Team Interplanetary Biscotti

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Christina wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Ok so I just finished The Fault in Our Stars (absolutely brilliant by the way) and I will try to get my completion post thingy up ASAP"


I JUST CHECKED AND THERE'S PASSION FRUIT IN..."

Woah yes! That didn't even occur to me! Thanks for mentioning that- I will be sure to include it.
http://www.feastofstarlight.com/5162/

[Daniela]

I had a quick look through other team's spreadsheets for ideas, sadly there weren't a lot, especially as lots of the books were second or third in a series

120 pages: The Pearl The Door in the Wall

airtight: Murder at the Vicarage (word in text), Deep in the Woods (word in text)

6: If I Stay (published on the 6th)

270 pages: Brute

24 publish date: The Dutch House

oh and what I didn't think about, for starfruit we can use a yellow cover book, or a yellow item on a book! as star fruits are yellow x)

[[deleted user]]

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- Book title:The Fault in Our Stars
- Author: John Green
- Date Completed: 2/17

Cards:
~ 4 - title starting with "F"
~ 3 - character starting with "H" - Hazel
~ 5- character starting with "I"- Issac
~ 7 - character starting with "V" - Lidewij Vliegenthart
~ Skip - character starting with "K" or "P" - Peter van Houten
~Reverse - Daniela, Ashley, Lau Maia, and Ambi appear to have read it

Mini challenge:
~passionfruit- word in the text (page 167)
~circle- word in the text (page 119)
~cold - word in the text (page 34)
~eggs - word in the text (page 145)
~orange- word in the text (page 86)
~pen- word in the text (page 119)
~plate- word in the text (page 92)
~sharp - word in the text (page 240)
~stomach- word in the text (page 276)
~thickened - word in the text (page 36)
~touch - word in the text (page 93)
~white- white on the cover

[Ashley]

Y'all have been busy. I was kind of wondering about the numbers but haven't really had any that were worth asking about yet. This is definitely a lot clearer now. I have the rest of my month of reading plotted out, so I will check for numbers when I can and see if there is anything I can cover there. Constantly on the lookout for those words but definitely struggling with some of them. I don't think I've ever even heard cornflour used in life, so I'm thinking probably not going to find it in a book... but if I do, I'm pretty sure I'll notice!

[Ambi]

Book: The Sword of Shannara
Author: Terry Brooks
Date Completed: 2/18

Uno Cards:
1 - ch - Ohmsford
4 - ch - Flick
6 - title starts with S

Thickened - "It thickened steadily" pg 687
circle - "Allanon watched them circle" pg 458

[SandyL]

Could we use a cover that was cornflower blue? I know it's not the same word, but it sounds the same???

[Christina]

That's a good idea but I think that's stretching it too much, Sandy :(

Cornflour is white though, so shouldn't a white cover just work for it?

[Ashley]

SandyL wrote: "Could we use a cover that was cornflower blue? I know it's not the same word, but it sounds the same???"

I keep thinking cornflower blue also... which would be much easier!

[Ashley]

Book: The Last Mrs. Parrish
Author: Liv Constantine
Date Finished: 2/18/20

UNO:
0 - Standalone
2 - Title The Last Mrs. Parrish or character Tallulah
3 - Character Gregg Higgins
6 - Character Meredith Stanton
Color: Blue


Mini Challenge:
Circle p.16
Cold p. 61
Diagonally - woman is sitting diagonally on the cover?
Dry p. 52
Eggs p. 348
Electric p. 86
Glass p. 24
Gloves p. 73
Lady p. 62
Moon p.85
Orange p. 86
Pen p. 54
Plate p. 58
Pure p. 84
Sharp p. 159
Spoon p. 184
Stomach p. 54
Touch p. 27
White p. 46 or white on cover
3 - publication July 3, 2018

[Christina]

Daniela wrote: "oh and what I didn't think about, for starfruit we can use a yellow cover book, or a yellow item on a book! as star fruits are yellow x)"

I just covered it with Jen's which she finished a couple of days ago. it has stars on the cover ;)

[Daniela]

Cornflower is sadly a completely different word. A white cover/item works, or a corn on the cover I guess.

[Ashley]

The book I’m currently reading has the word biscotti in it. I think that should get us some bonus points or somethings. 😉🤣🤪

[Daniela]

Now that would be awesome x)

[Ambi]

works for orange. They are on the cover.

