Team Metagalactic Fruit Compote

[Michele]

I’m in Minnesota. Feeling fine but basically self-quarantined so reading to break up the boredom. Weather isn’t nice enough to go for walks- much to my dog’s dismay. I’m a retired nurse and have no intention to return to work. My husband is also a nurse and he’s still working- much to my dismay. During these scary times I find reading to be a welcome distraction. Unfortunately I suffer chronic migraine and can no longer go to my pain clinic. I would love to hear from other team members as to how you are coping. We have this great group that can help one another. I would love to hear from anyone interested in sharing.

[maria helena]

Alla wrote: "Trying to lessen the chances of both of us being exposed or infected at the same time."

A big worry where I live is how the hospital staff is coping :(

We haven't closed schools yet - universities and high schools closed today but the government doesn't want to close the lower grades yet because of worry of hospitals etc not having enough staff if people have to stay home with the kids.

Alla, I heard that Háskolí Íslands has closed for the next month. I used to work there but moved away from Iceland last year.

[Cathy M.]

Alla wrote: "Trying to lessen the chances of both of us being exposed or infected at the same time."

That's actually really smart. Not remembering where Iceland was in the world (I thought it was closer to Norway/Sweden), I looked it up and read some really interesting facts about Iceland. It sounds like a really nice place to live!

[Cathy M.]

All schools have pretty much closed in LA. I live about 7 miles from my office and my commute usually takes about 40-45 minutes because of traffic. I had to go into the office today to do some bills and it only took about 25 minutes today. At 7:30pm when I was coming home, it was crazy to see so few cars on the roads. Seeing it on tv is 1 thing, seeing it with your eyes is another. Like it made it that much more real. Absolutely surreal. And made it even more scary. Unfortunately I am a smoker. I quit last year for a while but then ended up starting again. It makes me more scared since my lungs aren't exactly 100%... Nothing like this scare to get me motivated to stop again!

[Alla]

maria helena wrote: "Alla wrote: "Trying to lessen the chances of both of us being exposed or infected at the same time."

A big worry where I live is how the hospital staff is coping :(

We haven't closed schools yet ..."

They have closed down all the Universities, all the...I don´t know the english word...but we call it Framhaldsskóli (it´s a mix of high school and college, ages 16-20) for the until mid April. The schools for the age group from 6 to 15 are still open, but I think it´s only matter of time when they close too. The cases of infected people went from 250 yesterday morning and up to 330 just this morning :(
On my island it went from 3 yesterday morning and is up to 8 this morning.

[Alla]

Cathy M. wrote: "Alla wrote: "Trying to lessen the chances of both of us being exposed or infected at the same time."

That's actually really smart. Not remembering where Iceland was in the world (I thought it was ..."

I love living here and especially on my island. I can´t say the weather is any good ;) but apart from the "cold" weather, I wouldn´t want to be anywhere else. It´s very safe and very low in crimes and things like that. You should visit (some day when it´s safe to travel the world again).
Check this out, this is where I live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYCUv...

[Alla]

Completion post:
by Lisa Kleypas
Completed:
03.18.20

Cards it works for:
1- #1 in a series
2- Character (Theo)
3- Character (Helen)
6-Character (Sutton)
Skip card- Pandora

Mini challenge:
Doesn´t qualify for mini-challenge, started it before.

[Michele]

Completion Post:
By Kristen Painter

Cards this works for:
1- First in series
2- Tolliver (character)
3- Holiday (character surname)
4- Featherstone (character surname)
5- Ivy (character)
6- Sullivan (character surname)
8- Ellingham (character surname)
9- Nocturne Falls (location)
Skip- Kristen/Painter (author)

BLUE COVER

Mini challenge:
3) Character goes grocery shopping
7) Tagged Cozy Mystery
11) Character has a dog
15) Character goes on a mission

[Cathy M.]

Ananya - Holy crap, that's a lot of books. Great job!

The Vegetarian works for the 5 Red book so if you don't want to read I, Robot, we can use that one instead. That was one strange book!

