Team New Wave Upside Down Cake

[Anne]

"Nemesis" by Philip Roth COMPLETED



WD 4 for 9 Yellow
9 - Title Nemesis
Skip - Author FN Philip

Mini
Six-year-old p.79
Diagonally p.241
Twelve p.63

[Kristel]

LaurLa wrote: "Heather wrote: "Since words can be used in different contexts. Would something made with cornflour work?"

In the text, it has to be the word cornflour - but if you found something on the cover tha..."

Yes, the way I understand, if you found a book that is cornflour colour then that should work:)

[Kristel]

Updated to here.

[Jeanette]

Artemis Fowl completed

[Heather]

I found a 270 page book! I will start reading it tonight.
The Red Garden

[Anne]

Heather,
How ever did you find that book of just the right length?
I am so impressed! 😳

[Heather]

Anne wrote: "Heather,
How ever did you find that book of just the right length?
I am so impressed! 😳"

Because I am a nerd, lol. So, when we started UNO. I made a spreadsheet of all the books in my TBR with page numbers.

[Heather]

The Queen of Nothing This is a 300 page ebook if anyone has read the first two in the series.

[Kristel]

Heather wrote: "The Queen of Nothing This is a 300 page ebook if anyone has read the first two in the series."

I noticed that too. Unfortunately, I finished it a few days before mini started😅

[Kristel]

The other captains agreed that for starfruit a star shape on the cover could work:)

[Kristel]

LaurLa, did you finish Starting Over before or after the mini started? I just realized that I just assumed that you did😅

[Heather]

Completion Post

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling
Read 2/17/20

1 - 1 in a series
3 - Title
4 - Character FN Fred Weasley
6 - Character LN Severus Snape
7 - Character FN Vernon Dudley
9 - Character FN Neville Longbottom
Skip - Character LN Harry Potter
Reverse - Read previously by Kristel

Mini Challenge

Dry - Page 322
Sharp - Page 310
Cold - Page 310
Eggs - Page 284
White - Page 284
Pure - Page 278
Stomach - Page 262
Orange - Page 252
Circle - Page 242
Lady - Page 166
Sugar - Page 144
Plate - Page 132
Glass - Page 119
Moon - Page 77
Touch - Page 52
Bananas - Page 47
Shredded - Page 43

[Anne]

Heather wrote: "Anne wrote: "Heather,
How ever did you find that book of just the right length?
I am so impressed! 😳"

Because I am a nerd, lol. So, when we started UNO. I made a spreadsheet of all the books in my..."

Haha! Nerds rule!

[Jeanette]

I am picking up “The Raven Boys” for a reread. Then we have the number 300. Blue live at 300 Fox Way.

[Kristel]

Jeanette wrote: "I am picking up “The Raven Boys” for a reread. Then we have the number 300. Blue live at 300 Fox Way."

Unfortunately, numbers can only be found in:
page numbers
series number
publication date

Because 300 is a three-digit number, we can only use 300-page books for that task.

[Kristel]

Updated to here.

[Kristel]

February mini update:

Struck out words have been read for or have been claimed.

airtight
bananas
circle
cold
cornflour
diagonally
dry
eggs
electric
glass
gloves
kiwifruit
lady
limes
moon
orange
passionfruit
peaks
pen
plate
pure
sharp
shredded
spoon
starfruit
stomach
sugar
thickened
touch
vanilla
white
1
2
3
6
12
24
120
270
300

[Jeanette]

Dang! I have only been able to find a book with 301 pages and one with 272 pages. Is there somebody who hasn’t read The Queen of Nothing yet?

[Jeanette]

I have borrowed Stargirl. It has a star on the cover.

[Kristel]

Jeanette wrote: "I have borrowed Stargirl. It has a star on the cover."

Great!

[Heather]

Jeanette wrote: "Dang! I have only been able to find a book with 301 pages and one with 272 pages. Is there somebody who hasn’t read The Queen of Nothing yet?"

If no one else reads it, I can try to read the first two in the series and then queen of nothing before the deadline, but that is a lot in a short period of time, so not sure if I will make it.

[Heather]

I found another 300 pager, Pennies by Pepper Winters

[Heather]

Also, Love for the Cold-Blooded, or The Part-Time Evil Minion's Guide to Accidentally Dating a Superhero

[Heather]

Passion Fruit

[Heather]

Another 300 An Enchantment of Ravens

[LaurLa]

Kristel wrote: "LaurLa, did you finish Starting Over before or after the mini started? I just realized that I just assumed that you did😅"

after :-)

[Jeanette]

Heather, you are SO very good at this!

[Heather]

Jeanette wrote: "Heather, you are SO very good at this!"

Thank you!

[Kristel]

Actually there is a second part to our February mini:)


For an extra 30 points, our team needs to create a recipe for our team name - New Wave Upside Down Cake.
We have until the last day of February (29th) to create it.

