Team Interplanetary Biscotti

[SandyL]

If you click on the book and look at a bigger image, her dress looks green to me. But no worries if it won't work.

[SandyL]

I could also read for 4 Green if Laua Maia's book doesn't work.

[Ambi]

Book: Blood of Elves
Author: Andrzej Sapkowski
Date Finished: 2/21

UNO:
0 - ch Yarpen Zigrin
1 - #1 in series
2 - ch - Triss Merrigold
4 * ch - Fillippa
6 - author last name - Andrzej Sapkowski
7- ch - Vesemir
8 - ch - Eskel
9 - ch - Nilfgaard
Skip - setting - Kaer Morhen

Works for green, maybe?

Mini-challenge
1 - #1 in series
cold -"The cold of iron on wrists, on ankles.." pg 354
touch - "That touch filled you with fear" pg 119
plate - "arranging her plates, cutlery and napkin" pg 95

[Lau]

I've checked and the other groups are using a white cover book for cornflour. Can't we do the same? Have we got any read already?

[Daniela]

Oh yes! I totally forgot about using a white book! We have a few that work for white, so we can shuffle around some books

[Lau]

Nice! When you can please update on our more pressing needs for the end of February so I can see what to read :)

[Daniela]

The numbers I'd say, there are still the numbers 120 and 270 open, which we can only get with an exact page number. There shouldn't be any words left that are hard to find now

[Christina]

Daniela and I both have mentioned white covers for cornflour before lol. Daniela's currently at Quidditch practice so I'll try to shuffle some books around and update our sheet while at work in a bit, but if I don't have enough time I'm sure D will do it later :)

[Christina]

Lau Maia wrote: "Is ok for green 4?

It has a character named frank"

this works for green, yay!

I'm currently on my mum's laptop so can't edit our spreadsheet, but we still have a week left this month so no worries :)

[Daniela]

Christina wrote: "Daniela and I both have mentioned white covers for cornflour before lol. Daniela's currently at Quidditch practice so I'll try to shuffle some books around and update our sheet while at work in a b..."

I know I said it in here, but I still forgot about it xD

[Daniela]

Christina wrote: "Lau Maia wrote: "Is ok for green 4?

It has a character named frank"

this works for green, yay!

I'm currently on my mum's laptop so can't edit our spr..."

I'll update the spreadsheet now (need a study break :P), and will write another post with the cards we still need

[Daniela]

We have 15 cards left

0-Z - 1
1-O - 2
2-T - 2
4-F - 1
6-S - 1
7-V - 1
Skip - 2
Wild - 3
WD4 - 2 - Taken care of by Ashley and Lau

Mini Challenge
airtight (someone already said they can cover it, can't remember who?)
cold
glass
pen
plate
stomach
2
3
24
120
270
300 (I'll cover)

[Ashley]

Book: Natural Thorn Killer
Author: Kate Dyer-Seeley
Finished: 2/22/20

Uno Cards:
1 -book one in series or takes place in Oregon
2 - character Tomo Iwamoto
4- character Frank Jaffe
5 - character Tomo Iwamoto
6 - character Mark Sanders
8 - character Elin Johnston
9 - character Nora
Skip - author Kate, character Pete Fletcher, takes place in Portland, Oregon

Mini Challenge:

Cold loc 59
Dry loc 558
Eggs loc 450
Glass loc 188
Gloves loc 52
Lady loc 2194
Orange loc 373
Pen loc 576
Plate loc 1354
Sharp loc 592
Spoon loc 459
Stomach loc 899
Sugar loc 933
Touch loc 609
Vanilla loc 2424
White loc 188 (also white cover)
Corn flour - white cover?

[Ashley]

Ashley wrote: "
Book: Natural Thorn Killer
Author: Kate Dyer-Seeley
Finished: 2/22/20

Uno Cards:
1 -book one in series or takes place in Oregon
2 - character Tomo Iwamoto..."

Oh, and I guess 1 for the mini challenge as it is first book in a series!

[Ashley]

Daniela wrote: "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 t..."

I pretty much always finish books, but probably would've given up on this one a long time ago if it weren't for this challenge. I'm also using it for another one. It's not so bad because I'm listening, so if I get distracted I don't care that much.

