Team Speed Racer

[Laura]

Hand 2 is almost complete!! Way to go team!!

[Laura]

Alexa wrote: "I finished Fairest by Marissa Meyer today, and To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han yesterday! Sorry, I wasnt on my laptop yesterday and for some reason my goodreads app on my phone won'..."

Same for my phone too Alexa, its such a pain!

[Laura]

edited comment
I will be reading the two books I am down for plus...

, hand 7 ,card 3 ( title starts with t)

I might be able to find something for all those F's. If I do, I will post here later

[Laura]

Alexa without giving anything away how did you like Fairest? I am waiting to read it!

Apoorv.. what did you think of Naked in Glory? Are you hooked or no?

[Beth]

I will update the spreadsheet as soon as I get to my dad's house

[Alexa]

Laura, I loved it! I always like when they tell how the villains got to be so evil, I think that's why I love Once Upon a Time so much

[Laura]

I cant wait to read it. I m going to see what Once Upon a Time is about.. most likely I will like it:)

[Laura]

Alexa wrote: "Laura, I loved it! I always like when they tell how the villains got to be so evil, I think that's why I love Once Upon a Time so much"

Just ordered both from an inter library loan, lol.. I may have them both before the challenge is over.

[Teddie]

Beth, would you please swap out A Tree Grows In Brooklyn for The Scribe by Elizabeth Hunter (takes place in Turkey) please? Just not the right time to read the first one. Thanks!

[Laura]

Finished Three Wishes

[Alexa]

I started/finished I Was Here yesterday (that's how amazing it was!!) It can count for Hand 6's cards 4 or 5, because of author's last name Forman, or it can count for hand 7's SKIP, title starting with an I

Also, the Oliver Twist in hand two doesn't work for card 0, that one has to have things starting with z, not o. If it is a standalone (never read it, not sure) it counts for that reason.

[Apoorv]

Update

Finished : The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry | Gabrielle Zevin | 08Feb2015

Fits the following tasks:
★ Hand 2: 0 (Author Last Name (Z), Standalone)

★ Hand 4: 4 (Character Last Name F - A.J. Fikry)
★ Hand 4: 6 (Title (S))

★ Hand 5: 5 (Character Last Name F - A.J. Fikry)
★ Hand 5: Skip (Title (S))

[Tawallah]

Re: Oliver Twist world as 0 only as stand alone. Becky since Apoov(forgive me if I have it wrong) has finished The Storied life of A.K. you can swap that instead so that hand 2 is completed and put Oliver Twist in another hand for either 1or 0.

Thanks for the correction. And we are doing great as a team. Glad to be a part of it.

[Beth]

I'll update everything when I get back home. at a bridal shower

[Laura]

Apoorv wrote: "Update

Finished : The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry | Gabrielle Zevin | 08Feb2015

Fits the following tasks:
★ Hand 2: 0 (Author Last Name (Z), Standalone)

★ Hand 4: ..."
lol.. works for a reverse card also as I 've read it before! I liked this one:)

[Beth]

I have swapped Stories Life and Oliver Twist so we have the first two hands completed!! I don't know where to put Oliver Twist now, though.

I may switch it with my Glory in Death in hand 5 or put it on Wild Draw 4 in hand 7. If anyone else knows where it would fit best, let me know!!

Btw, the spreadsheet is (hopefully) 100% updated. If I missed something, please let me know. My internet has been funny and I've spent the last 24 hours driving all over the state and haven't had time to do much of anything!

[Tawallah]

Beth (Ducky) wrote: "I have swapped Stories Life and Oliver Twist so we have the first two hands completed!! I don't know where to put Oliver Twist now, though.

I may switch it with my Glory in Death in hand 5 or put..."
Hope you enjoyed the bridal shower. Don't worry about updating. Think you are doing a good job.

Oliver Twist meets the following:
0- standalone
1- character with name starting with O
2/3- surname starts with T
4/5- character named Fagin.
6- character named Sikes
9- character named Nancy
WILD- fits any requirement
Draw 2

So hand 7 for 5 works.

[Beth]

Thanks, June! Did you finish the book or are you currently reading it?

[Laura]

Spreadsheet looks great.. if you wanted to you could play around with it and we could have hand 3 completed as well..
we have a reverse completed in hand 5, the reverse in hand 3 could trade spots.. we would have the extra points for completing a hand and then we could work on completing hands 4, 5, 6 for this week

[Beth]

Great catch, Laura! Just switched it! If you see anymore that can be switched, let me know!

The first three hands are complete! Awesome job, speeders!

[Laura]

Beth (Ducky) wrote: "Great catch, Laura! Just switched it! If you see anymore that can be switched, let me know!

The first three hands are complete! Awesome job, speeders!"

Yeah , great work everyone!! Three hands in the first week, that is awesome!

[Laura]

Beth (Ducky) wrote: "Great catch, Laura! Just switched it! If you see anymore that can be switched, let me know!

The first three hands are complete! Awesome job, speeders!"

Teddie & Alexa's 4's could be switched and then hand 4 is that much closer to being completed!

