Team Count Adhemar's Bourbon Lancer

[Suzanne]

SS updated to here.

[Suzanne]

Completion Post

The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews
Date Read: 16 March

Green Cover
Cards:
2 - title
5 - CF Ivy
6 - title
8 - CF Ezra
Skip CL Perkins

Mini Challenge
Hannibal Lecter's Red Win Spritzer Red writing on the cover
Wicked Witch - Green cover
Create your own - could do something using "Santa's"

[Suzanne]

SS Updated

[Alla]

Completion post:

Title: The true love experiment
Author: Christina Lauren
Read: 3/17/24
4 stars

Cards:
2- #2 in series
4- Fizzy, character
5- Isaac, character
6- Stevie, character
8- Evan, character
9- Natalie, character
Skip- Connor Prince, character
Red cover?

[Suzanne]

In my opinion, we could use it as a red cover because it looks more than 50% red (I know tin-eye says 47.5%, but visually, I think most people would say "mostly red"). At least that is my opinion.

[Annalisa]

I’d also say it is red. Looks like over 50% to me. It does have the transition to purple but overall more red.

[Catsalive]

Cats' Completion


Book: Deceptions by Sharon Green
Date: 16/3 3★

2 - The Blending Enthroned #2
3 - cln Hafford
5 - cfn Idresia
6 - afn
7 - cfn Valant
8 - cfn Edmin
9 - cfn Naran

Mini
President Snow's White Negroni - white writing on the cover
Annie Wilkes' Hanky Panky - MCs are accused of hanky panky
Mean Girls' Stiletto - MC Tamrissa can be pretty mean

[Catsalive]

Cats' Completion

Destiny
Book: Destiny by Sharon Green
Date: 17/3 3★

2 - cfn Tamrissa
3 - The Blending Enthroned #3
5 - cfn Idresia
6 - afn
7 - cfn Valant
8 - cfn Edmin
9 - cfn Naran

Mini
Daryl van Horne's Bloody Mary - a couple of people are stabbed
President Snow's White Negroni - white writing on the cover
Mean Girls' Stiletto - MC Tamrissa can be pretty mean
Prince Septimus' Last Word - last book in series
Phantom of the Opera's Love Potion - the key to a complete & successful Blending is love
Patrick Bateman's Death in the Afternoon - people die

[Alla]

Completion post:

Title: Things you save in a fire
Author: Katherine Center
Read: 3/18/24
4 stars

Cards:
0- Standalone
1- Owen Gallagher, character
2- Title
3- Cassie Hanwell, character
6- Shannon Gallagher, character
Skip- AFN
Reverse: Read by Cat

Mini:
8-cover features a flower
21-Turquoise cover?

[Annalisa]

Completion Post

Ne'er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti
Date: March 17th
Pages: 352
Rating: 4 stars

Blue Cover

Cards:
4 - CFN: Freddy
6 - CFN: Selina Ravenscroft
7 - ALN
Skip - CN: Peter Kent

Mini
8 - flowers on the cover
12 - character runs a lending library for women with books about sex.

[Annalisa]

Alla wrote: "Completion post:

Title: Things you save in a fire
Author: Katherine Center
Read: 3/18/24
4 stars

Cards:
0- Standalone
1- Owen Gallagher, character
2-..."

I would actually say this is Blue. What do other's think about that?

[Annalisa]

SS updated to here.

We have 7 reverses left for the month. If you see that you've read a book someone posts and they didn't list it as a reverse please let us know.

Color Card Update:
Green 6
Green 7
Red 1
Red 3 - Heather tentatively
WD4 (Can be any color card but blue 1 or blue skip as we have already duplicated those)


Mini update:
1. Read a book with a white cover.
3. Read a book with white writing on the cover. - Alla
4. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the cover features something white, someone drinks a (white) negroni in the book...
5. Read a book with a yellow cover.
7. Read a book with yellow writing on the cover.
8. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the cover features a flower, a character is called Margerita...
9. Read a book with an orange cover.
10. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the book features a lion, someone's tail is important...
11. Read a book with orange writing on the cover.
13. Read a book with a red cover.
14. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: a character is afraid of critters, the cover features something fluffy...
16. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the cover features a glass of red wine, a character likes to drink red wine...
17. Read a book with a pink cover.
22. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the book takes place at sea, the cover shows the sea...
23. Read a book with a green cover.
24. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the book features a monkey, the cover shows an item made of brass...
25. Read a book with green writing on the cover.
27. Read a book with a black cover.
28. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the book is about love, the cover shows a potion...
29. Read a book with black writing on the cover.
30 Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: someone dies, the word "afternoon" is in the book or series title...

