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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2024
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Team Count Adhemar's Bourbon Lancer
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Book: The Duke's Wayward Wallflower by Maggie Dallen
256 pages
February 9th
4 stars
GREEN COVER
Cards
1 - series: Charmed, I'm Sure #1
2 - Title
4 - CFN: Felicity
SS updated to here.We have made some really good progress with color cards. Here is what we have left:
Yellow 3
Green 8 - Kylie or Suzanne (tentatively)
Red Skip
Blue 5
We also have two Wild Draw 4 that will duplicate a color cards.
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Title: The Wedding Planner
Author: Danielle Steel
Date: 11.02.2024
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
0 - Stand alone
2 - Title
3 - CFN Hope
4 - CFN Faith
6 - ALN Steel
7 - CFN Violet
8 - CFN Edward
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The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
Date: 2/10/224
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
0 - Stand Alone
2 - Title
3 - ALN Hoffman
4 - CFN Frederic
5 - CFN Isaac
6 - Location St. Thomas
8 - CLN Enrique
Skip - CLN Pizzarro
Reading
for Blue 5. CFN Izzy
Cats' Completion
Book: The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan
Date: 10/2 4★
1 - cln O'Donnell
2 - title
6 - title
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I Have Something to Tell You by Susan Lewis
Date Read: 2/9 4*
0 - Standalone
2 - CFN Tom
3 - CLN DC Hamble
4 - CFN Freddie
5 - Title
6 - AFN
8 - CFN Edward
Skip - CFN Ken Bright
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Book: Matched to the Monster by Rena Marks
Pages: 378
Date: 10th February
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
1 - Series: Matched to the Monster #1
6 - CFN Strakek
8 - CFN Elex
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Matched to the Monster, Too! by Rena Marks
Pages: 223
Date: 11th February
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
2 - CFN Tessa
6 - CFN Stratek
Skip - Setting Pimeion
SS updated to here. I'm going to be traveling to Boston for the next three days. I'm not taking my laptop, but will check in via my phone if anyone has questions. Happy reading!
Cats' Completion
Book: The Holly and the Ivy by Elisabeth Fairchild
Date: 12/2 2.5★
0 - stand alone
2 - title
3 - title
4 - aln
7 - nick Viscount
8 - afn
9 - afn Ned
Title: Park Avenue player
Author: Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward
Date: February 12, 2024
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
0 - Standalone
3 - Character Hollis
7 - Author Vi Keeland
8 - Character Elodie
9- Location, New York
Skip - Title
Completion PostBook - The September House by Carissa Orlando
Pages - 344
Date Finished - Feb.12
Cards - Red, 0 (SA), 1 (ALN Orlando), 2 (Title T), 3 (CFN Hal), 4 (CFN Frederika), 6 (Title September), 7 (CLN Vale), 8 (CFN Elias), Skip (CFN Katherine)
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Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
Pages 336
Date 2/12/24
Cards
Blue Cover
1 - 1st in series
2 - Title
3 - CFN Hanako
4 - CLN Fuchigami
5 - CFN Izumi
6 - CFN Sachiko
8 - AFN Emiko
9 - CFN Noora
Skip - Location Kyoto
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Book: Always Be My Banshee by Molly Harper
Date Read: 9Feb2024
0: CF: Zed
1 : CL O'Connor
3: AL: Harper
5: #5 in series
6: CF: Sonia
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Book: All Things Hidden by Tracie Peterson
Date: 10 Feb 2024
0 Stand alone
2: CF: Tracie
3: CL: Hillerman
7: CL: Vaughan
Skip: AL: Peterson
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Book: Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire
Date: 12 Feb 2024
3: CF: Hudson
6: AF: Seanan
7: CF: Vineta
9: Series #9
Skip: CF: Kade
Updated to hereGreat reading everyone! We are right on track. And almost halfway through the month, which means keep your eyes open for a mini-challenge!
