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Status update for us as we head into the weekend:8 of 15 hands completed (we only need 23 more books to complete all!)
7 of 9 color cards completed (we just need Eli's Green 8 & Melissa's Red 9)
Mini-challenge:
Story written; 6 of 15 books finished for it
10 of 25 tasks completed
We've got 4 spots still open:
12. Read a book with a character who takes a risk.
17. Read a book with stars on the cover.
20. Read a book with a character who builds something.
23. Read a book where someone prepares (lots of) food.
We've been switching places back and forth with other teams between 2nd & 5th position. It's that close!
The Lady of the Rivers will only cover someone who takes a risk, just to let you know. I should be done on either Monday or Tuesday.
The Lady of the Rivers is in the story!
Oh! I thought they could be separate. OK. No problem.
Chris wrote: "Oh! I thought they could be separate. OK. No problem."We can use a book for both the mini-challenge and the regular hands, but within the mini, they can be used for one or the other of the 2 parts, but not both.
I’ll be finished The Lady of the Rivers later today. Is there any colours, numbers or challenges you need me to find a book for?
We have 2 slots left in the mini. Someone builds something, and someone prepares (lots of) food.The color cards are covered. Eli & Melissa are reading for the last 2.
OK. I'll read Me Talk Pretty One Day. He complains about restaurants who make towers of food. Plus, its only 272 pages , so I should have it done before the end of the month.
Chris wrote: "OK. I'll read Me Talk Pretty One Day. He complains about restaurants who make towers of food. Plus, its only 272 pages , so I should have it done before the end of the month."Is there an actual character who makes the food? Nonfiction books are tough. I know that for regular Uno cards we can't count people mentioned in nonfiction books as characters.
I’m not sure. Does it have to be a character? You said ‘someone’.
I’m sorry. That’s my fiction bias showing. Yes, it needs to be a character.
I don’t have anything to cover those two options anyway unfortunately. I do have to say this challenger is very biased against biographies and autobiographies. It seems to only cover fiction which seems a bit unfair to me. Oh well.
Chris wrote: "I don’t have anything to cover those two options anyway unfortunately. I do have to say this challenger is very biased against biographies and autobiographies. It seems to only cover fiction which ..."I'm sorry. I know that ruling was made because it can be difficult to quantify what is/isn't a character in a non-fiction book. Here's the official ruling from the FAQs thread:
What's the rules with non fiction Books? Can the real life people of history say be used as "characters" and the same with locations used as "settings"?
I'm going to say no for the majority of non fiction books, (it opens the doors to books that have a zillion royals listed for example), unless of course the non fiction book is something like "Eat Pray Love" which is told like a novel with limited characters. I hope that makes sense!!
I needed a book with "And" in the title for another challenge, so I'm reading an audio that has a woman working as a housekeeper/personal chef for a football player with a "plant-based lifestyle" (not vegan!). So she cooks a LOT of food to cover his 10,000 calories a day during training. Now we just need one where a character builds something (or a blanket on the cover, because my blanket one works for the build something).
Didn’t your book qualify for the blanket?
Chris wrote: "Didn’t your book qualify for the blanket?"It did. But it also has people building things (restoring a castle), so if someone can't find a book with people building things, but can find a blanket, they can be swapped.
The book I just finished would work for builds something... he magically builds a wall several times... you could swap that it if you can find one to replace it.
Tatiana wrote: "The book I just finished would work for builds something... he magically builds a wall several times... you could swap that it if you can find one to replace it."Looking now. We have several options that haven't fit in the mini challenge yet.
We've got 5 days left in the month, team! I just wanted to give us a quick update and make sure everyone is on track to finish their books for the mini-challenge. We have a few books unused, so if you're struggling, speak up and we can see if anything already finished can fit in that spot!Main Uno hands - all finished, except Eli's color card. (marked currently reading)
Mini-challenge:
Story:
Sabriel - Chelsey - (marked currently reading)
Tasks:
Born a Crime - Tatiana (marked currently reading)
What to Say Next - Chelsey
I’ll be finished my book, Me Talk Pretty One Day, before the end of the month but what happens if all hands are finished and it doesn’t fit the mini?