[Suzanne]

Annalisa wrote: "Alla wrote: "Completion post:

Title: Things you save in a fire
Author: Katherine Center
Read: 3/18/24
4 stars

Cards:
0- Standalone
1- Owen Gallagher,..."

It looks blue to me too.

[Suzanne]

For Reverse, I have read Fourth Wing (Read by Alla - but we are using it for a Draw 2 right now). But in a pinch, we could probably use it.

[Catsalive]

Cats' Completion


Book: The Good Dog by Simon Rowell
Date: 18/3 5★

0 - cfn Zoe
2 - title
3 - DS Zoe Mayer #3
6 - aln
7 - loc Victoria
skip - cfn Piers

Mini
Daryl van Horne's Bloody Mary - bloody murder takes place
President Snow's White Negroni - white writing on the cover
Mayday's Tuxedo - MC calls a mayday
Scar's Lion Tail - MC Harry's tail is vital
Pennywise's Fluffy Critter - MC Harry is a dog - fluffy critter
Patrick Bateman's Death in the Afternoon - someone dies

[Catsalive]

Cats' Completion


Book: Miss Dornton's Hero by Elisabeth Fairchild
Date: 19/3 2★

0 - stand alone
6 - cln Soames
8 - cfn Evelyn
skip - cfn Pearl

Mini
Phantom of the Opera's Love Potion - book about love
Agent Smith' Margerita - MC is Margaret, a form of Margarita
President Snow's White Negroni - white writing on the cover
President Snow's White Negroni - white dress on cover
Daryl van Horne's Bloody Mary - the battle of Waterloo, very bloody

[Catsalive]

Cats' Completion


Book: The River of Adventure by Enid Blyton
Date: 19/3 3★

1 - cfn Oola
2 - cln Trent
8 - afn
skip - cfn Philip

Mini
President Snow's White Negroni - white writing on cover
President Snow's White Negroni - features something white - white-water rapids on cover
Agent Smith' Margerita - yellow writing on the cover.
Pennywise's Fluffy Critter - Dinah is afraid of critters
Voldemort's Snakebite - Ray Uma is bitten by a snake

Could be used for snake (mini 26) if you want to use Miles Off Course for monkey (mini 48).

[Catsalive]

Cats' Completion


Book: Lord Heartless by Barbara Metzger
Date: 20/3 1.5★

0 - stand alone
3 - cln Hartleigh
6 - cfn Susan
skip - cln Kane

Mini
President Snow's White Negroni - white writing on cover
Mean Girls' Stiletto - pink cover
Phantom of the Opera's Love Potion - a love story

[Suzanne]

I found two that I'll read soon for Reverse. After that, we'll see where we are at :)

[Suzanne]

Completion Post

Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
Date Read: 18 March 2024

Green Cover
Cards:
3 - CL Hudson
4 - #4 in series
7 - CF Vivian

Mini-challenge
7. Read a book with yellow writing on the cover.
23. Read a book with a green cover.

[Suzanne]

Completion Post

Jingle All the Way by Debbie Macomber
Date Read: 19-Mar-2024

Cards
0 stand alone
8 - CF Everly

Mini-Challenge
4. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the cover features something white, someone drinks a (white) negroni in the book... white snow on cover

[Suzanne]

SS Updated to here

[Annalisa]

I am also reading a reverse, so hoping we have a couple surprise reverses.

[Heather]

I am reading a reverse now, and the next book that I am reading is a reverse.

[Heather]

Completion Post


People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Date 3/20/24
Page 382

Cards
0 - Stand alone
2 - CFN Trey
6 - CFN Swapna
7 - Location Vail
8 - CFN Ed
9 - CLN Nilson
Skip - CFN Poppy
Reverse - read by Kylie

Mini -
President Snow's White Negroni - White writing on cover
Agent Smith's Margarita - characters drink margaritas in the book at 3%
Scar's Lion Tail - Orange cover
Annie Wilkes' Hanky Panky - Main characters definitely like hanky panky
Hannibal Lecter's Red Wine Spritzer - Characters drink many bottles of red wine throughout the book
Phantom of the opera love potion - the book is about love
Patrick Bateman's Love in the Afternoon - Black writing on the cover

Part 2
Trey's Mojito - Trey makes mojitos for the group

[Suzanne]

Completion Post

Dashing Through the Snow by Debbie Macomber
Date Read 19Mar2024

Cards:
6 - CL Sutherland
Reverse - read by Kylie

Mini-challenge
14. Fluffy dog on the cover (and big part of the story)
3 White Writing on the cover

[Suzanne]

Completion Post

Summers at the Saint by Mary Kay Andrews
Date Read 21 March 2024

I'd say the cover is teal more than blue?

