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Concerning colour cards, we still need to read for 3 + 4 WD4 cards, which is doable as I checked your books on the sheet.Blue 0 - Alma
Yellow 9 - Lorna
Red 7 - Melinda
WD4 (duplicating Blue 0) - Colleen
WD4 (dupl. Blue 5) - Melinda
WD4 (dupl. Blue 6) - Barbara
WD4 (dupl. Blue 9) - Lorna
We already duplicated Green 2, so we cannot use any more green covers for this round.
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The Rocker That Savors Me - Terri Anne Browning
4 stars
* A steamy read with some great characters and personalities
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that's 7 Red taken care of
5 stars
Originally it wasn't one of my favourite Dicsworld novels, but it grew on me with the re-reads.
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Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard (the right edition is on my Uno shelf)
10th Feb
5 huge stars
* Was Throne of Glass, hunger games and the selection all tied in one Brilliant cant wait to read the rest of the series
I started reading Five Feet Apart (blue cover) but because it is a Paper book and I am moving to a new place I'm not being able to read it (already packed most of my stuff), but count on me, I will read it. There are looooads of characters that will fill some of our cards.
Good luck with the moving, Barbara. I am listening to an audiobook that has blue cover and could work for 6 Blue, in case you cannot finish yours by the end of the month.
Lorna wrote: "Goblet of Fire also has a blue cover and I’m listening to this now so could always use that for something if need be :)"Awesome. We could also use it for reverse or 7. :)
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11th Feb
5 STARS
A great ending to this series!
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(Melindam- i've added the last one to my shelf - sorry about that!)
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Alpha's Danger - Renee Rose
12 Feb
5*
A short read but with a great story and characters....
Hi Laura! Only those books will count that you will finish after countdown: 14 Februar, 9.00 am UTC (UK time)
AHHHHHok my bad i skim read sorry lol
will delete my post x
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!
February MINI CHALLLENGE
February Mini link
Countdown to Mini
We have given each team a popular book from the 1980s.
As a team, you need to try and read as many books that you can connect with your 1980s book as possible. The ways the books "connect" is completely open to interpretation.
Creativity is the key to the challenge, not rules.
For example; Team XYZ is assigned The Handmaid's Tale.
They read books by Canadian authors, sci-fi MPG, books with something red on the cover, dystopian books, books where a young female is in an arranged relationship with an older male, a book where two characters do something in secret etc.
You don't need a unique reason for each book read and connected. So in the above example, we could read and connect more than one MPG Sci-Fi books (for example) to claim the mini challenge points.
For each book read and connected you will receive 10 points. As a team you can read a maximum of 40 books for this mini challenge.
If one of your team members also reads (and finishes) your assigned 80s book during the mini challenge, you will receive 30 bonus points.
(There is only 30 points per team so although more than 1 team member is welcome to read the book, there are no extra points on offer)
◈ 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, 9am UTC and before March 1 at 9am UTC (when the March UNO month begins).
◈ 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
We were given the book
by Stephen KingBlurb
Paul Sheldon. He's a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader - she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.
link to PLOT SYNOPSIS with spoilers!
Genres listed on main page: Horror / Fiction / Thriller / Suspense / Mystery / Crime / Adult
Literary Awards: Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel (1987), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1988)
Setting: Colorado (United States)
Published November 1st 1988 by New English Library (first published June 8th 1987)
Standalone
There is a movie adaptation.
As we receive 30 bonus points, if one of the team members reads the book, I am looking for (a) VOLUNTEER(S) who can finish it by the end of this month! :)I read the synopsis (which in itself gave me nightmares) and based on it, I am throwing some ideas here, which will hopefully help you to see whether your books could be connected in any way or give you more inspiration. When in doubt, please consult Heather and me.
Reasons to connect
◈ a book that was adapted into a movie/theatre play
◈ another book by Stephen King
◈ a book with an author/character called Stephen / Paul / Annie /King
◈ a book about a writer
◈ a book about books
◈ a book where a character is king / royalty
◈ featuring a serial killer
◈ featuring a nurse
◈ Standalone or part of a series (given there's a serial killer :)
◈ a book with Main Page Genres Horror / Fiction / Thriller / Suspense / Mystery / Crime / Adult
◈ a book with eyes on the cover
◈ featuring a character who is a celebrity of some sort
◈ where someone is a big fan of ....
