 (C: Sophie), 9 (A: Nancy), Skip (P: Kenya)
Works for #33. with a yellow and white cover - (there is some brown but very little - mostly yellow and white - 87%)

31. with a predominant sky on the cover - - mostly sky on cover, read 4/15
Cards: 1 (1 in series), 6 (A: Samuel), 8 (T: Erewhon)

64. where a natural disaster occurs - The Long Winter read 4/15 - there are blizzards for seven months in South Dakota
Cards: 5 (A: Ingalls-Wilder), 6 (6 in series)

4. set in a different world (i.e. not Earth) - Pilot X read 4/16
Cards: 0 (Stand Alone), 2 (A: Tom), 7 (C: Verity), 9 (T: Pilot) - set on a planet called Aldura, and on other non-earth planets

56 - author's first or last name starts with P - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick read 4/17, 5 stars
Cards: 1 (1 in series), 3 (C: Harry), 5 (C: Iran), 6 (C: Pris Stratton), 8 (C: Eldon Rosen), Skip (A: Philip)

28. set in a country you do not live in - Death of a Scriptwriter - set in Scotland, read 4/17
Cards: 3 (C: Hamish), 4 (C: Fiona), 6 (P: Scotland), Skip (C: Priscilla)

23. where all the letters in YURI can be found in the title - Astrophysics for People in a Hurry read 4/23
Cards: 0 (Stand Alone), 2 (A: Tyson), 9 (A: Neil)

29. with 500+ pages - The Good Daughter read 4/27 - 528 pages

68. first published on the 29th (any month) - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - initially published on 7/29/2008, read 4/29
Cards: 0 (Stand Alone), 5 (C: Isola), 6 (A; Shaffer), 8 (C: Evans), Skip (C: Kit)

Bonus book
Macbeth read 4/23
#28 - set in a country you do not live in (set in Scotland, I live in US)
#55. where a poem is included in the text -
"by the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes"

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King read 4/13
Cards: 1 (1 in series), 2 (T: The), 3 (C: Mrs. Hudson), 6 (C: Sherlock), 8 (P: England), Skip (A: King), Reverse (Read by Alissa)
works for #11. where a character goes for a walk (Mary Russell goes for a morning walk and meets Sherlock Holmes) & #70 blunt characters (Mary and Sherlock are both blunt)

Other Books
Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office read 4/25
works for: #3, 5, 11, 17, 19, 27, 36, 39, 50, 70

by Lisa-Marie Cabrelli read 4/27
1. with “fun” in the text or title (pg 17)
3. where there is a party (last chapter)
11. where a character goes for a walk (MCs walk on the beach)
15. where a character is a lawyer (lawyer hired to file suit against company)
17. which includes characters who are siblings (Satish and Nandita)
36. with pyjamas in the text (PJ's not allowed, must be the exact word) (pg 210)
48. with a Pink cover
50. where someone takes a risk (MC starts her own business)
53. with a heart on the cover

[Hiraya]

Reserving this space for my April reading plan. <3 I'm still yet to finish Under the Tuscan Sun. I plan to finish it today. Anyway, If ever I'll probably be going for other colors this time. My 2018 read list is overflowing with yellow already, it's like a shelf of sunlight! Not that I have any problem with that... :D

Go Team Hydrus!

April Reading Plan
MINI CHALLENGE BOOKS
⭐8. Read a book with a map inside (e.g. inside the front cover) - Winter's Heart

Edit (4/18/18):
Completed:
The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
Cards: 8 (Book 8 in WOT series), 0 (Character Zarine), 1 (Character Olver), 2 (Character, Thom Merrilin), 3 (Character Elder Haman), 4 (Character Faile), 6 (Character Semirhage), 7 (Character Verin Sedai), 9 (Character Nynaeve), Skip (Character Furyk Karede)


The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Card: Yellow 1 (Author: Oliver Sacks)

Edit (04/26/2018):
Completed:
⭐57. Read a book with scientist as an important character

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne
Card: Yellow 7 (Author: Verne)

⭐12. Read a book first published on the 6th of any month - The Memory of Things, First published 9/6/2016

[Nicole B]

Glass Predator by Craig Schaefer
Cards: 2 (Jesse Temple), 3 (book 3 in series), 6 (Authors name: Craig Schaefer)

