Team Stand by Me

[Felicity]

So true! I will have The Joy Luck Club done tonight.

[Kaylee]

Woohoo!

okay so we have 10 books left in our main spread; 2 of which are gonna be finished soon lol. So were pretty close. Theres a 7 card that Im worried about so if has something they can whip out for that let me know. were doing awesome!

[Felicity]

I have a V card I can read this week so that would be the 7. I am probably not finishing the two books I have on the sheet so I will move them to March.

[Felicity]

I also will be finishing a book that can be used for a 5 or a 6.

[Brittany]

Anyone have link for book for mini challenge I just want to make sure I have the right book I know its call the joy luck club but never heard of it.

[Felicity]

The book is The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. Here is a nice summary of the characters and the stories so you can connect your books.

https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-joy...

The book is about relationships between Chinese mothers and daughters. Anything can work for the connection- from Chinese authors, characters, mothers, daughters, women who play games (in the book they play Mah Jong), divorce, death, rape, marriage, historical fiction, luck, talent. One of our team members used a book that had the same rating on Goodreads as The Joy Luck Club. There are all sorts of connections that can be made with all the stories in the book.

[Lynne]

Felicity wrote: "@Lynne- I have a question. I belong to a book club that is going to be picking our books for the year this week. I was planning to suggest The Book of Lost Friends and noticed you had read it. Then..."

Yes I think both of those books would be perfect for book club discussions!

[Elena]

I am reading a book that can be used as 6

[Vivi]

Hi, moved my 2 books for March.
Will try to find a short book that can be used for a card and the mini-challenge.

[Vivi]

Decided to read Falling for the Ghost of You.

It fits cards 4 and 7;

and also the mini-challenge (same avg rating as the The Joy Luck Club)

[Felicity]

So I should have for the 7 and for a 5 or a 6 so could also work for a Draw 2. Hoping Kaylee can weigh in on what will be needed down the stretch. Between Elena, Vivi and I we are covering maybe more than half the books needed to finish this month.

[Lynne]

I am in the middle of four books that will be done by the end of the month that should work for something hopefully, if it isn’t already taken care of.

[Verónica]

Today I finished Addie LaRue, great book. I already updated the spreadsheet. I don't think I will be able to finish The Stand this month, since I'm reading the uncut version and it's freakishly long (1436 pages) and I'm only half way, so I'll pick something for the mini. Let me know if there's still a card we need to cover so I pick accordingly.

[Felicity]

So I just finished a 7 book so we won't need that.

[Felicity]

@Elena- I was wondering if you were reading or still planning to read The Searcher. I have it and was going to read it for another challenge but didn't want to duplicate something you were in the middle of.

[Elena]

@Felicity I am going to read it as I need it for another challenge too, but I have time till the end of the year, so you can read it now if you like. I have other books that can be used for uno

[Apoorva]

Do I need to create a separate shelf for uno? As I've simply added a uno tag for all the books till now

[Felicity]

Here is what the instructions say: "Set up your UNO Shelf.
This helps your team captains check your books, and is also quite cool later when you want to see what you have read in UNO over the years. Goodreads help explains how to add a new shelf if you haven't done it before here."

[Felicity]

@Lynne- Books for the challenge count for the regular challenge and the mini challenge (if you can find a connection.) Looks like you have read some books and just put them on the mini challenge spreadsheet not the main sheet.

[Kaylee]

Yes you have to have an uno shelf!!! The books dont count if they arent on your uno shelf!

[Vivi]

Apoorva wrote: "Do I need to create a separate shelf for uno? As I've simply added a uno tag for all the books till now"

You do have a uno shelf, here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Your books read for this UNO challenge have to be in this self. You have to add them after reading them to this shelf of yours.

[Lynne]

Felicity wrote: "@Lynne- Books for the challenge count for the regular challenge and the mini challenge (if you can find a connection.) Looks like you have read some books and just put them on the mini challenge sp..."

Thank you, but I’m not sure which books you are talking about, unless this was meant for someone else? All of my books on the mini are already on the main sheet.

[Felicity]

Hi Lynne- I had looked at the spreadsheet and hadn't seen a date on the Guernsey book on the main sheet and now realized I was looking in the wrong place for the other books. I see the dates now. Maybe it was a refreshing issue.

[Felicity]

Kaylee- I am holding off on finishing books waiting for the spreadsheet updates. I could probably finish 2 books this weekend but I am waiting to see what we need. If we don't need anything, I will wait for Monday to finish books. But the sooner I know the better.

[Alejandra]

Finally finished th kitchen gods wife, I’m going to pick shorter books for March. It was a slow read, but I liked it.
I’ll fill the spreadsheet later today. What cards do we need? Time for one book for the weekend

[Felicity]

In March, can Kaylee share her captain's duties with someone else so we have more of an idea of what is going on? I know she is super busy but my frustration level is really high with no contact or direction. Also, should the co-captain be checking in more? And is there a way to see if the folks who have not spoken up in 3 weeks or posted books are even participating?

[Vivi]

Felicity wrote: "In March, can Kaylee share her captain's duties with someone else so we have more of an idea of what is going on? I know she is super busy but my frustration level is really high with no contact or..."

Well, I guess teammates that haven't posted books or commented here, aren't really participating. It's almost the end of the month... But we'll see if anyone new pops up.

