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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2024
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Team Lestat's Corpse Reviver
Completion PostBook: A Touch of Chaos
Date Read: 4/5
Rating: 3.5 stars
Cards:
2 - Title
3 - Character Hades
4 - #4 in series
6 - Author
Skip - Character Persephone
Book: The Keeper
Date Read: 4/5
Rating: 2.5 stars
Cards:
1 - #1 in series
2 - Title
3 - Character Easton Hayes
4 - Character Coach Fitzgerald
6 - Character Everly Sinclair
8 - Character Easton Hayes
Skip - Title
Sarah wrote: "Laura wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Completion PostBook: The Beach at Summerly
Date Read: April 4
Rating: 3/5
Cards:
0: Standalone
1: CFN (Olive)
2: Title (The)
3: CFN (Harvey)
4: CLN (F..."
Thanks!
Completion PostBook: Afterlife
Date Read: April 7
Rating: 2/5
Cards
0: Standalone
2: CFN (Tilly)
5: CFN (Izzy)
6: CLN (Sawyer)
7: CLN (Vega)
8: CFN (Estela)
Color Card: Yellow
Completion PostBook:
Date read: april 7
Rating: 4/5
Blue Cover
Cards:
1- Title Outside
2- AFN Terez
5 - CFN Isabelle
6 - CFN Sylvie
9 - CFN Nicholas
Completion PostBook: The Unhoneymooners
Date Read: 4/7
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
1 - #1 in series
2 - Title
8 - Character Ethan Thomas
Reverse - Read by Ariel
Yellow 8
Book: Beach Read
Date Read: 4/7
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
0 - Stand alone
3 - ALN
6 - Character Sonya
8 - AFN
9 - Setting: North Bear Shores, Michigan
Reverse - Read by Ariel
Yellow 3
Completion PostBook: A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Date Read: 4/7
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
0 - Character Zo
1 - #1 in series
3 - Character Harper
4 - Character Freya
Reverse - Read by Sarah
Skip - ALN
Blue Skip
Laura - I read A Curse Do Dark and Lonely…if we need a reverse 😊
I’ll add that to my post, in case we get another blue skip we can switch.
Completion PostBook: Paper and Fire
Date Read: April 8
Rating: 3/5
Books
1: CLN (Oduya)
2: Second In Series
3: CLN (Hault)
6: CLN (Santi)
Skip: CFN (Khalila)
Reverse: Laura
Completion PostBook: Grace
Author: Juliana Stone
Read: 4/8/24
Rating: 3
Cards:
2-Tucker
3-Matt Hawkins
4-Logan Forest
5-Series
6-Author
8-Eden
9-Nicola
Completion PostBook: A Match Made in Hell: Mel's Vampire Coven 1
Date Read: 4/9
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
1 - #1 in series
2 - AFN
3 - Character Hudson Kijo
4 - Character Demetri Foster
9 - Character Nico Willard
Skip - Character Hudson Kijo
Completion PostBook 1
My Twist of Fortune
140
4-2-2024
Skip: Piper Author
Three: Hank Character
Book 2
My Almost Ex
258
3-5-2024
Skip: Piper Author
Card 2: #2 in series
Book 3
Bases Loaded
161
4-6-2024
Card 4: #4 in series
Card 6: Author Suzanne
Book4
My Beautiful Neighbor
284
4-6-2024
Skip: Piper Author
Card 1: #1 in series
Book5
Blinding Echo
306
4-6-2024
Card 0: Standalone
Card 6: Author Saxon
Card 2: Author Tina
Book 6
My Vegas Groom
247
4-08-2024
Skip: Piper Author
Card 3: #3 in series
Completion PostBook: Hunger
Date Read: 4/10
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
2 - Character Vlad Tepes
3 - Title
4 - #4 in series
6 - AFN
7 - Character Vlad Tepes
8 - Character Layden Eques
Skip - Character Phoenix
April wrote: "Book5Blinding Echo
306
4-6-2024
Card 0: Standalone
Card 6: Author Saxon
Card 2: Author Tina"
I grabbed a sample of this one a few months ago and I've been meaning to get to it. Glad to see you liked it.
It's that time again!Something Wicked This Way Comes - April Mini Challenge
You just could not resist the UNO Mods luring you in to the Hidden Bar and of course you took that one last drink for the road, didn't ya?
After consuming that last drink, you see that another door has appeared on the back wall of the Hidden Bar. And you feel compelled to rise from your table, open it and step through.
You find yourself in a strange, eerie place with dark corners, hidden nooks and crannies, ghostly lights, voices whispering in your ears and, of course, there are all those books on countless and endless shelves calling out to you to read them.
