Team Metagalactic Fruit Compote

[Alla]

Completion post:
Uncharted by Tracey Garvis Graves.

Completed:
02.11.20

Cards it fits:
1- Character (Owen)
2- Character (T.J)
3- Character (Harrison Bradley)
5- Location (island in the Indian ocean)
6- Character (Stacey)
Skip card- Character (Piper)
Reverse card- read previously by Cathy M.

[Alla]

Completion post:
Shame on you by Tara Sivec.

Completed:
02.11.20

Cards it fits:
1- First in a series
2- Author´s name (Tara)
3- Character (Steve Henderson)
6- Character (Sven)
9- Character (Nuncio)
Skip card- Character (Paige)
Reverse card- read previously by Cathy M.

[Cathy M.]

Yay Alla! We now have all the Reverse cards we needed :) I was a little worried that we all seemed to read such different books but luckily it all worked out.

[Cathy M.]

Completion Post


by Shannon Mayer
Completed: 02.11.20

Cards it works for:
- 1 - C: Liam O'Shea
- 3 - #3 in series
- 4 - C: Faris
- 6 - A: Shannon Mayer
- 7 - C: Agent Valley
- 8 - C: Eve
- Skip - C: Pamela

[Michele]

Sorry I’ve been absent my awesome team. Having a terrible run of migraine headaches. Am trying to listen to audiobooks but currently unable to physically read. This too will pass and I’ll get back to my usual book-devouring self. Thanks to all for picking up the slack.

[Cathy M.]

Michele wrote: "Sorry I’ve been absent my awesome team. Having a terrible run of migraine headaches. Am trying to listen to audiobooks but currently unable to physically read. This too will pass and I’ll get back ..."

No worries Michelle, just take care of yourself so that you can come back to us happy & healthy :) Migraines are no joke so take it easy and don't force it.

[Alla]

Cathy M. wrote: "Yay Alla! We now have all the Reverse cards we needed :) I was a little worried that we all seemed to read such different books but luckily it all worked out."

I´ve been browsing through the group´s shelfs to see if I can find something I have in common with you. I found quite alot, most from yours and Michele´s shelf, so I can check the reverse cards easily ;)
Is there any special cards we need at the moment?

[Alla]

Michele wrote: "Sorry I’ve been absent my awesome team. Having a terrible run of migraine headaches. Am trying to listen to audiobooks but currently unable to physically read. This too will pass and I’ll get back ..."

No worries! Just take good care and get better. No joke suffering from migranes, see that alot at my line of work. Best of wishes to you! :)

[Cathy M.]

Yea I looked thru everyone's shelves and there are definitely some I want to read, just not right now.

We still have plenty of time left over in the month and everyone seems to find books that work for multiple cards so you can really read what you want. But if you do want something to look for, look for E's, F's & H's which we have the most of. We have plenty of Reverses, and usually O's (1's) & S's (6's) are pretty common/easy/pretty much fill themselves so I tend to not worry about them.

[Alla]

I´ll see what I can find for E´s, F´s and H´s. I have MANY books on my tbr list, so I should be able to find something that fits that ;)

[Michele]

by Margaret Rogerson

Cards this works for:

0- Stand alone book
2-T (Thorn) character surname
3-H (Hargrove) character surname
4-F (Finch) character surname)
5- I (Irena) character given name
6-S (Sorcery) Title
8-E (Elisabeth) character given name
9-N (Nathaniel) character given name
Skip (K)- Katrien) character given name

Cover is either blue or green (I say green)- perhaps captains can take a look?

[Cathy M.]

Ananya wrote: "Completed:

By J.D. Salinger

Cards it works for:
2. Title article (The)
3. Character (Holden Caulfield)
6. Character (Stradlater)
Skip. Chara..."

I've read Catcher in the Rye (though it's been a couple years). One of the few books I've 1-starred - really hated it!

[Alla]

Completion post:
Good boy by Sarina Bowen

Completed:
02.12.20
4 stars

Cards it fits:
1- First in a series
2- Takes place in Toronto
6- Character (Scott)
Reverse card- previously read by Cathy M.

[Jodi]

Can anyone pick up the green cover I committed to. I’m almost done with the yellow but am not feeling the green cover book I originally selected. I also have 2 other reads that I need to wrap up. If not, I’ll find a different green cover... just thought I would check 😁 Thank you and 2 completion posts coming soon...

[Alla]

Jodi wrote: "Can anyone pick up the green cover I committed to. I’m almost done with the yellow but am not feeling the green cover book I originally selected. I also have 2 other reads that I need to wrap up. I..."

