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Feb 13, 2024 03:04PM
Orrrr a visit to the library!!! What are all your libraries like? Mine is nice - in an old stone building. Two floors and some comfy chairs. I like their monthly displays.
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Melissa wrote: "I "borrowed" a template that looked nice :)For the directions - we have been told to be creative. Just imagine going to a secret bar (or coffee shop :) or tea shop :). Would you go DOWN the stairs..."
You could also go home, right? As in River Sing Me Home?
I’m pretty sure that Lady Tan mentions fruit, though it’s a tad difficult for me to find the phrase in the audiobook. But with 3 of us already reading for that, we would just need 2 more.
Melissa wrote: "Orrrr a visit to the library!!! What are all your libraries like? Mine is nice - in an old stone building. Two floors and some comfy chairs. I like their monthly displays."That sounds lovely! Mine is a modern building, with big windows and tables to work at. It’s a longish drive to the city, so I typically only get to go once a month. I try to make a special trip out of it - no kids, no other chores, just time to find some good books ☺️
Brigia wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I "borrowed" a template that looked nice :)For the directions - we have been told to be creative. Just imagine going to a secret bar (or coffee shop :) or tea shop :). Would you go..."
I don't think home would work, because we're supposed to be going to the bar, not away from it. 😆 Although home would be in my directions many a Friday night! Home!! Sleep!!
I'm reading Lady Tan now! I'll keep an eye out for fruit :)
I Googled spices and herbs for mixed drinks and came up with these:Cardamom
Cinnamon
Ginger
Basil
Rosemary
Dill
Tarragon
Mint
Lavendar
Cilantro
Coriander
There are probably a lot more out there too.
Hello, 📕Where are you from? / What do you like to do? My name is Gwen, I am from Ohio. I love reading, playing piano, and playing board games/video games.
📗Have you participated in UNO / other challenges? Yes, I particpated last year.
📙Have you started stacking colored books yet? No, but I wasn't playing until now.
📘What are your favorite genres? Romance. I do read some fantasy, scifi, historical, and nonfiction as well.
Melissa wrote: "Orrrr a visit to the library!!! What are all your libraries like? Mine is nice - in an old stone building. Two floors and some comfy chairs. I like their monthly displays."That sounds nice! Mine is a newer building with big windows and cozy reading areas. It has a cute little coffee spot inside as well.
Gwen|| Bookish Blondie wrote: "Hello, 📕Where are you from? / What do you like to do? My name is Gwen, I am from Ohio. I love reading, playing piano, and playing board games/video games.
📗Have you participated in UNO / other ch..."
👋 Hi Gwen
Hi Ladies!! checking in! how are you doing? i got some time right now so i will start looking for any book with a yellow cover =)
The mini looks fun! I finished a book on my way home today, and it happens to have a spice mentioned. So it works for the mini.@Gwen - welcome to the team! :)
Welcome, Gwen!Glad to have you on our team!
Libraries are THE best. I like the idea of a coffee corner too.
Jotsmar wrote: "Hi Ladies!! checking in! how are you doing? i got some time right now so i will start looking for any book with a yellow cover =)"Excellent.
Hey Vicki!I'm going to move your
to the blue seven if that's okay?
OK, Melissa, thanks for telling me. I didn't put it there because TinEye only listed it as 43.6% blue. I thought it had to be 50%.
Yes, I checked it on tin-eye too - it looked more grey until I unchecked the exclude background - then it bumped up to 80%!Strange that ours came out so different - oh well :) Let's go with 80 :) unless it is a different cover?
No, it's the same cover. That's why I don't like TinEye! It should come out the same or at least very close to the same. I also unchecked the exclude background. So strange. I hate it when it comes up like 49.3% or something similar. lol
Melissa wrote: "Orrrr a visit to the library!!! What are all your libraries like? Mine is nice - in an old stone building. Two floors and some comfy chairs. I like their monthly displays."The library down in the city center is quite cool - it has an old archeological dig site inside it. There was a medieval church there, so there are remains of walls (stone) and a few skeletons in glass cages. You walk across a bridge a meter or so above that stuff when entering through the older part of the building. Other than that it is a quite ordinary library, but decently large.
Ingeborg wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Orrrr a visit to the library!!! What are all your libraries like? Mine is nice - in an old stone building. Two floors and some comfy chairs. I like their monthly displays."The lib..."
Oh my! That's super cool!
Happy half-way through February!We are doing great.
We are getting through many of our color cards. If you have books that fit one of the colored card requirements, but that book is already taken, no fears! We have 3 Wild Draw 4s to claim. For each of those, we can repeat one colored card.
All of the rest of our books are filling in the slots nicely. A good way to check to see what we've finished, and where we are going is to look at the Official Tracker. That is in the links part of our spreadsheet.
You can also check out our points on the tracker. We are in 18th place - very nice - right in the middle.
Vicki wrote: "No, it's the same cover. That's why I don't like TinEye! It should come out the same or at least very close to the same. I also unchecked the exclude background. So strange. I hate it when it comes..."I totally agree.
I have been kind of MIA since my last book that I read on Feb. 14. I just now added the names/letters it can be used for. Sorry about that but I had been not feeling well and just needed to take a break to feel better and not push myself. I'm better now and will make up the reading (or lack of it) in on time! :)
No worries. I’ve got a terrible stomach bug right now.
Boo to feeling unwell! Hope everyone is soon on the mend.I have finished two books since the mini challenge started and was not sure how to offer spots for them?
So, I will do it here and if they can be of use in the mini challenge, good!
