Team Moonwalker Madeleines

[Rayne]

Going to change a few books around. I just can’t finish Sebastian’s book. Its just too boring. I will replace it with another E book though that I hope is more interesting.

[Paula]

Hello, I finished Fenris, el Elfo and updated both ss.

I'll be finishing another book tonight =)

[Allison Ann]

Brooklyn wrote: "Going to change a few books around. I just can’t finish Sebastian’s book. Its just too boring. I will replace it with another E book though that I hope is more interesting."

I am devastated to hear that Sebastian is boring! ;D Life's too short for bad books. We're doing pretty well on our Es anyway, so read whatever you want.

[Allison Ann]

Paula wrote: "Hello, I finished Fenris, el Elfo and updated both ss.

I'll be finishing another book tonight =)"

Thanks Paula. Even though I haven't used my Spanish in 25 years, I always try to guess your book titles. I'm assuming Elfo = Elf?

[Paula]

Allison Ann wrote: "Paula wrote: "Hello, I finished Fenris, el Elfo and updated both ss.

I'll be finishing another book tonight =)"

Thanks Paula. Even though I haven't used my Spanish in 25 years, I a..."

yep, and Fenris is his name =)
It is a book by a spanish author

[Allison Ann]

Nice to read un-translated books isn't it. :) Makes all the difference when a native speaker is doing the writing. I get annoyed by dialect, ie. when a North American tries to write British or vice versa. Having a non-native speaker write a whole different language is even worse

[Paula]

I try to read un-translated books most of the time (spanish or english haha), unless the english is too difficult for me.
I still remember the first time I tried to read The Great Gatsby and the english was too advanced for me, so I read the translated version hahaha

[Brittany]

Completion post: The Duke’s tempting bride: Finished 4/7


Card 0- Stand-alone
Card 4- Character first name Fritz
Card 7- Character first name Vivian
Card 9- Character first name Natalie

[Allison Ann]

April Cards - 41/100 CARDS

1 Red
6 Red - Allison
8 Red - Nicole
1 Yellow - Brooklyn
2 Yellow - Nicole
9 Yellow - Allison
2 Green - Brooklyn
3 Green - Allison
4 Green - Allison
3 Blue
7 Blue - Allison
7 Blue
8 Blue - Paula
9 Blue - Alissa

WD4 -
WD4 -
WD4 - Allison
WD4 -

1 - 0 CARDS
6 - 1 CARDS - I
6 - 2 CARDS - I
7 - 3 CARDS - III
4 - 4 CARDS - I
8 - 5 CARDS - IIII
8 - 6 CARDS - IIII
8 - 7 CARDS - IIIII
10 - 8 CARDS - IIIII II
10 - 9 CARDS - IIIII
6 - SKIP CARDS - III
9 - REVERSE CARDS - III

5 - WILD CARDS

6 - DRAW 2 CARDS - IIIII

[Brittany]

Completion post: Duchess by design- Finished 4/7


Book 1- Book 1 in the series
Book 3- Character last name Hewitt
Book 4- Character first name Freddie
Book 7- Character last name Van Allen
Card 8- Character named Elise
Card 9- Character named Nora
Skip- Character name Kingston

[Allison Ann]

I keep putting aside my colour covers to read other books. Sorry team, but I will get them done eventually. Promise.

Snow on the ground here this morning. I finally got the last of the ice off my decks yesterday, so I guess Mother Nature felt the need to replace it. :D

[Rayne]

Allison Ann wrote: "I keep putting aside my colour covers to read other books. Sorry team, but I will get them done eventually. Promise. ."

I don't blame you...struggling right now with my book choices. I think I've finally figured things out though and am making progress. I think I was just trying to read too many books I wasn't into for a different challenge. And I just need to step away and read the fun books for now. So that's what I'm doing. No pressure.

I'm blazing through my current read, then I'll start my yellow book.

[Alissa]

Finished

I feel you on the ice Allison. The snow melts one day and then it gets replaced two days later.

[Allison Ann]

Thanks Alissa.

Honestly, everyone, read anything you want. I'm usually a fairly competitive person, but frankly the thought of not finishing our cards doesn't even bother me a bit anymore. So many other things to stress about, this doesn't even crack Top 5. :D So let's make sure reading stays our escape, our happy place, our fun!

