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Team Platypus
CompletionBookcover:
Book: The Captain and the Enemy
Date Read: 9/2/23
Pages: 224
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
0 - Stand alone
2 - title
4 - C: Fred Quigley
7 - C: Victor Baxter
Will we need to put the brakes on soon so we have enough book slots left over to cover the mini?
Yeah, well, some of you are reading a little over target, so we're definitely going to have to read a few books that will only cover the mini challenge and no cards, but so far, all good.
Oh I didn't realise we could do that! Certainly makes life a bit easier, lol.
I think we should get bonus points if our animal is mentioned in one of our books.Like, say
, in which Chuck mentions the Platypus :D
Hahaha :-)I would not have expected the Platypus to show up in a Chuck Norris related book. Then again... ;-)
This made me curious, so I did a quick search on my kindle. Platypus is mentioned in
and in
.And, of course, there’s always
!
CompletionBookcover:
Book: The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Facts and Stories
Date Read: 9/2/23
Pages: 305
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
0 - stand alone
2 - Title
9 - A: Chuck Norris
Completion PostBook: Primal Bonds
Date Read: 2/9
Rating: 3 stars
Cards it fits:
2 - #2 in series
6 - Character Sean Morrissey
Skip - Title
Sammy wrote: "CompletionBookcover:
Book: [book:The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Fa..."
Also works for a 1 for the title. We can use The for a 2, or ignore it for a 1.
Using it as a 1 finishes off another hand for us!
Eldarwen wrote: "Yeah, well, some of you are reading a little over target, so we're definitely going to have to read a few books that will only cover the mini challenge and no cards, but so far, all good."It's me. I'm the guilty one! I do have a cross-country move coming up, but it's been pushed back to closer to the end of the month. So I'll be more limited in my help for the mini.
Laura wrote: "Sammy wrote: "CompletionBookcover:
Book: [book:The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck..."
My brain was obviously elsewhere, lol. awesome :D
About halfway through
.You know those books that have such a great story, but are so terribly written..? yeah, it's one of those.
It's giving me a headache, but I shall conquer the darned thing, lol.
Completion Post🔹LaurLa
Book🔹Hungry For You
Read🔹02.10 ★★★★
Possible Cards
2 - char Jacques Tournier/Jack Turner
3 - title H
6 - author Lynsay Sands
7 - char Cale Valens
Skip - char Peter Cunningham
Attention Attention! :-D
The veterans among you have been waiting for it. The newbies may be a little surprised by it. ;-)
The February Mini Challenge has been posted!
You can find details here .
Read through the rules, take your time, have a browse through the tasks and if you have questions, feel free to ask in this thread. Most of the tasks are straight forward and those that may be a little more tricky have a little FAQ you can refer to.
And then.. then comes the fun bit! Finding books that fit the tasks as well as the cards!
If there are no more cards left to fill and only mini challenge tasks, that is not a problem. We will then continue reading for the tasks even if the hands are completed :-)
Eta: The countdown
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
Books can be started at any point since the Uno challenge started, but only books finished after this countdown has gone to 0 can be used for the mini challenge.
Please add any possible tasks the book works for to your completion posts.
Sammy wrote: "About halfway through .You know those books that have such a great story, but are so terribly written..? yeah, it's one of those.
It's giving me a heada..."
Sorry to hear that!
I've never read it but have always been intrigued. Maybe I'll just skip it ;-)
Yay! Mini tasks! I am going to look more carefully, but in the meantime, I have a book I need to read for something else which is perfect for #8! :DApril in Spain
I also have about 500 books with teal covers :D
Eldarwen wrote: "Attention Attention! :-D
The veterans among you have been waiting for it. The newbies may be a little surprised by it. ;-)
The February Mini Challenge has been posted!
You can find details
..."
Ok so we aren't shocked I have questions right? If i am reading it right, the book needs to fit a card we have open currently and fit into the mini challenge? And the book can not be finished until that time is 0?
Thank you to everyone for your patience with me in this first challenge.
