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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2024
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Hi Team,I'm going to be traveling for about a week and a half starting on Thursday. I'll have my phone and the goodreads app, which is not always the best. I'll be around for questions each day and Suzanne will be here for updates and questions as well.
Completion Post
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Cards
Red Cover
1 - 1st in series
2 - CFN Tyler
4 - Title
6 - CLN Singer
Skip - ALN Palahniuk
The Mini Challenge is Announced! Here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Books finished from April 15th to the end of challenge will qualify.
Here is the list of tasks - it'll be in our team spreadsheet also. When you check in books that will work, you can list the task # and how it fits.
(If you'd rather, we can have a spreadsheet to fill in. Just speak up if you want that.)
Sinful Search for VILLAIN(s)
(Each synonym can be used only once. Plural accepted.)
1. Read a book with the word VILLAIN in title or series title or in text
2. Read book a with a synonym for the word "villain" in title or series title or in text
3. Read book a with a synonym for the word "villain" in title or series title or in text
4. Read book a with a synonym for the word "villain" in title or series title or in text
5. Read book a with a synonym for the word "villain" in title or series title or in text
Heinous Hunt for something Wicked
(Each synonym can be used only once.)
6. Read a book with the word WICKED in title or series title or in text
7. Read book a with a synonym for the word "wicked" in title or series title or in text
8. Read book a with a synonym for the word "wicked" in title or series title or in text
9. Read book a with a synonym for the word "wicked" in title or series title or in text
10. Read book a with a synonym for the word "wicked" in title or series title or in text
Corrupt Covers
(Use your own interpretation and imagination/creativity (fears). Images/imagery can be of persons, animals, symbols, weather, etc. There may be overlaps between objects/images. That's OK, just don't use the same thing twice. When in doubt, consult your Team and Captains. Captains have the final say.)
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11. Read a book with a colour cover (over 50%) that has a sinister or sinful association
12. Read a book with a colour cover (over 50%) that has a sinister or sinful association (must be a different colour from 11.)
13. Read a book with an object on the cover that has a sinister or sinful association
14. Read a book with an object on the cover that has a sinister or sinful association (must be a different object from 13.)
15. Read a book with an image(ry) on the cover that has a sinister or sinful association
16. Read a book with an image(ry) on the cover that has a sinister or sinful association (must be different from 15.)
17. Read a book with the letters C*U*R*S*E in the title and/or author's name
18. Read a book with a word in the title or series title that can be considered an evil deed or that has some evil connotation
Guilty Genres
(Tasks 19-26: minimum 5 tags, Task 27: any book from the list that meets the UNO requirements)
19. Read a book shelved as Crime or True Crime
20. Read a book shelved as Cozy Mystery or Paranormal Mystery
21. Read a book shelved as Thriller or Horror
22. Read a book shelved as Noir or Hard Boiled
23. Read a book shelved as Dark Fantasy or Erotica
24. Read a book shelved as Hard Science Fiction or Dystopia
25. Read a book shelved as Romantic Suspense or Gothic Romance
26. Read a book shelved as Monster(s) or Anti-Hero
27. Read a book from the shelf Cult Classics*
*(27) if a book on the shelf is part of a series, any book from that series counts.
Tricky Types & Tropes
(Use your own interpretation. When in doubt, consult your Team and Captains. Captains have the final say.)
28. Read a book with an underhanded plotting/intrigue taking place
29. Read a book where some kind of poison or potion is used
30. Read a book where a character is hiding a secret
31. Read a book with a character who switches sides or is considered to be a traitor
32. Read a book with a character considered incapable of love or with a doomed lovers trope
33. Read a book with a Good vs Evil trope
34. Read a book featuring an enemies-to-lovers trope
35. Read a book where a character's intentions are misunderstood
36. Read a book with an ending you consider unresolved or unhappy or dissatisfying
37. Read a book with a family drama trope
38. Read a book where a mcguffin is (intended to be) used for some evil purpose
39. Read a book from this shelf Revenge*
40. Read a book with a place that is (or is thought to be) creepy or haunted
41. Read a book with antagonistic Aliens or AI
42. Read a book where a character is tricked or manipulated in some way
43. Read a book where a character is murdered
44. Read a book with a character who is jealous of somebody or something
45. Read a book with a character considered seductive
*(39) if a book on the shelf is part of a series, any book from that series counts.