Ugly As Sin by James Newman
Cards: 0 (Standalone), 6 (Sophie Bullman), 9 (Author)

Wayward by Blake Crouch
Cards: 2 (Books 2 in a series)

Wait for It by Mariana Zapata
Cards: 0 (Standalone),

The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
Cards: 0 (Mata Zyndu), 1 (Book 1 in a series), 2 (Title), Skip (Author)

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
0 (Standalone), 2 (Tony), 8 (Ellis Lacey)


Completed

Storm Crossed by Dani Harper Read: 4/2 (BLUE)
Cards: 2 (Trahern), 3 (Authors name: Dani Harper), 4 (is book 4 in a series), 6 (Book Title)

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett Read: 4/2(GREEN)
Cards: 2 (Author), 3 (Havelock Vetinari), 4 (Fredrick Colon), 7 (Sam Vimes), 8 (book 8 of Discworld), 9 (Nobby Nobbs)

Deceptive Cadence by Kathryn Guare Read 4/3
cards: 1 (book 1), 2 (Thomas McBride), 6 (Sedgwick), skip (Author name)

Ghostwritten by David Mitchell Read: 4/3 (RED)
Cards: 0 (Standalone), 4 (Katy Forbes), 6 (Satoru), skip (Katy Forbes)

Bear My Soul by T.S. Joyce Read: 4/5
1 (book 1) , skip (Cody Keller)

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett Read: 4/5 (BLUE)
Cards: 2 (Author), 3 (Havelock Vetinari), 4 (Fredrick Colon), 5 (Carrot Ironfoundersson), 7 (Sam Vimes), 9 (Nobby Nobbs), reverse (Caroline)

Air Awakens - Elise Kova Read; 4/6/18
Cards: 1 (Book 1), 7 (Vhalla Yarl), 8/Skip (Author)

Equal Rites - Terry Prachett (Blue) Read; 4/6/18
Cards: 2 (author), 3 (book 3), 6/8 (Eskarina Smith) Reverse (Caroline)

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street - Natasha Pulley Read: 4/6/18
Cards: 0 (Standalone), 6 (Nathaniel Steepleton), 9 (Author), Skip (Keita Mori)

Between Sisters by Cathy Kelly Read; 4/8/18
0 (Standalone), 4 (Fiona), 6 (Shay), 8 (Edie), Skip (Pearl)

When the Bough Breaks - Jonathon Kellerman (BLUE) Read: 4/9/18
Cards: 1 (book 1), 2 (Tim Kruger), 6 (Milo Sturgis), Skip (Author)

The Line by J.D. Horn Read: 4/10/18
cards: 1 (book 1), 2 (Mercy Taylor), 3 (author name), 5 (Iris), 6 (Savannah), 8 (Ellen)

I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells (RED) Read: 4/12/18 (Before Mini)
cards: 1 (book 1), 5 (title), 9 (Ben Neblin), Skip (Kay Crowley)

The Touch Of Ghosts by John Rickards Read: 4/13/18
cards: 2 (Title),
Mini: Read for #41

The Coldest Blood by Jim Kelly Read: 4/13/18
cards: 3 (Humph), 6 (Marcie Sley), 8 (Ed Bardolph), Skip (Author)
Mini: Read for #42

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1. 01.04.2018 How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
Cards: 1 - Book 1 in Series (The Hinges of History #1), 2- Author - Thomas Cahill, 3- Title - How the Irish Saved Civilization, Skip - Patrick

2. 01.04.2018 The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
Cards: 1 - Book 1 in John Midas Series, 2 - Title - The Chocolate Touch, 6 - Character - Susan Buttercup, Skip - Author - Patrick Skene Catling

3. 01.04.2018 Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 3 - Character - Henrik, 5 - Character - Inge Johansen, 6 - Character - Sophie Rosen, 8 - Character - Ellen Rosen, 9 - Title - Number the Stars, Skip - Character - Kirsti Johansen. Blue - 89.3%

4. 02.04.2018 A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Cards: 0 - Character - Stephen Ziegler, 1 - Book 1 in Series, 3 - Character - Mr Hansen, 6 - Character - Stephen Pelzer, Skip - Author - Dave Pelzer