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Book: The Lady and the Highwayman by Sarah M. Eden
Date Read: 12 Feb 2024
1: #1 in series
2: Title
4: CF: Fletcher
6: AF: Sarah
8: AL: Eden
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Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna
Date Read: 12th Feb 5*
1 - #1 in series
2 - Title
3 - CLN Hoss
6 - CFN Stacie
7 - CLN Alice Vega
8 - CFN Evan
9 - CFN Nell Caplan
Hooray - our mini-challenge is announced! Here is the link for all the description: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Books started during Uno and finished after the countdown here can be used for the mini.
Countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
Here are the two main task areas:Find your way to the hidden bar
Read up to 5 books from each of the following categories:
- Have a direction in the title (e.g. up, down, east, west etc.)
- Have an author's first name or surname starting with F, I, N or D
- Have a black (>50%) cover
- Have black writing on the cover (and no other text with a different colour)
Take a seat, enjoy your stay
Read up to 5 books for each of the following categories. Words related to them must be found either in text or title:
- Spirits (e.g., vodka, rum, gin, whiskey, tequila)
- Mixers (e.g., soda water, tonic water, fruit juices)
- Fruit (e.g., lemon, lime, cherries)
- Herbs and Spices (e.g., mint leaves, basil, cinnamon sticks)
Great! And that looks like a fun book :)
Updated to here.Note: for the Mini-challenge part 2, if your spirit, mixer, etc. is found in the text, give the location and a short quote.
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Sincerely, The Duke by Amelia Grey
Date: 14 Feb 2024
4 - CL Fine
6 - Title
8 - CF Edwina
Mini challenge:
Spirits: Brandy Loc 3340 "picked up his brandy and took a drink."
Mixers: Apple Cider loc 2057 "reminding her of apple cider"
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1888: The Ripper File by Lora Edwards
Date Read: 13th February
Cards
0 - CFN Ovidia
1 - #1 Series
2 - CFN Teagan
3 - CFN Huw
4 - CLN Faelynn
6 - CFN Seraphim
7 - CFN Victoria
8 - ALN Lora Edwards
Cats' Completion
Book: Shade's Children by Garth Nix
Date: 12/2 3★
cover - green
0 - stand alone
6 - title
8 - cfn Ella
9 - aln
Cats' Completion
Book: The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
Date: 13/2 4★
cover - blue
1 - series
2 - title
3 - cln Hedstrom
4 - cln Falck
5 - title
6 - loc Sweden
7 - cfn Vera
8 - cfn Erica
skip - cfn Patrik
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Demon Daughter by Lois McMaster Bujold
Date Read: 15 Feb 2024
Rating: 5 stars - I love this series - and really everything by this author
1 - C: Otta
5 - C: Idrene
7 - Setting - Vilnoc
9 - C: Nikys
Skip - C: Penric
Mini - fruit - p. 25 "a handful of apricots"
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Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean
Date: 02/14/24
Pages: 336
Cards:
Green Cover
2 - Title
3 - CFN Hanako
4 - CLN Fuchigama
5 - CFN Izumi
6 - CLN Soga
8 - AFN Emiko
9 - CFN Noora
Skip - CLN Kobayashi
Mini
Spirits - 59% "The vodka turns in my stomach."
Mixers - 62% “Do you want some fresh-squeezed juice—orange, mango, pineapple?”
Fruit - 68% I wander through the palace to the kitchen and find my father eating ichigo daifuku, mochi filled with a juicy strawberry and sweet red bean paste.
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Beloved by Robin Lee Hatcher
Date Read: 15 Feb 2024
Rating: 3 stars
2 - CF: Tyson
3 - Series # 3
4 - CL: Fisher
Mini - spirits - 33% "drank a glass of whiskey"
Suzanne wrote: "Updated to here"I don't see Tokyo Dreaming listed. I was hoping to use it for a WD4
Heather wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Updated to here"I don't see Tokyo Dreaming listed. I was hoping to use it for a WD4"
I've updated and it is on there now.
