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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2024
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General note from the Mods about direction,For directions, think to yourself... would I say to someone
"to get to X's house you.... blah blah"
So would you say "under"? I would say yes. ... "head left and go under the X bridge"...
Soo... in the woods sounds perfect :D If we are talking Hansel and Gretel or Red riding hood :D
Also, I seem to have forgotten this. Do mini books also count for cards or are mini books separate? And okay, I will aim for mini tasks ;)
A book can count for both the main tasks AND mini tasks. Sometimes a book will only fit one or the other, and that’s absolutely fine too.
Now that we’re just over half way through…..Have you read any great books so far this month? I don’t tend to read books I don’t like, so all of mine have been good reads. The one I’m currently reading (sorry no links - I’m on my phone again!) is a romance called Do Your Worst by Rosie Dann, featuring an archaeologist trying to come back from a career destroying betrayal and a cursebreaker who’s trying to create a business from her family gift. I managed to get a third of the way through it doing bedtimes with the kids, it’s that good!
Well... I just read a horrible one. Does that count? :D
Well it’s clearly memorable, if not for favourable reasons, and now I really want to know what it is!
I just finished The Rook which I thought was a lot of fun. I'll describe it as a thriller with tongue planted a bit on cheek. I also read the third book in the The Final Empire series. Highly highly recommend it if you like good fantasy with worldbuilding and complex characters.
Jax wrote: "I just finished The Rook which I thought was a lot of fun. I'll describe it as a thriller with tongue planted a bit on cheek."Hey Jax, can you please add in the sentence and page/location from this book which can be used for a mixer in the mini challenge, as you had pointed out? Thanks! :)
Kelly wrote: "A book can count for both the main tasks AND mini tasks. Sometimes a book will only fit one or the other, and that’s absolutely fine too."True. But, if we can use the same book for the regular cards and the mini, that is one less book to read at the end. ;=)
Given that we have 40 Mini prompts, I bet we can find something in each of the next 40 read books. HAHA! :p
Kelly wrote: "Well it’s clearly memorable, if not for favourable reasons, and now I really want to know what it is!"Ha ha, it was The Mist :D
It is quite bad. Vague, all hint-hint-nudge-nudge, past-present snippets, the MC's family drama is just disgusting and does not show her in a good light at all, and it needs content warnings. A lot of them.
Maddy wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Well it’s clearly memorable, if not for favourable reasons, and now I really want to know what it is!"Ha ha, it was The Mist :D
It is quite bad. Vague, all hint-hin..."
Ah yes, Nordic Noir and I don't really get along - it's a bit too dark for me. Which is why there's all the CW I guess!!
It is a hit or miss for me. I like Nordic mystery and thriller fiction in general, but some just don't do it justice :D
I completed The Girl with the Louding Voice and updated the spreadsheet. This book was recommended by a friend and I gave it 5 stars, definitely a good book!I added In Cold Blood to the spreadsheet. Since Kelly read it we can use it as a Reverse too. I'm going to listen to the audiobook. It will be my one non-fiction book for this month.
Every year I say this. I wish we could like other people's comments in chat!My question for the day:
Does anybody have any books/series/authors that are a guilty pleasure?
I am currently using my Kindle Unlimited sub to reread the Sweet Valley High series. The first 12 aren't on KU but i have some very generous and helpful friends who let me borrow their library cards so I could. I'm old enough to have read the early ones in primary school as they were being released. I also bought them when I was a teen. I have read every single SVH book ever released and they're actually quite sweet but super ridiculous. I even use them for Uno if they hit the page/word count lol.
Kelly wrote: "My question for the day:Does anybody have any books/series/authors that are a guilty pleasure?"
Yup. Definitely. Mine might be J.D. Light.
Whenever I am feeling low, I reread their short, sweet books. They are so full of hope, that they calm me and make me feel better :)
JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "I completed The Girl with the Louding Voice and updated the spreadsheet. This book was recommended by a friend and I gave it 5 stars, definitely a good book!I added In Cold Blood to the spreadshe..."
Go you! Keeping up your one nonfiction per month goal admirably :)
Kelly wrote: "My question for the day:Does anybody have any books/series/authors that are a guilty pleasure?"
That would be the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich.