[Daniela]

Looks more like grapefruits and clementines to me?

[Ambi]

Aren’t clementines oranges? :O

[Daniela]

No, they are different citrus fruits x) I mean maybe it still works as they have the same colour?

[Lau]

Book: A Cidadela
Author: A.J. Cronin
Date Finished: 2/19/20

UNO:
O (Zero) - - is a "stand-alone" book (i.e. not part of a series)
3 (Three) - - has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with H - Dr. Hope
Skip - - has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with K or P - Dr Philip Denny


Mini Challenge:
3.circle - red circle on cover
4.cold - "She served Andrew in a contained, silent fashion with a slice of cold boiled brisket." pg 14
8. eggs - "The omelette – Gwilliam John had been sent for the eggs before he took his departure – came out of the pan, hot, savoury and a delicate yellow." pg 113
16. orange - "The ponies would eat any kind of food, scraps of loaf, potato and apple rinds, even orange peel." pg 138
19. pen - "They reached the Hugheses’ house. In the front room Andrew found Doctor Bramwell, unshaven, without his collar and tie, wearing a serious air, seated at the table, pen in hand." pg 66
20.plate - "She kept her eyes fastened upon her plate." pg 76
26. stomach - "Ben’s stomach heaved." pg 130
27. suger - "And he gets it, even if it’s only burnt sugar, soda carb. and good old aqua." pg 61
29. touch- "Its effect was to make him feel isolated and out of touch in Drineffy" pg 71
31. white - cover

[SandyL]

Title: My Favorite Half-Night Stand
Author: Christina Lauren
Read: 2/16/20
How it works:
Yellow cover
8 - character - Ed

Mini challenge
Bananas - pg 167 "Work's been bananas"
Circle - pg 27 "The glue of our circle of friends"
Orange - pg 5 "Chris bought up all the orange properties..."
Stomach - pg 13 "..my stomach feels warm."

[SandyL]

Title: Gypsy King
Author: Devney Perry
Read: 2/17/20
How it works:
1/2 - series # & name - Tin Gypsy #1
5 - character - Isaiah
6 - character - Dash Slater
8 - character- Emmett
Skip - author - Devney Perry

Mini challenge
Circle - pg 126 - "I spun in a slow circle"
Eggs - pg 360 - Or I can make fried eggs and bacon?"
Sugar - pg 215 "..the scent of chocolate and brown sugar filled my nose."
Touch - pg 27 "Because I was out of touch."
White - pg 9 "...flashing a straight, white smile..."
1 - series #

[SandyL]

Title: The Friend Zone
Author: Abby Jimenez
Date: 2/19/20
How it works:
0 - Standalone
2 - character - Tyler
4 - narrator - Teddy Hamilton
6 - character - Sloan
8 - narrator - Erin Malone
Skip - character - Kristen

Mini challenge
Circle - pg 237 "...finally came full circle."
Plate - pg 12 "...over the table to look at her plate."
Spoon - pg 164 "Evelyn set her spoon down on the saucer."
Stomach - pg 7 "...I clutched my stomach with a grimace."
Sugar - pg 315 "You need sugar."
Touch - pg 44 "...you can look but you can't touch."
White - pg 4 "A small, light brown dog with a white chin."
6 - published in June (6th month)

[Christina]

awesome job so far everyone! :)

as a reminder, it would be great if you could tell us all prompts your books work for, not just the ones that haven't been filled yet. we might need to do some shuffling around at the end of the month to make everything fit :)

[Ambi]

Title: With the Fire on High
Author: Elizabeth Acevedo
Date: 2/19
How it works
2 - ch -Tyrone
6 - setting - Spain
8 - ch - Emani

Mini challenge:
passion fruit - "nails in passion fruit purple" pg 367
orange - If clementines count as oranges then there is orange on cover
circle - circular hoops on cover
2 - published in May 7th, 2019

[Christina]

Ambi wrote: "
Title: With the Fire on High
Author: Elizabeth Acevedo

Mini challenge:
2 - published in May 7th, 2019"

I'm sorry but this does not work for 2 :/

[UNO Pixie, Our UNO Helper]

Congrats on your recipe!

Great work. 30 points has been added to your spreadsheet!