So, we have to create an upside-down cake with a new wavey twist (whatever that may mean to us😅)

[Anne]

Can't we just add some star dust and fluorescent sprinkles to a regular recipe?
As you can tell I am not much of a cook. 😨

[Anne]

Kristel,
Are there slots left now that we should focus on, that you are worried will be hard to fill? Or should we just keep on as we have been?
I am still trying to power through

[Lauri]

Completion Post!
Eaters of the Dead
Author: Michael Crichton
Finished 2/19/20
Page Count: 304
Blue Cover, 2 Card: character Thorkel

Feb. mini: Eggs (page 226 "Herger told me they use this method for gathering of sea-bird eggs at certain times of the year...")


Could our dear captains add this to the spreadsheet for me?Thank you!

[Heather]

Is anyone reading a 300 page book? I finished the 270, and 120 page book, and I’m wondering if I should start a 300 pager.,

[Jeanette]

I’m currently reading 3 books and have the next one lined up. No 300 page book for my part😉

[Kristel]

Anne wrote: "Kristel,
Are there slots left now that we should focus on, that you are worried will be hard to fill? Or should we just keep on as we have..."


The hardest are:
cornflour
passionfruit
kiwifruit


I think as long as we find books whose cover colours remind us of these fruits, we should be fine

For instance, I think can work for passionfruit, because the colours are very similar:)

I also snuck into some of the other teams' threads and these were the books they used for passionfruit:

[Kristel]

Heather wrote: "Is anyone reading a 300 page book? I finished the 270, and 120 page book, and I’m wondering if I should start a 300 pager.,"

I think you should go for the 300 page one:)

[Kristel]

Anne wrote: "Can't we just add some star dust and fluorescent sprinkles to a regular recipe?
As you can tell I am not much of a cook. 😨"

Unfortunately, I'm also not much of a cook myself. I didn't even know what a upside-down cake was before this challenge😂

I'll try to google something tonight and hopefully, inspiration will struck:)

[Kristel]

Updated to here.

[Kristel]

Heather, the version of The Red Garden you shelved has 306 pages not 270. Please add the version you read to your uno shelf. If you read the 306 version then, unfortunately, we cannot use it for that particular task.

[LaurLa]

Kristel wrote: "Heather wrote: "Is anyone reading a 300 page book? I finished the 270, and 120 page book, and I’m wondering if I should start a 300 pager.,"

I think you should go for the 300 page one:)"

I have a 300 page book I can read if you don't want to do it Heather. I'll probably read it this month at some point, so I'll just check on if it's still available when I'm done with it next week.

[Heather]

Oh no! I didn’t even pay attention to how many pages the kindle edition had! I just looked at Goodreads page count! Sorry guys! It had other ingredients though, so it is still of use. I did read the correct 120 pager, so I will add it shortly, and I can read the 300 page book.

[Anne]

Kristel wrote: "Anne wrote: "Kristel,
Are there slots left now that we should focus on, that you are worried will be hard to fill? Or should we just keep on as we have..."


The hardest are:
cornflour
passionfru..."

I can read the Anita Desai one next if that would help.

[Anne]

Except the cover of the hardback, the paperback and the nookbook that Barnes & Noble show on their website all have a red background with a golden leaf shape on it, not the one you show with a darker red background and a box of matches.

[Kristel]

Anne wrote: "Except the cover of the hardback, the paperback and the nookbook that Barnes & Noble show on their website all have a red background with a golden leaf shape on it, not the one you show with a dark..."

That version was the one that the other team read. So, yes, if you are unable to read that version then that book cannot be used for passionfruit.

[Kristel]

Heather wrote: "Oh no! I didn’t even pay attention to how many pages the kindle edition had! I just looked at Goodreads page count! Sorry guys! It had other ingredients though, so it is still of use. I did read th..."

No worries. It happens:)

That does mean that we still need a 270-page book.

[Anne]

What about this one, that I just happen to have lying around on my nooky-booky?

[Kristel]

February mini update:

Struck out words have been read for or have been claimed.

airtight
bananas
circle
cold
cornflour
diagonally
dry
eggs
electric
glass
gloves
kiwifruit
lady
limes
moon
orange
passionfruit
peaks
pen
plate
pure
sharp
shredded
spoon
starfruit
stomach
sugar
thickened
touch
vanilla
white
1
2
3
6
12
24
120
270
300

[Kristel]

Anne wrote: "What about this one, that I just happen to have lying around on my nooky-booky?

"

It doesn't really remind me of passionfruit. I think more of a plum colour would work.

[Heather]

I am reading Passion Fruit Punch Murder while I'm waiting on my 300 page book to come in.

[Heather]

Completion Post

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Read - 2/19/20

Red Cover
0 - Stand Alone
2 - Title
3 - Character LN Hutchings
6 - Character LN Seakins
9 - Character FN Norman
Skip - Charcter FN Kevin

MIni Challenge
120 page book