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[Sammy]

Also , MC is a cat shifter. Can we use the "cat" in bearcat, or does using part of the name only apply to full words?

ETA: Just re-read the examples, and it would work for having those in the title. I have another book with cat in the tile :D Cat's Eye

[Sammy]

Completion:

Bookcover:
Book: The Soulmate Equation
Date Read: 13/4/23
Pages: 360
Rating: 3.5 stars

CARDS:

0 - stand alone
1 - C: Omar Gamble
2 - title
4 - C: Tiffany Fujita
6 - title
SKIP - C: River Pena
REV - Read by LaurLa

MINI

1. no bathroom visits
5. Adult content
7. Main love interest is a scientist
9. Plenty of nakedness in intimate scenes
21. MC makes breakfast for her daughter
22. (not the book I'd claimed for this task - I should finish that tomorrow, but it can be used there.
28. (view spoiler)[ The premise of the book, and the whole point of the two MCs being together proved to be fabricated. The male MC had to work extremely hard to save his company from going under as a result. (hide spoiler)]
47. Set in San Diego, USA
48. MC leads a quiet life, rarely goes out, doesn't date, etc.

[Eldarwen]

Sammy wrote: "How far can we stretch?

I have , which I was going to read next. It has a black & white cover, and Pandas are famously black & white. Good enough of a connection?"

That works for me - it's creative :-)

[Eldarwen]

Sammy wrote: "Also , MC is a cat shifter. Can we use the "cat" in bearcat, or does using part of the name only apply to full words?

ETA: Just re-read the examples, and it would..."

There you go, reading it all helps sometimes ;-)
I'll put you down for one of the Bearcat (with the cat in title book) and Panda tasks.

[Sammy]

:P

[Sammy]

Completion:

Bookcover:
Book: A Canticle for Leibowitz
Date Read: 14/4/23
Pages: 336
Rating: 3 stars

CARDS:

Claimed: YELLOW 1

0 - stand alone
1 - C: Hongan Os
2 - C: Thon Taddeo Pfardentrott
3 - C: Hongan Os
4 - C: Brother francis
8 - C: Benjamin Elezar
SKIP - C: Thon Taddeo Pfardentrott

MINI:

Claimed: 22 - yellow cover

1. monks don't use the bathroom, silly
5. I think this book would bore kids to tears
9. Brother Joshua has a bath (and is walked in on by a sister!)
10. An abbey is a community, right? The book is about monks at an abbey.
28. Literally speaking, there are a couple of world wars that collapse society (going back to the "dark ages") each time.
31. Brother Joshua has a beard
46. set in what used to be the USA

[Sammy]

Completion:

Bookcover:
Book: Sleep Baby Sleep
Date Read: 14/4/23
Pages: 368
Rating: 3.5 stars

CARDS:

3 - A: David Hewson
4 - #4 in series
6 - title
7 - C: Pieter Vos
SKIP - C: Pieter Vos

MINI:

Claimed: Panda ant - B&W cover

other options:

1. Policemen don't use the bathroom either.
5. Very unpleasant subject matter, not suitable for children
35. MC and his partner have (virgin) cocktails in a bar they are looking for clues in.

[Laura]

Completion Post

Book: Sons from Afar
Date Read: 4/12
Rating: 4 stars
Word Count: 85,632
Cards:
1 - Character Louise O'Hara
2 - Character James Tillerman
3 - Character Herbert Wilkinson
5 - Character Isaac Lingerle
6 - Title
7 - Author Cynthia Voigt
9 - Character Mr. Norton
Skip - Character Robin Kelly

Mini- Challenge
Set in Spring - Book takes place between March and May


Book: The Wicked King
Date Read: 4/14
Rating: 5 stars
Cards:
2 - #2 in series
3 - Author Holly Black
7 - Character Vivienne
9 - Character Nicasia
Reverse - Read by Uno Pixie

Mini Challenge:
9 - Practically naked - Jude is practically naked in front of the court while changing into a costume
17 - Jude and Vivienne eat ice cream
28 - Jude's world collapses when she is (view spoiler)[exiled from Elfhame (hide spoiler)]
40 - Much swimming when Jude is taken to the undersea kingdom

