Team New Wave Upside Down Cake

[Lauri]

Completion Post!
The Harmony Silk Factory
Author: Tash Aw
Finished 2/24/20
Page count: 408
Red cover! 4 card - character Freddie

[Lauri]

Is it weird that I'm suddenly hungry now? Totally awesome Kristel!
And I finished the red cover book!!

[Anne]

So how on earth do we make that picture into a recipe?

[Jessamine]

Kristel wrote: "New Wave Upside Down Cake recipe:

Okay, so that’s what I came up with.
Because I had no idea what “New Wave” means I googled “New Wave art” and that was one of the first pictures that popped up:
..."

Wow that looks amazing! I think it's perfect! Thank you for coming up with that :)

[Jessamine]

Hey Kristel,
Is it okay if I read for the challenge?

It's poetry, but I can't find in arbookfind.com whether it has over 25,000 words. I looked up the audiobook, and it's 4hrs and 54 mins. Do you think it'd be fine to read as an ebook?

[Anne]

Kristel,
When do we get our new hands for March? (So we can start planning)

[Kristel]

Anne wrote: "Kristel,
When do we get our new hands for March? (So we can start planning)"

A few days before. Probably not earlier.

[Kristel]

Jessamine wrote: "Hey Kristel,
Is it okay if I read for the challenge?

It's poetry, but I can't find in arbookfind.com whether it has over 25,000 words. I looked u..."

The audiobook is more than 3 hours, therefore, you can use it:)

[Kristel]

Lauri wrote: "Is it weird that I'm suddenly hungry now? Totally awesome Kristel!
And I finished the red cover book!!"

Tell me about it! When I was googling different recipes it was so hard to keep myself from going to my nearest bakery and just indulge😂

[Kristel]

I'm going to send the recipe to UNO Pixie on the 28th. If there are any additions/changes you think we should make, let me know.

I think I'm going to make the vanilla cake into a chocolate one to bring into the black element:)

[Kristel]

Jessamine wrote: "
Fallen Legacies by Pittacus Lore

Date: February 24

February Mini:
- #24 - July 24, 2012"

You haven't listed it as "read" in 2020. Please do that and add it your uno shelf:)

[Kristel]

Updated to here.

[Kristel]

Anne wrote: "Kristel,
When do we get our new hands for March? (So we can start planning)"

Got an update that March hands will be given to us tomorrow-ish😅

[Jessamine]

Kristel wrote: "Jessamine wrote: "
Fallen Legacies by Pittacus Lore

Date: February 24

February Mini:
- #24 - July 24, 2012"

You haven't listed it as "read" in 2020. Ple..."

Sorry, I have now added to my shelf and updated my read status.

[LaurLa]

Ohhh! I finished a book yesterday that worked for every card! Bummer - too bad I couldn't hold off finishing until March :-D

[Lauri]

I "wasted" one, too, LaurLa! I had to finish Glory in Death for a different challenge. 🙁

I spent the last few days at home with a cold and my ginormous pile of books. I started a million new ones in preparation for March!
So far I'm most enjoying With the Fire on High & Crazy Rich Asians.



How's everybody doing out there?

[Jeanette]

Stargirl completed 🤗

[Kristel]

Lauri wrote: "I "wasted" one, too, LaurLa! I had to finish Glory in Death for a different challenge. 🙁

I spent the last few days at home with a cold and my ginormous pile of books. I started a mil..."

I've been trying to finish Brideshead Revisited. Unfortunately, it has been quite hard for me to get into, but hopefully will finish either later today or tomorrow:)

[Kristel]

March hands are out!

Here are the colour cards, so you can start claiming them:)


8 Blue📘 - Nattens Cirkus - Jeanette
7 Blue📘
4 Green📗 - Fangirl - Jeanette
4 Green📗 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Heather
8 Green📗
7 Red📕
3 Yellow📒 (WD4) - Homegoing - Heather
4 Yellow📒 - The Female of the Species - Su Ah
5 Yellow📒

WD4 (3 Yellow📒) - The Girl With All the Gifts - Su Ah
WD4
WD4
WD4
WD4

[Kristel]

I also added a March tab into our tracking SS, so you can start adding your planned books there.

[Heather]

I can read 3 YellowHomegoing

[Heather]

And 4 Green The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

[Jessamine]

Kristel wrote: "March hands are out!

Here are the colour cards, so you can start claiming them:)


8 Blue📘
7 Blue📘
4 Green📗
4 Green📗
8 Green📗
7 Red📕
3 Yellow📒
4 Yellow📒
5 Yellow📒

WD4
WD4
WD4
WD4
WD4"

I can read:

7 Blue - (Char. FN Vivian)
& (Nickname Von Klutzowitz)

4 Yellow - (Char. FN Franny)
& (Char. LN Jack Fisher)

3 Yellow - (Char. FN Helen)

[Kristel]

Su Ah, I added The Female of the Species and The Girl With All the Gifts to the tracking post

Unfortunately, Three Things I Know Are True can't work. There is not enough blue and because it's written in verse it's hard to tell at what point a character can be used. From my research, Vivian is mentioned a few times and that all.

