Team Quokka

[Apoorv]

Amy wrote: "We're, like, ten days into April and I feel bad because I haven't read much of anything. *hides*
I'm sorry! We just finished all the stuff necessary to start an office renovation at work (mostly cl..."

Totally understandable, Amy. It is always a 'when it rains, it pours' kind of a situation, isn't t? But good to hear that you folks finished all that you had to do to get ready for renovation, And super awesome that vacation time is coming up soon - that will make the days go by really fast, I bet.

Thanks for dropping in an update.

[Apoorv]

Sharon wrote: "Completed

Undone by Karin Slaughter
Read - 4/9
Pages - 436"

Good to see you back in the mix, Sharon. We certainly did miss your presence last month! :)

[Alyana]

I'll be going on vacation too (Bahamas cruise) on the last week of April so I won't be able to update the sheet as needed. Will do it when I come back. But I will read as much as I can before that.

[Sharon]

Apoorv wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Completed

Undone by Karin Slaughter
Read - 4/9
Pages - 436"

Good to see you back in the mix, Sharon. We certainly did miss y..."

Thanks! March was rough, but I’m back!

[Lazy Days]

Whaaaat Bahamas! Im so jealous.

[Alyana]

Lazy Days wrote: "Whaaaat Bahamas! Im so jealous."

A much needed break :)

[Alyana]

The mini is in our official ss. What are the plans?

[Apoorv]

Alyana wrote: "The mini is in our official ss. What are the plans?"

Will get things set up later tonight in the tracking sheet.

But get ready for a rambunctious Mini! :)
I have ROFL-ed reading it.

[Sharon]

Completed

Maame by Jessica George
Read - 4/14
Pages - 320

UNO:
0 - stand-alone
6 - Sam (character)
9 - Nia (character)
Skip - Penny (character)

Red cover?

MINI:
#3 reference to a snake - pg 306 "through jungles with tigers roaming free and snakes in the trees"
#8 pink cover?
#17 someone eats ice cream - Ben makes Maddie ice cream sundaes for their first date
#20 red cover?
#28 character's world collapses - Maddies dad dies before she can see him on his birthday
#48 character usually leads a quiet life - Maddie lives at home with her dad and spends her time taking care of him and not going out

[Alyana]

Looking at the mini, are we reading for all of the prompts?

[Apoorv]

APRIL MINI CHALLENGE IS HERE!!

Head on over here for more details!

The tracking spreadsheet is updated with a new tab.
Time to bring out our creative thinking caps - we have a two-parter challenge!
Part One has specific tasks to tackle.
Part Two is all about our fellow teams.
There are a lot of prompts for books, so please take a beat to go through them.

Books can be started at anytime after Apr 1,
but CANNOT be finished before the start of the Mini Challenge.
THE MINI CHALLENGE HAS ALREADY STARTED FROM THE 12TH!

[Apoorv]

Alyana wrote: "Looking at the mini, are we reading for all of the prompts?"

We are reading for all the prompts in Part 1, and only two (out of four) in Part 2.

[Apoorv]

Interestingly, the April Mini started on the 12th - I misread assuming it starts as usual on the 15th. Apologies for that.

Please take a moment to go back the books you have read since the 12th, to see if they fit into any of the mini tasks. Thanks!

[Sharon]

I updated message #259 to add the mini tasks it will work for

[Alyana]

I moved Long Live the Beautiful Hearts to task 34, will that work?

[Apoorv]

Sharon wrote: "I updated message #259 to add the mini tasks it will work for"

Perfect. Thank you.

Between "leading a quiet life" and "snakes" what do you folks think is a difficult to find task? I am torn!

[Apoorv]

Alyana wrote: "I moved Long Live the Beautiful Hearts to task 34, will that work?"

Totally works. Thanks for fitting it into another task so quickly.

[Alyana]

Apoorv wrote: "Alyana wrote: "I moved Long Live the Beautiful Hearts to task 34, will that work?"

Totally works. Thanks for fitting it into another task so quickly."
Yay :)

Apoorv wrote: "Sharon wrote: "I updated message #259 to add the mini tasks it will work for"

Perfect. Thank you.

Between "leading a quiet life" and "snakes" what do you folks think is a difficult to find task? ..."

I think snakes task is more difficult to find.

[Alyana]

Hi all! Do any of you play tower teams at NBRC group? Sign ups are open!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...

[Apoorv]

Can't wait to start TT this time around. It's exciting as usual! :)

[Amy]

Thank you, whoever caught the cocktails scene at the end of Heirs of Grace and added it to the mini sheet!

[Apoorv]

Amy wrote: "Thank you, whoever caught the cocktails scene at the end of Heirs of Grace and added it to the mini sheet!"

:)

[Alyana]

Hi all, I'll be leaving this sat and be back the next week. I won't be able to check in so I put in the books that I plan to read during that time🤞🤞🤞

[Apoorv]

Alyana wrote: "Hi all, I'll be leaving this sat and be back the next week. I won't be able to check in so I put in the books that I plan to read during that time🤞🤞🤞"

Sounds great. Thank you for populating your books.
Hope you have a swell time on the cruise - and in the Bahamas.
Hope you find quiet seas and make tons of memories! :)

[Alyana]

Apoorv wrote: "Alyana wrote: "Hi all, I'll be leaving this sat and be back the next week. I won't be able to check in so I put in the books that I plan to read during that time🤞🤞🤞"

Sounds great. Thank you for po..."

Thank you Apoorv... I will try to update as much as I can.

Is Alina still reading with us?