Anytime I feel like I need a book that could make me LOL, that is the series that I inadvertently reach out for. :-)
Hi Team - I have an apology to write. I've been a bit out of touch over this last week. Long story short, I had go out of town twice to deal with something and I wasn't able to bring a computer with me so it's been incredibly hard to update and comment with you all. There is no reason I should be gone again so I'm hoping by this time next week you've all forgotten about my absence. Thanks for understanding 💕
Completion Post 🥳🥳The Reason I Married Him
Meghan Quinn
Finished: 2/9
Pages: 524
2: 2nd in series
3: CFN- Hattie
Bride
Ali Hazelwood
Finished: 2/11
Pages: 410
0: Standalone
3: ALN - Hazelwood
Fangirl Down
Tessa Bailey
Finished: 2/14
Pages: 380
1: 1st in series
2: AFN - Tessa
4: Title
Color: Green
In Which Margo Halifax Earns Her Shocking Reputation
Alexandra Vasti
Finished: 2/15
Pages: 120
1: 1st in series
3: CLN - Halifax
5: Title
6: Place - Scotland
7: ALN - Vasti
Color: Green
Spirits 🥃
In Which Matilda Halifax Learns the Value of Restraint
Alexandra Vasti
Finished: 2/16
Pages: 196
2: 2nd in series
3: CLN - Halifax
5: Title
7: ALN - Vasti
Color: Blue
Spirits 🥃
In Which Winnie Halifax Is Utterly Ruined
Alexandra Vasti
Finished: 2/17
Pages: 190
3: 3rd in series
5: Title
7: ALN - Vasti
Spirits 🥃
Quick question about the spirits - is it enough that they simply drink in the book or should it be a bigger theme? Just FYI: in historical romances the men are drinking CONSTANTLY 😅🥃
Becky wrote: "Hi Team - I have an apology to write. I've been a bit out of touch over this last week. Long story short, I had go out of town twice to deal with something and I wasn't able to bring a computer wit..."You were away? :P
Becky wrote: "Quick question about the spirits - is it enough that they simply drink in the book or should it be a bigger theme? Just FYI: in historical romances the men are drinking CONSTANTLY 😅🥃"These boozy men, I tell you?!
Good for us - more mini tasks covered. Haha!
Any reference where there is mention of any kind of spirits should work.
Apoorv wrote: "Becky wrote: "Hi Team - I have an apology to write. I've been a bit out of touch over this last week. Long story short, I had go out of town twice to deal with something and I wasn't able to bring ..."💕💕
Apoorv wrote: "Becky wrote: "Quick question about the spirits - is it enough that they simply drink in the book or should it be a bigger theme? Just FYI: in historical romances the men are drinking CONSTANTLY 😅🥃"..."Alrighty I'll update those last three to say "includes spirits" 😋
Becky wrote: "Apoorv wrote: "Becky wrote: "Quick question about the spirits - is it enough that they simply drink in the book or should it be a bigger theme? Just FYI: in historical romances the men are drinking..."Would you mind adding a reference to the sentence in the respective book where there is mention of the said spirit (any one if all they do is drink in the whole book. haha!) alongwith the page number/location/audiobook percent? Thanks! :)
Apoorv wrote: "Becky wrote: "Apoorv wrote: "Becky wrote: "Quick question about the spirits - is it enough that they simply drink in the book or should it be a bigger theme? Just FYI: in historical romances the me..."Oh sure thing! I'll look for some now :)
Apoorv wrote: "Becky wrote: "Apoorv wrote: "Becky wrote: "Quick question about the spirits - is it enough that they simply drink in the book or should it be a bigger theme? Just FYI: in historical romances the me..."
"He'd spent the subsequent seven years watching Margo and Matilda flout convention at every turn, drinking brandy out of flasks at the opera, emerging from closed carriages with gentlemen right on Rotton Row." (Chapter 1: 2% of book)
"They drank smuggled French brandy and terrorized pedestrians in their high-perch phaeton..." (Chapter 1: 3% of book)
"And then he sat down again with someone - probably a friend, he had no notion - and chose for his first course French brandy." (Chapter 8: 46% of book)
Hi everyone! Hope everyone is having a fun time reading! It seems like my last completion post
this one COMPLETION POST
Book: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Author: Benjamin Stevenson
Pages: 371
Date: 15 FEB (GMT+7)
1 - Series
skip - C: Katherine Millot
reverse - maddy
Blue
hasn't been marked out on the spreadsheet. if someone could check for me again that would be great!
ltn wrote: "Hi everyone! Hope everyone is having a fun time reading! It seems like my last completion post
this one COMPLETION POST
Book: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Author: Benjamin Stevenso..."
Should be all set, Emily.
Can you please check if the book works for any of the mini tasks?
hi! I just checked and think it fits in a category! I will update the mini task asap! thank you for your hard work mods!!
Hi Book Friends!Just finished The Song of Achilles and updated the spreadsheet. It looks like a lot has been updated on the mini spreadsheet. I noticed the directions area is completed already and the book I listed there before is removed. I know we can still use In Cold Blood as a reverse though so hopefully that is still helpful when I do eventually finish it.
Can we get an overall update on what we are still missing/needing for Feb reads and the mini?
I might be able to select one more book to read this month and I want to make sure it counts towards what we need most.
JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "Hi Book Friends!Just finished The Song of Achilles and updated the spreadsheet. It looks like a lot has been updated on the mini spreadsheet. I noticed the directions area is completed already an..."