5. 02.04.2018 After the Circus by Patrick Modiano
Cards: - 0 - Standalone, 1 - Character - Obligado, 3 - Character - Henri Grabley, 6 - Character - Suzanne Kraay, 8 - Charater - Ellen James, Skip - Author - Patrick Modiano

6. 02.04.2018 Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 2 - Author - Lynne Truss, 8 - Title - Eats, Shoots & Leaves

7. 03.04.2018 To Capture a Duke's Heart by Jennifer McNare
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 2 - Title - To Capture a Duke's Heart, 3 - Character - Penelope Houghton, 8 - Character - Eleanor Cunnigham, Skip - Character - Penelope Houghton

8. 03.04.2018 Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Cards: 1 - Character - Owen Brooker, 3 - Character - Brent Hoff, 4 - Character - Fran Barker, 6 - Author - Sarah Vowell, 7 - Author - Sarah Vowell, 9 - Character - Nicole Francis, Skip - Character - Matt Klam

9. 04.04.2018 Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 1 - Character - Otis Pointwint, 2 - Character - Leopold Trouvelot, 3 - Character - Joseph Hickey, 4 - Character - Elton Fawks, 6 - Title - Silent Spring, 8 - Character - Ralph Eliasson, 9 - Character - Walter P Nickle, Green - 99%

10. 04.04.2018 - Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Cards: 1 - Title - Orphan Train, 2 - Character - Terry Gallant, 3 - Character - Hans, 4 - Character - Mark Flannery, 6 - Character - Mr Schatmanns, 7 - Character - Vivian Daly, 8 - Character - Eva McCallum, 9 - Character - Niamh Power, Skip- Author - Christina Baker Kline

11. 05.04.2018 - Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 2 - Character - Jim Tolpin, 3 - Character - Heather , 6 - Character - Susan, 8 - Character - Essie, 9 - Character - Ruth Ann Nedermier, Skip - Character - Patrick, Reverse - Jammin Jenny

12. 05.04.2018 - The Eye of the Beholder by Elizabeth Darcy
Cards: 1 - Book in Series, 2 - Title - The Eye of the Beholder, 8 - Author - Elizabeth Darcy

13. 06.04.2018 - Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen
Cards : 0 - Character -Zwonde, 2 - Character - Turlow, 3 - Character - Hook, 4 - Character - Filcher, 5 - Character - David Islington, 6 - Character - Stella Parish, 9 - Setting - Neverland, Skip - Character - Peter Pan

14. 07.04.2018 - The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara
Cards : 0 - Standalone, 2 - Title - The Motorcycle Diaries, 8 - Author - Ernesto Che Guevara

15. 07.04.2018 - Tallie's Knight by Anne Gracie
Cards: 01 - Standalone, 2 - Title - Tallie's Knight, 3 - Character - Lady Penelope Horton, 4 - Character - Freddie Winstanley, 8 - Character - Emmaline Pearce, Skip - Character - Emmaline Pearce

16. 08.04.2017 - Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 1 - Title - Outliers: The Story of Success, 3 - Character - Gordie Howe, 4 - Character - Joe Flom, 5 - Character - Isadore Flom, 6 - Character - Stewart Wolf, 8 - Character - Eric Schmidt, 9 - Character - John Norton, Skip - Character - Bud Penbroke

17. 09.04.2018 - A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 1 - Character - Ole Christensen Roemer, 3 - Author -Stephen Hawking, 4 - Character - Alexander Friedman, 5 - Character - Isaac Newton, 6 - Author -Stephen Hawking, 7 - Character - Val Fitch, 8 - Character - Edwin Hubble, 9 - Character - Isaac Newton, Skip - Character - Karl Popper, 84.8% Blue

18. 09.04.2018 - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
Cards: 2 - Character - Thomas Crean, 3 - Character - Walter How, 4 - Character - Frank Wild , 6 - Character - Ernest Shakleton, 7 - Character - Vincent, 8 - Title - Endurance, Skip - Character - Kerr

19. 10.04.2018 - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Cards: 0 - Character - Zakhar Vasilych, 1 - Title - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, 2 - Character - Andrei Tiurin, 4 - Character - Vasily Fyodorovich, 5 - Character - Ivan Denisovich, 6 - Author - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 7 - Character - Vasily Fyodorovich, 9 - Character - Nikolai Semyonick, Skip - Character - Kuziomin