[Laura]

Completion Post

Book: The Queen of Nothing
Date Read: 4/14
Rating: 5 stars
Cards:
1 - Character Oak
2 - Title
3 - #3 in series
7 - Character Vivienne
9 - Character Nacisia

Mini Challenge
28 - Jude discovers that (view spoiler)[Cardan doesn't hate her, but rather loves her (hide spoiler)]. This turns her world upside down.
36 - 3 White Ls

Part 2:
Team Honduran White Bat - White cover
Team Caspar Octopus - White cover

[LaurLa]

Completion Post🔹LaurLa


Slated for Green 1 but included all cards it works for JIC


Book🔹Moonlight and Magic
Read🔹04.14 ★★★★
Possible Cards
1 - char Annette Osmund
3 - char Houston
6 - char Samuel
Skip - char Percival

Mini
Part One
9 - Read a book where someone ends up (practically) naked - during her rescue of Alice, Annette needs to shift into her bird form, when she shifts back she is naked.
16 - Read a book with a green cover. - this is slated for one of our green covers anyway (but I have another green if we want to use this elsewhere)
21 - Read a book where someone eats or makes breakfast. - Defiance makes cinnamon rolls for everyone the morning after Annette returns from Phoenix
23 - Read a book where a character is considered to be attached to someone, or with a clingy character. - Percy is literally attached to Annette via the vines turned silver bracelets around her arms
35 - Read a book where someone drinks or makes a cocktail. - Annette's parents dring shots of cinnamon schnapps
46 - Read a book set in North America. - set in Phoenix and Salem

Part Two
Thorny Devil - thorns on the cover

[Sammy]

Completion:

Bookcover:
Book: Cat's Eye
Date Read: 15/4/23
Pages: 462
Rating: 3 stars

CARDS:

0 - stand alone
2 - Setting: toronto
3 - C: Josef Hrbik
4 - C: Mrs Feinstein
6 - C: Stephen Risley
8 - C: Elaine Risley

MINI:

Claimed: Bearcat - cat in title

other options:

1. who wants to read about people going to the bathroom anyway?
29. Cat's eye
46. set in Toronto, Canada

[Eldarwen]

Sammy wrote: "1. who wants to read about people going to the bathroom anyway?"

This is true.
I am amazed however at how often this is completely ignored.
I read a short story not too long ago (hence the appearance of this task on the mini) where a character was riding in padded armour for protection, and he did so for several days. How..?! No mention whatsoever.
Once he removed the armour, it was only said that it was sweat-soaked. Hmm..

[LaurLa]

Completion Post🔹LaurLa


Book🔹How Much I Feel
Read🔹04.15 ★★★★
Possible Cards
1 - #1 Miami Nights series
3 - title
4 - author Marie Force
6 - char Sofia Diaz
7 - char Vivian Giordino
9 - char Jason Northrup

Mini
18 - Read a book with a character who lives at or takes a trip to the beach. - Set in Miami Beach and the main characters spend a day walking the boardwalk (Laughing, I put my arm around her as we walk through the fancy, upscale contemporary hotel to the exit that leads to the beach. We kick off our shoes and walk along the water’s edge. It’s a warm, sunny late afternoon, and I feel a sense of peace come over me [loc 188.0]).

[LaurLa]

Completion Post🔹LaurLa


Book🔹Spellbound in His Arms
Read🔹04.15 ★★
Possible Cards
1 - #1 The Greek Isles Series
2 - char Tony Mavrikis
4 - char Nancy Felini
6 - author Angel Sefer
8 - char Eric Manos
9 - char Nikos Demiris
Skip - char Philip Manos

Mini
14 - Read a book with a black cover - mostly black

21 - Read a book where someone eats or makes breakfast - she ordered breakfast in her room. She was famished and ate pretty much everything on her plate. [loc 196.4]

27 - Read a book with a character who simply has no luck, or good fortune - female MC is getting captured and/or kidnapped practically every time she turns around by a variety of bad guys who want to use her for leverage in some way. All she wants to do is find out why all her family's heirs are suspiciously dying.

