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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2020
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At what point in the month do the hands get passed out for the next month? I would hate to read something with a coloured cover this month when I could use it next month
Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "At what point in the month do the hands get passed out for the next month? I would hate to read something with a coloured cover this month when I could use it next month"Only at the end of the month! More precisely, after this March countdown
Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "At what point in the month do the hands get passed out for the next month? I would hate to read something with a coloured cover this month when I could use it next month"Oh, I think I misread your question! You’re asking when do we know our March hands? There is not a rule, but usually 2/3 days before the end of the current month from what I recall.
Yes the second one is what I meant :) Thank you
Gem, I own both Flat-Out Matt and Flat-Out Celeste for kindle and they are both able to be loaned out. I'm happy to loan them to you when you're ready for them if you'd like!
Cyndee wrote: "Gem, I own both Flat-Out Matt and Flat-Out Celeste for kindle and they are both able to be loaned out. I'm happy to loan them to you when you're ready for them if you'd like!"oh gosh what a lovely gesture!
I'll take you up next month and use them towards next months hands :)
**(starts googling how to lend kindle books!!)**
if you have ebooks, at least the kindle edition, it allows me to search the book for words, its no trouble at all. just need time. haha
That's super beneficial - I definitely just copied everything into a note on my phone so I could try to remember them as I read.
Helloooo! Time for another weekly summary:We are doing really, really well! For the main challenge we have 39 open spots, of which 1 is a Draw 2, so we have 37 books left: 35 regular books and 2 coloured books.
Tina is CR a 4 Green (which also fits a 0 Green); Cyndee's green book (already on the SS) fits either a 0, 2 or 4 Green, so at the end, we just need someone to read a Green book that fits either a 0, 2 or 4. Volunteers?
Vicki has 8 books on her read shelf that are not yet on the SS. She is about to add them according to our messages. (This means 27 regular books + 2 coloured books left on the main challenge!)
For the mini challenge, we have 31 spots left. Bear in mind that there are 2 categories: words and numbers, and they must be found as follows:
WORDS:
word in title
word in text
colour of book cover
item on cover
colour of item on cover
NUMBERS:
page numbers
series number
publication date
So, numbers in text do not count. Also, numbers for the publication date can be the month or the day or the last two digits of the publication year. (numbers with 3 digits do not apply in these cases)
Words are easier to fill in the sense that we can be creative: the spelling does not have to be exactly the one on the spreadsheet: instead of banana, we can have bananaS; instead of airtight, air tight; also instead of cornflout, corn starch is fine.
I am going to list the ones I think will be harder to find:
WORDS:
airtight
cornflour
kiwifruit - just kiwi, or kiwi the bird may work here as well! :)
passionfruit - I am going to suggest that strawberries can be the fruit of passion, so we could use that?
peaks (maybe not be so hard - can be mountain peaks or the verb)
starfruit
thickened
NUMBERS:
definitely the ones with 3 digits, I think. Anyone with books with either 120, 270 or 300 pages?
Anyway, that's my opinion, but I would like to hear yours and if you have plans for your next reads. :)
I can definitely do the green! I had a book ready and was sad to push it to next month!
Noel wrote: "I can definitely do the green! I had a book ready and was sad to push it to next month!"Perfect! That solves the coloured covers then. :)
I've got books for 270 and 300 on my TBR I can easily knock out before the end of the month.
Off to check for the words in my next few books too...
Off to check for the words in my next few books too...
One of the books I'm reading now has "airtight" :)
I have ‘peak’ in the book I’m reading so I can take that
I have the following words in my book that I will add to the SS tomorrow. Do we have a spot to post our words/texts, etc. or just in this thread?cold
circle
dry
electric
glass
lady
moon
orange
pen
plate
pure
sharp
shredded
sugar
stomach
thickened
touch
white
vanilla
strawberry (if we can use it)
Vicki wrote: "I have the following words in my book that I will add to the SS tomorrow. Do we have a spot to post our words/texts, etc. or just in this thread?cold
circle
dry
electric
glass
lady
moon
orange
pe..."
There are extra columns in the tracking spreadsheet for that!
Have we gotten passion fruit yet? I found a book called “A Crime Of Passion Fruit” that I’m willing to listen to if we haven’t 😅
Noel wrote: "Have we gotten passion fruit yet? I found a book called “A Crime Of Passion Fruit” that I’m willing to listen to if we haven’t 😅"We don't! Go for it!! :D
So here's where we currently stand:
270, 300 and airtight are covered by Cyndee
peak covered by Gem
thickened covered by Vicki
passion fruit covered by Noel
From the list of "hard to get", we have only left kiwifruit and starfruit. I know that kiwifruit appears in American Psycho but I don't know if I can get hold of the book. I think starfruit is a dilemma. Maybe we should go with a cover colour for that one, what do you think?
Put me down for American Psycho too - I've been trying to read that book forever. I love the musical, but the book has always escaped me. It's just gathering dust on my shelves.Maybe a book with stars and fruit on the cover? Is that possible? I wouldn't even know how to begin that search.
Noel wrote: "Put me down for American Psycho too - I've been trying to read that book forever. I love the musical, but the book has always escaped me. It's just gathering dust on my shelves.Maybe a book with ..."
Sounds like a very good reason to read it then :)
I like it - stars and fruit on the cover! I'll investigate that.