Cards:
2 - CF: Traci
6 - Title
8 - CL Eddings
Skip - CF KJ

Mini-challenge
16 - characters drink Red Wine
22 - Sea on the cover

[Suzanne]

Updated to here

[Annalisa]

Completion Post

Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
Date: March 21st
Pages: 160
Rating: 4 stars

Cards:
6 - AFN
7 - Series
8 - CFN Elenor
Skip - CFN Kade
Reverse - read by Suzanne

Mini
3. White writing on the cover

Part 2
Drowned from title as part of the name.
Cora - is a character

[Annalisa]

SS updated to here.

We have 4 reverses left for the month and one book we can move and one committed to.

Color Card Update:
Red 1
WD4 (Can be any color card but blue 1 or blue skip as we have already duplicated those)


Mini update:
1. Read a book with a white cover.
5. Read a book with a yellow cover.
7. Read a book with yellow writing on the cover.
11. Read a book with orange writing on the cover.
16. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the cover features a glass of red wine, a character likes to drink red wine...
25. Read a book with green writing on the cover.
27. Read a book with a black cover.
29. Read a book with black writing on the cover.
30 Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: someone dies, the word "afternoon" is in the book or series title...

[Catsalive]

Cats' Completion


Book: The Scandalous Wager by Olivia Fontayne
Date: 21/3 3★

0 - stand alone
1 - afn
2 - cfn Tobias
4 - aln
6 - cfn Sophy
8 - cfn Ephigenia

Mini
Hannibal Lecter's Red Wine Spritzer - a character likes to drink red wine

Part 2 - not entirely sure what we're going for here
Olivia's Scandalous Fontayne Fountain - title author
Olivia Fontayne's Regency Rosé - author setting
Olivia Fontayne's Dashing Diana - character
Diana's Golden Gown - character cover
Olivia Fontayne's Pink Gin - author cover

[Catsalive]

Cats' Completion


Book: The Unexpected Guest by Hania Allen
Date: 22/3 3.5★

0 - cln Zelenski
2 - title
3 - afn
4 - cln Frydman
5 - DI Dania Gorska #5
6 - loc Scotland
skip - loc Poland

Mini
Patrick Bateman's Death in the Afternoon - someone dies

Part 2 - not entirely sure what we're going for here
Hania Allen's Polish Pompom - author location cover
Hania Allen's Unexpected Guest - author title
Hania's Lady in Red Wine - author cover

[Alla]

Completion post:

You'd Be Mine
Title: You´d be mine
Author: Erin Hahn
Read: 3/22/24

Cards:
0- Standalone
2- Trina Hamilton, character
3- ALN
4- Fitz Jacoby, character
8- AFN
Skip- Kacey Rosewood, charatcter

Reverse- Read by Cat

Mini:
Yellow letters on cover

[Suzanne]

Completion Post

Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
Read 22-Mar-2023

Green cover (in my opinion)

Cards:
0 stand alone
4 - title
Skip - AF: Katherine
Reverse: Kylie has read

Mini-challenge:


Cocktail words that could work:
Happiness or Beginners (title) could work
Center (author name) could work
Sun, mountain, trail on cover

[Heather]

Completion post

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Date 3/23/24
176 pages

Cards -
0 - Stand Alone
2 - CFN Toodles
3 - CLN Hook
6 - CFN Smee
9 - CFN Nibs
Skip - Title
Reverse - Read by Cat

MIni -
Scar's Lion Tail - Orange Cover
Annie Wilkes' Hanky Panky - Orange writing on the cover

[Annalisa]

Completion Post

Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall
Date: March 23rd
Pages: 384
Rating: 4 stars

Cards
2 - Series: Spires Universe #2
3 - ALN
8 - CFN: Edwin
Skip - CFN: Krzysztof

Mini
White cover?????
Author's name in green writing????