Can you please add Girl, Interrupted, Five Feet Apart & Stillhouse Lake to your UNO shelf?

[Cathy M.]

Alla wrote: "Completion post:
by Lisa Kleypas
Completed:
03.18.20

Cards it works for:
1- #1 in a series
2- Character (Theo)
3- Character (Helen)
6-Character (Sutton)
Skip..."

Mini-challenge goes by end date so we can use it if it works for anything!

[Cathy M.]

Alla wrote: "Cathy M. wrote: "Alla wrote: "Trying to lessen the chances of both of us being exposed or infected at the same time."

That's actually really smart. Not remembering where Iceland was in the world (..."

That was very cool, thank you for sharing the video! It is really beautiful and looks like there's a lot to do. Living 1st in Seoul and then in LA, I don't know what I'd do with all that fresh air hahaha :) I'm allergic to cold weather now so it would definitely have to be when it was warm.

So there is now a Stay at Home Order in CA so not sure how that's going to impact everything. With all these businesses having to close, we're going to be in a world of hurt if our clients aren't paying their bills because they are closed too. We have big expenses like payroll that still need to be processed so I'm super stressed now.

[Alla]

Cathy M. wrote: "Alla wrote: "Completion post:
by Lisa Kleypas
Completed:
03.18.20

Cards it works for:
1- #1 in a series
2- Character (Theo)
3- Character (Helen)
6-Character ..."

Mini challenge:
3- The sisters go shopping in Mr. Winterborne shop
11- The Ravenels have 2 dogs

[Alla]

Cathy M. wrote: "Alla wrote: "Cathy M. wrote: "Alla wrote: "Trying to lessen the chances of both of us being exposed or infected at the same time."

That's actually really smart. Not remembering where Iceland was i..."

Summer time would be best to visit Iceland, then we have about...15°C at avarage :)

Yeah this corona virus is going to hit harder for companies and just everyone than the financial crisis in 2008. Here in Iceland buisness owners, fish factories that import all their fish out of the country, the travel industry, airlines...just every one will be very affected by this and I know many companies will not survive this, because this has barely started.
We get daily update that is on the tv here in Iceland, where we get updates on how many are infected, how many are seriously ill, adviced how to go about our lives, adviced how to talk to our kids, how we can support the older people who can´t go out and all kinds of things that they cover every day (very helpful). The said yesterday that they think we might hit our peak around the 8th of April, and that is far away at the moment and it´s talked about that Italy has not hit their peak yet and hundreds are dying over there now, every single day.
All of you, stay safe, take this very seriously, keep all contact in minimum, wash and stay clean and try to remember ( I know that can be tricky) to not bring your hands to your face.
I hope we all get through this in the best way possible.
Stay strong :*

[Alla]

Ananya wrote: "Sorry i wasn't able to update due to bad internet connection in my region.

Completion post:


By Han Kang

Cards:
3. Author (Han)

Mini challen..."

Great job Ananya!!

[Michele]

Completion Post:
By Charlie Holmberg

Cards this works for:
1- First in series
2- Thane (surname)
3- Holmberg (Author surname)
6- Suter (surname)
8- Emery (character)
Skip- Paper (Title)

Mini challenge:
3- Ceony (character) goes grocery shopping
5- Ceony (character) starts something new (apprenticeship)
8- A book with a new-to-me author
11-Ceony (character) has a dog
13-Ceony (character) takes a risk: Battles Lira (character)
15-Ceony (character) goes on a mission: travels through Emery's (character) heart.

[Alla]

Completion post:
Tomboy by Avery Flynn
Completed:
03.20.20

Cards it works for:
0- Character (Zach)
1- Character (O´Rourke)
2- Character (Tess)
3- Character (Hartigan)
4- Character (Fallon)
5- Character (Ian)
6- Character (Stuckey)
7- Character (Vartnan)
8- Character (Exter)
Skip card- Character (Kavanagh)

Mini challenge:
6- Zach needs to wear a suit when travelling to away games
9- First published on the 28th of January 2019
10- Main character is a hockey player

[maria helena]

Completion post:


3/15/20

card 0 - stand alone
card 4 - title F

mini challenge:
published in 2019

[Cathy M.]