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Evil Extras
(Use your own interpretation. When in doubt, consult your Team and Captains. Captains have the final say.)
46.Read a book with a plot (trope/plot device/action/occurrence, etc.) that can be connected with your team villain
47. Read a book with a plot (trope/plot device/action/occurrence, etc.) that can be connected with another team's villain (must be different from 46)
48. Read a book with a character sharing some trait with your team villain
49. Read a book with a character sharing some trait with another team's villain (must be different from 48)
50. Read a book that one of the other teams are reading/have read for any of the tasks under 1-45*
51. Read a book that one of the other teams have read for the February or March Mini challenges*
52. Read a book that was turned into (or was the inspiration for) a movie/tv series*
53. Read a book with MPG Retelling
54. Read a book where a character works or worked in the film industry
55. Read a book from the Shelf Hollywood OR Bollywood*
Synonyms for Villain brute, monster, devil, criminal, savage, offender, beast, scoundrel, bandit, assassin, criminal, thug, knave, crook, etc.
Synonyms for Wicked
evil, sinful, immoral, unlawful, vicious, vile, dark, bad, unrighteous, iniquitous, nefarious, etc.
SS updated to hereApril Color cards:
Overload
Overload
Yellow 2
Yellow 8
Yellow 9
Yellow Skip
Red 7
Red 8
Green 1
Green 7
Green 9
Green Skip - Suzanne (also works 5)
Completion:
Title: If I´m being honest
Author: Emily Wibberley
Date: 4-9-24
Cards:
0- Standalone
1- Owen, CFN
3- Hannah, CFN
5- Title
8- AFN
Skip- Paige, CFN
Pink cover
Completion Post from the Airplane
In Which Matilda Halifax Learns the Value of Restraint by Alexandra Vasti
Date: April 11th
Pages: 196
Rating: 3.5 stars
Blue cover
Cards:
2 - series: Halifax Hellions #2
3 - CLN Halifax
7 - ALN Vasti
Nice Annalisa - from the plane! And Alla too (but probably on the ground). I'll be updating the SS tomorrow morning.
Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb
Date: 9/4 3.5★
cover - black
1 - series #17
4 - cln Feeney
5 - title
6 - cln Summerset
7 - series #17
8 - cfn Eve
9 - loc New York
skip - cln Peabody
read by - Suzanne, Louise & Ashley
Completion Post
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
Date 4/12/24
Pages 272
Cards
Blue Cover
2 - CFN Tamlin
3 - Location - Hewn City
4 - CFN Feyre
6 - AFN Sarah
7 - Location - Velaris
8 - CFN Elain
9 - CFN Nesta
Skip - CFN Keir
I read a pink and black book for the overload cards, but they were used as something else. Totally fine, but I didn't know if you noticed that they could be used for those. 
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Thanks I did - and I probably should have said something at the time! The thought is that it might be easier to get color covers than 7s and Reverses. But we can always switch them back around (thank goodness) if that thought is incorrect. We had 13 7s and 11 reverses - but we have made a great dent in those now and have 4 and 6 respectively.
I figured that’s what you were doing; I just wanted to make sure.
It's ALWAYS so helpful when teammates double check things - I think that's one of the things that makes a successful team. And it also prevents a ton of mistakes being made. So thank you!
I think I put those in and it was exactly what Suzanne said. We have so many 7s and reverses that I used them for those knowing I could switch them to an overload if we need. Thank you for letting us know Heather.
The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
Date: 12/4 5★
cover - blue
1 - series 1
2 - title
3 - title
6 - aln
7 - cln Vil
skip - cfn Pongo
reverse - read by Suzanne & Alla
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Date: 13/4 5★
1 - series 15
2 - aln
3 - cfn Havelock
4 - cfn Fred
5 - cln Ironfoundersson
6 - cfn Sam
7 - cln Vimes
9 - cln Nobbs
skip - aln
reverse - read by Suzanne & Heather
Completion PostBook - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Pages - 640
Completed - Apr.14
Cards - 2 (2nd in Series), 4 (CFN Felix), 5 (Title Iron), 6 (CLN Sorrengail),7 (CFN Violet), 9 (Place Navarre)
Our last mini-challenge starts tomorrow! Here are a couple of clarifications I saw in the captains group for some of the tasks:1. "mcguffin" - as Christina so helpfully put it. I hope it gives quite some possibilities and yes it can be an object, like the goblet of fire, a ring of power, a lost will, evidence, a witness, prophecy, magic spell, etc.... someone wants to find to use / someone uses for some evil purpose. To throw in some other possibilities if someone reads mysteries: (finding) the murder weapon with which the crime has been committed that also works for mcguffin
2. 47 & 49 should be different as one should concern plot, the other should relate to the villain's person somehow (can be inner characteristic, can be appearance, background, name - we are flexible on this ...)
