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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2023
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Team Platypus
Sammy wrote: "I definitely have another 5 in series planned very soon 
, don't know yet what mini tasks it may fit.hoping something pops up in my current book that works for th..."
When I get to book 5 of Throne of Glass we can use it for a 5 instead of a Reverse, as well. Should still be enough Reverses.
Here's what's on my list0 - reading now a standalone, also works as skip (Mr Fixer Upper)
1 - my butterfly book for Mini is #1 (Suddenly Psychic)
1 - will be reading book this week O character, also a #3 (Dare to Touch)
2 - will be reading Harry Potter #2 this month
5 - My purple book for Mini is a #5 (Jagged).
9 - I'm reading Nora Roberts by the weekend, probably also works for reverse (Heart of the Sea)
9 - devil book for Mini has N character, author also works for skip (Dance with the Devil)
I have on I author on my list this month, but not sure I'll get to it. I'll try!
I should be able to cover this one: 40. Read a book where someone goes for a swim.I'm assuming this book includes swimming based on the cover!! But I don't know much about characters, so not sure if it works for cards we need.
LaurLa wrote: "I should be able to cover this one: 40. Read a book where someone goes for a swim.I'm assuming this book includes swimming based on the cover!! But I don't know much about characters, so not sur..."
If not for swimming, then it is pink and that can always work for at least one task in Part One or Part Two :-)
Laura wrote: "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?"Tasks says it can also be people, so that works - 3 boys, 3 pairs of pants, 3 uniform academy jackets :-)
Completion Post🔹LaurLa
Book🔹Mr. Fixer Upper
Read🔹04.18 ★★★★
Possible Cards
0 - standalone
2 - char Tony
4 - char Flynn
6 - author Lucy Score
8 - char Eddie
Skip - char Gannon King
Mini
5 - Read a book that is not suitable for children - some pretty explicit sex scenes
21 - Read a book where someone eats or makes breakfast - several scenes where Gannon brings donuts in the morning for the crew
42 - Read a book with a gray cover - mostly gray cover, over 50%
43 - Read a book with two people on the cover
46 - Read a book set in North America - set in NYC
Narwhal - they are mottled gray and the wall on the cover is also mottled gray
Completion:Bookcover:
Book: The Sacred Art of Stealing
Date Read: 19/4/23
Pages: 410
Rating: 4 stars
CARDS:
0 - C: Zal Innes
2 - #2 in series
5 - C: Zal Innes
6 - title
9 - C: Nunez
MINI:
9 - Nakedness in Paris hotel room for the usual reasons
24 - purple cover
31 - Zal has a beard when he is scoping out the bank
36. 3 yellow splotches
Completion PostBook: Crown of Midnight
Date Read: 4/19
Rating: 5 stars
Cards:
2 - #2 in series
3 - Character Dorian Havilliard
4 - Character Archer Finn
6 - Author Sarah J. Maas
9 - Character Nehemia Ytger
Skip - Character Kaltain Rompier
Reverse - Read by Eldarwen
Mini Challenge:
Laughing Kookaburra - I see Orange in the tail of the team picture; orange cover
Ground Pangolin - I see in Orange in it's scales (those are scales, right?)
Kirk's Dik-Dik - I see orange in the fur.
Narwhal - Sword on cover similar to narwhal's horn
Book: Unbroken Bonds
Date Read4/19
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
1, 4 - Character Oleander Fallows
6 - #6 in series
7 - Character Vivian Bentley
9 - Character Nox Draven
Skip - Character Kieran Black
Mini Challenge:
4 - Skul on cover
Laura wrote: "(those are scales, right?)"Yes :-)
Completion Post🔹LaurLa
Book🔹Suddenly Psychic
Read🔹04.20 ★★★★
Possible Cards
1 - #1 Glimmer Lake
3 - author Elizabeth Hunter
6 - title
7 - char Valerie Costa
8 - author Elizabeth Hunter
Mini
9 - Read a book where someone ends up (practically) naked - when Robin's car crashed into the lake and began to sink, the 3 friends removed most of their clothing in preparation to swim to the surface (so the clothes wouldn't bog them down)
29 - Read a book with a two-word title.