I´ll do that for you Jodi, I have a green one (if it gets approved) that I want to read, I can just push it forward on my list ;)

[Alla]

Captains, can I read this one as a green one for Jodi?

[Cathy M.]

No problem Jodi, thank you for letting us know!

Yep Alla, I know we used that for green in the past (TT) so go for it!!

[Alla]

Thanks, will do then! :)

[Jodi]

Thank you for doing that!

Completion post:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...


Love Warrior
By Glennon Doyle Melton
Completed 02/12/20

Cards:
0 Stand alone book
7 Is set in a place starting with a V (Virginia) first half of book
9 Is set in a place starting with an N (Naples, FL) second half of book

[Cathy M.]

Oh wait Alla, we need it for 6/S so might want to see if it will work for that card. Or 9/N - my green book could be used for either one so I can always move my book.

Actually never mind, it will work for 3 Green (author H). Michelle's 3 Green book also worked for 6 & 9 so I'll move them around to make it fit.

[Cathy M.]

Alla wrote: "Completion post:
Good boy by Sarina Bowen

Completed:
02.12.20
4 stars

Cards it fits:
1- First in a series
2- Takes place in Toronto
6- Character (Scott)
Reverse card..."

Also works for 8 & Skip for Author Elle Kennedy. Can't forget the author :P

[Alla]

Thanks, slipped my notice !

[Alla]

Completion post:
Enemies by Tijan

Completed:
02.13.20

Cards:
0- Stand-alone
2- Author´s name (Tijan)
3- Character´s last name (Harrington)
6- Character´s name (Savannah)
7- Character´s first name (Vallia)
8- Title (Enemies)
9- Character´s first name (Nacho)

[Cathy M.]

You all have been doing great, keep it up :) We're just about 1/2 way thru the 1st month and we have a little more than half the cards filled so we're ahead of schedule!

But to spice things up, the February Mini-Challenge is here! Details (with nice pictures) can be found here. But I'll also post here in our thread to make sure everyone sees it.

Details have also been posted on the 1st page of our thread for easy access/reference.

[Cathy M.]

Perky Space Chef! February Mini Challenge


This is an optional mini challenge for our UNO players. This month we are baking a delicious space treat!.

We have given you a recipe for Astral Pavolva. All underlined words need to be found as words in text or title, items on covers or cover colours. All underlined numbers, are matched to books read by page numbers, series numbers or publication dates. To make it easy, these are listed below. For each book read you will receive 10 points.

Underlined Words -
There are 5 categories:
word in title
word in text
colour of book cover
item on cover
colour of item on cover

Underlined numbers -
There are 3 categories:
page numbers
series number
publication date

Creativity is the key to the challenge, not rules.
So, diagonal lines on the cover? That can work for "diagonally".
A green coloured book? Is the green a bit like a "lime"?!

Words can be in different contexts, so, for example, "peaks" could be a picture of mountain peaks on the cover

Numbers for the publication date can be the month or the day or the last two digits of the publication year. (3 digit numbers can not be used for publication date) Publication date is for the edition being read (and shelved).

If you complete every item in the recipe your team will receive 30 bonus points.


Astral Pavlova Recipe
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INGREDIENTS
6 eggs, separated
3 carefully measured teaspoons of orange astral syrup
As much celestial powder as you can stomach
1 1/4 cups (270g) Caster Sugar
2 teaspoons cornflour
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
300ml thickened cream
2 tablespoons Pure Icing Sugar, sifted
Finely shredded rind of 2 limes
juice of 2 limes
2 Lady finger bananas, thinly sliced diagonally
3 golden kiwifruit, peeled, thinly sliced
12 moon berries, thinly sliced
2 starfruit, thinly sliced
Pulp of 2-3 passionfruit

KITCHEN TOOLS
Oven
Foil
Pastry Brush
Pen
Electric Mixer
Measuring Spoons
Measuring Jug
Sharp Knife
Spatula
Serving Plate
Airtight Container
Ceramic or Glass Bowl
Space gloves