I'm reading Falling for the Ghost of You that I'm thinking might be used for a 4 card... That's it for me, this month.

Maybe it would help if we (that are reading books) sort of claimed cards, so we see what it's left to use... Just a suggestion.

It might help too, to see what cards we need still.

[Felicity]

I am working on the spreadsheet now. I will post as soon as I see what is needed.

[Kaylee]

Hi all; working on the spreadsheet after i eat, im sorry ah!

[Felicity]

If I did this right, we are done! Looks like Kaylee may be working on it now.

[Kaylee]

If anybody has time, can we get a list of our inactive team members? I can message them and let them know they have 48 hours before theyre replaced.

[Felicity]

I don't see anything from Shikha or Jodi.

[Felicity]

Do you want me to post how I set this up? I used The Court of Silver Flames to cover the Draw 2 and the 4 and 8. (A Draw 2 covers 2 cards in a hand.)

[Vivi]

Felicity wrote: "Do you want me to post how I set this up? I used The Court of Silver Flames to cover the Draw 2 and the 4 and 8. (A Draw 2 covers 2 cards in a hand.)"

Okay... So we have more than enough books already for this month. We are done.

[Kaylee]

Alright, the spread is done :) Thanks for your patience yall

[Vivi]

Kaylee wrote: "If anybody has time, can we get a list of our inactive team members? I can message them and let them know they have 48 hours before theyre replaced."

I'll take a look into it.

[Kaylee]

Okay one last thing; here are all of the books that are eligible date wise for the mini that werent already on the spread;

Every Last Kiss Poongothai 14-Feb-2021
The Myth of Capitalism Veronica 15-Feb-2021
The Comeback Apoorva 16-Feb-2021
We Apoorva 2/16/2021
The House on Cold Hill Elena 17-Feb-2021
The Eighth Detective Lynne 17-Feb-2021
The Trees Lynne 19-Feb-2021
How to Train your Earl Lynne 19-Feb-2021
Spellslinger Elena 20-Feb-2021
The House of Blue Mangoes Poongothai 20-Feb-2021
The Naked Duke Brittany 20-Feb-2021
The Time Machine Apoorva 21-Feb-2021
Watch Us Rise Kaylee 22-Feb-2021
Seven Stones to Stand or Fall Lynne 23-Feb-2021
Not born in the USA Apoorva 24-Feb-2021
The Invisible life of Addie Larue Veronica 25-Feb-2021
A Court of Silver Flames Lynne 25-Feb-2021


If anybody could go through and try to come up with some ways that these connect to our book that would be great! Im gonna be working on it tonight, just figured I would throw it out there.

also there arent any books from the last few days so if you have any that youve read and havent updated add that to the list :D

[Elena]

I was going to finish my book for the mini challenge tonight. Do you think I should still do it or leave it to March?

[Kaylee]

Do it :D!!!

[Vivi]

Vivi wrote: "Kaylee wrote: "If anybody has time, can we get a list of our inactive team members? I can message them and let them know they have 48 hours before theyre replaced."

I'll take a look into it."

Jodi and Shika have both commented here in the beginning and they both read books this month.

BUT, they didn't put their books on their Uno self or the spreadsheet.

And they haven't commented here in a while... An email asking if they're still up to participating in the Challenge might help.

[Felicity]

I can look at some of them. You can take The 8th Detective off the list because I read it and it is on the mini challenge spreadsheet.

[Felicity]

Would you like me to put them in the mini log as I find connections?

[Verónica]

Kaylee wrote: "Okay one last thing; here are all of the books that are eligible date wise for the mini that werent already on the spread;

Every Last Kiss Poongothai 14-Feb-2021
The Myth of Capitalism Veronica 1..."

Oh, I thought the book was eligible if we started on/or after Feb 14th, but is the finished date that counts. I'll add it.

I will look for a connection for Addie LaRue, if anyone that has read it has any ideas please let me know. I think I will finish another one today that I can make a connection, "Why Fish Don't Exist" (Written by a Female Author).

[Felicity]

Addie - historical fiction
Death of Capitalism- communism vs non- capitalism
The Comeback- empowered women

Any historical fiction connects

[Verónica]

Felicity wrote: "Addie - historical fiction
Death of Capitalism- communism vs non- capitalism
The Comeback- empowered women

Any historical fiction connects"

Got it, thanks.

[Lynne]

Thanks for figuring all of that out Kaylee and Felicity! I will now wait to finish my current reads since I know we don’t need them.

I think all of my books that can be are already on the mini except for one that I can’t figure out a connection for (The Trees). A couple on that list say my name but aren’t my books.

Good job to everyone this month!!

[Felicity]

more-
The Trees - both authors are women whose names start with A
How to Train Your Earl - historical fiction
The Naked Duke - historical fiction
The House of Blue Mangoes- historical fiction

[Elena]

@Felicity I noticed that you wrote 10 points for the Joy Luck Club in the mini-challenge, but isn't it 30 points for reading the assigned book?

[Verónica]

Would you say this is orange or yellow?

[Felicity]

Elena- reading somewhere else we get 10 points for the book read and then 30 points for reading the chosen book. So I input 30 points in the block next to our list. it shows our summary and the 30 point book.

Veronica- I think it is more orange than yellow.