37 - Read a book featuring a tyrant - Philip Manos owns a large corporations and organization and is a tyrant to his family, employees and people. He does not let them leave his world until he is 'done' with them and then he holds blackmail or bribery evidence over them to keep them in line.

[Laura]

Eldarwen wrote: "Sammy wrote: "1. who wants to read about people going to the bathroom anyway?"

This is true.
I am amazed however at how often this is completely ignored.
I read a short story not too long ago (hen..."

That's funny. The books I just read, The Folk of the Air series, it makes a point of the chamberpot in her room because no indoor plumbing since the Fae don't need toilets. That was a new one on me. Most of the time the Fae have normal bodily functions.

[Laura]

Completion Post

Book: Captured by her Daddies
Date Read: 4/15
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
1 - Character Owen Kingston
3 - Character Huxley Coalsen
4 - Character Jonathan Fathersam
6 - Character Judd Stark
8 - Setting: Escana
Skip - Character Owen Kingston

Mini Challenge:
2 - Ear on cover
9 - Lots of naked times
21 - Judd makes breakfast; they eat it.

[Laura]

I'm just starting my Throne of Glass re-read in order to get to the Yellow 7, and I saw that Eldarwen has read them also, so that's the Reverses taken care of!

[Eldarwen]

Laura wrote: "I'm just starting my Throne of Glass re-read in order to get to the Yellow 7, and I saw that Eldarwen has read them also, so that's the Reverses taken care of!"

Cool!
Yes, I've read them all, except for the last one. Will need to finish that series some time soon. Just get it over with. I've lost my drive for Maas, but the books are good, so I should just get over myself and read it hehe.

[Eldarwen]

Laura wrote: "since the Fae don't need toilets. That was a new one on me. Most of the time the Fae have normal bodily functions."

That sounds very odd! I don't think I've come across Fae like that yet either. Vampires is one thing, but otherwise all fantasy creatures I've encountered seemed to have normal bodily functions, as far as I remember anyway. Strange indeed.

[Laura]

Eldarwen wrote: "Laura wrote: "I'm just starting my Throne of Glass re-read in order to get to the Yellow 7, and I saw that Eldarwen has read them also, so that's the Reverses taken care of!"

Cool!
Yes, I've read ..."

I had read them all, the last few as they came out. Then there was a delay before the last one came out. I got it in audio, and I has the hardest time getting in to. I only listened for about a half hour and then stopped. So now I'm re-reading, all audio this time, hoping that will get me in the right mood.

*anything for a yellow 7!*

[Laura]

Eldarwen wrote: "Laura wrote: "since the Fae don't need toilets. That was a new one on me. Most of the time the Fae have normal bodily functions."

That sounds very odd! I don't think I've come across Fae like that..."

It was odd. And mentioned at least once in each book of the trilogy.

[Eldarwen]

Hmm, well hopefully this time it will be different for you! Maybe it's the narration? Sometimes that can make or break a book.

I remember listening into the audio out of curiosity for Tower of Dawn and it wasn't the best. Not bad but also not overly enticing to continue reading. (But then, we all know I'm very particular about my audios.)

[Kayt]

Just checking in real fast. We are camping and I am reading all weekend but that means I only have access easily through the app. I will update when I get back to my computer.

[Eldarwen]

No worries and thanks for letting us know, Kayt!

Enjoy camping! :-)

[Sammy]

Completion:

Bookcover:
Book: Death's Rival
Date Read: 16/4/23
Pages: 338
Rating: 3 stars

CARDS:

1 - C: Aggie Onefeather
2 - C: Tory
3 - A: Faith Hunter
4 - C: Katie Fontaneau
5 - #5 in series
6 - C: Sabina
8 - C: Eli
9 - Setting: New Orleans
SKIP - C: Leo Pallisier

MINI:

1. no bathrooms for vamps
5. blood, gore, death and lots of adult content. also a plague. maybe not for kids...
9. MC ends up naked every time she shifts
13. Lotsa vamps
34. There is a plague that affects vampires
37. Leo is a tyrant
40. Big Cat goes for a swim
46. Set in New Orleans, USA