[Paula]

Hello!
I agree, we should read what we want to read =)

I finished Las Primeras Aventuras de Aura and Hearts in Darkness, both ss updated

[Rachel]

Hi everyone. Hope you are all doing well. Things are getting chaotic at work. We are currently building a temporary tent hospital outside in a parking lot. Things are extremely surreal. It is hard to focus on reading. I finished darkness and I am going to update the spreadsheet. I am starting Kingdom of Back. Hopefully it works for the blue 7. Hopefully it is good.

[Rachel]

Now that I think of it I might be mixing my books up. I am also planning to read All the Stars and Teeth.

[Rayne]

Finished Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped. SS updated.

[Brittany]

Completion Post: Some like it scandalous- Finished 4/9


Card 2- Character named Theo
Card 3- Character named Harriet
Card 6- Character last name Swan
Card 8- Character named Evelina
Skip- character last name Preston

[Allison Ann]

Updated, thanks all.

[Allison Ann]

Rachel wrote: "Hi everyone. Hope you are all doing well. Things are getting chaotic at work. We are currently building a temporary tent hospital outside in a parking lot. Things are extremely surreal. It is hard ..."

Wow Rachel, outdoor hospitals are crazy. Please stay safe.

[Denise]

#TheRealCinderella: A Sweet YA Cinderella Retelling
Read 4/11

1 in series
2 character Tori
5 character Isabel
6 character Sophia
7 author Yesenia Vargas
8 character Ella

[Denise]

Make Mine Magic
Read 4/11

0 standalone
4 fletcher character
6 author Shanna Swendson
9 location new york

[Alissa]

Finished
This was a fantastic book but dark.

Where are you Rachel? The government here said they were building a temporary structure hospital beside one of the hospitals. Should be ready in a month. I don't take that as a good sign.

[Denise]

We've had our outdoor tent for about three weeks now. I'm in California.

[Rachel]

Alissa wrote: "Finished
This was a fantastic book but dark.

Where are you Rachel? The government here said they were building a temporary structure..."

I work about 35 minutes outside of New York City. They had the temporary hospital built in 3 days. My organization is hoping not to have to use it but want to be prepared just in case. We have been getting shipped a lot of patients from the city from a sister hospital.

[Erica]

i will pick something else since no consensus was made


Allison Ann wrote: "Erica wrote: "8 Red- Dave Eggers"

It was a good book, but I'm afraid it isn't considered Red by the captain's group. But will still work for Card 8 or Reverse.

And..."

[Erica]

can i use this for 7 BLUE -


Or is there not enough blue

[Nicole]

Finished The Stand. SS updated. Tried to start The Kingdom of Back but could not get into it. Going to try something else.

[Allison Ann]

Good morning team. Guess I picked a bad weekend to get fed up with the internet and take a break. Apparently our mini-challenge started yesterday. So hope you all had a good weekend and a good Easter. I'll post the directions in a minute and we can start making some decisions.

[Allison Ann]

April Mini Challenge

This is an optional mini challenge for our UNO players. This month we are joining another team for a bake-off!

In February, you assembled your space treats and in March you embarked on your space travel. So now it is time to come back home and have a tea party with your new found treats.

◈ You can choose any recipe from a different team (found here). With that recipe in hand you need to decide as a team how to eat their treat. You do this by:
→ picking word(s) from that team's recipe to "spell-it-out" you can do this with up to 15 letters (they need to be complete words, not only spelling partial words)
→ picking word(s) from that team's recipe that you can find on the cover of books or as words in text. You can do this with up to 15 words
→ deciding what else you would like to serve at the tea party. Complete the story on the spreadsheet using book titles. (15 words) This is the story of your tea party in your own words. Be as creative as you like. You can use as much or as little of a title as you see fit.

◈ Every book read, i.e. every task completed, is worth 10 points.

◈ If you complete all your requirements for a tea party, your team will receive 30 bonus points.

◈ Share your tea party with the team that created the recipe you were given for an additional 10 points. (This means posting to their thread your tea party story)

◈ Books can be started at any point since the start of the UNO challenge (Feb 1)
◈ Books need to be finished after the start of this mini challenge on April 12, 7pm AEST (countdown is here) and before May 1 at 7pm AEST (Countdown to the end of April is here)




◈ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books for what you are claiming for your UNO hands
◈ The usual book length rules apply
◈ Team spreadsheets will be updated with a mini challenge tab so that you can track your books and claim your points

Spell-it-out rules
For this mini-challenge, you are using the same rules that apply for UNO. So a letter needs to be the first letter in the book title, author first name or surname, character name or nickname, or setting. Articles (a/an/the) can be ignored in the book titles. For this spell-it-out, you can also use the first letter in the series name.