CompletionBookcover:
Book: Solace House
Date Read: 10/2/23
Pages: 404
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
3 - C: Holly
6 - title
8 - A: Joy Ellis
9 - #9 in series
And while it doesn't provide extra help with the cards, there's a very good reason to listen to this one on audio...
Completion PostBook: Wayside School Is Falling Down
Date Read: 2/9
Rating: 3 stars
Word Count: 28,627
Cards it fits:
1 - Character Eric Ovens
2 - #2 in series
4 - Character Eric Fry
6 - Author Louis Sachar
8 - Character Eric Ovens
9 - Character Benjamin Nushmutt
Skip - Character Kathy
Book: Some Girls Bite
Date Read: 2/10
Rating: 4 stars
Cards it fits:
1 - #1 in series
3 - Character Helen
6 - Title
8 - Character Ethan Sullivan
9 - Author Chloe Neill
Reverse - Read by LaurLa
February mini-challenge:Azure Dragon of the East (10 tasks)
1. Read a book with blue or green or teal letters on the cover
2. Read a book with a teal cover
3. Read a book with the word "EAST" or "EASTERN" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
4. Read a book with the letters F*O*U*R in the title
Eldarwen - 5. Read a book featuring a dragon (shapeshifter accepted) or with a dragon on the cover
6. Read a book with a tree(s) or a wooden object on the cover
7. Read a book with the word "DAWN" or "SUNRISE" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
Sammy - 8. Read a book shelved Spring (min 3 tags) or with one of the Spring months in the title
9. Read a book with the word "BEAST" or "PREDATOR" in the title or series title
10. Read a book where a character is guarding somebody/something
Vermilion Bird of the South (10 tasks)
11. Read a book with red or orange letters on the cover
12. Read a book with an orange cover
13. Read a book with the word "SOUTH" or "SOUTHERN" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
14. Read a book with the page count containing the number 4
15. Read a book featuring a bird (shapeshifter accepted) or with a bird on the cover
16. Read a book with fire on the cover
Laura - 17. Read a book with the word "NOON" or "DAY" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
Laura - 18. Read a book shelved Summer (min 3 tags) or with one of the Summer months in the title
Eldarwen - 19. Read a book shelved Justice or Enemies (min 3 tags)
20. Read a book with a character flying (on) a plane or (on) a spaceship
White Tiger of the West (10 tasks)
21. Read a book with white letters on the cover
22. Read a book with a white cover
Laura - 23. Read a book with the word "WEST" or "WESTERN" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
24. Read a book with the publication date (the first publication date or that of your edition) containing the number 4
25. Read a book featuring a tiger (shapeshifter accepted) or with a tiger on the cover
26. Read a book with some kind of metal or a metallic object on the cover
27. Read a book with the word "SUNSET" or "TWILIGHT" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
28. Read a book shelved Autumn or Fall (min 3 tags) or with one of the autumn months in the title
Laura - 29. Read a book with the word "HUNTER" or "PREY" in the title or series title
LaurLa - 30. Read a book with a character who fights demons or other otherworldly creatures or a book shelved as Demons (min 3 tags)
Black Turtle of the North (10 tasks)
31. Read a book with black letters on the cover
32. Read a book with a black or grey cover
33. Read a book with the word "NORTH" or "NORTHERN" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
34. Read a book that is 4th in a series
35. Read a book featuring a snake or a turtle (shapeshifters accepted) or with a turtle or snake on the cover
36. Read a book with a body of water on the cover
Sammy - 37. Read a book with the word "NIGHT" or "MIDNIGHT" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
38. Read a book shelved Winter (min 3 tags) or with one of the Winter months in the title
39. Read a book shelved as Immortal or Mysterious (min 3 tags)
40. Read a book where a character is a warrior/soldier
Yellow Dragon (Centre) (6 extra tasks)
41. Read a book shelved as Animals (min 3 tags)
42. Read a book featuring an/some alien species
Laura - 43. Read a book with the name of any officially recognized animal constellations in the title (names in Latin or the language you are reading the book in will be accepted - https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/...