Updates ~ We only need 19 books for our UNO cards so we're doing great!

For the Mini-Challenge, we've completed 14 out of 25 tasks for the 1st part. Please note that we need the reason/quote/how it fits the tasks, so Ananya, please provide more of a description for the Leaving task (Five Feet Apart).

Here are the tasks that are still open:

1. Drink on cover - Alla - The Real - Coffee cups on cover
2. Blanket on cover - OPEN
6. Character who wears a suit - OPEN
8. New-to-you author - OPEN
13. Overprotective character - OPEN
16. Any kind of ship on cover - OPEN
19. Work tools on cover - Michele
21. Someone leaves - Ananya - Five Feet Apart - NEED REASON
24. Lights on cover - OPEN

Part 2:
Up to 15 books for story (Books not used for Part 1)
(view spoiler)[Listing of all completed books -
The Vegetarian
Girl, Interrupted
The Woman in the Window
Thirteen Reasons Why
One of Us is Lying
My Sister's Keeper
Stillhouse Lake
Brotherhood in Death
Furniture Fatality in Las Vegas
(hide spoiler)]

Completed Mini-Challenge Tasks: (view spoiler)[
3. Character who goes shopping - Michelle - Flying by the Seat... - Caity takes Kathleen souvenir shopping
4. Tagged adventure - Cathy - Artemis Fowl - Tagged 739x
5. Character who starts something new - Michele - The Paper Princess - Character starts new apprenticeship
7. Tagged (cozy) mystery - Michele - Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case - MPG Cozy Mystery
9. First published in 2019 - MH - The Family Upstairs - Publ 2019
10. Tagged sports - Alla - Tomboy - MPG Sports
11. Character has a dog - Alla - Cold-Hearted Rake - Ravenels (MCs) have 2 dogs
12. Character who takes a risk - Alla - The Hellion - Loc 4266 - MC jumps between roofs to try to save heroine
14. Character who goes to school - Michele - Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda - MC is in high school
15. Someone is on a mission - Michele - The Glass Magician - Creony is on a mission to defeat antagonists
17. Stars on cover - Ananya - Autoboyography - Stars on cover
18. Tagged science-fiction - Cathy - The Rule of One - MPG Sci-Fi
20. Character who builds something - Jodi - The Proposal - Carlos builds a bookcase
22. Glasses (for drinking) on cover - Jodi - The Wedding Party - Champagne glasses on cover
23. Someone prepares (lots of) food - Cathy - Blackwood - 31% "We wound up making enough pancakes to feed all of Browerton..."
25. Characters go to a party - Ananya - The Upside of Unrequited
(hide spoiler)]


Unfinished Color Covers:
1 Blue - Jodi -
7 Blue - Jodi -
3 Green ~ Alla -

Open Color Cards:
9 Green ~ OPEN

[Michele]

Completion Post:
by Eliza Watson

Cards this works for:
0- Zoe (character)
1- First in series
2- Tom (character)
4- Flying (Title)
5- Ireland (location)
6- Shaw (surname)
8- Eliza (author)
9- Niall (character)
Skip- Kieran (character)

BLUE COVER

Mini challenge:
3- Caity (character) takes Kathleen (character) souvenir shopping
6- Declan (character) wears a suit
8- New-to-me author
13- Overprotective character: Caity and Rachel's mother. "...maybe that was why Mom was a bit overbearing."
21- Caity (character) leaves Milwaukee for Ireland

[Michele]

Completion Post:
by Charlie Holmberg

Cards this works for:
0- Zina (character)
2- 2nd in Series
3- Holmberg (author surname)
6- Saraj (character)
8- Emery (character)
Skip- Patrice (character)

Mini Challenge:
15- Creony (character) is on a mission to defeat antagonists

[Michele]

I’ve got #19 covered- tools on the cover. Should be done tomorrow (Sunday).