◈ a book where someone is unhappy
◈ a book that was nominated for or got and Award
◈ a book where someone is kidnapped or injured / there is murder or attempted murder / where someone is planning to escape/escapes
◈ a book with a mentally ill character / a character who is in a wheelchair / who has a car accident
◈ a character who has some kind of addiction
◈ a book with Romance or Historical Romance MPG (as the MC of the book writes Victoriam era romances! according to wikipedia)
◈ a book where someone has a child
◈ a book where a character is searching for someone
◈ a book where there is a snowstorm
◈ a book set in Colorado
◈ a book by an American writer
◈ where a character has blue eyes
◈ a Sheherezade/1001 nights retelling
◈ where someone uses/has a typewriter
◈ where some takes painkillers
◈a book published in June or in November
◈ some deadly looking tools (gun, sword, axe, etc) on the cover that can cause injury
◈ featuring an evil/dangerous character
◈a book that is 370 pages long
etc......
1 reason can be used for several times, but not infinitely!
You can list possible reasons in Column X on our tracking sheet.
Hi Lorna, no worries. I personally give a wide berth to the genre horror in general, so I am not going to push anyone, just putting it out there in case someone's literary tastes are leaning more toward it. :)
Also, please have a look at those books that you have alreasy listed, but haven't finished yet.
The possible connections I listed are not the only ones thay may work, though I tried to open them as wide as possible.
HP books would meet quite a few criteria, tho. :)
One of us has to read misery? I have finished one of my books and Hamnet is nearly finished, so I don't mind reading it again. I read it when I was 14 and had nightmares for nearly two weeks. I became a healthcare professional years later but I like to think this book had nothing to do with my decision. :).
Alma,Only if you are absolutely sure! I don't want you to have nightmares again!! :)
As long as it's been more than 6 months, re-reads are allowed
We don't "have to" read it, but if 1 of us does, it will earn us 30 bonus points.
Haha you are right we don't have to read it unless we want the 30 extra points but we probably should read.I'll do it, no problem.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...Finished this book. 3* is enough there's too much non sense malarkey
I can read it too. I love Stephen King and I read it back in high school. So Alma, let me know if you don't want to read it and I'll cover it.
Has the mini-challenge started yet? Sorry, I'm no help with any of the horror stuff either. Thank you to Alma for volunteering to read this book!! And thank you, Melindam, for your long list of possible connections - much appreciated.
The mini will start on 14 Feb 9 am UTC. You can already start reading books for it, but need to finish after this deadline to count for the mini. :)Countdown to Mini
Im glad one of you can read it im not the biggest fan of his writing style, i fell asleep while reading Carrie... Plus i have no library to borrow it from
Falling asleep is preferable to getting nightmares. LOLBut I have The Eyes of the Dragon on audio, which some of his fans found too soft, so probably I can handle that. :D
I have to say that I am quite proud of myself having managed to connect Stephen King with the genre Romance. ;)
Oh I love his films.... Langalirs was it? That gave me nightmares and pet cemetery
How have you connected misery to romance? Lol
One more to the list!Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
13.02.2021
4 Stars
would you call the right hand corner with Authors name in it violet or Navy blue?
if so it works for blue cover
Will check on my laptop and let you know.
Laura..devouring books like crumpets wrote: "would you call the right hand corner with Authors name in it violet or Navy blue?
if so it works for blue cover"
It's navy blue, but it's still not blue enough.
Countdown to MiniIn 13 hours the Mini challenge starts. :)
Books finished after the countdown is over will count for it.
I have added an extra column for us to list possible connections right after "Reverse".
Have a lovely w/e.
Hamnet finished 5*I enjoyed every word from beggining to end.
Countdown to MiniIn 2 hours 20 min the Mini challenge starts. :)
Books finished after the countdown is over will count for it.
I have added an extra column for us to list possible connections right after "Reverse".
Have a lovely w/e.
And we are good to go for the Mini Challenge! :)
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5 stars, one of my favourite books, re-read for the 3dr! time :)
Weekly Update!
Hey Teamies!
We have another week of fantastic team effort behind us.
We have already covered 64!! cards out of the total of 106 and only 42 is left, which is ideal as we need to read 40 books (only 37 now!) + 1 (Misery) to cover all our mini points and bonus points options.
To make it easier to check for possible mini options for your books, I have created another tab on the tracking sheet, listing all the options I could think of this far.
Melindam wrote: "Laura..devouring books like crumpets wrote: "would you call the right hand corner with Authors name in it violet or Navy blue?
if so it works for blue cover"
It's..."
Thks for checking for me Hon, i Knew it would be a slim chance but just to check x
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And I also have 2 books with V characters.