Team Metagalactic Fruit Compote

[Michele]

Completion Post:
Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell
Completed 4/16

Cards this works for:
2- Second in series
6- Simon (character)
8- Erin (character)
Skip- Penelope (character)

[Cathy M.]

Michele wrote: "Completion Post:
Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell
Completed 4/16

Cards this works for:
2- Second in series
6- Simon (character)
8- Erin (character)
Skip- Penelope (ch..."

Does this work for the mini-challenge Part 2?

[Michele]

Cathy M. wrote: "Michele wrote: "Completion Post:
Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell
Completed 4/16

Cards this works for:
2- Second in series
6- Simon (character)
8- Erin (character)
Sk..."

Mini Challenge:
-Simon (character)

[Michele]

Completion Post:
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Completed 4/17

Cards this works for:
0- Stand alone book
2- Tina (character)
3- Hickman (surname)
6- Steve (character)
8- Eleanor (character)
9- Nebraska (location)
Skip- Park (character)

Mini Challenge:
-Steve (character)

Mini Challenge part 2:
Vanilla- "She smudged vanilla behind Eleanor's ears." pg. 157

[Cathy M.]

The only letter left for part 1 is I in WHISK since Alla finished 2 other books earlier.

For your books do they have any of the words from the recipe in them?

[Michele]

Cathy M. wrote: "The only letter left for part 1 is I in WHISK since Alla finished 2 other books earlier.

For your books do they have any of the words from the recipe in them?"

I have Irvine (surname) or Invitation (title) from "An Invitation to Murder"

[Alla]

Completion post:
Plan B by Jana Aston
04.17.20

Cards it works for:
2- #2 in a series
3- Character (Hayden)
7- Character (Violet)
Skip- Character (Kyle)

Mini challenge 2:
Eggs: - "Look they have your favorite, eggs Benedict". - loc 859
Sugar: - I´m jittery like a toddler on a sugar high.... - loc 194
White: -Life isn´t black and white,... - loc 259
Cream - With fancy vanilla and whipped cream... -loc 863
Strawberries - ...made up of alternating slices of banana, strawberries and... - loc 2879
Thick: - ...head of hair that I know it thick because... - loc 526

[Jodi]

Completion Post:

Red, White and Royal Blue
By Casey McQuiston
Completed 04/14/2020

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

[bookcover:Red, White & Royal Blue|52410331]

Cards:
0 Standalone
3 Character first name starts with H (Henry)
8 Located in place starts with E (England)
9 Character starts with N (Nora)

[Jodi]

Completion Post:
Rebel Heir (Rush Duet #1)
By Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward
Completed 04/16/2020

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Cards:
1 First in series
3 Set in place starts with H (Hamptons)
7 Author first name starts with V (Vi)
8 Character with first name starts with E (Elliot)
9 Set in place starts with N (New York)
SKIP Author surname starts with K (Keeland)

[Jodi]

Completion Post:

Rebel Heart (Rush Duet #2)
By Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward
Completed 04/17/2020

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Cards:
1 Character first name starts O (Oak)
2 Second in series
3 Set in place starts with H (Hamptons)
7 Author first name starts with V (Vi)
8 Character with first name starts with E (Elliot)
9 Set in place starts with N (New York)
SKIP Author surname starts with K (Keeland)

[Alla]

If we need to dublicate books read by other members then I have read Beautiful disaster and Rebel heir - books read by Jodi in the challenge :)

[Cathy M.]

Yep, I usually check that when I check the shelves/books so I catch them even when no says anything :) I've also read Beautiful Disaster a LONG time ago!

[Alla]

I read it some years back too, plan on doing a re-read soon

[Cathy M.]

I don't know if I'd be able to handle the crazy of it now. Funny how much my tastes in books have changed in the last couple years!

[Alla]

Mine have too. I re-read a triology not long ago that I gave 5 stars at the time...it got lowered down to 3... lol
I am VERY picky with my 5 stars now.

