Team Pemberley

[Lexi]

Mary C wrote: "I shelved An Offer from a Gentleman"

Thank you

[Elisabeth]

Completed; March 23

4 stars
The second in Laurie Lee's autobiographical trilogy. In 1934 as a young man he left England and walked through Spain playing his fiddle for money. Beautifully written account of his travels and the incredibly diverse range of people he met, finishing in the far south of Spain and with the start of the Spanish Civil War. In an Epilogue he describes how he went back to help fight the fascists.

[Tina ❣]

I’ve added some books on the sheet and will update them properly in the next few days

[Jen]

Just checking in. The book I started reading just was a lot less interesting than I thought it would be, and I'm so far in that I'll finish it. But just thought I'd check in.

[Lexi]

Jen wrote: "Just checking in. The book I started reading just was a lot less interesting than I thought it would be, and I'm so far in that I'll finish it. But just thought I'd check in."

Thanks for checking in and sorry, it is boring

[Lexi]

Tina ❣ wrote: "I’ve added some books on the sheet and will update them properly in the next few days"

Sounds good and thanks for checking in

[Elisabeth]

Like Jen, I'm finding my Black Mischief book a bit dated and dull but I'm nearly halfway, it's shortish and it's a classical painting cover so I'll finish it. My other book set in Czech Republic is funny and makes up for it. They're the last I have listed so I'm on track.

[L]

I'm sorry I've been MIA for the past week or two, I've had some things come up and have been all over the place. I've removed some books from the spreadsheet, as I'm not sure as to how much I'm going to be able to read for the rest of the month. I still plan to get through The Beautiful and Savage Lands, but I doubt I'll be able to read anything else.

I hope everyone is having a lovely week (:

[Lexi]

Thank you, Alina,

If everyone else can remove books, they likely won't get to this month, that would be great. I have 4 more planned, and we need another 20 for this month. I added a sheet for April if you just want to move them over to next month.

Thanks

[Elisabeth]

Completed
March 25

Another funny crime story featuring the unique Lt Josef Slonsky of the Prague Crime squad.
4 stars

[Mary X]

Anything we need to replace for Alina like a reverse or color cover?
Or are we still looking pretty good?

[Lexi]

We need 14 more cards total and 1 more color cover is not yet claimed on the planning SS.

We don't need any more Skips, 2's, 8s, 7s, or 4s.

[Elisabeth]

I can read Book 3 of the Slonsky series for the Mini colour cover.
It's classed as grey. I'll add it to the sheets.

[Mary X]

I can't tell which cover color is still open. I could swap out Purrs and Peril for another cozy with a cover color. It looks like we had all blues and greens so I'll see if I can find one that works for multiple letters. Going to try and finish Beach Read today and I can do Garden of Lies for a Q book by Tuesday. Or maybe I can swap that Q book out for one with a blue or green cover.

My boss, aka Mom comes back from Florida next weekend. That might cut down on my audio book listening at the office. She's 76. I really wish she'd turn more work over to me and just work part time.

[Lexi]

There are only 2 color covers not read for yet: One is the Blue 6 and I am working on it now.

The second is a Green 5 and I will check with a Contradiction on how that is going.

Please read your Q books still. We really need it. After the Q book, you can read whatever you like. I am about to post the April color cards. There are some fun changes.

[Lexi]

April Color Cards:
Countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
There are tons and now Skips have a color

We Need:
Skip Red - Elisabeth
2 Red - Jax
3 Red - Lexi
5 Red
9 Red
Skip Blue
2 Blue
6 Blue
7 Blue - Jax
9 Blue
Skip Yellow - Lexi
6 Yellow
9 Yellow
Skip Green - Lexi
4 Green
5 Green

We also need 8 Reverses next month

[Lexi]

We also have 6 Overload cards and no Wild Draw 4s.

◈ What are Overload cards?

Overload cards are also cover colour cards, BUT they require different colours.
The colours you can use for Overload cards are the following:

- purple
- pink - Jax
- orange - Ella
- brown - Ella
- grey -
- white - Elisabeth
- black - Jax

You can only use each cover colour once.

You can claim these cards as we do the main color cards. This is going to take a lot of planning to cover, but I have faith in us.

