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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2020
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Team Galactic Crème Brûlée
Completion Post
Book:Ninth House by: Leigh Bardugo
Date Read: 2/1/20-2/3/20
Rating: 4 Stars
Cards it works for:
2- Characters name: Tara Hutchins/Detective Able Turner
3- Character:Helen Watson
6- Character:Alex Stern
9- Title
Reverse- Sophie read it.
Let me know if I'm missing anything
Murder at Bray Manor
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Cards:
3- 3rd in series
4- Character- Felicia Gold
6- Character- Captain Smithwick
8- Character- Evelyn Langley
Skip- Character- Patrick Croft
RavenclawLibraryBooks wrote: "Murder at Bray Manor
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Cards:
3- 3rd in series
4- Character- Felicia Gold
6- Character- Captain Smithwick
8- Character- Evelyn Langley
Sk..."
You are smashing through books! Is that like 3 in a day?! I can't keep up ahahah
Kate wrote: "RavenclawLibraryBooks wrote: "Murder at Bray Manor
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Cards:
3- 3rd in series
4- Character- Felicia Gold
6- Character- Captain Smithwick
8..."
I am currently reading my fifth book.
RavenclawLibraryBooks wrote: "Kate wrote: "RavenclawLibraryBooks wrote: "Murder at Bray Manor
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Cards:
3- 3rd in series
4- Character- Felicia Gold
6- Character- Captai..."
Respect! Well done! :)
Sourcery - Terry Pratchett
4 Stars
Cards:
2 - author's first name starts with T
5 - character name starts with I - Ipslore (no surname)
6 - title starts with S
9 - character name starts with N - Nijel (no surname)
Skip - author's surname starts with P
Murder at Feathers & Flair
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Cards:
1- Character- Olga Palvona Orlova
3- Character- Reverend Oliver Hill
4- 4th in Series
5- Character- Isla Lyon
6- Character- Sergeant Scott
7- Character- Sophia von Altenhofen
8- Character- Emelia Reed
Skip- Character- Peter Maguire
Murder at the Mortuary
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Cards:
1- Character- Reverend Oliver Hill
2- Character- Haley Higgins
4- Character- Felicia Gold
5- 5th in Series
8- Character- Emelia Reed
Skip- Place- Pinocchio's
Good work everyone!Raven you are definitely motoring through that series!
I'm likely to have a slow start. Spent the weekend away with friends and we're off from Weds til Fri with my sisters and niece
One Hundred Years of Solitude is going to take me a hot minute. Its not keeping my interest so I'm taking it chapter by chapter. I did find another book to fit for quite a few cards and its an easy read.
Murder at Kensington Gardens
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Cards:
1- Character- Reverend Oliver Hill
3- Place- Harrods
4- Place- Feathers & Flair
6- 6th in Series
8- Character- Scout Elliot
9- Place- North Star
Skip- Place- Kensington
Murder at St. George's Church
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Cards:
1- Character- Reverend Oliver Hill
2- Character- Theodore Edwards
3- Character- Louisa Hartigan
4- Place- Feathers & Flair
6- Place- St George's Church
7- 7th in Series
8- Character- Esme Edwards
Skip- Character- Cecil Piper
Murder Aboard the Flying Scotsman
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Cards:
4- Place- Flying Scotsman
5- Character- Irene Dansby
6- Character- Inspector Sullivan
8- 8th in Series
9- Character- Nurse Cunningham
Skip- Character- Lady Isabel Pennington
I found One hundred years of solitude really going. Got there eventually but it's not a speedy read
I found One hundred years of solitude really slow going. Got there eventually but it's not a speedy read
Sharon wrote: "One Hundred Years of Solitude is going to take me a hot minute. Its not keeping my interest so I'm taking it chapter by chapter. I did find another book to fit for quite a few cards and ..."That's a shame!
But good to know it isn't a speedy read. I'll keep away from it while doing a team challenge then.