[Jen]

Completion Post:


Book: The Truth Lies Here
Author: Lindsey Klingele
Completion Date: Feb 20, 2020

UNO:
0 - Standalone
2 - Title
3 - Ch: Hector, Hal
5 - Ch: Ike
6 - Ch: Shanahan
Skip - Ch: Penny; Author

MINI (e-Book) :

Circle - Chapter 18 (pg 5 of 12) "Why would your dad CIRCLE this section?"
Cold - Chapter 30 (pg 21 of 26) "his voice still COLD"
Pen - Chapter 24 (pg 3 of 10) "Just listen to me for once, PEN"
White - Chapter 18 (pg 4 of 12) "The truth is black and WHITE"

[Jen]

Ember Queen MINI (e-Book):

3. Circle - Chapter 35 (Aftermath pg 228 of 370) "But all that would do is keep this vicious CIRCLE moving"
4. Cold - Chapter 38 (Mourning pg 243 of 370) "Instead her eyes are COLD even as her mouth spreads into a wide smile"
6. Diagonally - Chapter 32(Ovelgan - 213 of 370) "but he has a red scarf tied DIAGONALLY over the missing one."
7. Dry - Chapter 42 (Mercy - 274 of 370) "My throat goes DRY."
10. Glass - Chapter 42 (Mercy 276 of 370) "... she throws the GLASS vial into the cell at Laius’s feet."
13. Lady - Chapter 21 (Alliance - 141 of 370) " that I am not even LADY Thora."
15. Moon - Chapter 24 (Peace 165 of 370) " the MOON shining down on him"
20. Plate - Chapter 4 (Spar pg 36 of 370) "... piling their PLATEs high with food settling into easy conversation..."
26. Stomach - Chapter 5 (Reverie pg 43 of 370) "My STOMACH turns"
29. Touch - Chapter 5 (Reverie pg 43 of 370) "She reaches out to TOUCH my face..."
31. White - Chapter 6 (Alarm) pg 46 of 370) "... she clasps her hands so tightly in her lap that they are beginning to turn WHITE at the knuckles."
34. 3 - 3 in series
36. 12 - Audience Ages 12 & Up (pg 4 of 370 info page)

I wasn't sure if for Plate it could be PLATES as well so I included it and 12 was just listed as the readers age on the page that has the copy right book info, didn't know if that counted either. But just in case.

Also I included the only the ones on the mini that were still blank. I can still go back and look for others but I assumed those would be the ones you'd want to fill first?

[Daniela]

It is always good to have everything it works for, as most of the time we switch around books at the end of the month. But we'll just get back to you, should we want to move it to a word you didn't list :) so just for the next book, please try to include as much as possible (I know it's annoying)

[Jen]

Changeling MINI:

3. Circle - Chapter 1(pg 10 of 33) "I bent at the waist and rubbed the rock in CIRCLES on my knees"
7. Dry - Chapter 1 (pg 7 of 33) "It was DRY, thank goodness"
8. Eggs - Chapter 3(pg 5 of 16) "a huge rasher of crispy bacon , coddled EGGS, toast, and a double portion of porridge."
10. Glass - Chapter 4(pg 10 of 14) "Still staring at the empty glass"
11. Gloves - Chapter 5(pg 34 of 38) "My GLOVES and sleeves disintegrating ..."
13. Lady - Chapter 5 (5 of 38) "If I'd been born a LADY..."
14. Moon - Chapter 12 (pg 16 of 17) "he covers himself in marmalade and howls at the full MOON."
16. Orange - Chapter 6 (pg 18 of 24) "The firelight cast an ORANGE glow ..."
19. Pen - Chapter 17 (pg 4 of 36) "Gavin's PEN was also silent"
20. Plate - Chapter 9 (pg 12 of 18) "... thank her for a PLATE of toast"
22. Sharp - Chapter 17 (pg 11 of 36) "Cold, SHARP dread"
23. Shredded - Chapter 1 (pg 17 of 33) "Guild forces SHREDDED the Declaration of Independence"
26. Stomach - Chapter 11 (pg 17 of 28) "My STOMACH dropped so fast I felt dizzy"
27. Sugar - Chapter 9 (pg 14 of 18) "Owen produced a SUGAR cookie from his pocket"
29. Touch - Chapter 12 (pg 6 of 17) "Don't you TOUCH me"
31. White - Chapter 14 (pg 14 of 28) "A bubble of WHITE heat exploded around us"

Also for the numbers do they need to appear in just numeric form or if they appear like "ONE wrong step and my ankle would snap" in just written form does that count as well?