44. Read a book featuring royalty (real or fictional)
Sammy - 45. Read a book shelved Gods (min 3 tags)
46. Read a book where a martial art of Asian origin is mentioned in the text https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
I'll grab #45 too. going to squeeze in a Percy Jackson later this month which will work perfectly for that one :)I have a heap of books to cover other tasks too, but I'll let others grab some first.
With the exception of East, I can do any of the "words in title/series title" tasks for the extra points.
Sammy wrote: "I'll grab #45 too. going to squeeze in a Percy Jackson later this month which will work perfectly for that one :)I have a heap of books to cover other tasks too, but I'll let others grab some first."
Too bad you already finished Harry August! But I have The Last of August.
Laura wrote: "Sammy wrote: "I'll grab #45 too. going to squeeze in a Percy Jackson later this month which will work perfectly for that one :)I have a heap of books to cover other tasks too, but I'll let others..."
Harry August also fit several of the list ones. Bloomin' typical, lol.
I need to read a Guild Hunter book for another challenge. It needs to be read by 2/14, but I can hold off on finishing it until that day, so I'll do #29.Probably doing a Night Huntress book for the same challenge, so if you don't want to read Midnight Cowboy, Sammy, speak up and I'll not finish until 2/14.
Kayt wrote: "Ok so we aren't shocked I have questions right? If i am reading it right, the book needs to fit a card we have open currently and fit into the mini challenge? And the book can not be finished until that time is 0?Thank you to everyone for your patience with me in this first challenge."
Yes, that's basically it.
However, the books can also just be read for tasks - if for example we finish all our cards before we finish the mini challenge. But as long as we have cards, books should fit for both cards and tasks, but that is also generally not very difficult to achieve.
I'll grab #19 as I'm reading a BOM in another group, which is tagged "justice" 7 times.
Sammy wrote: "And while it doesn't provide extra help with the cards, there's a very good reason to listen to this one on audio..."He looks so different in this photo o.O
Took me a while to recognise him haha.
I'll also gladly take the dragon task if nobody else absolutely and desperately wants to read for that one :-)
So I dropped my phone in the water last weekend and haven't been able to check this thread ever since (I use the app to check) ! I found an old Nokia phone in one of the drawers to use in the mean time but it can only call and message :D (the nostalgia haha). I had to laugh today as I was typing a message and tapped on the screen of the phone forgetting it wasn't a touchscreen. It happened before when I would switch between Kindle and paperbacks and sometimes I would tap on the pages of the paperback :')I'm on my laptop now and saw 83 unread messages on this thread ! I'll post my completion post and then read through the posts :)
Completion Post
Book: Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews
Date Read: 10th of February
Pages: 380
Rating: ★★★★
Cards:
🟥 3 Red - set in Houston
5 - Ilona Andrews (author)
6 - 6th in a series
Reverse (read by Laura)
Fyi, that's a very pretty mini challenge :D I'm off to check my shelves as I'm not sure what I want to read next.
Hahah, oh nooooo, sucks about the phone, but those old Nokias are unkillable!! And I do miss typing blind with the buttons. So much easier than the touch screen where my fingers always slip onto a wrong letter haha :-p
Sammy wrote: "I also have about 500 books with teal covers :D"Haha, yes, me too ! That's like my super power during the Uno challenge, finding teal book covers to read for the colour cards ;)
Eldarwen wrote: "Hahah, oh nooooo, sucks about the phone, but those old Nokias are unkillable!! And I do miss typing blind with the buttons. So much easier than the touch screen where my fingers always slip onto a ..."They are ! I can safely drop it and know it will be alright haha. I actually don't mind staying with it but unfortunately today you need your phone for everything... Even for things like remote work, now I need an app for that from the company.
I'm going to grab #17, #18, #23, and #43, as the books I found for those tasks I'm excited to read.I have books for plenty more tasks, but those are "read if we need them" books, so I'll wait to see if we need them. :)
Also, post #9 on the first page will be updated with the mini-challenge info.
Eldarwen wrote: "I'll also gladly take the dragon task if nobody else absolutely and desperately wants to read for that one :-)"I have a dragon book.
Ya'll been busy today. Taking all the tasks!