Yes No Maybe So can't work because Von Klutzowitz could only be used a "K". Also, the character gets called that only twice and is mostly known by another name.

Opposite of Always doesn't have enough yellow.

[Jessamine]

Kristel wrote: "Su Ah, I added The Female of the Species and The Girl With All the Gifts to the tracking post

Unfortunately, Three Things I Know Are True can't work..."

Oh sorry. I thought Opposite of Always would work as yellow cause I saw it in the uno-yellow shelf

[Jessamine]

Kristel wrote: "Su Ah, I added The Female of the Species and The Girl With All the Gifts to the tracking post

Unfortunately, Three Things I Know Are True can't work..."

Sorry I just assumed, it was blue enough...

Also, I'm a little confused as to why Vivian wouldn't work as a seven? She's the brother's nurse, so she's present throughout the book. What makes a character a character that would work for the challenge? Is there a certain number of times they have to be mentioned?

[Jeanette]

Does It Happened One Autumn work for 5 yellow?

I haveFish in a Tree as 4-green. I don´t know if I think it´s green, but I found it in the Goodreads ´green collection´so I believe it qualifies, or what do you think?

[Jeanette]

I have Fangirl as well for 4 green

[Jeanette]

How about Nattens Cirkus as 8 blue (author)

[Kristel]

Jessamine wrote: "Oh sorry. I thought Opposite of Always would work as yellow cause I saw it in the uno-yellow shelf..."

There might be another edition that was more yellow:)

[Kristel]

Jessamine wrote: "Also, I'm a little confused as to why Vivian wouldn't work as a seven? She's the brother's nurse, so she's present throughout the book. What makes a character a character that would work for the challenge? Is there a certain number of times they have to be mentioned?..."

That's what I got from the Q&A section:

Where is the cut off line for when a character's name can or cannot be used for a card?
We generally want them to have some dialogue and meaning to the story. Not just a hotel bellhop called Victor that opens a door, for example

So I've kinda used dialogue as the benchmark whether or not I can count a character:)

[Jessamine]

Kristel wrote: "Jessamine wrote: "Also, I'm a little confused as to why Vivian wouldn't work as a seven? She's the brother's nurse, so she's present throughout the book. What makes a character a character that wou..."

Thank you! That clears things up! :)

[Kristel]

Jeanette, captains didn't think had enough yellow and they couldn't agree what colour was, so we can't use them.

works for green and for blue. Added them to the tracking post:)

[Anne]

I can do 8 Green with Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout.

[Lauri]

I can take Blue 7 or 8 with Not a Girl Detective

[Anne]

I can do 4 yellow with



Boy, these yellows are hard!

[Anne]

I could also do 5 yellow with



if you think this is yellow enough.

[Anne]

Can we start reading now, in February, as long as we finish in March?

[Lauri]

I can take the Green 8 if Blood of the Earth is green enough!

[Jeanette]

Ok, Joe abort Fish in a Tree?

[Kristel]

Anne wrote: "Can we start reading now, in February, as long as we finish in March?"

You can start now. They need to be finished in March to count:)

[Kristel]

Jeanette wrote: "Ok, Joe abort Fish in a Tree?"

Unfortunately, we can't use it for a colour card.

[Kristel]

I asked about The Wasp Factory and Blood of the Earth. Let's see what other captains think.

[Kristel]

Added , and to the tracking post:)

[Kristel]

Colour cards:


8 Blue📘 - Nattens Cirkus - Jeanette
7 Blue📘 - Not a Girl Detective - Lauri
4 Green📗 - Fangirl - Jeanette
4 Green📗 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Heather
8 Green📗 (WD4) - Olive Kitteridge - Anne
7 Red📕
3 Yellow📒 (WD4) - Homegoing - Heather
4 Yellow📒 (WD4) - The Female of the Species - Su Ah
5 Yellow📒

WD4 (3 Yellow📒) - The Girl With All the Gifts - Su Ah
WD4 (4 Yellow📒) - The Fox Hunt: A Memoir of Yemen and My Odyssey to America - Anne
WD4 (8 Green📗?) - Blood of the Earth - Lauri
WD4
WD4

[Kristel]

Got a no to The Wasp Factory, but a yes to Blood of the Earth.

[Kristel]

Lauri, how does Blood of the Earth fit 8? It seems to work better for 4😅

[LaurLa]

I can claim any of these if not already claimed - and they work ;-)


Red 7 - #7 in TFLAC series


or

Red 7 - character Vishous



Wild 4 for Green 4 - author last name


Wild 4 for Blue 7 - character Vishous

[Anne]

Kristel wrote: "Got a no to The Wasp Factory, but a yes to Blood of the Earth."

I'm glad they nixed "The Wasp Factory". I was not looking forward to reading it. It seems rather horrific from the descriptions.

[Anne]

Has anyone heard from Franziska? I haven't seen a post from her in quite a while. I hope she is O.K. ❤