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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2023
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The word count requirement is 25,000, so you’re good!
Kayt wrote: "Mini Challenge Question....The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is shelved as a winter book.
But, I can't find the word count requirement for YA/middle grade books which is what ..."
Thank you so much! Go ahead and slot me for that, I have my tea and blanket ready. I love that book so much! It is like visiting an old friend.
Kayt wrote: "Kayt wrote: "Mini Challenge Question....The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is shelved as a winter book.
But, I can't find the word count requirement for YA/middle grade books w..."
I do love that book, too! I was looking at the Winter genre the other day, and if no one else had anything, I was trying to decide between that one and re-listening to From Lukov with Love.
Completion PostBook: The Last of August
Date Read: 2/24
Rating: 5 stars
Mini-Challenge: Summer month (August) in title
I love Narnia - the idea, the setting, etc. But I always have trouble with the books, sadly. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe movie is wonderfully made though :-)
Did I spend 2 hours and 45 mins of the 3 hour Teams call (i was only needed for 15 mins of it). Sorting my books into uno numbers shelves... yup! I knew if I started reading I would get to wrapped up in the book and if someone said my name I wouldn't hear it... soooooo.Welcome to a snowy work from home day in Reno :)
I don't think this works for anything left open, but just in case.Completion Post🔹LaurLa
Book🔹Gator Bait
Read🔹02.22 ★★★
Possible Cards
3 - char Hank Eaton
4 - char Fortune Redding
5 - char Ida Belle
6 - setting Sinful, Louisiana
8 - char Hank Eaton
Mini
- body of water on the cover
I think this would work for Blue 2 if neededCompletion Post🔹LaurLa
Book🔹The Becoming
Read🔹02.24 ★★★★★
Possible Cards
1 - char Marco Olsen
2 - #2 Dragon Heart Legacy series
3 - char Harken
4 - char Finola
6 - char Sedric
9 - author Nora Roberts
Skip - char Keegan
Reverse - read by Laura, I think
Mini
- features dragons, dragon image on cover
LaurLa wrote: "I think this would work for Blue 2 if neededCompletion Post🔹LaurLa
Book🔹The Becoming
Read🔹02.24 ★★★★★
Possible Cards
Reverse - read by Laura, I think..."
Nope. I've only read the first one in that series. :)
LaurLa wrote: "I think this would work for Blue 2 if neededCompletion Post🔹LaurLa
Book🔹The Becoming
Read🔹02.24 ★★★★★
Possible Cards
1 - char Marco Olsen
2 - #2..."
LaurLa, can you mark this one as read and put it on your Uno shelf, pretty please? Thank you!
Kayt wrote: "Did I spend 2 hours and 45 mins of the 3 hour Teams call (i was only needed for 15 mins of it). Sorting my books into uno numbers shelves... yup! I knew if I started reading I would get to wrapped ..."Hahahaha, time well spent!!
I find such long calls where you mostly are not even needed extremely tedious, so this was definitely a much better use of your time ;-)
CompletionBookcover:
Book: The Sea of Monsters
Date Read: 25/2/23
Pages: 304
Rating: 4 stars
Task:
45 - shelved Gods (x223)
Am I finishing the teal letter book, or did someone else cover that? And is there anything else left to cover?
If you can finish the teal letter book, that'd be cool but I started one with green letters on the cover to cover for you in case the book is too blergh :-)Everything else is claimed and should soon be finished.
However if not, see below!
Small note for everyone:
As we're nearing the end of the month, if you're unsure you're going to finish any cards/tasks you have claimed, please let us know as soon as possible so someone else could still try and complete something to finish up this month.
Thank you!
I’ll be done with my ‘Day’ book today, and should have the other 2 completed by the end of tomorrow.
I'll have my justice book finished tomorrow, by the way.
Finished 2/25/23The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
mini challenge it is shelved as 'winter' 113 times.
Rating: 5/5 Seriously this is one of my all time favorite books, Like I am probably going to give it a watch tomorrow.
Completion PostBook: Seductively Undead in Dark River
Series: Dark River Days
Date Read: 2/25
Rating: 4 stars
Mini-challenge: Day in series title
Completion PostBook: Just For You, Sir
Date Read: 2/25
Rating: 3.5 stars
Mini-Challenge: Letters FOUR in title - just FoR yOU, sir
I'll have my last book done some time today (it's just after midnight for me).
I can read
for a Wild Draw 4 for the Blue 1.Is this blue enough? If so, I can read it for the Blue Skip.
Red? If so, the MC is nicknamed Nix, so it would work for that Red 9.
I also have
, which can duplicate a Red Skip.
This is what happens when I go searching for a green cover! :)
First and last yes, the two middle ones aren't enough of their respective colour.Nice green by the way :-p
If no-one else wants them, I can coverGreen skip:
Blue skip:
I will likely finish my book today. I'm going to check in later. And will also look what I still have for the colour or reverse cards in case I can help :)Fyi, regarding the reverse cards, I'm up to date with the Mercy Thompson series as well as the Alpha & Omega series in case someone wants to read those books. I remember seeing a Mercy book pop on the thread somewhere.