Completion:

Bookcover:
Book: Sign of Chaos
Date Read: 16/4/23
Pages: 217
Rating: 3 stars

CARDS:

0 - A: Roger Zelazny
4 - C: Fiona of Amber
6 - title
8 - #8 in series

MINI:

Claimed: #30 brown cover

Also works for:

1. no bathroom breaks
25. most characters are quite sarcastic

[Laura]

Kayt wrote: "Just checking in real fast. We are camping and I am reading all weekend but that means I only have access easily through the app. I will update when I get back to my computer."

Have fun! Some of my best vacations have been camping ones. Also some of my worst. Short version: don't camp in states that can be affected by hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico during August/September. We flooded in 2 different campsites in Utah and Colorado!

[Laura]

Completion Post

Book: Throne of Glass
Date Read: 4/16
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
1 - #1 in series
2 - title
3 - Character Dorian Havillard
6 - Author Sarah J. Maas
9 - Character Nehemia Ytger
Skip - Character Kaltain Rompier
Reverse - Read by Eldarwen, Sammy

Mini Challenge:
21 - Celaena eats breakfast
37 - The King of Adarlan is a tyrant (he is a character, but first name not given)

[LaurLa]

Completion Post🔹LaurLa


Book🔹A Deeper Darkness
Read🔹04.16 ★★★★
Possible Cards
1 - char Samantha Owens
2 - char Gino Taranto
3 - char Lonnie Hart
4 - char Darren Fletcher
6 - char Samantha Owens
7 - char Vicky Donovan
8 - author J.T. Ellison
9 - char Amado Nocek
Skip - char Karen Fisher

Mini
7 - Read a book featuring a scientist - Dr. Samantha Owens is a medical examiner and pathologist.

EDIT: I think this could work for Blue cover if we need still need a Wild Draw 4.

[Emily]

Hi all, just checking in to let you know I'm still here. I'm reading a few different books at the moment and haven't finished a book in a few days. I should have a few finished this week. Hope you all had a great weekend!

[Eldarwen]

Emily wrote: "Hi all, just checking in to let you know I'm still here. I'm reading a few different books at the moment and haven't finished a book in a few days. I should have a few finished this week. Hope you ..."

Cool cool! :-)

Remember to check the mini tasks once you've finished your books and post a completion for them :-)

[Eldarwen]

Laura wrote: "Completion Post

Book: Throne of Glass
The King of Adarlan - first name not given"


This is true... do we ever in the series get to know his first name? Maybe one of the later ones? I can't recall o.O

[Laura]

Apparently it’s Dorian. It’s revealed in Kingdom of Ash.

[Sammy]

Completion:

Bookcover:
Book: Waypoints: My Scottish Journey
Date Read: 17/4/23
Pages: 270
Rating: 4 stars

CARDS:

0 - stand alone
3 - A: Sam Heughan
6 - A: Sam Heughan

MINI:

1. Many a mention of trees, no mention of watering any of them
21. Author eats full scottish breakfasts the first couple of days, then switches to porridge
33. author goes out of his way to be nice to people
47. Rock on cover


Any points for 'book with yummiest author'? :D

[Eldarwen]

Laura wrote: "Apparently it’s Dorian. It’s revealed in Kingdom of Ash."

So the Prince is actually Dorian Junior?? :-p

[Eldarwen]

Sammy wrote: "Any points for 'book with yummiest author'? :D"

Sadly no points, but much appreciated anyway! :-)


Eta: also: 1. Many a mention of trees, no mention of watering any of them
--> lol :-p

[Sammy]

Completion:

Bookcover:
Book: The Julius House
Date Read: 17/4/23
Pages: 256
Rating: 3 stars

CARDS:

2 - title
3 - A: Charlaine Harris
4 - #4 in series
6 - C: Shelby

MINI:

1. Didn't even mention a bathroom when listing the rooms in her new house, much less use one
5. Probably a bit too violent for kids
20. Red cover?
28. Roe finds out that her husband (view spoiler)[ is a gun runner. She suddenly finds herself married to a completely different person than she thought he was (hide spoiler)]
46. Set in Georgia, USA

Casper octopus: The octopus species is named after Casper the friendly ghost, and in the book, some people believe the Julius House is haunted.