36 - Read a book with 3 things that are the same on the cover - 3 butterflies
46 - Read a book set in North America - set in Califoornia
Luna Moth - butterflies and moths are closely related and some science supports that butterflies are a micro-species of moths, therefore... butterfly on the cover
Completion:Bookcover:
Book: Into the Fire
Date Read: 20/4/23
Pages: 400
Rating: 4.5 stars
CARDS:
2 - C: Trevon
3 - C: Peter Hall
5 - Title/series#
6 - C: Evan Smoak
7 - C: Violet
8 - C: Evan Smoak
9 - C: Detective Nunez
SKIP: Peter Hall
MINI:
5 - Probably too violent for kids
9 - Evan strips a policeman of his uniform in order to impersonate a police officer
35 - Evan brings martinis to the home owners meeting in his apartment block
36 - three yellow Gs
46 - set in LA, USA
Completion:
Book: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Date Read: 20/04/23
Pages: 307
Rating: 5 stars
CARDS:
0 - stand alone
1- Title
2- Character: Travis Klement
3 - C: Mr Halderson
4 - C: Frank Drum
6 - C: Edna Sweeney
8 - C: Morris Engdahl
9 - Setting: New Bremen
Skip: William Kent Krueger
MINI:
5 - Not for children - lots of death/suicide/murder
10 - The family at the centre of the book live in a very tight-knit small town community
17 - The family eat ice-cream several times as it's the middle of a hot summer
21 - The family usually eat breakfast together every morning
28 - world collapse: the main character is 13 and his sister is killed. He worshipped her and nothing seems to make sense to him after her death
29 - 2 word title
35 - several references to the main character's mother making herself a martini
40 - the characters swim often as it's summer
46 - set in New Bremen, Minnesota, USA
Completion:Bookcover:
Book: The Water Cure
Date Read: 20/4/23
Pages: 288
Rating: 2 stars
CARDS:
0 - stand alone
2 - title
6 - A: Sophie Mackintosh
SKIP - C: King
MINI:
5 - Sex, systematic abuse (both mental and physical), murder and other gruesome death and all together far too boring for kids.
40 - Characters swim regularly (and try to drown themselves as a game...)
Sea Pen - Water on the cover & the sea is prevalent in the book.
After searching several Listopia lists, I thought I was going to end up reading The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk. But I think a bunch of that takes place on the boat, rather than in South America. So I found Fonseca's Fury, which takes place in Rio. So I can take the South America task.
Completion:Bookcover:
Book: Blood Trade
Date Read: 21/4/23
Pages: 337
Rating: 3 stars
CARDS:
3 - A: Faith Hunter
4 - A: Faith Hunter
6 - #6 in series
8 - C: Eli Younger
SKIP - C: Leo Pallisier
MINI:
9 - MC is naked every time she shifts, she also has a shower.
13 - MC is vampire hunter. She has a lot to hunt in this book
24 - purple cover
Firework jellyfish - these are often purple, and the book has a purple cover
Lilac breasted roller - Again, purple on the bird, purple on the cover
Luna moth - Luna = moon, and moon on cover
Ohhhh, today's audible daily deal is perfect for the leafy seadragon or other leafiness!
. It may have fallen into my basket, lol.
Sammy wrote: "Ohhhh, today's audible daily deal is perfect for the leafy seadragon or other leafiness! . It may have fallen into my basket, lol."I guess they do different deals in different regions. I saw this and was confused, as my Audible Daily Deal today was
, which did not fall into my basket!
Yes, I think the US and European versions of audible tend to be different, as they have different licencing laws and such. There are so many books I can't get hold of the audio for here in the UK, although they're freely available in the US.Often they have different covers too!
LaurLa wrote: "Completion Post🔹LaurLaBook🔹Suddenly Psychic
Read🔹04.20 ★★★★
Possible Cards
1 - #1 Glimmer Lake
3 - author Elizabeth Hunter
6 - title
7 - cha..."
This one is also a Reverse. I've read it.
Completion PostBook: Heir of Fire
Date Read: 4/20
Rating: 5 stars
Cards:
3 - Title
6 - Author Sarah J. Maas
Reverse - Read by Eldarwen
Mini Challenge:
16 - Green cover
2nd part:
Lilac-Breasted Roller - The wings are awfully similar in color to her sash (plus green on the top of the birds head)
Leaf Sheep - Green cover
Leafy Seadragon - it's spine/tail looks the same color as her sash
Luna Moth - Moth is green, cover is green
I can read
for the Blue Angel name in title task.ETA: It would probably also work for Blue-footed Booby.