Murder at the Boat Club
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Wild Draw 4
Murder on Eaton Square
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Cards:
3- Character- Harry Reed
4- Character- William Fulton
6- Character- Scout Elliot
7- Character- Virginia Peck
8- Place- Eaton Square
9- Character- Deidre Northcott
Skip- Character- Reginald Peck
Murder by Plum Pudding
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Cards:
1- Character- Reverend Oliver Hill
3- Character- Louisa Hartigan
4- Character- Felicia Gold
6- Character- Sally Hartigan
8- Place- Euston Station
Skip- Character- Pippins
Murder on Fleet Street
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Cards:
2- Character- Leo Tipper
3- Place- Hartigan House
4- Place- Fleet Street
5- Character- Morton Ironside
6- Character- Superintendent Morris
8- Character- Edward Poole
Skip- Place- Kensington
You have powered through those Raven!! Glad to see they've been enjoyable too
Salt to the Sea
Date read : 4-Feb
Cards applicable :
0 - Standalone book
3 - Hannelore
4 - Florian
5 - Ingrid
8 - Emilia
Skip - (K) Klaus
>50% Blue
That was some speedy reading, Raven! Hope the series was enjoyable :-)
Sandman 4 Season of Mists - Neil Gaiman and Richard Kadrey
Date read: 2/3 - 2/4
Rating- 5 Stars
This is a graphic novel and I have no idea how many words there are. But there are 219 pages and the Sandman series is pretty wordy for graphic novels ...
According to this website
https://www.readinglength.com/book/is...
it's about 40,000 words, but it's guessed on the basis of 160 pages, while this volume of the series has 219 pages...
Cards:
1 - character name starts with O (Odin, no surname)
2 - character name starts with T (Thor, no surname)
4 - book 4 in a series
6 - title starts with S
8 - character name starts with E (Eve, no surname)
9 - character name starts with N (Nada, no surname)
Skip - author's surname starts with K
Book: The Fourth Monkey by J. D. Barker
Dates read: 2/3/20-2/4/20
Rating: 4 Stars
Cards:
2- Arthur Talbot
4- Title has 4th
3- Heather Porter
5- Takes place in Illinois
6- Sam Porter
8- Emory Conners
Babylon's Ashes
James S.A. Corey
4*
Finished 5/2
1 - Oxana FN only
2 - Titan location
3 - James Holden
4 - Fred Johnson
5 - Marcos Inaros
6 - #6 in series
9 - Naomi Nagata
Skip - Alex Kamal
The King's Justice
E.M Powell
I am about 50% through this and it is quite interesting so far.
I really enjoyed it. Got it as an Amazon first read when it first came out. Wondering if I ever put the 2nd on my tbr shelf now...
With that cover it's moved up my list for the next couple of months if needed!
Ooooh, definitely worth moving up your list with that cover ;-)
Work has been very busy this week so I'm not sneaking in as much reading as I like, but I should finish my current book tonight and start another tomorrow :)
I have a book that has been on my tbr list for quite sometime that would work well for one of the hands. It’s a series and the main Character’s name is Veronica Speedwell. I just started A Time to Die but can start that series after if still needing V type cards.
Completion Post
Date Read: 5th February 2020
Rating: 2 Stars
Cards it works for:
Reverse - Sophie has read it
2 - Book Title: Tattooist
3 - Author: Heather Morris
Skip - Place: Poland
Wild - (Hand 10) 3 - See above.
Sharon wrote: "I have a book that has been on my tbr list for quite sometime that would work well for one of the hands. It’s a series and the main Character’s name is Veronica Speedwell. I just started A Time to ..."Always good to have some of those! If not for February, then for March or April - so definitely keep those in mind :-D
Is there any particular card we are missing at the moment? Seeing if I can squeeze it in this weekend.
Sharon wrote: "Is there any particular card we are missing at the moment? Seeing if I can squeeze it in this weekend."Looking at the spreadsheet; 1, 7, 8, 9 & 0 seem to have the most blanks :)
Kate wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Is there any particular card we are missing at the moment? Seeing if I can squeeze it in this weekend."Looking at the spreadsheet; 1, 7, 8, 9 & 0 seem to have the most blanks :)"
I know off the top of my head have a few that can fit 1 and 7.
There are also a lot of 6s, I think (without going back to look at the spreadsheet). Going back, here is the list Sophie posted a while ago with how many of each card we have:
0 (standalone, 0 in title, letter Z) - 3
1 (1st, 1 or O) - 7
2 (2nd, 2 or T) - 6
3 (3rd, 3 or H) - 7
4 (4th, 4 or F) -3
5 (5th, 5 or I) - 9
6 (6th, 6 or S) - 11
7 (7th, 7 or V) - 7
8 (8th, 8 or E) - 8
9 (9th, 9 or N) - 8
Skip - 4 (K or P) - 4
I am not taking into account the ones that have been filled already on the spreadsheet, but this will give you an idea.