[Allison Ann]

First things first, please read through the recipes linked above and pick one that you think will be easy to find the words - either on covers or in text. And then we'll vote. Spelling out any words should be easy and then we have to write another damn story with book titles, so that should be fine too. So pick one you think you can read for. Hope that makes sense, I'm a little tired. :D Thanks!

Also, I'm going to assume anyone who finished a book on the 12th finished it after 3 am our time. If not, please make a note here so I don't use it for our mini. Thanks again!.

[Alissa]

Rachel wrote: "Alissa wrote: "Finished [bookcover:Drive Your I work about 35 minutes outside of New York City. They had the temporary hospital built in 3 days. My organization is hoping not to have to use it but want to be prepared just in case. We have been getting shipped a lot of patients from the city from a sister hospital.

It's crazy. Although it sounds like NYC needs the help

[Alissa]

Two completed:

[Alissa]

Allison Ann wrote: "First things first, please read through the recipes linked above and pick one that you think will be easy to find the words - either on covers or in text. And then we'll vote. Spelling out any word..."

I'm picking Galaxy Donuts. It's the last one before the reserved posts. Mainly because it has lots of words and lots of common items.

[Allison Ann]

Alissa wrote: "Allison Ann wrote: "First things first, please read through the recipes linked above and pick one that you think will be easy to find the words - either on covers or in text. And then we'll vote. S..."

That was my second choice. :D My first is New Wave Upside Down Cake - it has several items that will be easy to find on a cover.

[Allison Ann]

Denise wrote: "Make Mine Magic
Read 4/11

0 standalone
4 fletcher character
6 author Shanna Swendson
9 location new york"

Updated both, thanks Denise!

[Allison Ann]

Alissa wrote: "Two completed:



"

Thanks Alissa. Updated all your books. I assume I can use these two for the mini also?

[Allison Ann]

Erica wrote: "i will pick something else since no consensus was made


Allison Ann wrote: "Erica wrote: "8 Red- Dave Eggers"

It was a good book, but I'm afraid it isn't considere..."

Sorry Erica - the book was considered coral and not red. You can still read it. We need E authors.

[Allison Ann]

Nicole wrote: "Finished The Stand. SS updated. Tried to start The Kingdom of Back but could not get into it. Going to try something else."

Thanks Nicole. Loved The Stand! Hard to try following it with a bad book. Good luck with your next choice.

[Rachel]

The Stand is one of my absolute favorite books. Hope you loved it Nicole.

Allison, pick any recipe you want. You have not steered us wrong yet.

[Alissa]

Allison Ann wrote: "Alissa wrote: "Two completed:



"

Thanks Alissa. Updated all your books. I assume I can use these two for the mini also?"

Yes. I forget which time zone the challenge is at but I finished these yesterday afternoon.

[Rayne]

Wow, I stepped away for a few days and loads has happened. I’m working my way through my yellow book VERY SLOWLY. Reading anything but fluff is so hard right now. My brain just can’t concentrate.

I’ll look through the mini as soon as I can get back to my laptop. We are in the south and the storms have left our power sketchy today. Working was impossible!

[Paula]

Woud you say this is a green cover?

[Paula]

I finished A Curse So Dark and Lonely and The Tin Woodman of Oz, and added both to the ss.

I'll check the recipes, now

[Allison Ann]

Paula wrote: "Woud you say this is a green cover?
"

Too much white for me, sorry.

[Allison Ann]

Okie dokie. I set up a possible mini using New Wave Upside Down cake here.

It is absolutely changable, if you find a different word to use for the second part. Or if everyone wants to do a different recipe. I just had some time this morning while my bread was rising, so I set up what I think would be easiest for our team. And we need 15 titles for the story too, so anything that doesn't work for the other sections. Let me know what you think.

[Allison Ann]

Brooklyn - Do you think you're going to want to read your 1 Yellow book, ? I know you haven't been liking your books lately. :D I finished a yellow book that works, I was going to put it for WD4, but if you don't want to read it, I will use it for the regular book. And if you do want to read it, does it maybe have an E character? I might do some switching around if it does. :D

[Denise]

Allison Ann wrote: "Okie dokie. I set up a possible mini using New Wave Upside Down cake here."

Looks good to me!

[Denise]

Allison Ann wrote: "Erica wrote: "i will pick something else since no consensus was made


Allison Ann wrote: "Erica wrote: "8 Red- Dave Eggers"

It was a good book, but I'm afraid it i..."

It would work as a reverse, too, since I read it.