[Alla]

Completion post:
Texas destiny by Lorraine Heath
04.18.20

Cards it works for:
1- #1 in a series
2- Title (Texas)
3- Character (Houston)
7- Caracter (Velvet)
9- Character (Slim)
Skip- Character (Preston)

Mini 2:
Eggs: Amelia chewed slowly on the bacon and eggs,...loc 339
Pure: Amelia´s surprised expression and the smile of pure delight...loc 3446
Dry: Watching their bare feet stir up the dry dirt...loc 67
Thickened: ...the stench of blood thickened the air...loc 4203
Scraped: He scraped the chair across the floor...loc 1437
Moon: And on nights when the moon was full,...loc 703

[Michele]

Completion Post:
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
Completed 4/18

Cards this works for:
1- Olivia (character)
2- Teasdale (surname)
3- Hermia (character)
4- Ferdinand (character)
6- Simon (character)
7- Valerius (character)
8- Edward (character)
9- Nicholoas (character)
Skip- Phillips (surname)

Mini 2:
Warm milk: She offered me warm milk or brandy...pg 12
Milky (tea): "
Folding: ...the folding of the towels. pg. 45
Eggs (cold): ...picking at my cold eggs. pg. 153

[Cathy M.]

Are you getting those items from the recipe? Dont remember seeing some of those.

[Michele]

Cathy M. wrote: "Are you getting those items from the recipe? Dont remember seeing some of those."

You're right. My mistake. I'm not particularly good at this so will continue to try to read as much as possible.

[Cathy M.]

Completion Post

by Christine Bell
Completed: 04.17.20

- 1 - #1 in series
- 2 - C: Galen Thomas

Mini-Challenge -
Dessert - 34% "...I guess that means we can have dessert."

by Olivia Swift
Completed: 04.18.20

Green Cover - Dup #1
- 1 - A: Olivia Swift
- 5 - C: Irene
- 6 - A: Olivia Swift

Mini-Challenge -
Knife - Loc 501 "...it was definitely a knife or dagger of some sort."

[Cathy M.]

Michele wrote: "Cathy M. wrote: "Are you getting those items from the recipe? Dont remember seeing some of those."

You're right. My mistake. I'm not particularly good at this so will continue to try to read as mu..."

I'll re-post the recipe and an updated list of words we've already found. Just pick a word anywhere in the recipe, the ingredients or instructions.

[Cathy M.]

Updated cover color list:

Our Color cards
4 Green - - Jodi
1 Red - - Alla
1 Yellow - - Annie
8 Yellow - - Cathy

- Need to duplicate 1 different color cards

Colors Done(view spoiler)[
2 Blue - Used for Wild 4
7 Blue - Used for Wild 4
1 Green - Used for Wild 4
2 Red
2 Red
7 Red
2 Yellow
3 Yellow
6 Yellow
7 Yellow (hide spoiler)]


For Mini-challenge
Part 1:
S - Rock Chick Reckoning - Character - DONE
T - The Master Magician - Title - DONE
E - Murder by the Book - Author - -DONE
P - Fire Touched - Author - DONE
S - Three Mages and a Margarita - Character - DONE
G - MESSAGE in the BONES - character - DONE
R - Carry On - Author - DONE
A - Fighting to Breathe - Author - DONE
M - Moti on the Water - Title - DONE
S - One Last Wish - Character - DONE
W - Wide Open Spaces - Title - DONE
H - Meet Cute - Author - DONE
I -
S - The Boy Next Door - Character - DONE
K - The Au Pair Affair - Character - DONE


Part 2 (on cover or in text) - 15:
Dessert - Down for the Count
Eggs - Silent in the Grave
Knife - Celtic Spirits
Strawberries - Plan B
Thickened - Texas Destiny
Vanilla - Eleanor & Park


RECIPE: VanGuard Sabayon
Makes 12 small or 6 medium servings

INGREDIENTS
6 eggs, (Yolks only)
60 grams shredded coconut
80 grams Pure Sugar
120 Grams – Dry White Wine
½ cup Thickened Cream
1 tsp cornflour
1 Vanilla Bean, seeds scraped
300 grams fresh Berries – Blueberries, Strawberries (cut diagonally)
Juice of 1 orange
270 grams of diced starfruit and Kiwifruit
2 passion fruit (Keep cold in airtight container)
Zest of 2 meteoroid limes (ask your local NASA)
2 Lady finger bananas, sliced 1 cm thick circles
Lemon juice (optional)