You are in the Hidden LaB
You have to find and read the
◈ Every book read, i.e. every task completed, is worth 10 points. Each book can be used for one task only.
◈ Books for tasks can be finished in any order. No need to complete blocks to get the 10 points/book.
◈ If your team completes the main tasks (1-45), you get 30 points as bonus.
◈ You get 10 points/book for each of the Evil Extras (tasks 46-55), but they are not part of the completion bonus, just for some more fun if you think you can complete them before the end of the month.
◈ Books can be started at any point since the start of the UNO challenge (Feb 1)
◈ Books need to be finished after the start of this mini challenge on 15 April, 9am UTC
COUNTDOWN Link:
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
and before 1 May at 9am UTC (when UNO 2024 finishes).
◈ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books from what you are claiming for your UNO hands
◈ The usual book length rules apply
TASK LIST
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.)
Paula - 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(s)
54. Read a book where a character works or worked in the film industry
55. Read a book from the Shelf Hollywood OR Bollywood*
*(50, 51, 52, 55) if a book on the shelf is part of a series, any book from that series counts
Quick Google search turns up:Synonyms for VILLAIN
antihero
baddie
baddy
criminal
devil
scoundrel
sinner
blackguard
brute
caitiff
creep
evildoer
heavy
heel
libertine
lowlife
malefactor
mischief-maker
miscreant
offender
rapscallion
rascal
reprobate
wretch
Synonyms for WICKED
devilish
evil
impish
mischievous
nasty
naughty
vicious
villainous
wayward
abandoned
abominable
amoral
arch
atrocious
bad news
base
contemptible
debased
degenerate
depraved
dissolute
egregious
fiendish
flagitious
foul
gross
guilty
heartless
heinous
immoral
impious
incorrigible
indecent
iniquitous
irreligious
low-down
mean
nefarious
profane
reprobate
rotten
scandalous
shameful
shameless
sinful
unethical
unprincipled
unrighteous
vile
worthless
Hello, I'm reading a couple of booksnow, but if I see one of them working for any of the tasks, I'll pospone finishingthen until monday =PFor now I know Suite Francesa will work for task 17
Completion PostBook: The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny
Author: Willa Nash & Devney Perry
Read: 4/10/24
Rating: 4
Cards:
1-series
2-Title
3-Maddox Holiday
6-Stella
7-Violet
9-Title
Skip-Author
Reverse-Ariel
Cindy wrote: "Completion PostBook: The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny
Author: Willa Nash & Devney Perry
Read: 4/10/24
Rating: 4
Cards:
1-series
2-Title
..."
Added to 2 Green =)
Completion PostBook: Blaze of Wrath
Date Read: 4/11
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
2 - Character Theo
3 - Character Hiro
5 - #5 in series
9 - Character Nix
Skip - Character Killian
It has been decided that for the Villian synonym tasks, anything listed by Merriam-Webster works. https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesa...
And the link for Wicked:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesa...
Paula wrote: "Hello, I'm reading a couple of booksnow, but if I see one of them working for any of the tasks, I'll pospone finishingthen until monday =PFor now I know Suite Francesa will work for t..."
I've got you down for that one.
I have:A Grave Robbery - my Red 7, it fits so many of these tasks! It works for 11, 13, or 15.
Murder of Crows - 18, word in title that is an evil deed
The Assassins of Thasalon - 2 - synonym for Villian
Created in Chaos - 49 - character with last name Morningstar can connect either to Cruella or Lucifer
Death of a Charming Man - probably works for something in the Tricky Tropes, but also works for Crime or Cozy Mystery in the Genres section
Mostly Harmless - 27 - first in series is shelved as Cult Classics
Red Rising - 39
A Ryan Recollection - 11 - black cover/sinister
Fangs, Frost, and Folios - 48 - About vampires
I am reading
I can hold off until the mini starts to finish it…I think it will cover a lot of the tasks wherever we need one :-)
19. Read a book shelved as Crime or True Crime - Can read
21. Read a book shelved as Thriller or Horror - Reading
Completion PostBook: Death Dates The Oracle
Date Read: 4/12
Rating: 3.5 stars
Cards:
2 - Character Troula Kouris
3 - Character Hugh
4 - Character Madame Fatima
5 - Character Imari Dupree
6 - Character Seamus Underwood
8 - Character Eamon Underwood
9 - Setting: Nocturne Falls
Skip - Author
This was the last book I had to finish for this week's challenges. I'll do my best not to finish anything before the mini starts now.