Best Friends Forever
page 34-"Val stood on tiptoes and extracted a bottle of vodka"--spirits
p248-"sipped her Diet Coke"--mixer
on my edition there was only black text
Bad Cree
page 152-"Two waters for us"-mixer? as in whiskey and water
page 152-"I'll have a Pepsi"-mixer? alternative to Rum and Coke?
page 152-"Auntie Verna orders Coors Light"-spirit-does a beer count?
page 8-"they gave me sage"-herbs were filled in, but this could work too?
Melissa wrote: "No worries. I’ve got a terrible stomach bug right now."That sucks! I'm sorry to hear that...it's definitely going around here in California.
Melissa wrote: "Happy half-way through February!We are doing great.
We are getting through many of our color cards. If you have books that fit one of the colored card requirements, but that book is already taken,..."
Great, i will start looking today!
Aidy wrote: "Boo to feeling unwell! Hope everyone is soon on the mend.I have finished two books since the mini challenge started and was not sure how to offer spots for them?
So, I will do it here and if the..."
Thanks Aidy!
I picked the black color for text for the first one, and Pepsi for the second one.
Good finds!
Melissa, I just finished Love, Theoretically and it would work for the mini for either fruit ("We're just different breeds. Apples and oranges." - p 37) or spirit/mixers ("I sip the club soda I pretended to splash with gin" - p 122). I don't know where it's most useful :)
Excellent! I'll put it in mixers for now. I can always move it around.
Jotsmar wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Happy half-way through February!We are doing great.
We are getting through many of our color cards. If you have books that fit one of the colored card requirements, but that book i..."
Thanks Jotsmar!
We have 3 of the colored cards to duplicate, so if you see any of those, that would be awesome :)
Added a few into the spreadsheet I'll have done by the end of the month.
Gwen|| Bookish Blondie wrote: "Added a few into the spreadsheet I'll have done by the end of the month."Thanks Gwen!
I will check those in tomorrow.
@Dave I moved The Chalice of the Gods up to the Wild Draw 4 slot.I'm reading a very light one for one of the yellows - good for recovering from illness :)
Just one more wild draw four for our special cards.
Good work team!
We're also doing well on the mini.I just went snooping around other teams and saw that many are using words like "under" "over" - those prepositions. I'm thinking circle would work - like take the first right at the traffic circle - so I'll put that down for Lady Tan.
That black writing is tricky! I keep finding books with black writing on the cover and then there is one or two words like "a novel" that's in a different color!
Anyone reading anything they really like? I am listening to my first Tracy Chevalier book - At the Edge of the Orchard
I'm really enjoying the different voices they use for the different characters and the ties back to nature and trees. I also really like the imperfect characters - and I like them enough to be interested in what will happen to them.
Melissa wrote: "@Dave I moved The Chalice of the Gods up to the Wild Draw 4 slot.I'm reading a very light one for one of the yellows - good for recovering from illness :)
Just one more wild draw four for our spec..."
Sounds Good
Melissa wrote: "Anyone reading anything they really like? I am listening to my first Tracy Chevalier book - At the Edge of the Orchard
I'm really enjoying the different voices they use for the dif..."
I've got hopes for my next one I'm starting today. Last 2 I've read weren't bad but a little disappointing when compared to earlier books in their series.
Good morning Ladies! i'm listening to where the forest meets the stars.. i was not expecting to love this book so much... =)
Melissa wrote: "Anyone reading anything they really like? I am listening to my first Tracy Chevalier book - At the Edge of the Orchard
I'm really enjoying the different voices they use for the dif..."
I'm currently reading the 7th installment in Susan Elizabeth Philipps series, Chicago Stars, all about famous athletes from the same team/city. So each book is a character from the universe. I've loved the series so far and each book has been great. I love that there are typically 2-3 storylines running concurrently with the two romantic leads and the important people in their life. I love her as an author.
David wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Anyone reading anything they really like? I am listening to my first Tracy Chevalier book - At the Edge of the Orchard
I'm really enjoying the different voices they..."
I was surprised that the Percy Jackson series went beyond the original 4 books.
I see you are reading the John Flannagan series - I really like those!
Gwen|| Bookish Blondie wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Anyone reading anything they really like? I am listening to my first Tracy Chevalier book - At the Edge of the Orchard
I'm really enjoying the different voices they..."
Oooh - those look good! And many colored covers to come!
Jotsmar wrote: "Good morning Ladies! i'm listening to where the forest meets the stars.. i was not expecting to love this book so much... =)"Nice! I put it on my TBR.
I also put it for our last Wild Draw 4!
:)
We went from 22 to 16th today. A good day!!
Melissa wrote: "Jotsmar wrote: "Good morning Ladies! i'm listening to where the forest meets the stars.. i was not expecting to love this book so much... =)"..."
Great!!! i should be finishing the housemaid's secret between today or tomorrow morning i only have like 3 hours left.. =)
I finished two more books today. I started my third one and will likely get it done today (yay for boring jobs where I get to read all day.) Then I'll start looking for books to help finish the mini and unfinished hands.
Hello Team!!Happy weekend!
I've spent the week sick in bed, but I think I'm coming out of it....
Now is the time of reckoning! Will you be able to read the books you have on the tracker by THURSDAY? (Preferably Wednesday?)
Because even though it's a leap year, that's the end of February!
I'm hoping to finish mine - the only one I'm not sure of is Anxious People.
Our two big ones to keep an eye on are:7 Green (Melissa, how is A Lesson in Murder coming?)
5 Red (Brigia, how is Ruby Fever?)
I have a few cozy mystery authors that usually have a colorful color or two that I can check on!
Also one might have black writing on it!
March hands have been posted! I'll consolidate and give you the lowdown later today!
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