Here is the countdown:https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
Completion PostBook - The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Pages - 184
Completed - Apr.14
Cards - 0 (SA), 2 (Title The), 4 (CFN FRank), 5 (AFN Iain), 8 (CFN Eric), Reverse (Louise and Kylie)
The Unrepentant Rake by Melinda McRae
Date: 14/4 3★
0 - stand alone
2 - cln Tennant
3 - cln Harman
6 - cfn Simon
7 - cln Vining
Happy April Mini reading. I’m currently reading
which will work for multiple parts of the mini.
I'm excited to work on the mini-challenge. I JUST finished a book that I need to place, but my audiobook is almost done, so I will finish it and check them both in.Would you ladies say this is blue or green? It looks green to me, but tin-eye says blue. I suppose it is one of those pesky in-betweens.
Suzanne wrote: "I'm excited to work on the mini-challenge. I JUST finished a book that I need to place, but my audiobook is almost done, so I will finish it and check them both in.Would you ladies say this is bl..."
It looks blue to me
I am reading a book right now with a murder, but it might also fit other prompts. After this, I will read Wicked.
They said in captain's chat the finding the weapon with which the crime was committed could be considered a mcguffin. Just in case that is a fit in your book.
Completion PostBook - The Restorer by Amanda Stevens
Pages - 376
Completed - Apr.15
Cards - 1 (1st in Series), 2 (Title The), 6 (ALN Stevens), Reverse (Suzanne)
Completion Post 
A Crime of Passion Fruit by Ellie Alexander
Date Read: 15 April
Blue cover (if we end up switching anything around)
Cards:
2 : CFN Thomas
3: CFN: Helen
6 : #6 in series
8 : AF: Ellie
Skip: CNN: Professor
Mini Challenge:
13. Skull on cover (sinister association)
17. Letters of CURSE in the title
18. "Crime" is an evil deed
20. Shelved as Cozy Mystery
30. A character is hiding why the murder victim is on the ship
43. A character is murdered
44. Jules is jealous of the dancer on the ship
45. The dancer on the ship is very seductive
Completion Post 
The Godbreaker by Mike Brooks
Date Read: 15-April
Cards:
0 - CN: Zhanna
1 - CN Otim
2 - Title
3 - #3 in series
6 - CN: Saana
Mini-challenge
18. Godbreaker - has evil connotation
31. Tila switches sides from royalty to invaders
Possible mini-challenge tasks for The Restorer (above)7-10. p. 349 "It was a vicious kill"
14. The image of the weeping angel on the cover is sinister
20. Shelved Paranormal mystery
21. Shelved horror
38. A tiny garnet ring left in the graveyard is intended to help the ghost haunt the MC (and keeps reappearing)
40. Much of the book takes place in a graveyard
Suzanne wrote: "Possible mini-challenge tasks for The Restorer (above)7-10. p. 349 "It was a vicious kill"
14. The image of the weeping angel on the cover is sinister
20. Shelved Paranormal mystery
21. Shelved ho..."
Whoops, forgot the mini started, thanks Suzanne!
No problem! Thanks for all the reading!