Hey Jo, I moved "In Cold Blood" from the directions mini, because the "in" in this case unfortunately wasn't a direction indicator since the whole title (In Cold Blood) is a phrase in its own.
But, we absolutely will use every single read book to fit in some how.
I just added your "Song of Achilles" in the mini for fruits because I remembered that there is a reference of figs in there. :-)
Our sheet is looking so good! Thanks Apoorv for highlighting what we need to complete for the mini - I’ve just finished a book and spent ten minutes scrolling through for a mention of a mixer. Luckily I’d completely missed a reference to coke lol.I know I still have three books to read for the mini. I’m happy to be replaced if anyone reads something that fits those before I finish. We still have about a week to go, but the completionist in me would rather see it finished than hoard it all for myself!!
Completion Post:
by: Cara Bastone
Pages: 400
Finished: 2/21/2024
0: Standalone
3: CLN - Hatch
5: CFN - Isamu
6: CFN - Shep
8: CFN - Eve
9: P - NYC
Mini - I filled this out for the mention of spices on pg. 20. They also mention orange juice a couple times so we can move it up to the mixer section if we need to :)
Huh. A month gone already? That was fast! I will check out my books later. I know I won't be reading at least two of them anytime soon, so I will look at what is reserved in mini for me
Oh wow, we are actually doing great! Captain, oh, captain
YOU FOLKS ARE PHENOMENAL!
That's it! That is the update! :=) Byeeee!
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Haha! But honestly, we are into the last week of a short month and we are already looking to complete everything on our plate in the next few days. That is nuts!
You folks just gobble books up and you need to get checked. Hehe! :P
We have 12 books to go to complete all 15 of our hands.
And I was able to move books around, so all the remaining letters are not crazy at all.
Woot! Woot! :)
And the mini?!
Pshaw! CRUSHED IT!
Up for Grabs
- Book with a mixer in it.
Claimed and need completion
- Apoorv | Our Wives Under the Sea
- Emily | Confessions
- Jax | Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood
- Kelly | Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder that Shocked Victorian England
- Kelly | #Murdertrending
- Kelly | Bayou Moon
- Maddy | Honey Mead Murder
If you think you are not going to get to it or if you are not feeling like it, just drop in a word and we will find another book that fits.
If your book fits one of these tasks that are claimed by others, mention that too, so it eases the pressure on the claimants to complete their book.
Long story short,
YOU'LL ARE AWESOME!! :=D
Maddy wrote: "Oh wow, we are actually doing great! Captain, oh, captain
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Apoorv wrote: "YOU FOLKS ARE PHENOMENAL!
That's it! That is the update! :=) Byeeee!
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Haha! But honestly, we are into the last week of a short month and we..."
Question: If we start a book now but don't finish until March will it count for March?
JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "Question: If we start a book now but don't finish until March will it count for March?."Absolutely does, as long as it is finished after March 1, 9am UTC.
And to that point,
March tab is up and ready on the tracking spreadsheet for everyone to start planning their books, if preferred.
Im about to finish Bayou Moon, but if anyone has a black cover book they’re dying to do then feel free lol. I’ll get them done if I knuckle down - the weekend is coming which is always handy!
I finished In Cold Blood. I’m not able to access the spreadsheet at the moment. Can someone please update this book as finished for me. Thank you! 😊
JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "I finished In Cold Blood. I’m not able to access the spreadsheet at the moment. Can someone please update this book as finished for me. Thank you! 😊"All set! :)
Apoorv wrote: "JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "I finished In Cold Blood. I’m not able to access the spreadsheet at the moment. Can someone please update this book as finished for me. Thank you! 😊"All set! :)"
Thank you! I entered the new book I started reading to the March spreadsheet now.
Not me reading a book that won’t count for UNO! To be fair, sometimes I need a quick break and non fiction can be HARD to try to fit into the cards. Does anyone have any books they’re excited to read in March? I don’t have any yet, but I have to go through my library books because I’m SURE I have at least one in there I’m looking forward to.
COMPLETION POSTBook: WIN LOSE KILL DIE
Author: Cynthia Murphy
Pages: 308
Date: 24th FEB (GMT+7)
0 - Standalone
2 - C: Taylor
8- C: Elizabeth
Skip - C: Kat
DOES NOT FIT ANY REMAINING MINI
ltn wrote: "COMPLETION POSTBook: WIN LOSE KILL DIE
DOES NOT FIT ANY REMAINING MINI"
It sure does! :)
Black Cover - beautiful cover replaced your other book Confessions (which was read well before the start of the Mini challenge which was 14Feb)
I am back with a book completion.Sorry for the delay, I am still learn about the sheets.
Book: Norwegian Wood (a famous and classic one)
Author: Haruki Murakami
Pages: 296
Date: 24th FEB
0 - Standalone
2 - T: Turo
9- C: Naoko
I saw we still need a 2 card？
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thank you! ill go fill in the spreadsheet myself !