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Mar 31, 2020 05:02AM
I'm checking my bookshelf now - I know I can do 7 or 5 blue
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Diana - if "Everything I Never Told You" is the book by Celeste Ng, I can do it and get a reverse from that too.And if we agree that this is blue, I can do the other blue as well.
Noel wrote: "Diana - if "Everything I Never Told You" is the book by Celeste Ng, I can do it and get a reverse from that too.And if we agree that this is blue, I can do the other blue as well. [bookcover:Wou..."
Oh yes, that's blue :)
Noel wrote: "Diana - if "Everything I Never Told You" is the book by Celeste Ng, I can do it and get a reverse from that too.And if we agree that this is blue, I can do the other blue as well. [bookcover:Wou..."
Oh, and if you read Everything I Never Told You with a blue cover, we can use it for the Draw 2 in Hand 11, with a Reverse and WD4 :)
I have several books that fit for colors but aren't the right numbers :( At least not from what can be inferred from the synopsis. I'll have to keep looking.
I am reading A Heart So Fierce and Broken. Not sure that it can be used for an GREEN but I'll see if there are any characters that fit.I'll just keep looking. I'm not sure what we need now. LOL
@Cyndee and Diana, how do you find books I've read so easily? It takes me forever when I've looked for books others read and I don't have much success. I'm HOPING I can contribute more in April.
@Vicki, I don't actively go looking for books the team has read, but if you've got a book you're planning to read anyway, go to the main page for the book and scroll down just a little. Right below the "MY ACTIVITY" section for the book will be "FRIENDS REVIEWS" and you can see anyone on your friends list that has rated the book or put it on their TBR.
Diana wrote: "Countdown to the beginning of April: hereColored cards:
4 Green 1 -- Noel / Under the Greenwood Tree
5 Green 1
1 Blue 2 -- Gem / Baby Doll
5 Blue 1 -- Noel / Yhe Blessings (also fits 7 Blue)
6 Bl..."
I can take blue 7, The wife between us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
Cyndee wrote: "@Vicki, I don't actively go looking for books the team has read, but if you've got a book you're planning to read anyway, go to the main page for the book and scroll down just a little. Right below..."Oh. My. Gosh. LOL Thank you!
If we read an anthology, can we use each main character and each author in the book?
Cyndee wrote: "If we read an anthology, can we use each main character and each author in the book?"No, in that case what counts is the editor's name.
UNO FAQs:
"Can any of the authors listed for an anthology be used?
> Use the author listed on goodreads as the "editor"."
Jen wrote: "Diana wrote: "Countdown to the beginning of April: hereColored cards:
4 Green 1 -- Noel / Under the Greenwood Tree
5 Green 1
1 Blue 2 -- Gem / Baby Doll
5 Blue 1 -- Noel / Yhe Blessings (also fit..."
Awesome Jen! And I'll use yours too Cyndee for a WD4!
Diana wrote: "Cyndee wrote: "If we read an anthology, can we use each main character and each author in the book?"
No, in that case what counts is the editor's name.
UNO FAQs:
"Can any of the authors listed fo..."
Thank you! I looked in the rules but didn't think to look at the Q&A. Sorry!
No, in that case what counts is the editor's name.
UNO FAQs:
"Can any of the authors listed fo..."
Thank you! I looked in the rules but didn't think to look at the Q&A. Sorry!
Cyndee wrote: "Diana wrote: "Cyndee wrote: "If we read an anthology, can we use each main character and each author in the book?"No, in that case what counts is the editor's name.
UNO FAQs:
"Can any of the aut..."
No worries :)
Diana wrote: "Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "I'll take Green 5 - 
has Inspector Thomas in it"Titles don't count, must be the name of the character!"
This one fit after all, so maybe it can be used as one of the WD4s? Its on the SS
Noel wrote: "I can also do green 4 
"Noel, we already have a Green 4. And because we have a Draw 2 in the same hand as Blue 7 and a WD4, we just have two other WD4 to worry about. At the moment they are assigned to you with a Blue 8 (Would like to meet) and Tina Blue 6 (Sleepless in Manhattan). All Blues are assigned as well.