[Jodi]

I will have the final colored one done in a few days.

[Cathy M.]

Need to catch up on my completions!

Completion Post

by Celia Aaron
Completed: 03.16.20

Cards it works for:
- 1 - #1 in series
- 4 - C: Rory Fields
- 6 - C: Frank Stallings
- 7 - C: Elise Vale
- 8 - C: Elise vale
- Skip - C: Pete Crow

[Cathy M.]

Completion Post


by JD Robb
Completed: 03.18.20

Cards it works for:
- 2 - C: Troy Trueheart
- 4 - C: Ryan Feeney
- 5 - C: Ian McNabb
- 8 - C: Eve Dallas
- Skip - C: Delia Peabody

[Cathy M.]

Completion Post


by AR Winters
Completed: 03.20.20

Cards it works for:
Yellow cover
- 2 - C: Tiffany
- 4 - T: Furniture
- 5 - C: Ian
- 8 - C: Emily
- Skip - C: Pearce

[Cathy M.]

Completion Post


by Ashley & Leslie Saunders
Completed: 03.20.20

Cards it works for:
Yellow cover
- 1 - #1 in series
- 3 - C: Halton
- 6 - A: Ashley Saunders

[Cathy M.]

Completion Post


by Eoin Colfer
Completed: 03.21.20

Cards it works for:
- 1 - #1 in series
- 3 - C: Holly Short
- 4- C: Artemis Fowl
- 6 - C: Holly Short
- 8 - A: Eoin Colfer

**56k words**

[Cathy M.]

Jodi wrote: "I will have the final colored one done in a few days."

You have 1 Blue & 7 Blue claimed. Are you still reading both of them?

[maria helena]

Completion post


Den tatuerade cirkeln
3/18/20
3 stars

card 2 - 2nd in series
card 6 - author Susan Casserfelt
card 9 - main character Kajsa Nordin
skip - main character Kajsa Nordin

[Jodi]

Completion Post:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Completed 3/21/20

Cards:
0 Stand alone
2 Title starts with T (The)
5 Set in a place that starts with I (Long ‘Island’)?
8 Set in a place that starts with E (East Egg) (West ‘Egg’)
9 Set in a place that starts with N (New York)

Mini challenge options:
New to you author- never read F. Scott Fitzgerald before
Character wears a suit- Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, Tom Buchanan, most male party attendees

[Michele]

Completion Post:
by Kate Carlisle

Cards this works for:
1- First in series
2- Tommy (character)
3- High (Title)
6- Shannon (character)
8- Emily (character)
9- Natty (character)
Skip- Kate (author)

BLUE COVER

Mini challenge:

19- Work tools on cover (wrench, hammer, paint supplies, ladder)

[Michele]

I'll cover #16 Any kind of ship on the cover.
I can also cover #2 Blanket on cover

For #24 Lights on cover, will a lightbulb work?

[Alla]

Completion post:
The unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
Completed:
03.23.20

Color Green - 3

Cards it goes with:
1- #1 in a series
3- Character (Harold)
4- Character (Fry)
7- Character (Veronica)
8- Character (Elizabeth)
9- Character (Mr. Napier)
Skip card- Character (Philomena)

Mini challenge:
3- Harold goes shopping in various places he visits on his journey, both for things he needs and souvenirs
6- The silver haired gentleman that Harold meets on his walk wore a smart suit and deep-blue shirt with small pearl cufflinks (chapter 8)
8- New to me author
12- I would say Harold is taking a risk with his life on this walk across England
15- Harold in on a mission to reach Queenie Hennessy before she dies
21- Harolds leaves his home, he plans on taking a letter to the mailbox but ends up walking across England for 87 days without returning home

[Michele]

Cathy- with one week to go when can we expect our flow sheets to be updated?

[Alla]

What do we still need? :)

[maria helena]

Michele wrote: "Cathy- with one week to go when can we expect our flow sheets to be updated?"