Completion Post🔹LaurLa
Book🔹Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand
Read🔹02.25 ★★★★
Mini
- features tigers in the story and on the cover
I can cover the blue or green or teal letters on the cover, Sammy, if you don't have anything handy. This should work and is relatively short.
It's blue, green or teal, so your cover would definitely work, LaurLa :-)I'll let Sammy weigh in if she is going to manage to finish her drag of a book or if she'd rather you or I cover for her. I'll gladly stretch my book out into March :-)
Audrey Jane wrote: "I will likely finish my book today. I'm going to check in later. And will also look what I still have for the colour or reverse cards in case I can help :)Fyi, regarding the reverse cards, I'm up..."
Always good to have options for Reverse! :-) A lot of us have read Mercy it seems hehe. I still have to read the very last one but it isn't out in my paperback edition yet. Soon soon though!
Sammy wrote: "If no-one else wants them, I can coverGreen skip:
Blue skip:"
If nobody else shouts out, feel free to read for these as well :-)
I'll leave them open for now.
Completion Post
Book: The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Date Read: 26th February 2023
Rating: 2.5-3 stars
Cards:
0 - stand-alone
1 - character: Otha White
2 - author
3 - character: Hiram Walker
6 - character: Sophia
Skip - character: Pete
blue cover
Mini Challenge:
tagged "justice" 7 times
LaurLa wrote: "I can cover the blue or green or teal letters on the cover, Sammy, if you don't have anything handy. This should work and is relatively short."Go for it! I could force myself to finish my book before the cut-off, but would prefer to roll it over into next month if I don't have to :)
Eldarwen wrote: "Sammy wrote: "If no-one else wants them, I can coverGreen skip:
Blue skip:"
If nobody else shouts out, feel free to read for these as well :-)
I'll leave them open for now."
Sounds good. I'm very happy to read them, but don't want to hog all the coloured cards, lol.
Sammy wrote: "Go for it!"..."Going for it! I should be done tonight or tomorrow.
Also, does The Becoming work as back-up for blue 2 if needed?
LaurLa wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Go for it!"..."Going for it! I should be done tonight or tomorrow.
Also, does The Becoming work as back-up for blue 2 if need..."
I'm not sure if it does, but we have another Nora Roberts back-up for the Blue 2. :)
Completion PostBook: Bounty Hunters and Black Magic
Series: Witch of the Wild West
Date Read: 2/27
Rating: 4 stars
Mini-Challenge - West in series title
Eldarwen wrote: "I finished a 2 Blue yesterday ;-)"Laura wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Go for it!
"..."Going for it! I should be done tonight or tomorrow.
Also, does The Becoming work as back-up for..."
Okay, I didn't see it noted there was a back-up like it was for Red 9, so just wanted to make sure.
Book: Inspector Morse - The Dead of Jericho The Dead of JerichoDate: 27/2-23
Cards:
1- Oxford (sets in)
5- 5th in series
6- Anna Scott (character)
8- Edward Murdoch (character)
skip- Mrs. Purvis (character)
Hi,I have one red book Vinternoveller, two green booksMy Own Story and La stå and two yellow Historien om Fru Berg and Independence: Vintage Minis. Let me know if there's some that could work for the cards.
Eli
Eli wrote: "Hi,I have one red book Vinternoveller, two green booksMy Own Story and La stå and two yellow Historien om Fru Berg and "
Skip green with
is yours :-)
FEBRUARY UPDATE
We have only two more coloured cards to cover, which we're waiting on Jodi to finish, which are 2 Blue and 9 Red.
For 2 Blue, we have back-ups finished and for 9 Red, Kayt is reading a back-up, just in case you cannot finish, Jodi - do let us know in time though, thanks :-)
Audrey is finishing up a book tagged autumn to finish our last remaining task. Laura can throw in a quick read as back-up if for some reason you cannot finish, Audrey - you know the drill, thanks :-)
Everything else is DONE!
Well done everyone! :-D
Any books you are currently reading, please hold off on finishing them until March rolls around otherwise, they are "wasted" - though I never call reading a book wasted hehe, but it would more useful if we could put them towards our March cards instead of simply not using them. Because, as you all know, books cannot be banked.
THIS is the countdown to the start of March:
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
Go ahead and use the backups for Feb. I have a bunch set aside for March.
(Sorry, E, I couldn't find the time yesterday evening to log back in again.) Completion Post
Book: The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones
Date Read: 26th of February
Pages: 353
Rating: ★★★
Mini-challenge:
#28. Read a book shelved Autumn or Fall (min 3 tags) or with one of the autumn months in the title --> shelved as "autumn" 11 times
Done for February !
(character Kate) or
(author last name) for Blue Skip ?
Jodi wrote: "Go ahead and use the backups for Feb. I have a bunch set aside for March."Kayt, you're up for the 9 Red!
Thank you :-)
Audrey Jane wrote: "(Sorry, E, I couldn't find the time yesterday evening to log back in again.) "Absolutely no worries! Figured that was the case :-)
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is shelved as a winter book.
But, I can't find the word count requirement for YA/middle grade books which is what i would classify this under. The word count is 36,363. If it is not under, I could happily read that tomorrow while I am snowed in.