[Christina]

Numbers only work as publication date, series #, page count and NEED to be the exact number as mentioned above.

E.g. 362 pages would NOT work for anything - not 3, not 6, not 2, not 300.

[Ashley]

Christina wrote: "Numbers only work as publication date, series #, page count and NEED to be the exact number as mentioned above.

E.g. 362 pages would NOT work for anything - not 3, not 6, not 2, not 300."

So far none of my publication dates seem to remotely apply, but I'm assuming if the book was published on like May 23, 2017 it would work for 5, 23, and 2017 (if those were options). Is that right? Or would it also work for 17 if that were an option?

[Ambi]

Book: Deep and Dark and Dangerous
Author: Mary Downing Hahn
Completion Date: Feb 20, 2020

UNO:
Zero - is a "stand-alone" book (i.e. not part of a series)
One - Ch - Ali O'Dwyer
Two - Ch - Teresa
Three - author - Mary Hahn
Six - Ch - Sissy
Eight . Ch - Emma
Skip - Ch - Kathie Trent
Reverse - read by Lau Maia :D

Mini-challenge:

cold: "You look cold" pg 37
plate: "Emma pushed her plate away" pg 65
moon: "But the moon shone in my face" pg 30
spoon: "We came in to get a spoon." pg 162

[Daniela]

I take back my previous comment, the last two digets of the year count. So for 2017 we can use 17. Thanks Christina for making that clear :)

[Daniela]

We are going into our last week of February. The March Countdown is here. Books not finished before that, can count for March.

A little roundup:

We have 19 cards that still need to be filled.
0-Z: 1
1-O: 2
2-T: 2
4-F: 1
6-S: 2
7-V: 2
9-N: 2
Sip-K/P: 2
Wild: 3
WD4: 2 --> 2 more coloured books!! Still open to read for is 1 Green and 4 Green, 9 Yellow, to my knowledge, is being taken care of by Ashley?

Mini Challenge
We have 16 open spots here.

Words: airtight, cold, cornflour, pen, plat, stomach, touch, white
Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 12, 24, 120, 270, 300 (which I will cover for sure)

Please have a lookout for these, especially the underlined words. And it is still good to have all the information in your finished book post, as we tend to shuffle around books to fit everything.

I myself will only be able to finish my two current books, nothing more.

[Ashley]

Daniela wrote: "We are going into our last week of February. The March Countdown is here. Books not finished before that, can count for March.

A little roundup:

We have 19 cards that still need to be filled.
0..."

Yes, I am trudging through 99 Percent Mine for 9 yellow. I am not liking the book but only have a few hours of audio left and will have it done by the end of February. I have one other book that I'm about 50% finished with and I am hopeful that I can squeeze in at least one more. I was going to try for 2 but I'm not sure that will happen. I think most of the words we need (except airtight and cornflour) have shown up in both of my current books ... I had to laugh because cornflowers showed up, but no corn flour. I'm reading a cozy mystery and the next one will be a mystery as well so I'm hoping someone will have an airtight alibi... but no promises!

[Lau]

Completion Post:


Book: Love From A to Z
Author: S.K. Ali
Completion Date: Feb 21, 2020

UNO
O (Zero) - - is a "stand-alone" book (i.e. not part of a series)
6 (Six) - - has an author first name or surname starts with S - S.K. Ali

Mini-Challenge:
4. cold -" ZAYNEB
FRIDAY, MARCH 8
ODDITY: THE COLD" loc 2.4
19. pen - "My lap had been full. I’d had my Marvels and Oddities journal, a pen, my phone, headphones, and the food I’d bought right before boarding—a saran-wrapped breakfast sandwich and coffee. " loc 7.5
8. eggs - “ ‘Oh no, not I! I will survive!’ ” she sang, advancing from the kitchen with a plate of scrambled eggs. loc 56.1
19. plate - “ ‘Oh no, not I! I will survive!’ ” she sang, advancing from the kitchen with a plate of scrambled eggs. loc 56.1
26. stomach - "My stomach rumbled in anticipatory upset. " loc. 56.1
29. touch - "I lowered the window and let the warm air touch my face" loc. 64
31. white - "Beyond that were steps leading down to a boardwalk edging the Arabian Gulf, with the white sails of small yachts and traditional dhows dotting the water along the horizon." loc 68.7

[Daniela]

Ashley wrote: "Daniela wrote: "We are going into our last week of February. The March Countdown is here. Books not finished before that, can count for March.