The tracking sheet is updated almost daily (link in post 5; on my phone so I can’t post a link). The official spreadsheet will be updated when we are all done/by the deadline in case we need to move things around to maximize the points :)

[Michele]

Completion Post:
by Cindy Bell

Cards this works for:
6- Samantha (character)
8 -Eddy (character)
9- Nick (character)
Skip- Karl (character)

Mini-challenge:
2- Blanket on bed on cover

[Jodi]

Blue 1 and 7 coming... also would a street lamp/light or street pole light work for ‘lights on a cover’ ? (I don’t know what you would call it lol) My Blue 1 would work if one light is acceptable.

[Alla]

Completion post:
Rock chick renegade by Kristen Ashley
Completed:
03.23.20

Could work for Blue cover 1,6 or 7 if needed.
Cards it works for:
0- Character (Zip)
1- Character (Ouray)
2- Character (Tucker)
3- Character (Hank)
4- Character (Frank)
5- Character (Indy)
6- Character (Sniff)
7- Character (Vance)
8- Character (Eddie)
9- Character (Nick)
Skip card- Author (Kristen)

Mini challenge:
11- Hank and Roxie have a dog
12- Jules takes a risk when going to rescue Roam that nearly gets her killed
13- Vance is macho, overprotective guy, "me Tarzan, you Jane" type
15- Jules is on a mission to rescue the young people from the claws of Denver´s drug dealers.

[Brandy]

Completion Post

by Patricia Briggs
Read 3-19-20
Pages: 371

Fits:
0-character (Zack)
2- character (Tony)
3- character (Honey)
5- character (Iacopo)
6- character (Samuel)
7- character last name (Vyshnevetskaya)
8- character (Elizaveta)
9- character (Nicki)
Skip- character (Peter)


by Patricia Briggs
Read: 3-23-20
Pages: 384

Fits:
0- character (Zack)
2- character (Tony)
3- character (Honey)
5- character (Iacopo)
6- character (Samuel)
7- character last name (Vyshnevetskaya)
8- character (Elizaveta)
9- character (Nicki)
Skip- character (Peter)

Mini challenge:
Character who wears a suit: pg 172 was there in an immaculate suit that was slightly different from the one he'd worn in the meeting.


by James S.A. Corey
Read: 3-23-20
Pages: 561

Fits:
3- character (Holden)
9- character (Naomi)

Mini Challenge:
Any Ship on the Cover
New to you author

[maria helena]

Jodi wrote: "Completion Post:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Completed 3/21/20

Cards:
0 Stand alone
2 Title starts with T (The)
5 Set in a place that star..."

Jodi, what is the page count for this one? You shelved an edition that is only 76 pages which seems low for this one.

[Alla]

We have been infected here in my home with the virus :(
The symptoms so far aren't agressive or very bad and we hope it will stay that way. We are healthy, no other illnesses, so we should tackle this like any other flu :)
So far just a headache that comes and goes, a low fewer and a sore throat.

[maria helena]

Alla wrote: "We have been infected here in my home with the virus :(
The symptoms so far aren't agressive or very bad and we hope it will stay that way. We are healthy, no other illnesses, so we should tackle t..."

Hoping for a speedy recovery!

[maria helena]

Completion post


3/22/20
2 stars

card 2 - #2 in series
card 3 - author Anthony Horowitz
card 6 - title S

[Michele]

Alla- hoping for a speedy recovery for you and your family!

[Jodi]

I’m not sure why the page number is only 76. I read the kindle edition which was not abridged or and it doesn’t show page numbers on my kindle. It might just be a goodreads error. Most other editions were 130-200 + pages.

[Jodi]

Feel better Alla!

[Michele]

Completion Post:
by Dawn Brookes

Cards this works for:
3- Heinz (character)
4- Florence (character)
6- Sarah (character)
7- Vindra (character)
8- England (location)
Skip- Prince (surname)

BLUE COVER

Mini-challenge:
16- Cruise ship on cover

[Michele]

Cathy- could you please give us an update so we know what we still need? Trying to focus reading on the team's needs. Thank you!!

[Michele]

I’m covering “book with lights on the cover.”