Garnish
Touch of Full Moon Sea Salt
1 mint leaf

KITCHEN TOOLS
A sharp knife
A large bowl made from asteroid or nickel
A medium glass bowl (24cm in diameter minimum)
A large saucepan of simmering water
A balloon whisk or Electric beater
Dessert goblets or large martini glasses
A Plate
A Spatula
A Spoon

Optional
A Pen (Mark off steps as you go)
Food handling gloves (Hygiene)


METHOD

1. About an hour before serving the dessert, rinse the berries and drain them on a plate and paper towel. Slice off the stems and halve or quarter the strawberries lengthwise, depending on size, into the glass bowl. Add the starfruit, kiwifruit and bananas. Sprinkle over a teaspoon of the sugar, the meteroroid lime zest and the orange juice; fold gently together to blend well. Taste and add more sugar or orange juice if needed, set aside to macerate.

2. Whisk the egg yolks, wine, vanilla, cornflour, cream and sugar in the asteroid/nickel bowl. Rest the bowl in the saucepan over hot water. Whisk constantly for 4 to 5 minutes or more to cook the sauce, until it has the consistency of lightly whipped cream and peaks start to form. Clear the bottom of the bowl constantly with the whisk so that the eggs do not scramble and adjust the heat as needed. Taste the sauce — the sabayon should never get so hot that you can't stick your very clean finger in it — and whisk drops of lemon juice or more sugar if you want. When thick, foamy, and tripled in volume, remove from heat. It can be served hot as is, tepid, or cool.

3. Spoon a portion of the fruit mix from the glass bowl — 1/2 cup or more — into each goblet or glass. Sprinkle a thin layer of shredded coconut on top (to your stomach/taste) then top with 1/3 to 1/2 cup of warm or cool sabayon.

4. Remove the pulp from the passionfruit.

5. Garnish with passionfruit pulp, full moon sea salt and a mint leaf



Part 3 - Book Titles (to use for a story):

[Michele]

I added Vanilla to Eleanor & Park

[Michele]

Completion Post:
Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn
Completed 4/18

Cards this works for:
1- Olivia (character)
2- Twickman (surname)
3- Hermia (character)
4- Fornacci (surname)
5- Italy (location)
6- Snow (surname)
7- Violante (character)
8- Eglamour (character)
9- Nicholas (character)
Skip- Portia (character)

Mini challenge 2:
-Orange: "..a tiny wreath of orange blossom." pg. 94
-Spoons: "we dragged the long wooden spoons through the heavy batter." pg. 95
-Cream: "her roses and cream complexion." pg. 185

[Jodi]

Hey, so I’m just confused as to what’s going on with the mini challenge? Is there a spreadsheet or list of what we need? I’m sure I’ve come across some things in the recipe but is it just words of phrases? Am I looking at the wrong spreadsheet, it’s blank? Thanks :)

[maria helena]

Here is our tracking sheet You should all be able to access it via the link but let me know if there are any problems. There is also a link to it in message 5 (the post with the important information) so you don't have to search through the thread for it :-)

Cathy and I track all our books in the tracking sheet and at the end of the month we submit our hands and mini challenge to the official team spreadsheet.

The mini challenge is tracked on the tab called "April mini", and Cathy also just posted a summary post about it.

- We are almost done with part 1 (spell out words / one letter left to complete)
- We are about half way done with part 2 (word search in text or on covers)
- Lastly, we need to read 15 books and combine the titles to a story about our tea party (similar to what we did for the March mini challenge)

For words on the cover or in the text, we can pick any 15 words from the recipe so there are plenty to choose from. The recipe we are using is posted in message 682.

[maria helena]

Jodi wrote: "Hey, so I’m just confused as to what’s going on with the mini challenge? Is there a spreadsheet or list of what we need? I’m sure I’ve come across some things in the recipe but is it just words of ..."

For part 2 of the mini challenge, we pick 15 words from the recipe and need to find them either on the cover or in the text. It is single words, not complete phrases.