20. 10.04.2018 - The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Cards: 2 - Title - The Red Badge of Courage, 3 - Character - Henry Fleming, 4 - Character - Henry Fleming, 6 - Author - Stephen Crane, Reverse - Jammin Jenny

21. 11.04.2018 - The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen
Cards : 1 - Book 1 in series, 2 - Title - The Secret of Ella and Micha, 3 - Character - Stacy Harris, 6 - Title - The Secret of Ella and Micha, 8 - Character - Ella Daniels, 9 - Character - Naomi, Skip - Character - Kelly

22. 11.04.2018 - The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 1 - Character - Oliverotto, 2 - Title - The Prince, 3 - Character - Hiero of Syracuse, 4 - Character - Francesco Sforza, 6 - Character - Francesco Sforza, 7- Character - Vitelozzo Vitelli, 9 - Author - Niccolò Machiavelli, Skip - Title - The Prince, Reverse - Caroline

23. 11.04.2018 - Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 2 - Character - Travis, 3 - Character - Hailey, 7 - Character - Victor , 8 - Character - Evany Thomas

24. 12.04.2018 - Sunset Ridge by Nicole Alexander
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 2 - Character - Thaddeus Harrow, 3 - Character - David Harrow, 4 - Character - Francois Chessy, 6 - Title - Sunset Ridge, 7 - Character - Sister Valois, 8 - Character - Ross Evans, 9 - Author - Nicole Alexander

Mini- 36. with pyjamas in the text (PJ's not allowed, must be the exact word)
16. where a character goes to court
17. which includes characters who are siblings
25. where someone works as a teacher
31. with a predominant sky on the cover

25. 12.04.2018 - The Goshawk by T.H. White
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 2 - Title - The Goshawk

Mini - 1. with “fun” in the text or title
11. where a character goes for a walk
13. where a character is named Charlie, or Charles
39. where the MC is a writer

26. 13.04.2018 - A Season to Be Sinful by Jo Goodman
Cards: 1 - Book 1 , 3 - Character - Harriet Franklin, 4 - Character - Francine Dumont, 6 - Title - A Season to Be Sinful, 9 - Character - Nicholas Caldwell, Skip - Character - Georgia Pendelton

Mini - 54. with lovers on the cover
1. with “fun” in the text or title - “We didn’t mean yer lordship offense by it,” Pinch said. “It was all in the way of fun.”
69. where "honesty" can be found in the text - Honesty compelled him to admit that it wasn’t. “But I believe it is a trait of character more suited to men than women.”
25. where someone works as a teacher
28. set in a country you do not live in

27. 13.04.2018 - Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 4 - Character - Farahshah, 6 - Title - Shadow Spinner, 8 - Character - Eli

Mini - 5. where a character tells a lie - Uncle Eli told Shahrazad’s eunuch that she was crippled because of an accident -the truth was that her mother deliberately maimed her.
28. set in a country you do not live in
17. which includes characters who are siblings

28. 14.04.2018 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 2 - Title - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, 3 - Character - Nancy Hubert, 4 - Character - Clovis Fossey, 5 - Character - Isola Pribby, 6 - Author - Mary Ann Shaffer, 8 - Character - Elizabeth McKenna, 9 - Character - Nancy Hubert, Skip - Character - Kit McKenna

Mini - 19. where someone goes to a hairdresser - Susan took Juliet to Madame Helena’s for a haircut
31. with a predominant sky on the cover
68. first published on the 29th (any month)
69. where "honesty" can be found in the text
1. with “fun” in the text or title
39. where the MC is a writer
28. set in a country you do not live in
17. which includes characters who are siblings

29. 14.04.2018 - An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 1 - Character - Babs Osborne, 2 - Character - Ma Tang , 3 - Character - John Harbour, 4 - Character - Desmond Fairchild, 5 - Character - Desmond Fairchild, 6 - Character - Stella Bradshaw, 7 - Character - Vernon Bradshaw, Skip - Character - Meredith Potter

Mini - 36. with pyjamas in the text (PJ's not allowed, must be the exact word) - 17,67% The penny having dropped – St Ives and a woman he swore was his Auntie from Cardiff were discovered in matching pyjamas, he in the top and she in the bottoms –
24. with a black cover (>50%)
1. with “fun” in the text or title
3. where there is a party
28. set in a country you do not live in

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