METHOD
Step 1
Preheat oven to 120°C. Line an oven tray with foil. Brush with melted butter and dust with cornflour, shaking off excess. Mark a 24cm-diameter circle on foil.
Step 2
Use an electric mixer to whisk egg whites in a clean dry bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition, until meringue is thick and glossy and sugar dissolved. Using space gloves, measure the astral syrup and add to the mix. Rub a little meringue between fingers. If still "gritty" with sugar, continue to whisk until sugar dissolves. Add cornflour, vinegar and vanilla and whisk until just combined. Spoon meringue onto the foil, using the marked circle as a guide. Smooth sides and top of pavlova. Use a small spatula to forms little peaks around edge of pavlova. Bake in oven for 1 and 1/2 hours or until pavlova is dry to the touch. Turn off oven. Leave pavlova in oven with the door ajar to cool completely. When completely cold, transfer to serving plate or store in an airtight container until required.
Step 3
Use an electric mixer to whisk the cream and icing sugar in a medium bowl until firm peaks form. Spoon cream onto the top of pavlova. Pour lime juice into a ceramic or glass bowl. Add banana slices and toss to coat with juice. Drain. Decorate pavlova with banana, kiwifruit, starfruit, moon berries passionfruit and lime rind. Sprinkle over the celestial powder.
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(I'll post just the words we need so we can keep track)


But wait... there's more!

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.

◈ Books can be started at any point since the start of the UNO challenge (Feb 1)
◈ Books need to be finished after the start of this mini challenge on February 14, 7pm AEDST (countdown is here) and before March 1 at 7pm AEDST (Countdown to March is here)


◈ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books for what you are claiming for your UNO hands
◈ The usual book length rules apply


So put on your aprons, grab a carton of eggs and lets get started!

[Cathy M.]

TRACKING LIST for MINI-CHALLENGE


airtight ~ OPEN
bananas ~ OPEN
circle ~ OPEN
cornflour ~ Cathy - The Corset Diaries - yellow cover
diagonally ~ Jodi - The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress - Audio Chpt 3 6:06 "He sat in a chair diagonally from her"
eggs ~ OPEN
kiwifruit ~ OPEN
lady ~ OPEN
limes ~ OPEN
moon ~ Brandy - Moon Called
orange ~ OPEN
passionfruit ~ OPEN
peaks ~ OPEN
pure ~ OPEN
sharp ~ OPEN
shredded ~ Cathy - Hard Wood - shredded abs on cover
spoon ~ OPEN
sugar ~ OPEN
vanilla ~ OPEN
1 ~ OPEN
2 ~ OPEN
3 ~ OPEN
12 ~ OPEN
120 ~ OPEN
270 ~ Ananya - I Was Here - 270 pages
300 ~ Ananya - Never Never - 300 pages


DONE:
➻cold ~ Alla - Evvie Drake Starts Over - loc 466- "I do drink tea, when it´s cold"
➻dry ~ Cathy - The Lying Game - Pg 175 "It's dry in this weather."
➻electric ~ Alla - Skater Boy - Loc 3807 - ...my heart kick-started like someone pressed electric paddles directly to the skin.
➻glass ~ Ananya - Passenger - Glass jar on cover
➻gloves ~ Brandy - Demoness - Loc 320 "gave her cloak and gloves back"
➻pen ~ Alla - On a Tuesday - 22% "...twenty different types of pens and pencils."
➻plate ~ Cathy - Perfect for You - Pg 42 "...transferred his sandwich to a plate."
➻starfruit ~ Jodi - I'll Give You the Sun - yellow cover
➻stomach ~ Brandy - One Grave at a Time - Stomach on cover
➻thickened ~ Cathy - Stolen - 53% "...the muscles thickened as she started to Change from human to wolf."
➻touch ~ Alla - After Care: a romance for the over 40 - Loc 382 - I just can´t let you touch me...
➻white ~ Cathy - Down to You - white cover
➻6 ~ Cathy - Tricks for Free - Publ 3/6/18
➻24 ~ Alla - Happiness for Beginners - Pub 3/24/15

[Jodi]

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

Completion post

Heidi’s Guide To Four Letter Words
By Tara Sivec and Andi Arndt
Completed 02/13/20

Cards:
0 Stand alone book
2 Authors first name starts with T (Tara)
3 Title starts with H (Heidi’s)
4 Has a four in the title
6 Author surname starts with S (Sivec)

[Cathy M.]

Shout out if your books will work for any of the words above! This is one of the few times we ask that you claim any tasks you can read for so that we can try to maximize our points for the month.

I have 3 books I should finish tomorrow so I'll see where they would best fit.

But also need to point out that we have the opportunity to flex our creative writing skills to create a "recipe" for our group name. I'm not at all creative, and definitely NOT a writer, so that isn't one of my strengths. Anyone want to create something/work together to come up with something?????? PLEASE???

[Cathy M.]

Any books finished now can also be used for the Mini-challenge.

[Cathy M.]

Nope, its 1 book per task. But listing other options will help if we need to move stuff around.