Part 2
Flood from title as part of cocktail name
White/Teal from cover color as part of name
Character name

[Annalisa]

I'm not sure if anyone has a book planed for any of the color covers. I'm currently looking a Red 1, yellow, or white cover. If anyone has a book planned for these let me know and I'll read a different book.

I'll get an update in later today and update what we have felt but I think we have about 40 books left for the mini and 25 for the uno hands. Great reading everyone!

[Suzanne]

Annalisa wrote: "Completion Post

Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall


I think you can count that one for white cover. Even tin eye says it's over 50% white.

Let me know what color you find, and I can look for the other.

[Suzanne]

I think there is confusion about the cocktail second part. I just went through the Q&A in the Captains group.

Each book can only be used once for one thing in the part of our cocktail name.

These are the elements you can choose to use from your books - any combination of these works:
- book title
- series title
- author name
- item on cover
- cover colour (no matter how much of it is found on the cover as long as one can actually detect it with the naked eye)
- name from the story (any character or named creature, you could even use the cat's name if you like)
- setting of the story (can be the entire setting, can be the setting of a single scene, whatever works for your creation)

So if you have clever character names, a neat setting, a cool item on the cover - whatever, can put it down.

[Annalisa]

Thank you Suzanne for the additional explanation for part 2 of the mini.

I found a yellow cover but I got distracted by which is a white cover and short. I’ll start the yellow cover later today or tomorrow.

[Heather]

Annalisa wrote: "I'm not sure if anyone has a book planed for any of the color covers. I'm currently looking a Red 1, yellow, or white cover. If anyone has a book planned for these let me know and I'll read a diffe..."

I am reading for a white cover.

[Suzanne]

Completion Post

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Read 22Mar2024

Blue Cover
Cards:
2 - title
4 - CL Fox
5 - CF Izzy
9 - Setting New York
Reverse - Annalisa read

Mini
30 - many people die in the book

Part 2
Names, Izzy, Fox
Blue
Staircase (on cover)
"Falling" (on cover)

[Suzanne]

SS Updated to here

[Alla]

Completion post:

Title: The Lily of Ludgate Hill
Author: Mimi Matthews
Read: 3/23/24

Cards:
2- Title
3- #3 in series
4- Felix, character
6- Stella, character
8- Evelyn, character

Mini:
Pink cover

[Alla]

I can read for yellow cover if that is not covered yet. I will have my book for the white letters done in about 2 or 3 days (I´m reading that one in the evenings before bedtime ;) )

[Catsalive]

Cats' Completion


Book: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Date: 24/3 5★

cover - green
0 - stand alone
2 - cfn Tinker
3 - cln Hook
6 - cln Smee
9 - loc Neverland
skip - title
reverse - read by Suzanne, Ashley & Heather

Mini
Agent Smith' Margerita - yellow writing
Voldemort's Snakebite - green writing

Part 2
green cover, title, lost boys, fairy, flying, darling

[Annalisa]

Uno hands we have finished our reverse cards for the month! We have a Red 1 (Suzanne) and a WD4 (Annalisa) left. We currently have 24 books to finish our uno hands.

For the mini: (27 books total)
Part 1 (6 books left)
1. Read a book with a white cover. (Heather is reading)
5. Read a book with a yellow cover. (Annalisa)
25. Read a book with green writing on the cover.
27. Read a book with a black cover.
29. Read a book with black writing on the cover.
30 Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: someone dies, the word "afternoon" is in the book or series title...

Part 2 we have 21 books left.

[Catsalive]

Catsalive wrote: "Cats' Completion


Book: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Date: 24/3 5★..."

I think you need to switch me & Heather in In row 92 of the SS - read by me, reason Heather has read it

[Annalisa]

Catsalive wrote: "Catsalive wrote: "Cats' Completion


Book: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Date: 24/3 5★..."

I think you need to switch me & Heather in In r..."

Heather also read Peter Pan, so it is correct.

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Completion Post

Book - Dark Water Daughter by H.M. Long
Pages - 457
Completed - Mar.23

Cards - 1 (1st in Series), 2 (Place Tithe), 3 (AFN H), 4 (CLN Firth), 5 (CFN Inara), 6 (CFN Samuel), 8 (CFN Elijah), Skip (Kaspin)

Mini - #30 Patrick Bateman's Death in the Afternoon (several minor characters die) or create your own cocktail (Dark 'n Stormy, has Dark in the title)