And since I'm already reading
for the color card, how about red lips on cover to get creative for the Red-lipped batfish?
Ok I am back in town. :) Have a few books to get posted here. :)
I love the black dagger brother hood series... no judging.. lol.Cards (red cover)
2 - Character Tehrror / Trez
6 - Character Sarah
7- Character Vishous
8 - 8th in series / Character Ehlena
and for mini challenge Vampire Book :)
Kayt wrote: "Ok I am back in town. :) Have a few books to get posted here. :) I love the black dagger brother hood series... no judging.. lol.Cards (red cover)
2 - Character T..."
No judgement here. I'm anxious to get my hands on a copy of Lassiter, but I'm on the waiting list at the library.
Also works for Reverse because I've read it. And probably LaurLa as well.
Finished
Cards:
3 - Character Rizzio
4 - Character Finch
6 - Character Selena
7 - Character Victor
Skip - Author Kayla Cottingham
Mini Challenge Mainpage theme LGBT
Kayt wrote: "Ok I am back in town. :) Have a few books to get posted here. :) I love the black dagger brother hood series... no judging.. lol.."Definitely no judging here either since that one is my next one in the series, too ;-)
Finished 
Cards:
2 - Character Briony Thorburn
3 - author C.L. Herman
5 - Character Isobel
Mini Challenge
black cover? if it is black enough
Laura wrote: "And since I'm already reading Meet Cute by Helena Hunting for the color card, how about red lips on cover to get creative for the Red-lipped batfish?"hahaha yes
Completion Post🔹LaurLa
Book🔹Dare to Touch
Read🔹04.21 ★★★★
Possible Cards
1 - char Olivia Dare
2 - char Meg Thompson
3 - #3 Dare to Love series
4 - set in Florida
5 - char Ian Dare
6 - char Scott Dare
Skip - author Carly Phillips
Mini
21 - Read a book where someone eats or makes breakfast - Dylan stuck around for breakfast with Olivia and Avery, [loc 73.3]
35 - Read a book where someone drinks or makes a cocktail - he was, as promised, drinking a frozen margarita from a glass [loc 104.2]
43 - Read a book with two people on the cover (Mr Fixer Upper could be moved to gray cover)
FYI - My Suddenly Psychic book was used twice on the April Mini tab: as two word title and for Luna Moth, which is what I think it was originally slotted for.
Completion PostBook: Smile Like You Mean It
Date Read: 4/21
Rating: 5 stars
Cards:
0 - Character Zack
1 - #1 in series
2 - Character Madison Taylor
3 - Author Willow Hadley
6 - Title
8 - Character Elliot
Skip - Character Rachel Kinsley
Mini challenge - Pink cover
LaurLa wrote: "FYI - My Suddenly Psychic book was used twice on the April Mini tab: as two word title and for Luna Moth, which is what I think it was originally slotted for."Oh wow, had a brain fart there - Suddenly Psychic goes to Luna Moth, not two word title.
Aaaand here is a little update on our remaining cards for this last month of Uno!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
Normal cards:
0 1
2 1
5 1
9 4
Skip 1
Reverse 1
Wild 2
Mini Challenge Update!Tasks - Part One
❅ 12. Read a book with a blue cover. - Laura
❅ 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.
❅ 32. Read a book with a white cover. - Sammy
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. - Laura
39. Read a book set in Australia. - Eldarwen
Part Two properly fleshed out coming in a bit!
Just let me get some breakfast first ;-)
Part TwoBearcat
b.
Blue Angel
c. Partial Animal Name - Laura
d.
Blue-footed Booby
e.
f.
Boatbill
g.
h.
Casper Octopus
i.
j.
Echidna
k.
l.
Firework Jellyfish
m.
n.
Ground Pangolin
p.
Honduran White Bat
r.
Kirk's Dik-Dik
s.
t.
Laughing Kookaburra
u.
v.
Leaf Sheep
w. Get creative - Sammy
x.
Leafy Seadragon
y.
z.
Lilac-breasted Roller
aa.
bb.
Narwhal
ee. Get creative - Laura
ff.
Panda Ant
hh. Get creative - Eldarwen
Platypus
ii.
jj.
Quokka
kk.
ll.
Red-lipped Batfish
mm. Get creative - Laura
nn.