[Lau]

Book: Since You've Been Gone
Author: Morgan Matson
Finished: 2/2/20

Uno Cards:
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 - Emily Hughes
4 (Four) - - has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with F - Frank Porter
6 (Six) - - has a title starting with S - Since You've Been Gone
8 (Eight) - - has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with E - Emily Hughes
Skip - - has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with K or P - Frank Porter
Coloured cards - Green

Mini-Challenge
1. airtighg - "I had a tarp I could put over it for when it was raining in the summer, and my parents had gotten the set construction guys to cut a piece of wood that fit inside and made it nearly airtight in the winter." pg 31
3. circle - "So it was with some relief that I could start Cupid Shuffling along with all these people I didn’t know, as we slowly turned in a circle as the song directed us to." pg 238
4. cold - "t was cold, and the low hum of the industrial air conditioner mixed with the shouts from the skateboarders and the just-louder-than-background-music techno." pg 34
7. dry - "“I meant to ask you,” my mother said as she patted her peach dry, “is everything okay with you and Sloane? It feels like we haven’t seen her around in a while.”" pg 78
10, glass -". I waited, trying to peer in the glass on the side of the door, still with a tiny flicker of hope that in a second, any minute now, I’d hear Sloane’s steps as she ran down the hall and threw open the door, yanking me into a hug, already talking a mile a minute." pg 10
13. lady - "Lady Antebellum" pg 87
19. pen - "I found a pen and my schedule for next week at Paradise in my bag." pg 314
20. plate - "Gideon took up a lot of space in the car—he was tall, with broad shoulders and big hands and feet, and when we’d been sitting across from each other in the diner booth an hour before, and Sloane had been stealing fries off Sam’s plate, I’d asked him if he played any sports." pg 48
22. sharp - "“Yes,” Dawn said as she made a sharp right." pg 105
26. stomach - "Just the sight of him was enough to make my stomach drop." pg 55
27. sugar - "I made myself put one foot in front of the other, walking down the steps to stand in the center of the room, surrounded by spices I could smell faintly and boxes of pasta and bags of rice and flour and sugar." pg 169

[SandyL]

Daniela wrote: "We have 15 cards left

0-Z - 1
1-O - 2
2-T - 2
4-F - 1
6-S - 1
7-V - 1
Skip - 2
Wild - 3
WD4 - 2 - Taken care of by Ashley and Lau

Mini Challenge
airtight (someone already said they can cover it,..."

So, do we have all the color books covered now?

[Christina]

Yes Sandy, thanks for asking! Ashley's currently struggling through the last one.

We should get our cards for March in the next couple of days though so that'll mean new colour cards (:

[Lau]

I'm starting a 270 pages books next for the mini challenge

[Christina]

Lau Maia wrote: "I'm starting a 270 pages books next for the mini challenge"

that's awesome! I've been trying to find a book today that works for 24 or 120 but I got nothing sigh

[Daniela]

I'm almost done with my 300 pages book, and I think I'll put down the Stephen King for now, to read a Nancy Drew book (24th in series), it only has 150 pages so will be a quick read.

In general, we can have a look at this series to find a 120pages long book

[Daniela]

ok, there are so many books in the Nancy Drew series, so maybe someone wants to read The Case of the Floating Crime, it's #120 in series. It should be online somewhere, and only has 160 pages. I'm not sure I can finish two more books, even if they're that short. But I'll try for sure!

[Daniela]

Daniela wrote: "ok, there are so many books in the Nancy Drew series, so maybe someone wants to read The Case of the Floating Crime, it's #120 in series. It should be online somewhere, and only has ..."

Me again, I'll actually start the book for 120, as I can't find The Clue in the Old Album, which would work for 24

[Ashley]

Jumping ahead to March for a minute as I know I won't have time to squeeze in anything extra this month (other than finishing these and MAYBE one other I am trying to get in for a BOTM in another group). This hold came in for me at the library and I picked it up today. It will be my first read of March. Any thoughts on whether or not this counts as a blue cover if we get a colored card that it might work for?

[Ambi]

I think it’s blue. :)

[Jen]

Completion Post:


Book: Fledgling
Author: Molly Harper
Completion Date: Feb 24, 2020

UNO:

1. CH: Owen
2. Two in series
3. Author
4. Title
5. CH: Ivy
6. CH: Sarah, Sebastian
Skip. CH: Phillip

MINI:
3. Circle - Chapter 6 (pg 71 of 212) " We heard something about a study CIRCLE"
4. Cold - Chapter 9 (112 of 212) "Mrs. Winter’s voice went ice COLD"
7. Dry - Chapter 12 (148 of 212) " his skin was pale and DRY"
8. Eggs - Chapter 3 (pg 40 of 212) "She kept insisting that I was too much of a lady to peel potatoes or whip EGGS."
9. Electric - Chapter 9 (pg 125 of 212) "Even thinking about Gavin made my insides do this strange little ELECTRIC dance"
10. Glass - Chapter 10 (pg 128 of 212) " the window GLASS of the door behind us cracked just the tiniest bit"
11. Gloves - Chapter 11 (pg 132 of 212) " as she handed him her GLOVES and hat"