Those are great finds! But please make sure the page #s match the edition you read/shelve.

[Alla]

Okay...let me see if I understand this correctly...are we searching for the use of those words in the books we are reading now? And we can only use a book one time for a word/number/pages?

[Cathy M.]

Alla wrote: "Okay...let me see if I understand this correctly...are we searching for the use of those words in the books we are reading now? And we can only use a book one time for a word/number/pages?"

Yes, can only use each word once, and it is 1 word per book. For the words on the list, you can use:
- word in title or text
- color of book cover
- item or color of item on book cover

For the #s, you can use
- page numbers
- series number
- publication date (1 or 2 digit #s only).

Any books you finish now until the end of the month, and started after the initial start of UNO, can be used.

[Cathy M.]

Ananya wrote: "Completion post:


By Becky Albertalli

Cards it works for:
6. Character (Simon Spier)
8. Character (Emily Spier)
9. Character..."

Did you happen to finish these after my earlier post that the mini-challenge started?

[Cathy M.]

i can take white for



It could work for white cover or for 300 for 300 pages (depending on Ananya’s book). Haven’t looked up any words yet.

[Cathy M.]

Ananya wrote: "Will work for glass?"

Definitely! Great thinking on that. I was looking for glass cups on covers.

Remember, you can be as creative as you like! As long as you can justify it (& it makes sense), we can use it.

[Cathy M.]

I finished another book but will post that completion a little later when I get home so I can add the details. It works for Thickened.

I'm almost done with The Lying Game which I'll put down for Dry. Also almost done with Perfect for You but need to see where it best works. Don't think for any of the harder words though.

[Jodi]

Feb mini challenge:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Word: diagonally
He sat in a chair diagonally from her
Audio version Chapter 3 6:06 minutes

[Cathy M.]

Jodi wrote: "Feb mini challenge:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Word: diagonally
He sat in a chair diagonally from her
Audio version Chapter 3 6:06 minutes"

We're still filling out our UNO cards so please list the cards it works for as well!

Oh wait, see you are currently reading it so please list them when you are done.

[Cathy M.]

Just to clarify for everyone -

Each book can only be used for 1 task BUT the mini-challenge books don't have to be different than the UNO books. We can use each book for both - for 1 UNO card and for 1 mini-challenge task.

[maria helena]

Ananya wrote: "Completion post:


By Becky Albertalli

Cards it works for:
6. Character (Simon Spier)
8. Character (Emily Spier)
9. Character..."

I've read both of these so they also work for reverse :-)

[Cathy M.]

Completion Post


by Kate Perry
Completed: 02.14.20

Cards it works for:
- 1 - #1 in series
- 4 - C: Freya
- 8 - C: Eve
- Skip - Title

Mini-Challenge:
Plate - Pg 42 "...transferred his sandwich to a plate."

Alternates:
Circle - Pg 131 "Greg's finger draw small circles on the bare skin..."
Cold - Pg 82 "Go in, it's cold out."
Eggs - Pg 16 "It's behind the eggs."
Electric - Pg 316 "Electric blue? Really, Eve?"
Moon - Pg 152 "...the way the moon shined on the waves..."
Orange - Pg 206 "...a good sized orange gem..."
Pen - Pg 208 "...supposed to be glorified pen twirlers?"
Pure - Pg 228 "It was pure hell."
Sharp - Pg 144 "...better than a sharp pencil in the eye."
Stomach - Pg 5 "Her stomach lurched at the thought."
Sugar - Pg 189 "He tasted like wine and sugar and wicked promises."
Touch - Pg 35 "...in a touch so gentle it made her catch her breath."
Vanilla - Pg 283 "...eating Dreyer's lowfat vanilla ice cream..."
1 - #1 in series

[Cathy M.]

Completion Post


by Kelley Armstrong
Completed: 02.14.20

Cards it works for:
- 1 - C: Leah O'Donnel
- 2 - #2 in series
- 3 - C: Armen Haig
- 6 - T: Stolen
- 7 - C: Adam Vasic
- 8 - C: Elena
- Skip - A: Kelley Armstrong

Mini-Challenge:
Thickened - 53% "...the muscles thickened as she started to Change from human to wolf."