Completion PostBook: Beautiful Bastard
Author: Christina Lauren
Read: 4/12/24
Rating: 3
Cards:
1-series
3-Henry
6-Sara
8-Elliot
Reverse-April
Completion PostBook: Captured Dreams
Date: 13 april
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
2 - 2nd in series
8- CLN Portia Edwards
skip - CFN Portia
Completion PostBook: The Saints of Swallow Hill
Date Read: April 13
Rating: 3/5
Cards
0: Standalone
1: CFN (Otis)
2: Title (The)
6: CFN (Sudie)
8: ALN (Everhart)
9: CFN (Nolan)
Skip: CFN (Pritchard - nickname Peewee)
Sarah wrote: "I am reading I can hold off until the mini starts to finish it…I think it will cover a lot of the tasks wherever we need one :-)"
I wonder if the mirror in Fairest of All might be a McGuffin? If it isn't, my library has all the Harry Potter's in Audio, so I'll just listen to one of them if we don't get a McGuffin anywhere else.
Definition: A MacGuffin (or McGuffin) is an object, device, or event necessary to the plot and the motivation of the characters, but typically unimportant or irrelevant in itself. Usually, the MacGuffin is revealed early on, and becomes less important once the storyline is set in motion.
Laura wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I am reading I can hold off until the mini starts to finish it…I think it will cover a lot of the tasks wherever we need one :-)"
I wonder if the ..."
Ohhhh...I think we can make an argument! Even though we have not gotten to it, we all know the "mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all" - and then what happens when the Queen gets the wrong answer, lol
Completion Postbook:
Date read: april 14
Rating: 3.5
Brown Cover
Cards:
0 - ALN Zerpa
6 - CFN Santiaga
7 - Setting Venezuela
8 - Title El
Completion PostBook: The Attraction Distraction
Author: Jenn McKinlay
Read: 4/14/24
Rating: 3
Cards:
Yellow cover
1-Olive
2-series
6-Sarah
8-Elias
9-Sarah Novak
Skip-Olive Prendergast
Completion PostBook: A Crown of Ivy and Glass
Date Read: 4/15
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
1 - #1 in series
2 - Character Talan
5 - Character Imogen
Green 1
Mini-Challenge:
11/12 - Green associated with Jealousy/Envy
28 - Gemma and Talan are plotting devious things
30 - Talan hiding the secret of what he is
31 - Talan switches sides
36 - the ending is unsatisfying as Talan has to leave and keep hiding what he is
40 - The Middlemist is creepy
42 - Gemma is tricked into letting the Man with the three-eyed crown into the house
Book: Chase and the Girl Who Came Back
Date Read: 4/15
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
1 - #1 in series
2- Character Yasmin Turner
6 - Character Smalls
9 - Character Natalie
Yellow 1
Mini-Challenge:
30 - Yasmin is hiding what happened to her before they moved
37 - Family drama between the girls and their father
44 - Rhys and Ally are both jealous when either of them sees the other one with a different person
Book: Archer's Voice
Date Read: 4/15
Rating: 5 stars
Cards:
1 - #1 in series
3 - Character Archer Hale
6 - ALN
7 - Character Victoria Hale
9 - Character Natalie
Skip - Character Bree Prescott
Mini-Challenge:
23 - Shelved Erotica 111 times
25 - Shelved Romantic Suspense 15 times
30 - Victoria hiding the truth about Archer's parentage
32 - Everyone in town has written Archer off and assumes that he is unloveable
37 - So much family drama!
54 - Character Gage Buchanan is an actor
Completion PostBook: Fairest of All
Date Read: April 15
Rating: 3/5
Cards
1: First in Series
2: CFN (Tilley)
3: CFN (Huntsman)
4: Title (Fairest)
6: CFN (Snow)
7: CFN (Verona)
8: CFN (Evil Queen)*
Reverse: Cindy
*Never referred to as Evil Queen in the book, but on GR it does list as Evil Queen
Mini
1: The series name is Villians
6: Queen referred to as WICKED
7-10: 'Evil' is a synonym for wicked
29: Snow White is poisoned with an apple
38: Mirror (sends Queen into a spiral because she is told she is no longer the fairest)
42: Queen tricks Snow White into eating the apple
Completion PostBook: Three Bells, Two Bows and One Brother's Best Friend
Author: Willa Nash
Read: 4/15/24
Rating: 3
Cards:
2-series
3-Heath
6-Stella
9-Author
Skip-Keith
Red cover
Mini Challenge:
7-10: “Bad” in text
12: red cover
30. Heath and Stella are keeping their relationship secret in the beginning.
Completion PostBook: A Game of Fate
Date Read: 4/15
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
1 - #1 in series
3 - Character Hades
6 - Author
Skip - Character Persephone
Mini-Challenge:
23 - Erotica 23 times
40 - The underworld is thought to be creepy
53 - MPG Retellings
Completion PostBook 1
Intertwined
386 pages
4-10-2024
card 5: Title I
Card 0: Standalone
Skip: Author Kaye
Card 2: Author Travis
Book 2:
Cooking Up a Storm
294
4-10-2024
Card 6: Author Sue
Card 0: Standalone
Book 3:
Mayluna
391
4-13-2024
Skip: Author Kelley
Card 0: Standalone
Card 8: Evle Author
Book 4:
My Sister's Flirty Friend
256
4-13-2024
Skip: Piper Author
Card 4: #4 in series
Book 5:
My Unexpected Surprise
241
4-14-2024
Card 5: #5 in series
Skip: Author P
Book 6:
It Should Have Been Us
500
4-15-2024
Card 1: #1 in series
Card 5: Title I
Completion PostBook: A Deal with the Devil
Date Read: 4/16
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
1, 8 - Author
2, 9 - Character Natalia "Tali"
3, 4 - Character Hayes Flynn
Skip - Character Kaitlin
Mini:
35 - Tali and Hayes both misunderstand the intentions of the other one
37 - Lots of family drama: Her sister in rehab, mother is sliding into alcoholism; his side - his mother disinherited him because he wouldn't break up with a girl. That girl then left him for his father.
45 - Hayes is seductive
54 - Matt is an actor
55 - Tagged Hollywood 7 times.
Completion Post Book: Cooper
Author: Juliana Stone
Read: 4/16/24
Rating: 3
Cards:
3: Hank
5: Isabel
6: Series
7: Veronique
9: Nathan
Mini:
4-5: Brute/Monster/ Devil in text
7-10: Sinful in text
30: Cooper keeps him being Lee Holloway from Morgan
45: MC considered seductive
Completion PostBook: Five Years Gone
Date Read: 4/17
Rating: 5 stars
Cards:
1 - #1 in series
2 - Character Eric Tilden
3 - Character Hailey
4 - Title/ALN
5 - Five in Title
6 - Character Skylar
8 - Character Eric Tilden
9 - Setting New York
Mini:
30 - Ava is hiding that she was with a man for 2 years, then his special forces team was sent on an extended mission and he essentially ghosted her
Completion PostBook: Never Have I Ever
Date Read: April 17
Rating: 3/5
Cards
0: Standalone
2: CFN (Tig)
4: CFN (Faith)
6: CLN (Simms)
9: Title (Never)
Skip: Place (Pensacola, Florida)
Mini
21. Read a book shelved Thriller or Horror (Shelved Thriller 488 times)
What a lovely purple cover. We have a few more Overload cards!
Laura wrote: "What a lovely purple cover. We have a few more Overload cards!"Oh! What a bonus! I completely forgot about them 🤦🏻♀️
Completion PostBook: A Game of Retribution
Date Read: 4/17
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
2 - #2 in series
3 - Character Hades
6 - Author
Skip - Character Persephone
Mini:
23 - Tagged Erotica 10 times
28 - Hera and Theseus plotting to overthrow the gods
29 - The Graeae are poisoned with Hydra blood
42 - Hades is manipulated by Hera
53 - MPG Retellings
Here are some ideas for #46, as suggested by some of the other captains (I haven't actually read/seen Interview With a Vampire!). I have a book for the Character trait task, but I was struggling with the Plot task.The vampire thing could be a plot point. Pretty sure he turns someone in that book, so that is a big plot point. Even if a character's life is changed utterly after meeting someone, that could work as a link to the vampire plot point.
Lestat plays the violin, is in a rock band, so a book featuring a musician is also fine. He is from France originally (French setting, character), from a different period (time travel?).
Completion PostBook: Purity in Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Pages: 355
Date Read: 4/12-18
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
8 - Eve Dallas (female character - E)
9 - New York City (setting - N)
Skip: Purity in Death (title)
Mini:
#24 - main page genre tag as science fiction. I don't know if that works?
#25 - main page genre tag as romantic suspense.
#33 - Good vs. Evil - the bad guys are killing people who most of society view as bad/evil so they think they're doing good and it's a moral conflict throughout the novel.
#43 - several characters are murdered.
Hello,I'm sorry I've been MIA. I have been having some health issues. I will update my 4 books read tomorrow when I get to my computer.
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Book: The Christmas Pact
Author: Vi Keeland
Read: 4/5/24
Rating: 4
Cards:
Red Cover
0-Standalone
1-Olivia
2-Title
4-Felicity
6-Suzanne
8-Evelyn
Skip-Author