If not - Under the Starfruit Tree: Folktales from Vietnam? It's a YA book at 136 pages. I'd have to order it, but it's on prime
theres this on the website I regularly use....http://novel80.com/243056-passion-fru...
I wont have time to read this week, but its a short one at 165 pages if anyone has a free eve :)
Diane, I know there are extra columns with the words listed, but some words are highlighted and I wasn’t sure if I have a word if I’m the one to highlight it or if the captain wants control of that. I assume highlighted words are already used words. I don’t want to mess anything up. I can add my own word “thickened” if that’s what you want. Just need to double check.
Vicki wrote: "Diane, I know there are extra columns with the words listed, but some words are highlighted and I wasn’t sure if I have a word if I’m the one to highlight it or if the captain wants control of that..."Oh, yes. Those are the ones already used. Just fill in your row, I'll highlight the words once I assign them in the mini :)
Noel wrote: "If not - Under the Starfruit Tree: Folktales from Vietnam? It's a YA book at 136 pages. I'd have to order it, but it's on prime"I saw that one too... Give me until tomorrow to check if I can find something else and then we decide.
Theres an error on the speadsheet. For hand 10 4 you have an H not an F for the reaon.
Jen wrote: "Theres an error on the speadsheet. For hand 10 4 you have an H not an F for the reaon."Thank you Jen!! :)
Hey Diana, when I put Get a Life, Chloe Brown on the SS, I forgot to add that it had also been read by Vicki. I don't know if it's needed but wanted to let you know just in case!
so is everything on track? anything else we should be working towards before the end of the month? only 10 days left!
Diana wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Diane, I know there are extra columns with the words listed, but some words are highlighted and I wasn’t sure if I have a word if I’m the one to highlight it or if the captain wants c..."I might have done this incorrectly. I added two words: vanilla and thickened to both places for the mini challenge. I used The Sea Before Us - Sarah Sundin and The Child Finder - Rene Denfeld. Would you please check and let me know if I did them all right. I wasn't 100% sure if you wanted me to put them in the greenish SS, so I did and if you don't want me to do it there just let me know.
Vicki wrote: "Diana wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Diane, I know there are extra columns with the words listed, but some words are highlighted and I wasn’t sure if I have a word if I’m the one to highlight it or if the c..."Hi Vicki, they are alright, but next time you don't have to add them to the mini challenge sheet, just the tracking is fine and it's less work for you :) By the way, just to make sure, you used "vanilla" in the mini challenge but the excerpt you wrote on the tracking mentions sugar and cinnamon. I assume there is another sentence with vanilla, correct?
Jen wrote: "so is everything on track? anything else we should be working towards before the end of the month? only 10 days left!"I guess we're on track, but this is the breakdown of spots left on the mini:
bananas -- Cyndee
cornflour
glass
kiwifruit -- Noel
orange
pen -- Gem
plate
starfruit
stomach
white
2
3
6
24
120
270 -- Cyndee
300 -- Cyndee
I can take 3, glass, plate, lady, orange or pen - Im reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "I can take 3, glass, plate, lady, orange or pen - Im reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"I'll add that to "pen" which seems more unusual. :)
Diana wrote: "Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "I can take 3, glass, plate, lady, orange or pen - Im reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"I'll add that to "pen" which seems more unusual. :)"
actually it seems i was wrong with that. As its not got to be exact can quill and ink work?
Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "Diana wrote: "Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "I can take 3, glass, plate, lady, orange or pen - Im reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"I'll add that to "pen" which seems mo..."
That's a wizard's pen :D I am ok with that.
The book I just started has bananas
Cyndee wrote: "The book I just started has bananas"Noted!
I'm also starting the book for 300 later today and will have 270 done soon--probably this weekend. :)
Are we going to try a pudding recipe as well?
Also, I'm trying to decide what to read next and since I don't read as many books a month I want to contribute where it counts. What should I focus on? Is it only something for the mini challenge or do we need anything for the main challenge as well? Looking at the spread sheet for the main challenge there are a lot of books missing, but I don't think Diana has put all the books there yet, is that correct? However, that makes it difficult for me to know what to pick as my next book:(
Vicki - were you ever able to get those 8 books that you've read on the sheet? Do you need some help? I can try to glean information from the GoodReads page if you don't have time.Tina - For now, maybe focus on something that has the widest spread possible? Maybe something with a T or an S?
I think we should definitely try for the pudding recipe!
Anyone particularly savvy in the kitchen? I exploded eggs yesterday so I'm probably NOT the best option to create any recipes...
Noel wrote: "Anyone particularly savvy in the kitchen? I exploded eggs yesterday so I'm probably NOT the best option to create any recipes..."Do we have to use every word? and it can be any recipe? I can try work on something
thinking some kind of fruit cocktail tart!
The only direction we get is this; Have your team create a recipe for your team name and submit via message to the UNO Pixie by Feb 29 to receive an additional 30 bonus points.So something about avant- garde pudding? Whatever that means. I eat snack packs...
*Tim Gunn Voice* Make it work!
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Hi Jen,
If you finished the book before the countdown it does not count. :( I know, it’s a bit confusing. Good thing is that, from now on, all books count. The countdown is over.
Also, of course you can list more than 3, the more the better, I just don’t want to give you lots of work. Feel free to list as many as you want :)