Sea Pen
oo.
pp.
Streaked Tenrec
qq.
rr.
Sugar Glider
ss.
tt.
Tasmanian Devil
uu. Partial animal name - LaurLa
vv.
Thorny Devil
xx.
Venezuelan Poodle Moth
yy.
zz.
As a reminder, this is what we can do:
For each team name, you can read two books, choosing two of the following options:
◈ Read a book with the entire name of the animal in title or text.
◈ Read a book with a part of the animal's name in the title. (This obviously doesn't work for all team names.)
◈ Read a book with a cover representing (any of) the animal's colour(s).
◈ Get creative! Find a way to connect your book to the team name / animal in some way.
You can put my down for one of the leafy ones ;)I have also got a grey cover I didn't post here, already read, so will add shortly.
White cover is almost finished.
Book I'm just starting has water on the cover that could work for a sea animal, or a two word title.
I also have an Aussie book, but was hoping to save that one for TT if possible, lol.
I can take the Aussie task, no worries :-)I've got two that I want to read anyway.
Completion:Bookcover:
Book: The Dreamer: An Autobiography
Date Read: 19/4/23
Pages: 416
Rating: 4 stars
CARDS:
0 - stand alone
2 - title
Mini:
42 - grey cover
Completion:Bookcover:
Book: The Night Watch
Date Read: 22/4/23
Pages: 461
Rating: 4 stars
CARDS:
2 - title
3 - #3 in series
4 - C: Fergus Gregor
6 - C: Scott Paterson
8 - Setting: Edinburgh
9 - title
SKIP - C: Scott Paterson
MINI:
36 - Three orange Ts
blue angel/blue footed booby - blue cover?
Laughing Kookaburra - The birds are known for their laugh. In the book the villain reacts to being caught by laughing at length.
Sammy wrote: "Completion:Bookcover:
Book: The Dreamer: An Autobiography"
Could you add this one to your Uno shelf please? Thanks :-)
I randomly picked up Spider's Trap, which can be used to cover the second Panda Ant task, since the Panda Ant is actually a spider, not an ant as the name suggest :-)
Completion:Bookcover:
Book: Hot Water
Date Read: 22/4/23
Pages: 384
Rating: 3 stars
CARDS:
0 - stand alone
3 - title
4 - A: Christopher Fowler
6 - C: Steve Elsbury
8 - C: Steve Elsbury
should work for wild also.
MINI:
29 - 2 word title
blue angel/blue footed booby - blue cover
Sea Pen/Leafy seadragon - water on cover
Completion PostBook: Queen of Shadows
Date Read: 4/22
Rating: 5 stars
Cards:
3 - Character Dorian Havilliard
4 - #4 in series
6 - Author Sarah J. Maas
Skip - Character Kaltain Rompier
Reverse - Read by Eldarwen
Mini Challenge:
21 - Aedion makes breakfast; they all eat it
Red-lipped Batfish - Red cover; red on animal
Sugar Glider - White Fur; White hair on cover
Tasmanian Devil - White fur on chest; white hair on cover
Book: Pearl Sky
Date Read: 4/22
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
0 - Character Zhang Guolao
2 - Character Tenzin
3 - Author Elizabeth Hunter
7 - Character Ben Vecchio
8 - Author Elizabeth Hunter
Mini Challenge:
already slotted for #12 - Blue cover
Completion Post🔹LaurLa
Book🔹Safe by His Side
Read🔹04.22 ★★★
Possible Cards
2 - #2 Manhunt
3 - author Rita Herron
6 - title
9 - char Nana Purcell
Skip - char Nana Purcell
Mini
Part Two - these are all extremely creative and 'stretchy' as Sammy says!
Bearcat - has sort of a black tufts that look a bit like a black hat like the cover model is wearing
Boatbill - looks like it has a hat on with those top feathers, model is wearing a hat
Panda Ant - model wearing black and white, just like the ant
Streaked Tenrec - black streaks on top of its head, cover model has black on top of his head too!
Thorny Devil - it it brown and black, model is brown and black with all that skin showing under his clothes
(psssttt, LaurLa, looks like you're on my team for TT too ;) )
Sammy wrote: "(psssttt, LaurLa, looks like you're on my team for TT too ;) )"(woot woot!)
The Perks Of Being A Book Addict
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hoping something pops up in my current book that works for the mini, because so far, nada :(