For the WD4 you can either read your Green 4 or your Blue 8. Or you can read both and we will simply not care about the colour of one of them. Your choice :)
Hey puddings,How are you doing?
Just a quick update on the colored cards:
Colored cards:
5 Green 1 -- Diana / Never let me go
1 Blue
5 Blue 1 -- Noel / The Blessings (also fits 7 Blue)
7 Blue 1 -- Cyndee / Valencia and Valentine
7 Yellow 2 -- Noel / ? ; Cyndee / Love her or lose her
6 Red 1 -- Jen / Crescent City
Noel wrote: "I can take one of the yellow 7s"great!
Ok, so I don't have to read
for 8 Yellow?
I can cover the other Yellow 7 with
Tina wrote: "Ok, so I don't have to read for 8 Yellow?"Oh, I forgot about that one, sorry!! Tawni finished The Trial, and it fit that spot, so I went ahead and used it...
No problem:) Just so I know what to read next. I might read it anyway, but now I know that I don't have to in case I find something else.
I'm reading a book now that has turned out to be a Red 5.
Noel and Cyndee, I'll take those two Yellow 7!Cyndee, I also see that you already finished the Red 5, excellent!
Thanks Tina! :)
I’m still in the middle of the book but I will finish it before the weekend!
We finally have the internet again. :) I feel really far behind for April even though it's only the 8th… eek. I'll just keep chugging along and will fill out the sheet with my books to see what fits. I have so many things to catch up on now that we're back online!
Hey Puddings! The mini challenge for April starts in just about 8 hours - and we have to do some groundwork before we can start picking books!Any book finished on Apr 12th or later will count.
Link to mini: April Mini Challenge
Countdown:
Start of Mini Challenge
Here is a list of the recipes:
List of Recipes
What are you guys thinking? I like the sound of the New Wave Upside Down Cake...
Oh wow! I can't believe it's starting already!!
I'm fine with whatever recipe.
Just so I'm clear, do we do all 3 sets of tasks (spell out, cover, & complete the story)? Or just choose one of the 3?
I'm fine with whatever recipe.
Just so I'm clear, do we do all 3 sets of tasks (spell out, cover, & complete the story)? Or just choose one of the 3?
Hi puddings,I'm sorry for the lack of updates, this whole quarantine thing really got to me for the past couple of days... :(
As Noel said, the mini challenge is already on! We're using New Wave Upside Down Cake recipe! The challenge consists of three parts:
One: spell-it-out! We can use book title, author, characters and location (the usual) for the following letters:
R - O - C - K - E - T - C - R - E - A - M - S - A - L - T
A x2
C x2
E x2
K x1
L x1
M x1
O x1
R x2
S x1
T x2
Two: Words in cover (we can be creative here!) or in text. I chose the following:
Small
Pink
Orange
Blue
Green
Space
Candy
Line
Three
Time
Smooth
Plate
Bag
Heat
Black
If, however, you find a word in the recipe that is not part of this list but that fits your book, add it to the spreadsheet! :)
Three: Read 15 other books and use the title to create a story "of your tea party in your own words". And "you can use as much or as little of a title as you see fit", so we're good.
Total is 45 books!
For the main we have currently 71 books left. Have you been reading anything really good lately? :)
I'm reading Twice in a Blue Moon that could work for "blue" in the mini. And also The First Girl Child that could work for "black," but probably has more potential being used in the story portion?
Cyndee wrote: "I'm reading Twice in a Blue Moon that could work for "blue" in the mini. And also The First Girl Child that could work for "black," but probably has more potential b..."I think I'd rather fill all the spell-it-out and word tasks first. That gives us more margin of manouver in the end if we need to switch things. :)
Diana wrote: "Cyndee wrote: "I'm reading Twice in a Blue Moon that could work for "blue" in the mini. And also The First Girl Child that could work for "black," but probably has m..."
Ok, I figured as much but saw the "story" column on the SS so wasn't sure
Ok, I figured as much but saw the "story" column on the SS so wasn't sure
Noel wrote: "I'm checking my bookshelf now - I know I can do 7 or 5 blue "Noel, I thought this would work for 5 Blue, but there is no indication on the spreadsheet for the 'I'. Did you by any chance miss it?