13. Lady - Chapter 11 (pg 137 of 212) "Nice try, little LADY"
14. Limes - Chapter 11 (pg 139 of 212) "no candied LIMES for you"
15. Moon - Chapter 17 (pg 205 of 212) "The MOON cast a blue light over the hills"
16. Orange- Chapter 4 (52 of 212) " in various shades of eye-gouging ORANGE"

18. Peaks - Chapter 6 (pg 77 of 212) "Three absolutely identical PEAKS rose from the mountain range above me"
19. Pen - Chapter 7 (84 of 212) " I’m going to go to my room and PEN a heartfelt letter to my mother "
20. Plate - Chapter 10 (pg 127 of 212) "swallowing thickly any time a PLATE was passed in front of her"
21. Pure- Chapter 7 (pg 90 of 212) "Words bubbled behind my lips, angry retorts, accusations, PURE profanity"
22. Sharp - Chapter 1 (pg 11 of 212) "revealing SHARP fangs with serrated edges like a shark’s teeth"

26. Stomach - Chapter 6 (79 of 212) "and my STOMACH turned"
27. Sugar - Chapter 10 (127 of 212) "munching on golden, buttery SUGAR biscuits"

29. Touch - Chapter 11 (132 of 212) "This seemed like an odd TOUCH for a leisure cottage"

31. White - Chapter 11 (132 of 212) "see the outline of a large white stone house"


I'll be starting the next book that has the word airtight in it now, it might be my last book for the month. But possibly not as well depending on how good the book is :)

[Daniela]

Ashley wrote: "

Jumping ahead to March for a minute as I know I won't have time to squeeze in anything extra this month (other than finishing these and MAYBE one other I am try..."

I mean it looks about 50% blue

[SandyL]

Title: Second Chance Pass
Author: Robyn Carr
Read: 2/24/20
How it works:
2 - narrator - Therese Plummer
3 - character - Paul Haggery
5 - series # - Virgin River #5
6 - title - Second
7 - character - Vanessa
8 - character - Emma
Skip - character - Paul

Mini challenge
Eggs - pg 187 - "How old are the eggs?"
Electric - pg 239 ...."electric piano, guitars, the whole bit."
Glass - pg 13 "...a glass of wine for Terry..."
Lady - pg 47 "Bring the lady a minestrone soup..."
Stomach - pg 107 - "Makes me feel sick to my stomach...."

[Christina]

Daniela wrote: "ok, there are so many books in the Nancy Drew series, so maybe someone wants to read The Case of the Floating Crime, it's #120 in series. It should be online somewhere, and only has ..."

I was thinking Nancy Drew as well, and I've checked several times already but couldn't find #24 or #120... and I really don't wanna spend at least €6 for the ebook?!

[Ambi]

Book: Wildcard
Author: Marie Lu
Date Finished: 2/24

UNO:
0 - ch - Zero
2 - setting - Tokyo
3 - ch - Hideyo
6 - ch - Sasuke
8 - ch - Emika Chan

Mini challenge:

cold: "Shivering in the cold" pg 57
plate: "freshly made and a plate of fruit" pg 123
orange: "The orange light of early morning streaks" pg 64

[SandyL]

Title: Well Met
Author: Jen DeLuca
Read: 2/24/20
How it works:
1 - series # - Well Met #1
6 - character - Simon
8 - character - Emily
Skip - character - Emily Parker

Mini challenge
Circle - pg 22 - "...sit in a giant circle on the floor..."
Cold - pg 44 - "...which had started to go cold."
Dry - pg 82 - "pick up Caitlin's costume from the dry cleaner's..."
Eggs - pg 224 - "I also have eggs."
Electric - pg 211 - "...those kisses turned electric."
Glass - pg 105 - "...poured it into the glass bottle."
Lady - pg 31 - ..will call you Lady Guenevere."
Moon - pg 11 - ."....looked at him like he hung the moon."
Peaks - pg 213 - "...into almost painful peaks against...."
Pen - pg 6 - "I dug in my purse for a pen."
Plate - pg 13 - "I left the third plate on the counter."
Pure - pg 321 - "....his voice was pure pirate,"
Sharp - pg 7 - "...like laundry detergent and sharp soap."
Stomach - pg 50 - "...on my much flatter stomach..."
Thickened - pg 86 - "Her words thickened and she cleared her throat..."
Vanilla - pg 255 - "....making her vanilla latte."
White - pg 1 - "...as I threw my little white jeep in park."
1 - Series #

[Daniela]

@Christina the 120 is om Scribd, I'm trying the free month now. But couldn't find the 24, I'll have another look later, maybe I just overlooked it

[Lau]

We can use day published for the 24 but can we use page count? Like 243?