A little roundup:

We have 19 cards that still need ..."

good luck with that yellow book, and kudos for wanting to finish it, If I don't like a book, I put it away forever :p

[Daniela]

Lau Maia wrote: "Completion Post:


Book: Love From A to Z
Author: S.K. Ali
Completion Date: Feb 21, 2020

UNO
O (Zero) - - is a "stand-alone" ..."

did you like the book? It sounds interesting

[Jen]

I decided to have a look at my next reads after my current one for the mini to see if any of them fit those harder words. And one of them happens to have the word AIRTIGHT in it. So I'll just make that one my next read. :)

[Daniela]

@Jen that's awesome!

[Ambi]

Jen wrote: "I decided to have a look at my next reads after my current one for the mini to see if any of them fit those harder words. And one of them happens to have the word AIRTIGHT in it. So I'll just make ..."

You’re a savior! :D

[Lau]

If you like young adult go for it. I gave it 4 stars :) i liked the Muslim portrait a lot

[Lau]

Is ok for green 4?

It has a character named frank

[Christina]

I'll double check in a bit but I think it should work?! Team, thoughts?

[Ambi]

Sorry I don't think it's green enough because the trees look almost black .

[[deleted user]]

I just got the books Stalking Jack the Ripper and the book version of Dear Evan Hansen from the library so from looking at the summary I might be able to cover one of the cards-

I think Dear Evan Hansen would work for the zero card because there is a character named Zoe (Z)

For SJtR I think it could work for either the two or the nine - characters Thomas and Nathaniel

I'm sure these two books will work for more than that but just by glancing at the summary this is what I saw they should work for- I'll hopefully be able to finish one of them by the end of the month!

[Ambi]

Book: Orange Is the New Black
Author: Piper Kerman
Date Completed: 2/21

UNO:
0 - standalone
5 - set partially in Illinois
6 - ch - Larry Smith
9 - Nora
Skip - ch - Piper Kerman

Mini Challenge
pen - "She had received a poor grade in big red pen." pg 158
plate - "Just fill up your plate and keep moving" pg 141
cold - " It could be cold cereal or oatmeal" pg 63
touch - "Don't touch me" pf 121
lady - "One elderly lady had barely got her walker through..." pg 140

[SandyL]

Would you guys consider green? If so, I can read it and it will work for either #1 or #4

[SandyL]

Title: Inherit the Sky
Author: Ariel Tachna
Read: 2/21/20
How it works:
1 - series - Lang Downs #1
2 - author - Ariel Tachna
5 - title - Inherit
9 - character - Caine Neiheisel

Mini challenge:
Cold - pg 8 - "Crisp, cool, ,even cold at night...."
Dry - pg 65 - "First aid kit, water and dry socks."
Electric - pg 80 - "...turning off the electric kettle when he saw...."
Gloves - pg 37 - "He pulled a pair of work gloves from his belt..."
Moon - pg 32 - "...Caine would be over the moon, but that...."
Pen - pg 17 - "the back of his bar coaster with a pen borrowed from the barman."
Plate - pg 16 - "Instead he grabbed his plate and joined Aiden..."
Sharp - pg 155 - "....his voice a sharp hiss."
Spoon - pg 138 - "....their arms and legs so he could spoon behind Mackin."
Stomach - pg 7 - "His stomach churned as he boarded the next flight..."
Sugar - pg 80 - "I didn't know if you wanted sugar."
Touch - pg 2 - "After Mom died, we lost touch somewhat."
White - pg 51 - "The big white one."
1 - #1 in series
12 - published in 2012

[Christina]

Lau Maia wrote: "Is ok for green 4?

It has a character named frank"

the verdict is still out. will let you know if we can use it :)

SandyL wrote: "Would you guys consider green? If so, I can read it and it will work for either #1 or #4"

I'm pretty sure that's not green?! but again, I could be wrong lol.