Thanks Sharon. It's early enough in the month we aren't targeting any particular gaps. The cards I worry about and want options for early tend to be 5, 7 and 8.I'm likely to be a bit slow answering messages for the next couple of days - on a short break to Centreparcs with my sisters and niece. Joe spent 2 hours going down kid's waterslides and getting v excited.
The King's Justice
E.M Powell
4 Stars
Wild Draw 4
Now I am starting on
India Black
Carol K. Carr
Reverse
Completed a non-fiction book
Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life
Author : Gary John Bishop
Rating : 3 stars
Standalone
*I just realized it may not be counted for any hand, any rule :(
Yes, actually, it can. It's a stand-alone, so it works for 0.
Would you's class this as red? (Not for this month, just planning ahead ha!)
No, unfortunately not. There are too many other things on the cover to give it a 50/50 chance for being either red or... is that beige? ;-)
India Black
Carol K. Carr
3 Stars
Reverse
It was ok.
The Heiress of Linn Hagh
Karen Charlton
5 Stars
Cards:
1- 1st in Series
2- Place- The Rose & Crown
3- Place- Hareshaw Woods
4- Character- Fred Jamieson
5- Character- Isobel Carnaby
6- Character- Stephen Lavender
8- Character- Ralph Emmerson
9- Character- Ned Woods
Skip- Character- Katherine Armstrong
Blue
The Sans Pareil Mystery
Karen Charlton
5 Stars
Cards:
1- Character- Olaya Menendez
2- Character- Teresa
3- Character- Henry Duddles
4- Character- Lawerence Forsyth
5- Character- John Issacs
6- Place- Sans Pareil Theatre
8- Character- Elizabeth
9- Character- Ned Woods
Skip- Character- Prince William
Green
The Sculthorpe Murder
Karen Charlton
5 Stars
Cards:
1- Character- Old Pete
2- Character- Mrs Tilley
3- Character- Harry Goode
4- Character- Lady Anne Fitzwilliam
5- Character- Issac Bunning
6- Character- Billy Sculthorpe
8- Character- Erskine
9- Place- Northamptonshire
Skip- Character- Albert Kilby
Red
Eldarwen wrote: "No, unfortunately not. There are too many other things on the cover to give it a 50/50 chance for being either red or... is that beige? ;-)"Oh well! I'll save it for my down time haha! Thanks!
RavenclawLibraryBooks wrote: "India Black
Carol K. Carr
3 Stars
Reverse
It was ok.
The Heiress of Linn Hagh
Karen Charlton
5 Stars
Cards:
1- 1st i..."
Where do you find the time!? I'm jealous haha!
Kate wrote: "RavenclawLibraryBooks wrote: "India Black
Carol K. Carr
3 Stars
Reverse
It was ok.
The Heiress of Linn Hagh
Karen Cha..."
Unfortunately I suffer quite severely with both Fibromyalgia and Insomnia so I can't work or get out much.
I read to escape from the pain and limitations of my body.
RavenclawLibraryBooks wrote: "Kate wrote: "RavenclawLibraryBooks wrote: "India Black
Carol K. Carr
3 Stars
Reverse
It was ok.
The Heiress of Linn H..."
I'm sorry to hear that! Books give us all an escape :)
Sorry to hear that Raven. Hopefully we'll be able to provide some distraction during this challenge!
Uuuh lovely!And 5 stars for all those mysteries! The first one sounds intriguing, so I guess I'll just have to add that to my TBR.... ;-))
Because, you know, what's the use of reading books to get the number on your TBR down if you can't add new stuff to make right back up for the books you've "lost" ;-)
I'm not sure how many of you guys read actual paperbacks but do any of you have a slight obsession with sprayed edges?? Or is that just me?!
Kate wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "No, unfortunately not. There are too many other things on the cover to give it a 50/50 chance for being either red or... is that beige? ;-)"Oh well! I'll save it for my down time..."
There's lots of other cards it will work for though, I'm sure!
So, you know... you can always read it for one of those... ;-)
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Book: Discretion by Karina Halle
Date Read: 3rd February 2020
Rating: 3-3.5 stars
Cards it works for:
1 - #1 in series
3 - author: Karina Halle
6 - character: Sadie Reynolds
Skip - character: Pascal Dumont