Completion PostBook - The Kingdom by Amanda Stevens
Pages - 376
Completed - Apr.16
Cards - 2 (2nd in Series), 4 (CFN Hugh), 5 (CFN Ivy), 6 (ALN Stevens), 7 (CLN Van Zandt), Skip (CFN Pell), Reverse (Suzanne)
Mini
- #20 (shelved as paranormal + mystery)
- #30 (many characters are hiding secrets)
- #40 (entire town of Ashen Falls is haunted)
- #43 (a character is murdered)
- #44 (a character is jealous of the main character)
Completion Post
An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire
Date Read: 17Apr2024
Cards:
1 - CFN October
2 - CFN Toby
3 - #3 in series
6 - AFN Seanan
Mini-Challenge
13, Knife on cover
23 Shelved as Dark Fantasy p. 3 of shelves
29. Poison is used p. 161 "the poison turned flesh to wood" when Toby is poisoned
Completion Post 
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older
Date Read: 17Apr2024
Orange Cover
Cards
1 ALN Older
2 title
7 location Valdegeld (90% of the book set there)
Skip - CLN Pleiti
Mini-challenge
2 Chapter 6 uses "malefactor" and "evil-doer"
11 Orange cover (Halloween)
22 shelved noir p. 2 of top shelves
28 Underhanded plotting by the murderers
Completion PostBook - The Prophet by Amanda Stevens
Pages - 347
Completed - Apr.17
Cards - 2 (CFN Temple), 3 (3rd in Series), 4 (CLN Fremont), 6 (ALN Stevens), 8 (CFN Ethan), Skip (CLN Perilloux), Reverse (Suzanne)
Mini
- #20 (Paranormal Mystery)
- #30 (multiple characters have secrets)
- #32 (a character is thought to be incapable of falling in love)
- #43 (characters are murdered)
August Falling by Les Zig
Date: 16/4 3.5★
cover - pink or purple
0 - aln
3 - cln Hall
skip - cln Priddy
mini
11 - colour - sinful association
13/15 - object/image - sinister association - man falling
42 - MC manipulated by ex-wife
Written in Dead Wax by Andrew Cartmel 17/4 3.5★
1 - series 1
2 - cln Tinkler
5 - cfn Hughie
6 - nick Stinky
7 - series Vinyl Detective
8 - cln Esterbridge
9 - cfn Nevada
mini
2. villain synonym in text
"now you've created a monster" p.103
"it was more likely the devil" p.254
"a mad savage smile of victory" p.271
"like a powerful crouching beast" p.343
"the ninja assassin get-up" p.112
"staring up at the thug who had done it" p.136
7. wicked synonym in text
"I'd safely silenced the evil thing" p.26
"against the dark winter sky" p.18
"and looked in a bad mood" p.36
14. object on the cover that has a sinister or sinful association
15. image(ry) on the cover that has a sinister or sinful association
19. Read a book shelved as Crime
20. Read a book shelved as Cozy
21. Read a book shelved as Thriller
28. Read a book with an underhanded plotting/intrigue taking place
30. Read a book where a character is hiding a secret
38. Read a book where a mcguffin is (intended to be) used for some evil purpose - the Easy Come, Easy Go album
42. Read a book where a character is tricked or manipulated in some way
43. Read a book where a character is murdered
The Wary Widow by Barbara Hazard 18/4 3★
0 - stand alone
2 - title
3 - aln
7 - loc Vienna
9 - cfn Nancy
skip - cln Potter
mini
30. Read a book where a character is hiding a secret
43. Read a book where a character is murdered
45. Read a book with a character considered seductive
Completion PostBook - This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer
Pages - 304
Completed - Apr.18
Cards - 0 (SA), 2 (Title This), 4 (CLN Foster), 6 (CFN Sylvia), Skip (Place Kentucky), Overload (Purple)
Mini
- #15 (skull on the cover)
- #21 (shelved as horror and thriller)
- #36 (unhappy ending)
- #42 (characters manipulated by forest)
Completion Post
Blood Betrayal by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Date Read: 19 Apr 2024
Green Cover
Cards:
2 - #2 in series
3 - CF Harry
5 - CF Inaya
6 - CF Seif
Skip - AL Khan
Mini-challenge
18 "Blood" has a sinister connotation
19 Shelved as crime
28 Underhanded plotting
SS updated to here. I was hoping to do an update, but I'm out of time for now. Keep up the great reading! We have less than 2 weeks left, so let's try to end strong - there are SO many Mini-challenge prompts and some of them are tricky!
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In Which Margo Halifax Earns Her Shocking Reputation by Alexandra Vasti
Date: April 9th
Pages: 120
Rating: 4 stars
Green Cover
Cards
1 - Series: Halifax Hellions #1
3 - CFN: Henry
5 - Title
7- ALN: Vasti