[Apoorv]

Sadly no - she is no longer part of the team! :(

[Amy]

I just dug my laptop out of my luggage and found that The Four Profound Weaves was added. Thank you! I went back and added the character and placenames I noted while reading, so the book can be used on 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, and skip.

[Lazy Days]

Enjoy your holiday Alyana. I will look into Tower Teams as I am a part of the NBRC group. Even though I don't read fast or that many books I have read more these last three months than I did the whole of last year! It is good motivation.

[Sharon]

Completed

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
Read - 4/23
Pages - 432

UNO:
0 - Standalone
6 - Macy Sorenson (character)
8, Skip - Elliot Petropolous (character)

Mini:
28 - character's world collapses - in the "then" section, Macy is devastated by Elliot's betrayal just before they stop talking to each other for 11 years.
Leafy Seadragon - single male parent - Macy's mom dies when she is 11, so Duncan is her single father

[Alyana]

Thank you Lacey. Just docked in Florida and got a little internet connection.

[Sharon]

Completed

Scandalized by Ivy Owens
Read - 4/26
Pages - 320

UNO:
0 - stand-alone
5, 1 - author name
6 - Sunny (character)
8 - Eden (character)
Skip - Alexander Kim (character)

[Lazy Days]

Later by Stephen King
I thought it might be a red cover but tin eye says its not.

UNO: 0, 2, 6 and Reverse

Mini challenge - Tasmanian Devil (added)

[Apoorv]

Lazy Days wrote: "
Later by Stephen King
I thought it might be a red cover but tin eye says its not. "

Nah, it is red! You just had to checked off the background options at the bottom. But, TinEye is known to be weird!

[Apoorv]

Sharon wrote: "Completed

Scandalized by Ivy Owens

Sharon, can you please check if this fits into any of the mini tasks? Thanks! :)

[Sharon]

Apoorv wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Completed

Scandalized by Ivy Owens

Sharon, can you please check if this fits into any of the mini tasks? Thanks! :)"

Unfortunately, it doesn't fit into any of the open ones. Do you want me to check the tasks that are already filled in?

[Lazy Days]

Apoorv wrote: "Lazy Days wrote: "
Later by Stephen King
I thought it might be a red cover but tin eye says its not. "

Nah, it is red! You just had to checked off the background options..."

Thanks Apoorv, I was also looking at the audiobook the version I read which is like a little squished version of the cover but lets roll with that one :)

[Sharon]

Completed

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
Read - 4/28
Pages - 250

UNO:
0 - Standalone
4 - title
Skip - author last name

Mini:
- Blue angel - character that collects poisons - can Matthew Perry's decades long drug addiction count for this? He talks about it throughout the entire book (I'm getting creative lol)
- Thorny devil - two faced - he's an actor and has to have two faces a lot

[Apoorv]

Sharon wrote: "Completed

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
- Blue angel - character that collects poisons - can Matthew Perry's decades long drug addiction count for this? He talks about it throughout the entire book (I'm getting creative lol)."

You are certainly getting creative, Sharon. Haha!
Great connect - absolutely works, in my opinion!

[Alyana]

Hi all, I'm back.. I'm sorry I wasn't able to finish all my planned books for the trip. Too many activities to juggle with. I will finish the last two books that I claimed in the sheet by tomorrow.

[Sharon]

Completed

The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
Read - 4/29
Pages - 340

UNO:
0 - stand-alone
2 - Tangerine (character)
3 - Helen (character)
4 - author first name
7 - Veronica (character)
Skip - Polly (character)

MINI:
- Bearcat - aggressive character - Henry Frick is mean and often lashes out at his family members, pitting them against each other
- Boatbill - elusive character - Lillian’s Alia’s is Angelica when she is a model, and no one knows who she is even though her likeness is in statues all over the city
- Narwhal - one location - the majority of the book takes place at the Frick mansion

[Lazy Days]

Completed Red Queen


2 - 2nd in series
3 - Hatcher (character)
8 - Eeira (character)
9 - Nicholas (character)
Skip - Pen (character)

Another one I thought was red but it only is 32.9%, what do you think Apoorv can we let that one through?

Mini:
Bearcat - aggressive - Hatcher sees red and goes on rampages
Boatbill - White Queen lives alone in castle
Ground Pangolin - White Queen lives alone in castle
Lilac Breasted Roller - Hatcher (parent) tries to kill Alice for killing his daughter
Platypus - White Queen lives alone in castle
Quokka - Alice climbs a tree in the forest to try and get away from the goblin

[Apoorv]

Lazy Days wrote: "Completed Red Queen

Another one I thought was red but it only is 32.9%, what do you think Apoorv can we let that one through?."

Sadly not enough red to justify using for the color card. :(

[Sharon]

Is there a countdown for the end? I'm trying to squeeze in one last book.

[Apoorv]

Just under 16 hours left...

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Let's get in all the books we can! Every book counts. :)

[Apoorv]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY!!
We have reached the end of this great 3-month journey of reading some (hopefully) wonderful books. Thank you very much to everybody for being a fantastic team and chipping away at all the tasks every month for the last three months.

I had a lovely time being with all of you and seeing all that everyone read. I am already picking some books from your reads that I am likely going to read over the course of the year. :)

Thank you again - I am sure we will bump into each other in these GoodReads aisles anyway! :)

[Alyana]

Thank you Apoorv and to everyone! I had fun! See you all soon! :)

[Lazy Days]

It was lovely meeting you all. Thank you for giving me the boost I needed to get back into reading after a year long reading slump! This was fun, I will definitely do it again next year.

[Amy]

Thank you, as well, everyone!

[Jessica]

Thanks! It was fun playing with you guys! Happy Reading!

[Sharon]

So fun to read along with you all! Thanks for another great UNO!