Words we already have covered:
- Dessert (Down for the Count)
- Eggs (Silent in the Grave)
- Knife (Celtic Spirits)
- Strawberries (Plan B)
- Thickened (Texas Destiny)
- Vanilla (Eleanor & Park)

[maria helena]

Completion post:


Bitter Falls
4/17/20
3 stars

card 4 - series #4
card 6 - character Sam
skip - character Gwen Proctor
reverse - read by Cathy

mini challenge:
scramble - p. 190 "I scramble for it"
bowl - p. 164 "hand curled protectively around the bowl"
wine - p. 26- "with a bottle of wine"
sauce - p. 69 "smells of sage and tangy sauce"
cream - p. 6 "plenty of cream and sugar"
sugar -p. 6 "plenty of cream and sugar"

[Alla]

Completion post:

Texas glory by Lorraine Heath
04.19.20

Cards it works for:
1- Character (Oliver)
2- Title (Texas)
3- Character (Houston)
4- Character (Dr. Freeman)
6- Character (Susan)
Skip- Character (Preston)

Yellow cover 2,3 or 6?

Mini challenge 2:
Pure: I don´t have anything that´s pure or precious... loc 198
Sugar: "Like what?""Sugar bunch." loc 1645
White: ...and raised a thinning white brow, ... loc 141
Wine: ...he grabbed the bottle of wine and two...loc 2696
Orange: He sat staring at the red and orange flames as...loc 3543
Lemon: ...as though she´d just bitten into a lemon. loc 486
Moon: ...destroying by the light of a full moon. loc 36
Leaf: ...that she was shaking worse than a leaf in the wind. loc 369

[Jodi]

The message 5 link is blank for April when I click on it... but that one you just posted showed up. Thank you!

[Michele]

Completion Post:
Prologue to Murder by Lauren Elliott
Completed 4/19

Cards this works for:
0- Zach (character)
2- Second in series
3- Hunter (surname)
5- Ida (character)
6- Serena (character)
8- Elliott (author surname)
9- New England (location)
Skip- Prologue (Title)

Mini Challenge 2:
-Sea-Salt: "windswept sea-salt kisses..." Loc. 50
-Paper towels: "paper towels behind the counter." Loc. 108
-Water: "...a server filled her water goblet." Loc. 203
-Goblet: "
-Lemon: "The heady scents of garlic and lemon..." Loc. 2324

[Alla]

Completion post:

International player by Louise Bay
04.19.20

Cards it works for:
0- Standalone
1- Character (Olivia)
2- Character (Truly)
3- Character (Harbury)
4- Character (Franklin)
5- Title (International)
6- Character (Sanderson)
7- Character ( Veronica)
8- Character (Edward)
9- Character (Noah)
Skip- Character (Kelly)

I think the "I" in mini challenge one has been covered...if not it´s here in the title

Mini 2:
Coconut: The way she smelled of the coconut shampoo...loc 389
Bananas: I´m driving Rob bananas...loc 2259
Passionfruit: ...answered at the same time "Passionfruit". loc 634
Circles: ...but dark half circles sat below...loc 592

[Michele]

Completion Post:
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
Completed: 4/20

Cards this works for:
0- Stand Alone Book
1- Orrin (character)
2- Tricia (author)
3- Hektor (character)
4- Faustus (character)
5- Ikaros (character)
6- Shadows (Title)
7- Vasco (surname)
8- Eliades (character)
9- Nestor (character)
Skip- Kallias (character)

Mini Challenge 2:
-Mint: "the most delicious scent of lavender and mint." pg. 54
-Whisk(ed): "my two friends are quickly whisked away." pg. 105

[Jodi]

Completion Post:
Walking Disaater
By Jamie McGuire
Completed 04/19/20

[bookcover:Walking Disaster|16044131]

Cards:
2 Character that starts with T (Travis)
6 Character that starts with S (Shepley)
7 Set in a place starts with V (Vegas)
8 Set in a place starts with E (Eastern University)

Mini challenge:
Orange Juice
“Would you like a can of orange juice”
Chapter 6 @ 5:20

[Jodi]

I went back to look for mini challenge items and found a few from my previous reads. Sorry I was confused ;) lol

Mini challenge: (from Rebel Heir post)

Lemon
“Was it ginger ale, beer, vodka and lemon”
Chapter 1 @ 7:01

[Jodi]

Mini challenge: (Rebel Heart post)

Lady
“Aren’t you going to introduce me to your lady friend”
Chapter 1 @ 6:49

[Jodi]

I should have green cover finished today/tomorrow!