Diana wrote: "Noel wrote: "I'm checking my bookshelf now - I know I can do 7 or 5 blue "Noel, I thought this would work for 5 Blue, but there is no indication on the spreadshe..."
Nope - there was an I character but she wasn't as central as I thought. She's only in about 25% of the book! I'm trying to find another that will work :)
I'm reading Twice in a Blue Moon and there is a character named Ian who seems important to the story if you don't want to have search out something special, Noel.
ETA: I am now about 65% through the story and he is definitely important enough to the story to count as a 5. 😁
ETA: I am now about 65% through the story and he is definitely important enough to the story to count as a 5. 😁
I finished 'A Beginner's Guide to Free Fall' yesterday and have just added it to the sheet. I couldn't find anywhere what specific percentage of the cover needed to be 'red' to be considered for the challenge (6 red), but I added it to the spreadsheet, anyway. Just delete it if it's not enough!
Also, I feel really bad having only been able to finish two books for the challenge so far this month. Our move really took it out of me! (And it's too bad that the non-fiction books I've read haven't worked for anything on our sheet. :-/) I hope to be able to finish *at least* one more book for the challenge in April. You all have been kicking butt over here, though!
Where do we put our letters for the spellout? I don't see a tab with the word/letters. But here's what I have so far:In Flight (Up in the Air #1)
Author: R.K. Lilley
Read: 4/12
Characters: James Cavendish, Bianca Karlsson, Stephan, Melissa, Melvin
Black cover, black tie
Blue: square shapes on the tie
Her Montana Hero
Author: Roxanne Snopek
Read: 4/12
Setting: Marietta, Montana USA
Characters: Logan Stafford, Jade and Samara Davis, Eliza and Mabel Bramble
Cover
Three: Buttons
Small: Buttons
In Text
Blue: Loc. 881
Pink: Loc. 92
Green: Loc. 1359
Space: Loc. 243
Line: 485
Time: Loc. 67
Smooth: Loc. 181
Plate: Loc. 837
Bag: Loc. 114
Heat: Loc. 666
Black: Loc. 92
Tawni wrote: "Also, I feel really bad having only been able to finish two books for the challenge so far this month. Our move really took it out of me! (And it's too bad that the non-fiction books I've read have..."Oh, Tawni, don't! :) Life happens, and the challenge's purpose is that we have fun and to push us to read more but only when that's possible. :)
(Just to make sure you know, books can be non-fiction, as long as >100 pages.)
Colored covers must be more than 50%. It was close, but wasn't enough. But nevermind, because Jen is on it :)
Vicki wrote: "Where do we put our letters for the spellout? I don't see a tab with the word/letters. But here's what I have so far:In Flight (Up in the Air #1)
Author: [author:R.K. Lilley|65741..."
There are new columns in the tracking spreadsheet if you move to the right. Same as for previous mini challenges :)
I'll add the info about these two books myself this time.
Diana wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Where do we put our letters for the spellout? I don't see a tab with the word/letters. But here's what I have so far:In Flight (Up in the Air #1)
Author: [author:R.K..."
Thanks, I'll see if I can find the spot.
I finally found it. I'm so sorry. I was looking at the SS and not the tracking sheet. LOLI think I misconstrued the directions for finding things on the cover. I thought we were looking (for example) for three things such as 3 buttons. I guess we were looking for the actual words as part of the title?
Anyway I posted another book and I think I've done it correctly.
Vicki wrote: "I finally found it. I'm so sorry. I was looking at the SS and not the tracking sheet. LOLI think I misconstrued the directions for finding things on the cover. I thought we were looking (for exam..."
Words can be found in the text, or as something in the cover! 3 buttons on the cover would work for “three”! :)
Vicki wrote: "I finally found it. I'm so sorry. I was looking at the SS and not the tracking sheet. LOLI think I misconstrued the directions for finding things on the cover. I thought we were looking (for exam..."
Just saw it Vicki, it’s perfect! :)
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