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Poverty, by America by Matthew Matthew Desmond
Date: February 14th
Pages: 284
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
0 - stand alone
Skip - title
Mini- black cover
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Wanted by the Monster by Rena Marks
Pages: 231
Date: February 14th
Rating 3 stars
Cards:
2 - CFN Tera
3 - Series: Matched to the Monster #3
6- CFN Sydney
8- CFN Eric
Skip - CFN Portia
Mini:
p.47 "setting me before the grapes and smiles ruefully."
p. 189 "I grab orange juice and two glasses and head down the hallway,"
SS updated to here.We have finished all of our color cards for the month. Great job!
Heather wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Updated to here"I don't see Tokyo Dreaming listed. I was hoping to use it for a WD4"
Sorry Heather! Thanks for checking - I'm glad that Annalisa got it straightened.
Cats' Completion
Book: The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux by Samantha Verant
Date: 14/2 3★
1 - #1
2 - title
4 - loc France
6 - afn
7 - aln
Mini
spirits/mixers/fruit - "with a side of vodka and orange juice" p.48
herbs - "basil, thyme, coriander, parsley..." p.149
Cats' Completion
Book: This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
Date: 15/2 3.5★
cover - green
0 - stand alone
2 - title
skip - aln
Mini
spirits - "large measures of vodka from the bar" p.88
mixers - "the Diet Coke an SHO buys you" p.60
fruit - "by cutting into an orange" p.99
Cats' Completion
Book: Lost Souls by Jenny O'Brien
Date: 16/2 3★
1 - aln
4 - cln Fry
6 - cln Stevens
8 - cfn Elodie
Mini
mixers - "She watched him pop open a Fanta" p.210
Cats' Completion
Book: Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Date: 17/2 2.5★
1 - #1
2 - cfn Tully
3 - aln
4 - title
skip - afn
reverse - read by Louise
Mini
spirits/mixers - "rum and coke?" p.194
fruit - "like an orange peel" p.419
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Wanting the Monster by Rena Marks
Pages: 393
Date: February 16th
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
2 - CFN Tera
4 - Series: Matched to the Monster #4
6 - CFN Sydney
8 - CFN Eric
Skip - CFN Kenny
Mini
p.67 "dipped into my bottle of whisky and had drunk nearly all of it..."
p.207 "I can't decide between orange and cherry, so I grab both...."
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My Monster, My Choice by Rena Marks
Pages: 195
Date: February 17th
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
2 - CFN Tera
5 - Series: Matched to the Monster #5
6 - CFN Sydney
8 - CFN Elex
Skip - CFN Kenny
Mini
p. 23 "He smells like spearmint,..."
p.63 "They know what mint is, although they call it a weed..."
p. 106 "Here, take this basil and rosemary to Tera's."
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The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Date 2/17/24
Pages 416
Cards
0 - stand alone
1 - CFN Otha
2 - Title
3 - CFN Hiram
4 - CLN Fields
6 - CFN Sophia
7 - Location Virginia
Skip - Kessiah
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My Matched Monster by Rena Marks
Pages: 211
Date: February 17th
Cards:
2 - CFN Tiran
5 - CFN Isabel
6 - Series Matched to the Monster #6
Skip - CFT Kairian
Mini
p. 67 "it's the same as a blueberry?"
p. 69 "a plant that tastes like mint,..."
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The Monster's Bride by Rena Marks
Pages: 207
Date: February 18th
Cards
1 - CFN Ornan
2 - CFN Tiran
5 - CFN Isabel
6 - CFN Skiden
7 - Series Matched to the Monster #7
Mini
p. 19 "It's the only one with a cherry because she knows I love..."
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Book: The Cat Who Solved Three Murders by L.T. Shearer
Date: 9/2 3★
cover - green
1 - cfn Oliver
2 - title
6 - aln