[Alla]

Completion post:

Happy Trail by Daisy Prescott
04.20.20

Cards it works for:
1- Character (Olive)
2- Character (Theodore)
3- Title (Happy trail)
6- Character (Snowbird, nickname)
8- Character (Ed)
9- Character (Dr. Nielsen)
Skip- Character (Perry)

Mini 2:
Fresh: Unlike the fresh and eager...loc 207
Shredded: ...vocal cords shredded from screaming...loc 625
Water: Pausing to drink from my water bottle...loc 205
Gloves: Keeping my gloves on, I gently...loc 1132

I will finish my red cover this week :)

[Michele]

Completion Post:
Crown of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutherford

Cards this works for:
0- Zodie (character)
1- Osius (character)
2- Talin (character)
6- Samiel (character)
7- Varenia (location)
8- Eyo (character)
9- Nor (character)
Skip- Kristos (character)

Mini Challenge 2
-Cold: "She sounded cold and unfeeling." Loc. 97
-Stir: "I watched her put a handful of herbs and several globs of the pink ointment in and stir." Loc. 1119

[maria helena]

Jodi wrote: "The message 5 link is blank for April when I click on it... but that one you just posted showed up. Thank you!"

Very weird, but I'm glad the new link works! (And hopefully actually being able to access the tracking sheet makes it easier to see what we have left to read....)

[Jodi]

Completion Post:
Royal Holiday
By Jasmine Guillory
Completed on 4/21/20

Royal Holiday
[bookcover:Royal Holiday|44300636]


Cards:
Color Green 4
2 Character with name that starts with T (Theo)
3 Character with name that starts with H (Hudson)
4 4th book in series
7 Character with first name that starts with V (Vivian)
8 Set in place that starts with E (England)

Mini Challenge:
Kitchen: “...head into the kitchen for breakfast” Chapter 1 @ 17:02
Or
Cream: “spread cream or jam on the scone” Chapter 1@ 23:55

[Michele]

Does anyone know if the flowsheet has been updated?

[maria helena]

It is updated to post 688. I'm having to work late but I'll update it tomorrow if Cathy haven't updated it before then.

[Michele]

Completion Post:
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Completed 4/21

Cards this works for:
3- Helen (author)
6- Stella (character)
8- Edward (character)
9- Ngoai (character)
Skip- Kiss (Title)
Reverse- previously read by ?

GREEN COVER

Mini challenge 2
- Ingredients: "pour oil in, and add ingredients." Loc. 1658

[Jodi]

I have 3 mini challenges not on the sheet yet so we should
only need 1 more.

[maria helena]

Tracking sheet is updated.

Status for mini challenge
- Part 1: completed
- Part 2: need one more word from the recipe list
- Part 3: need 10 more titles for the story

Titles for story about tea party:
- Red, White & Royal Blue
- Wayward Son
- Rebel Heart
- Walking Disaster
- Royal Holiday

(for the story we could have something along the line "expecting the tea party to be a Royal Holiday but it turned into a Walking Disaster)

[Cathy M.]

Michele's book in post 684 was missed (right before Bitter Falls), so once that's updated we should be done with Part 2.

[maria helena]

We only need 16 more books to finish the mini challenge and all the hands!

We need 26 more books (11 of those are also used for the mini challenge) but we have been awarded 10 pixie books because we have lost Mia from the team. This means that we get to use 10 books that the pixie mod has read so we only need to finish 16 more books.

Great job everyone! I'm sure we can get this done!

[maria helena]

Colour cards left to finish:

1 Red - - Alla
1 Yellow - - Annie
8 Yellow - - Cathy

[Jodi]

Do we just need titles or all the cards they qualify for at this point?