[Beth]

I've pushed up any that have already been read that won't interfere with any Draw 2's so hopefully we can get even more hands completed! Just two more books for hand 2 since one of them is a Draw 2

[Laura]

I will be reading Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey works for hand 8, card 8 ( title begins with E)

also The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas works for hand 7, card skip. (character's name is Keith)

[Teddie]

I finished Darkness, Kindled - onto The Supremes... If you want, you could move The Gunslinger to hand 8 - it could be a SKIP (Stephen King) and a 1 (first in Dark Tower series) and a Draw 2.

[Beth]

Just looked at everyone's shelves and I've updated it from any books that people haven't been able to update on.

Apoorv, I put in Confessions for you!

[Alexa]

I'm about halfway done with The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (which is amazing, by the way, and I don't even normally like WWII books) and it fits with card 4 because it takes place in France (or card 4/5 for the next hand if someone finishes before me)

[Alexa]

I've already finished all of my books on the spreadsheet, I meant that it would fit for one of the blank ones, just couldn't remember what hand we were on

[Beth]

Sorry! I was on the wrong page and thought your message was new. I'll go put it for card 4.

Okay, you are in hand 6 card 4 and if someone finishes a book that fits there before you're done with this then I will put it in hand t card 5

[Kirsten]

Finished Lion, Witch and Wardrobe!

[Laura]

hand eight , Elizabeth is Missing .. makes more sense to stick it in one of the draw 2 cards and then it can be used for both 8's not just one. It doesn't make sense to read more books when we don't have too.

[Teddie]

I was thinking for hand 8: The Gunslinger (Skip and 1) can also be used as the other Draw 2 - will need to switch it with Confessions of a Shopaholic (S for Sophie)

[Beth]

Updated the spreadsheet! I have changed hand 8 so now both draw 2's are filled.

Is anyone close to finishing their books? How are you liking them so far?

If anyone wants to pick books that fit in hand 5 (5, 6, 7, Wild Draw 4) let me know!

[Laura]

Finished The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

still working on Firefight!

[Beth]

Thanks for letting me know! How are you liking Firefight?

[Laura]

Beth (Ducky) wrote: "Thanks for letting me know! How are you liking Firefight?"

its good so far:) Easy quick read. I should get through a good chunk of it tonight:)Hoping to finish it tomorrow night or Friday night!

[Beth]

Cool! I'll hopefully be finishing Rules of Prey either tonight or tomorrow

[Laura]

Beth can you take my Red Rising out completely ( I don't want to waste time reading something I 'm not liking) You can stick the Thousand Dollar Tan book where it was. I'm sure we will find something else for the skip in hand seven.

I have a book for another challenge I need to read that won't fit anywhere except for the wild 4 spot..(hand 7) Its called

[Beth]

We'll find something for Skip, no worries. Updated the spreadsheet! I will look for a short book that I can read for Skip if no one else finds one

[Alexa]

I finished The Nightingale!

[Beth]

Nice, Alexa! Do you know what you're reading next?

[Tawallah]

Just finished Oliver Twist. Next up -Scarlet

[Beth]

Awesome, June! Updated the spreadsheet for both of you. We're doing awesome so far!

[Teddie]

Finished The Supremes at Earl"s All-You-Can-Eat. I've been on hold forever for Station Eleven from the library, and just got it today - would you please put that down for a 6 or 7 in hand 7? Thanks!

[Alexa]

Next up for me is to finish The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare and two other authors. I looked it up and it could go for cards 6, 7, or SKIP in hand 7 because one of the authors names starts with S. It's Sarah Rees Brennan. I'm over halfway done so I hope to finish it this weekend.

[Beth]

Updated both of your books! Thanks Teddie and Alexa.

[Beth]

~BINGO Mini Challenge~

This is an optional mini challenge for our UNO players.

◈ Books with a read date between February 14 - February 28, 2015 count
◈ As a team, get "BINGO" by reading books for five squares horizontally, vertically, or diagonally to create a line (there are 12 possible lines)
◈ Only one book per square
◈ For each line completed, your team receives a "BINGO Bonus" of being able to chose one card in any hand for the duration of the challenge (Feb 1 - April 30) that you can claim double points for
◈ Books used for BINGO do not need to be separate books for what you are claiming for your UNO hands
◈ "Free Space" square means you can read any book
◈ The usual book length rules apply, Books must be more than 160 pages in length and Children's books and Graphic Novels can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 40,000 words using arbookfind.com
◈ Team spreadsheets have been updated with a BINGO tab so that you can track your books and claim your bingo lines

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There is an optional mini challenge that we can do! If you guys want to do it, let me know and I'll update the spreadsheet with it. If you don't, that's fine as well!

[Teddie]

I think we should go for it!

[Laura]

me too! I'll start us off ( for those of us who want to participate!)

My In the Blood works for the mystery
and Firefight works for 2nd book in the series.

[Laura]

Alexa wrote: "Next up for me is to finish The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare and two other authors. I looked it up and it could go for cards 6, 7, or SKIP in hand 7 because one of the authors names starts wi..."

Tell me what you think of the Bane Chronicles when you finish Alexa!