Kirk's dik-dik: Kirk's dik-diks are very small antelopes, and Roe Teagarden is a very small human.


(hope those last too aren't too stretchy? lol)

[Audrey Jane]

Completion Post


Book: The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell
Date Read: 17th of April
Pages: 416
Rating: ★★★★

Cards:

📕 6 Red- Title starts with S
Skip - Purcell, Laura (author)

Mini:
5. Read a book that is not suitable for children. (the book is horror)
20. Read a book with a red cover.

Enjoyed it ! It's all about the haunting atmosphere and I think Laura Purcell writes it so well. However from all the books I've read so far from her, The Silent Companions is still my favourite.
I just saw that her new book is on GR: The Whispering Muse :)

[Eldarwen]

Audrey Jane wrote: "Enjoyed it ! It's all about the haunting atmosphere and I think Laura Purcell writes it so well. However from all the books I've read so far from her, The Silent Companions is still my favourite.
I just saw that her new book is on GR: The Whispering Muse :)"


Must read Silent Companions!
Glad to hear though that the atmosphere is still what one expects of Purcell and that you enjoyed it :-)
Whispering Muse sounds good! It's going on my "to buy" list hehe.

[Eldarwen]

Sammy wrote: "(hope those last too aren't too stretchy? lol)"

Nope, all good! :-)
The Casper connection is the first one that popped into my head anyway, Casper was <3 hehe.

[Eldarwen]

Completion Post


Book: Remis in der Provence by Lex Jacoby
Date Read: 17th April
Rating: 2.5-3 stars


Cards:
0 - stand-alone
6 - character: Stefan Delpage


Mini Challenge:
Part One
1. no bathroom mentioned, but lots of trees, though - to borrow Sammy's expression - no mention of watering them ;-)
45. slow to read - very slow to read (but it has its moments)


I'm tired so I'm not going to hunt down anything for Part Two just now for this book that doesn't work for a lot unfortunately.
Massive thanks to LaurLa for adding this elusive Luxembourgish book for me! :-) Since it was a book club read and I had to finish it for today, it would have been a shame not to be able to use it for Uno :-)

[LaurLa]

You're welcome, E!!

[Laura]

Eldarwen wrote: "Laura wrote: "Apparently it’s Dorian. It’s revealed in Kingdom of Ash."

So the Prince is actually Dorian Junior?? :-p"

Yes. I don't know how much of everything you remember up to the point you read (I have a tendency to forgot some plot points), so I'll put this under a spoiler. (view spoiler)[The king is no longer really in his right mind. The body is there, but the mind is gone. He remembered himself just enough when his son was born to give him his own name, that he just barely remembered. Apparently this is disclosed in Kingdom of Ash, so I yelled at my daughter for spoiling things! (hide spoiler)]

[Laura]

Completion Post

Book: The Assassin's Blade
Date Read: 4/17
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
2 - Title
3 - Character Arobynn Hamel
5 - Character Irene
6 - Author Sarah J. Maas
Reverse - Read by Eldarwen

Mini challenge:
10 - Celaena lives in the Silent Assassin's community during one of the stories
23. - Celaena and Sam are attaced to Arobynn as the head of the Assassin's Guild
40 - Celaena swims through the sewers



Book: Spirited
Date Read: 4/17
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
1 - #1 in series
2 - Character Talon
4 - Character Felixa
6 - Title
7 - Character Vexer
8 - Character Elijah

Mini Challenge:
9 - Elijah sleeps naked
10 - They all live on the grounds of the Royal Academy, so a community of sorts
23 - The ghosts are literally bound to Brynn

[Eldarwen]

Laura wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Laura wrote: "Apparently it’s Dorian. It’s revealed in Kingdom of Ash."

So the Prince is actually Dorian Junior?? :-p"

Yes. I don't know how much of everything you remember up to..."