Alternates:
Circle - 50% "...windmillilng in a perfect circle."
Cold - 35% "Cold water soothed my stomach..."
Gloves - 70% "Time to throw off the kid gloves."
Lady - 6% "You're humoring an old lady."
Moon - 46% "My vision faded in and out with the moon."
Orange - 40% "I finished my orange juice."
Pen - 15% "She lifted her pen and offered it to me."
Pure - 14% "...lurked a soul of pure evil."
Sharp - 59% "Something sharp, like a knife."
Shredded - 68% "My Change had shredded my clothing."
Spoon - 35% "Born with the proverbial silver spoon."
Stomach - 35% "Cold water soothed my stomach..."
Sugar - 13% "...one filled with sugar cubes..."
Touch - 10% "Don't touch anything."
2 - #2 in series

[Cathy M.]

Mia wrote: "Allons-y! I’m off on my trip dudes. Turns out it’s most likely we’ll have WiFi, so I’ll probably be on here during my trip!"

Hope you have a wonderful trip!

[maria helena]

Mia wrote: "Allons-y! I’m off on my trip dudes. Turns out it’s most likely we’ll have WiFi, so I’ll probably be on here during my trip!"

Have a great trip!

[Alla]

Completion post:
Evvie Drake starts over by Linda Holmes.

Completed:
02.14.20

Cards it works for:
3 green- Cover and author´s last name
0- stand-alone
1- Character ( Keath Olberman)
2- Character (Tim)
3- see top card
4- Character (Ted Finch)
6- Character (Paul Schramm)
7- Character (Tessa Vasco)
8- Character (Evvie)
9- Character (Nate)
Skip card: Character (Mike Parco)

Mini challenge:
Cold - loc 466- "I do drink tea, when it´s cold"

[Alla]

Completion post:
Happiness for beginners by Katherine Center.

Completed:
02.15.20
5 stars, loved it!

Cards it works for:
0- Stand-alone
3- Character (Helen)
4- Character (Flash-nickname)
6- Character (Samuel-middle name)
7- Character (Vegas-nickname)
Skip card- Character (Leah Pearson)

Mini challenge: (I will put all in I found and you figure out which to use).
Bananas- loc 2076 - ...stared at him like he was completely bananas.
Circle- loc 2948 - We all ate together in a big circle around the burners...
Eggs- loc 4282 - "We kind of put all our eggs in the party motivator basket...."
Electric- loc 1663 - ...chews the furniture, the rugs, and the electric cords.
Lady- loc 758 - "I didn´t ply anybody. You plied yourself, lady".
Moon- loc 508 - The moon was out, and plenty of stars too,....
Orange- loc 1472 - ...the earth was red, purple and orange,....
Peaks- loc 2825 - On every side, mountain peaks, cradling up around us.
Pen- loc 1198 - He traced a route with a ballpoint pen.
Pure- loc 860 - "And it´s pure agony".
Sharp- loc 1444 - He was sharp, I gave him that.
Stomach- loc 1189 - ...felt a lurch of despair in my stomach.
Spoonful- loc 236 - ...that if you carefully maintained the right spoonful-of-sugar attitude, you might.... (also sugar here if that´s better.
Touch- loc 51 - I´d hoped they´d lose touch when they went off to college,....
1- loc 19 - Chapter 1

[Cathy M.]

Alla wrote: "Completion post:
Happiness for beginners by Katherine Center.

Completed:
02.15.20
5 stars, loved it!

Cards it works for:
0- Stand-alone
3- Character (..."

It also works for 24 since it was published on the 24th of March.

[Alla]

Oh I didn't figure that out, thanks!

[Cathy M.]

Completion Post


by Ruth Ware
Completed: 02.15.20

Cards it works for:
- 0 - Stand alone
- 1 - C: Owen
- 2 - C: Thea
- 4 - C: Fatima
- 5 - C: Isabel
- Skip - C: Kate

Mini-Challenge:
Dry - Pg 175 "It's dry in this weather."

Listened to audio but did find this one in a preview.

[Brandy]

Completion post

by Misty Vixen
Read: 2-14-20

Fits:
1-first in series
7- authors name (Vixen)

Mini challenge:
Circle- loc 1354 circle the area, look for activity
Gloves- loc 320 gave her cloak and gloves back
Cold- loc 359 sealed container he put a cold spell on
Eggs- loc 525 I’m craving bacon and eggs.
Lady- loc 236 you met a pretty dryad lady on a solo trip deep in the woods
Orange- loc 39 nice tail and beautiful red-orange fur and her cat ears were quite fetching.
Pure- loc 474 Sparks of pure bliss flared within him
Touch- loc 558 She was wonderful to touch, to kiss.

by ?Jeaniene Frost
Read: 2-15-20

Fits:
2- character (Tate)
4- author (Frost)
6- six in series
Skip- character (Kramer)

Mini challenge:
Stomach- characters stomach is showing on the cover