Laura, I was reading a Night Huntress book for Turf Wars too. Hopefully fits elsewhere! (I haven't actually looked at the tasks yet!)
Just sneaking in to say that "huntress" will also be accepted for the "hunter in title/series title" task. ;)
LaurLa wrote: "Laura, I was reading a Night Huntress book for Turf Wars too. Hopefully fits elsewhere! (I haven't actually looked at the tasks yet!)"Definitely!
The hunter/huntress task Melinda just mentioned has also been claimed by Laura already (Guild Hunter), but there is a task for a character who fights demons or other otherworldly creatures or a book shelved as "Demons" - and I think no matter which Night Huntress book you're reading, fighting otherwordly creatures is always in there :-)
I'm sorry, I haven't been able to get into the reading at all. I'm considering dropping out.
Laura wrote: "I need to read a Guild Hunter book for another challenge. It needs to be read by 2/14, but I can hold off on finishing it until that day, so I'll do #29.Probably doing a Night Huntress book for t..."
I'm good reading it if you want to finish your book before then :)
Audrey Jane wrote: "So I dropped my phone in the water last weekend and haven't been able to check this thread ever since (I use the app to check) ! I found an old Nokia phone in one of the drawers to use in the mean ..."Yikes! I used to love my old Nokia brick! My first smartphone was a Nokia too, but that wasn't so great. Neither is the (far too expensive) Sony I have now, lol.
Until 1 year ago I was still using a Blackberry. I really, really miss my blackberry!
CompletionBookcover:
Book: The Small Hand
Date Read: 11/2/23
Pages: 167
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
0 - stand alone
2 - Title
3 - A: Susan Hill
4 - C: Fergus McCreedy
6 - A: Susan Hill
8 - C: Sir Edgar Merriman
SKIP - C: Denisa Parsons
Eldarwen wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "Laura, I was reading a Night Huntress book for Turf Wars too. Hopefully fits elsewhere! (I haven't actually looked at the tasks yet!)"Definitely!
The hunter/huntress task Melinda j..."
It is First Drop of Crimson, so we'll find a spot for it! May also get Faefever done but not 100% on that yet. I started another book yesterday that's taking me longer to get through. For reasons. Like work. Hmmf.
Emelie wrote: "I'm sorry, I haven't been able to get into the reading at all. I'm considering dropping out."Sorry to hear you aren't in the reading mood for the time being, but the month is still young, so maybe you'll get there yet?
Entirely up to you though to make a decision on this. Just let us know once you know how you want to handle it :-) But know that we are absolutely fine if you want to take more time to try getting into reading. Don't feel like you have to drop out!
LaurLa wrote: " For reasons. Like work. Hmmf."Sucks, when work gets in the way of reading ;-)
Completion PostBook: A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Date Read: 2/11
Rating: 5 stars
Word Count: 63,606
Cards it fits:
0 - Character Zillie
1 - Character Meg O'Keefe
3 - #3 in series
6 - Title
Book: Grave Sight
Date Read: 2/11
Rating: 4 stars
Cards it fits:
1 - #1 in series
2 - Character Tolliver Lang
3 - Character Harper Connelly
6 - Character Sybil Teague
8 - Character Paul Edwards
9 - Character Nelly
Skip - Character Paul Edwards
Reverse - Read by Audrey Jane
Completed
Sky Without Stars
read 11 Feb 2023
Pages: 582
rating 4/5
Can I say that i loved this book!!!!!! I am a musical theater geek, who was obsessed with les miserable in high school to the point where i took French bc in French 4 they read Les Misérables in the original French.
Possible cards:
1- First in series
6- Title
5- Character Inspector Luminar
4 - Setting The Frets
3 - Character Henry
mini Challenge 4 - Ok this might be a stretch, but the General, would technically be a solider? I mean maybe?
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Book🔹Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Read🔹02.09 ★★★★
Possible Cards
1 - #1 Harry Potter
3 - title H
4 - char Fred Weasley or Filch
6 - char Severus Snape
7 - char Vernon Dursely or Voldemort?
9 - char Neville Longbottom
Skip - char Harry Potter
Reverse - read by everyone (probably)!