Aaahhh, right - that does make sense!
(view spoiler)[I couldn't remember when he got "infected", for lack of a better term, so naming his son after himself seemed like a good idea. (hide spoiler)]

[LaurLa]

Completion Post🔹LaurLa


Book🔹The Phantom of the Opera
Read🔹04.17 ★★★
Possible Cards
0 - standalone
4 - char Firmin Richard
7 - char Mamma Valerius
8 - Erik
Skip - char Philippe de Chagny, set in Paris
Reverse - I'm sure somoene's read it?

Mini
Part One
14 - Read a book with a black cover.
33 - Read a book with an inoffensive character - some would say Christine is inoffensive: sweet, naïve, trying to see the good in Erik. I just think she was young and, well, anyway.

Part Two
Casper Octopus - Casper is a ghost character and we have the Phantom or Opera Ghost in this book.

[Sammy]

LaurLa wrote: "Completion Post🔹LaurLa


Book🔹The Phantom of the Opera
Read🔹04.17 ★★★
Possible Cards
0 - standalone
4 - char Firmin Richard
7 - char Mamm..."

Yep, I've read it :)

[Eldarwen]

TIME FOR A LITTLE UPDATE

These are our coulour cards for April:

9 Green - Audrey - Nettle & Bone
6 Green - LaurLa - With Everything I Am
3 Yellow - Laura - Meet Cute
8 Red - LaurLa - Twisted Threads
7 Yellow - Laura - Kingdom of Ash



Wild Draw 4 -


Our cards for April:

0	1
1	3
2	4
3	1
4	1
5	3
8	1
9	4
Skip	2
Reverse	3
Wild	2

Should there be a problem somewhere with the colour cards, please let us know as soon as possible so someone else can jump in.

We have a few reserve colours that we could use for the remaining Wild Draw 4 but if someone has something coming up or wants to read for one, do give a shout out! Then we don't have to switch things around and will just use the new incoming book to fill that card :-)

[Eldarwen]

Remaining Tasks - Part One

❅ 4. Read a book a skull on the cover. - Laura
❅ 5. Read a book that is not suitable for children. - LaurLa
❅ 8. Read a book with a pink cover. - Laura
9. Read a book where someone ends up (practically) naked (there can be a lot of reasons for this, be creative).
❅ 12. Read a book with a blue cover. - Laura
❅ 13. Read a book featuring vampires. - Kayt
14. Read a book with a black cover.
❅ 16. Read a book with a green cover. - Audrey or LaurLa
21. Read a book where someone eats or makes breakfast.
❅ 24. Read a book with a purple cover. - LaurLa
❅ 25. Read a book featuring a sarcastic character. - Eldarwen
29. Read a book with a two-word title.
31. Read a book where a character has a moustache or beard.
❅ 32. Read a book with a white cover. - Sammy
33. Read a book with an inoffensive character, i.e. someone who is considered to be pleasing.
35. Read a book where someone drinks or makes a cocktail.
36. Read a book with 3 things that are the same on the cover. (This can be 3 items/plants/people/etc.)
38. Read a book set in South America.
39. Read a book set in Australia.
40. Read a book where someone goes for a swim.
42. Read a book with a gray cover.
43. Read a book with two people on the cover. (Not more, not less. Age/gender doesn't matter. Just two people.)
❅ 44. Read a book that is MPG LGBT/LGBTI or any variation thereof. (MPG Queer accepted as well.) - Kayt
46. Read a book set in North America.


I'll post a little something about Part Two in a couple of days.

It was best to concentrate on part one first - for the most part - so we could be sure to finish that part and get those bonus points. Anything else we finish, all the more points for us!

Soooo... if you have a competitive streak, now is the time to dig it out and get reading ;-)

But don't overexert yourselves, more team challenges are coming!! It is only the beginning of the year after all hehe.

[Eldarwen]

I can grab a book for the cocktail task and the Australia task:

and or

[Laura]

E, if I have a cover that has 3 boys on it, no other people, does that work for 3 items?

ETA: , so 3 boys. 3 pairs of pants, 3 uniform academy jackets?