[Daniela]

Lau Maia wrote: "We can use day published for the 24 but can we use page count? Like 243?"

no, it has to be the exact number. So only published date and series number works here

[Christina]

Daniela wrote: "@Christina the 120 is om Scribd, I'm trying the free month now. But couldn't find the 24, I'll have another look later, maybe I just overlooked it"

how have I missed this 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

btw, if anyone is thinking about getting a trial month on scribd: if you use my link (I can send it to you) you'll get two trial months and I'll also get a free month 🙃

[Ambi]

Book: The Queen of Nothing
Author: Holly Black
Date Finished: 2/25

UNO:
1 - ch - Oak
2 - ch - Taryn
3 - #3 in series
4 - series name starts with F
7 - ch - Viv
8 - setting - Elfheim
9 - ch - Nicasia

Mini challenge:

plate: "pile two more onto a plate" pg 47
cold: "the dense cold air" pg 113
touch: "the girl's fingers touch one of my gloved hands" pg 65
300: page number
3: series number

[Ambi]

How many books do we still need?

[Ashley]

SandyL wrote: "
Title: Well Met
Author: Jen DeLuca
Read: 2/24/20
How it works:
1 - series # - Well Met #1
6 - character - Simon
8 - character - Emily..."

I'm hoping to listen to this one in March! What did you think?

[Christina]

Ambi wrote: "How many books do we still need?"

You know, you can always check our spreadsheet, there's a nice little overview ;)

we need to finish 7 more books this month, although if nothing has changed 5 are currently being read for February still. if you find a book that has been published on the 24th of a month (or is #24 in a series, lol) that would be great!

[Christina]

btw, we should be getting our March cards at some point tomorrow :D

[Ambi]

Christina wrote: "Ambi wrote: "How many books do we still need?"

You know, you can always check our spreadsheet, there's a nice little overview ;)

we need to finish 7 more books this month, although if nothing has..."

I can do a book for 24. :)

[Christina]

Ambi wrote: "Christina wrote: "Ambi wrote: "How many books do we still need?"

You know, you can always check our spreadsheet, there's a nice little overview ;)

we need to finish 7 more books this month, altho..."

awesome!

[Ashley]

Title: 99 Percent Mine
Author: Sally Thorne
Finished: 2/25/20
UNO:

0- standalone
2 - author surname Thorne or character Truly
3 - character Holly
6 - author Sally
7 - character Vince
9 - 9 in title or character surname Truly Nicholson
Skip - character Keith
Colored card: Yellow

Mini Challenge:
Circle 1:53:45
Cold 1:30:03
Dry 1:35:25
Eggs 1:40:04 (egg singular)
Electric 2:21:26
Glass 4:21
Gloves 5:17:07
Lady 1:19:17
Orange 3:41:46
Pen 1:09:15
Plate 54:59
Pure 7:13:05
Sharp 2:56:37
Spoon 1:37:40
Stomach 19:20
Sugar 42:39
Touch 2:05:28
White 14:16
1 - published in January (1/29/19)

[Ashley]

Christina wrote: "btw, we should be getting our March cards at some point tomorrow :D"

I might be pulling out all of my red, blue, green, and yellow books tonight!

[SandyL]

Ashley wrote: "SandyL wrote: "
Title: Well Met
Author: Jen DeLuca
Read: 2/24/20
How it works:
1 - series # - Well Met #1
6 - character - Simon
8 - ch..."

I really enjoyed it, Ashley!

[Daniela]

So, with the last 3 mini challenge spots being taken care of, we have two more cards to fill (already counted the 3 books for the mini challenge).

I'll try to finish my Stephen King I started before March, but not entirely sure I'll finish. I have to work for the rest of the week, and a lot to study.

[Lau]

Are there any specific cards that we need to fill? I will be finishing the two books im reading today or tomorrow and will be starting another one

[Daniela]

We can shuffle around cards, so don't really worry about that. Just read whatever you fancy, and I'm sure we'll find a spot for it :)

[Ashley]

I will definitely finish The Murder on the Links this week before the end of February. Probably tomorrow unless my 16 month old (who has been a diva the past two days) has something to say about it.

[Christina]

To recap for the mini challenge (please let us know if you can't finish):

airtight is being covered by Jen
24 by Ambi
270 by Lau

Our last colour card (7 Blue) is still being read by me - it actually took me all month to read this book, yes. Will definitely finish it by Saturday though :)

which leaves us with one more book 'needed' for our Feb cards, and according to Lau's and Ashley's posts they will be finishing more books soon, so the last one will be covered as well.

If everybody else wants to hold out on finishing books until March that's fine ;)