Chris wrote: "I’ll be finished my book, Me Talk Pretty One Day, before the end of the month but what happens if all hands are finished and it doesn’t fit the mini?"Then we just can't use it anywhere. I had about 5 books last month that weren't used anywhere.
I should finish my two by either tomorrow or Saturday.
Assassin's Apprentice, I only have a couple of hours left in the audiobook. I will knock it out tonight. I am also almost done with Things You Save in a Fire. I should finish all four of mine by the end of the month!
I will have Shadow Soul done tomorrow at the latest and would have time to get another one read if we need something filled. SO is back on his hitch so I get more reading done when he is gone.
Hey Team!Our April hands have been posted! We have 16 hands this month, with 14 color cards! Additionally, we have 2 Wild Draw 4 cards, although one of them is in a hand with a color card and a Draw 2. The Blue 1 & Blue 6 are in a hand together with a Draw 2, so if we can find a blue cover that fits 1 & 6, that's one less to worry about. Same with the Blue 2 & Blue 9. Same hand, Draw 2. So, we have up to 15 color cards to cover!
Red 4 - Jackie
Blue 9 - Laura
Yellow 2 - Jennifer
Green 9 - Jackie
Yellow 8 - Tatiana (can work for 3 or 4)
Yellow 3 - Melissa (can work for 2)
Blue 4 - Eli
Yellow 4 - Chelsey (can work for 2, 3 or 8)
Red 5 - Jackie
Blue 1 - Jennifer
Blue 6 - Jennifer
Red 1 - Laura
Blue 2 - Jennifer
Blue 9 - Jennifer
Wild Draw 4 (duplicate any of the above cards, except Yellow 2). - Savir, Blue 6
I assume a lot of you are in the same position I'm in. My local libraries are closed, so I'll need to get creative to find books, but I believe we can do it! :)
I just started this one today...but I don't know if it's green enough
Jennifer wrote: "I just started this one today...but I don't know if it's green enough"I'll ask.
I just started reading a Emma. My version has a yellow cover and will work with either yellow 3,4 or 8.
I have
which would work for the Blue 2 (CH LN Taylor) & 9 (CH FN Nicky)
I can take the Red 4. Red enough?
would definitely work for Blue 6 (CH FN Shay) but I won't know about 1 until I listen to it.
Laura wrote: "I can take the Red 4. Red enough? "I think they are
Jennifer wrote: "Laura wrote: "I can take the Red 4. Red enough? "I think they are"
If they both work, I can do the Wild Draw 4 as well.
I found a Blue 1 & 6 if this is blue enough
I have
that I'm going to try to get a copy of. It works for any of our blue cards.ETA: I got it! So I can do the Blue 9
Jennifer wrote: "I found a Blue 1 & 6 if this is blue enough "I'm not sure that one quite hits 50%, so I'll ask.
I'll be finishinghttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...this book by the first week of April.
can we use this for April?
Books I've checked with captain's group on:
- No
- No
- Yes
- Yes
- pending
Savir wrote: "I'll be finishinghttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...this book by the first week of April.
can we use this for April?"
It looks like one of the authors' has an S initial, so it works for a Blue 6. Since we're using that with the Blue 1 for the Draw 2, we can use yours for Wild Draw 4 card that we need to fill.
Just remember, don't finish before April 1!
If you have a book you're dying to read that fits for anything I've got my name next to, just speak up. My reading for the month is not set in stone!
I’ll try to find some red of yellow books, but the library’s are closed here as well. Have Blue 4/6/9 that I can start on?
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We're going to use it for the story. Books can only be used for one part of the mini, not both. So we'll use it for the story!