[Jax]

Looking at my shelf I'm reading which should work for a blue 6 or 7.

which should be ok for a red 2.

which I think we said was purple last month should work?

And I have these three but I don't think they are enough but thought I'd toss them out there

[Jax]

I really like this twist with the colored skips and the overloads. I'll make a point of noting the color of the covers of all my books this month because I think it may make a difference on the mini comes into play. This looks like a lot of fun. But first to finish March!!

[Lexi]

Jax,

I put you down for the Blue 7 (which is harder than a 6), Red 2 and a pink and black cover (either of the first two you list work for black but the third is too many colors).

[Ella]

Has anyone read Daisy Jones and the six before? If so, I was hoping to read it in April and I could do it for a reverse card. I could have done it for the Red 2 but unfortunately, Jax is already reading something for that particular card.

[Elisabeth]

Completed March 27

3 stars
Dated satire on outrageously racist British and French diplomats in a small African country which undergoes a turbulent change of leadership. Some funny bits some a bit dull.

[Elisabeth]

I put down for orange. Ella has added one as well so we've got that covered. Also added for white.

And I also added for Red Skip

[Mary X]

I've read Daisy Jones and I think a couple of players read it in Feb.

[Mary X]

I put my Q book ahead of Beach Read and finished it this morning.
(also works for several card options).

It looks like my books Beach Read and Purrs & Peril could still be useful. (I see these cards open on the main tracking sheet: One (2 cards) and 3,5,9,0,6 all one card each).

But I might hold off in finishing them until the 31st just in case. Especially if they work for a color card. There's more unfinished books on the planning sheet than empty spots on the main sheet.

[Lexi]

Ella wrote: "Has anyone read Daisy Jones and the six before? If so, I was hoping to read it in April and I could do it for a reverse card. I could have done it for the Red 2 but unfortunately, Jax is already re..."

Mary and I have both read it and we needs lots of reverses so that works great.

Edited: What version of Daisy Jones & The Six are you reading? The version you have linked is a white cover and not red.

I found this version or or . You have to shelf the version you are reading. I'd consider only the middle one red, which seems to be the French version.

[Mary X]

I'm definitely going to hold off on finishing Beach Read until I know if it's needed in March or not. It works for a couple of the yellow cards. I'll save the last chapter for either Thursday or Friday.

The April hand looks like a good month for us to get more points.

I'm going to check out and start Five Little Pigs. If A Contradiction can't finish it, than I can and if they do than I'll finish it in April. Then it can be used for reverse or a green card.

[Lexi]

Mary C wrote: "I'm definitely going to hold off on finishing Beach Read until I know if it's needed in March or not. It works for a couple of the yellow cards. I'll save the last chapter for either Thursday or Fr..."

Yellows are hard to cover so that would be good. I think a bit of the books on the planning sheet are moving to April. However, I know I have 2-3 more personally that I need to finish this month for other challenges or for the mini.

[Mary X]

Other team challenges and library holds are what keep throwing me off on what I initially put on the spreadsheets. That and the mini-challenges mid-month.

[Lexi]

I like the spontaneity of the mini and other weekly challenges.

[Mary X]

I don't mind them but if I have library books due that I waited a long time for, it's a pain if they don't help with the mini.

[Jax]

Mary C wrote: "I don't mind them but if I have library books due that I waited a long time for, it's a pain if they don't help with the mini."
I very much relate. I really like the mini but I also find myself juggling due dates.

[Jax]

Finished City of Ember (meh book).

Found The Premonition: A Pandemic Story which I can read as a yellow skip for April.

[Mary X]

A reminder that I'll be incommunicado from 4/12 to 4/19 while we're in Cancun. I'll have internet there but not reliably. I will have reading time while lounging by the beach and pool.

[Lexi]

Jax wrote: "Finished City of Ember (meh book).

Found The Premonition: A Pandemic Story which I can read as a yellow skip for April."

I already have a skip yellow but you can read it and I can put mine elsewhere

[Jax]

The library just said this is on it's way to me: which should work for a green 5.

[Jax]

Lexi wrote: "Jax wrote: "Finished City of Ember (meh book).

Found The Premonition: A Pandemic Story which I can read as a yellow skip for April."

I already have a skip yellow but you can read..."

I can hold off on it. If the book you were going to read works for something else great, if not then just use it for the skip. I'm in no hurry with that one. I think yellow and greens are always the hard ones to find.

[Lexi]

Jax wrote: "Lexi wrote: "Jax wrote: "Finished City of Ember (meh book).

Found The Premonition: A Pandemic Story which I can read as a yellow skip for April."

I already have a skip yellow but..."

Thank you, it is an ARC with a nameless narrator so I'm not sure where else it could go, but I need to read it next month.

[Jen]

Book:The Burning Kingdoms
Sally Green
Rating: 3/5 Stars

This book for some reason for me felt like it had a really slow start. The end was interesting and everything finally came together interestingly enough, but oof it was rough getting there.

[Lexi]

Updated with unclaimed. I have been doing this around work so I may have missed someone.

April Color Cards:
Countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

We Need:
5 Red
9 Red
9 Yellow
4 Green

All other color covers claimed, plus extras, so great job already.

We also need 8 Reverses next month

[Mary X]

I'll start perusing some team mate shelves.

[Elisabeth]

I have a Green which could be a 4. It's set in a place called Farley near London as far as I can tell. Flipping through didn't reveal any useful characters though.

I've also added 2 reverses--I've read Where the Crawdad's Sing --Ella added it for April orange but it could be a reverse instead because I have an orange as well, and am going to start Flaubert's Parrot soon. Shannon read that this month.

[Ella]

Hi Lexi

I was looking at the SS and for both A Darker Shade of Magic and Daisy Jones and The Six you said that the cover I linked wasn't the coloured I said it was.

However, the covers of the books I own are the colours that I said they were. I hope that this is alright.

[Lexi]

Ella wrote: "Hi Lexi

I was looking at the SS and for both A Darker Shade of Magic and Daisy Jones and The Six you said that the cover I linked wasn't the coloured I said it was.

However, the covers of the bo..."

That is great, but you need to put the correct cover on the spreadsheet. So whichever version with the red cover you are reading, needs to be on the SS. Also, then we can use it for a Red 9 since it has a Nick character. (Same for the black cover, though less critical as we will likely use that as a reverse since I have read it and we need more reverses than black covers).

[Lexi]

Elisabeth wrote: "I have a Green which could be a 4. It's set in a place called Farley near London as far as I can tell. Flipping through didn't reveal any useful characters though.

I'v..."

Place names count so that could work for a Green 4.

[Ella]

Lexi wrote: "Ella wrote: "Hi Lexi

I was looking at the SS and for both A Darker Shade of Magic and Daisy Jones and The Six you said that the cover I linked wasn't the coloured I said it was.

However, the cov..."

Okay, I have now done that. I'm happy for Darker Shade of Magic to be used for both the black coloured card and reverse and I'm also happy to use Daisy Jones for the Red 9 card as well as a reverse. I will update the SS with this information now!

Thank you!

[Lexi]

Ella wrote: "Lexi wrote: "Ella wrote: "Hi Lexi

I was looking at the SS and for both A Darker Shade of Magic and Daisy Jones and The Six you said that the cover I linked wasn't the coloured I said it was.

How..."

Great, thank you for doing that. Darker Shade is only 25% black since the background is all grey but still works on a reverse. I'll run Daisy Jones by the captain’s group since I am really bad at pink v red.

[Ella]

Lexi wrote: "Ella wrote: "Lexi wrote: "Ella wrote: "Hi Lexi

I was looking at the SS and for both A Darker Shade of Magic and Daisy Jones and The Six you said that the cover I linked wasn't the coloured I said..."

Okay cool! Also, don't worry I added Eclipse which I can use for the black coloured card instead of A Darker Shade of Magic. I also hope that Daisy Jones can work as it looks like it is mostly red in colour.

[Lexi]

All three votes were no on red, so we are still looking for a Red 9.

[Ella]

Lexi wrote: "All three votes were no on red, so we are still looking for a Red 9."

I will replace Daisy Jones with another red cover book. I still believe that the cover is red so I am surprised that 3 people didn't think it was.