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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2024
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filled in one task, and my current book will work for #10 :)
Ive completed a task today, worked for a couple but thought letter might be most obscure.
Completed 19th JanSatsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer
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5. ❤ Read a book where there is unrequited love
Completed earlier: ❤ Read a book with a 3 in the page countThe Grand Sophy - might fit in with a couple more too.
Updated page requirements to match 2024 UNO (100 pages not the 160 that it was back in 2017!) thanks Shaw for noticing 😊
❤ Read a book that contains a shakespeare quoteBook: Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie 19/1 3★
Fit: "I am determined to prove a villain." Richard III
Read a book first published July any year -
- July 2023
The wife and I just finished "A Court of Thorns and Roses" if that helps toward the goal.
Read a book with 3 or more friends.
- Wrex, Charlotte, Kit, Cordelia, Mac, Raven and Hawk are a group of friends who solve crimes in Regency London.
Finished "His Majesty's Dragon" for the gift-giving task. My next book will be about 13th century England.
Melindam wrote: "Finished "His Majesty's Dragon" for the gift-giving task. My next book will be about 13th century England."
You just pipped me at the post.. I'm reading one about 15th century England/Wales about Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. 😊
In that case, grab it Lisa! :) Mine will keep. :)
Melindam wrote: "In that case, grab it Lisa! :) Mine will keep. :)"
Thanks Mel. It is only 187 pages so I'll probably finish it quickly. I've had it on the TBR since I went to Wales and visited Pembroke Castle last year and thought ah, I've got a book that fits the Middle Ages...
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Melindam wrote: "In that case, grab it Lisa! :) Mine will keep. :)"
Thanks Mel. It is only 187 pages so I'll probably finish it quickly. I've had it on the TBR since I went to Wales and visited P..."
Nice 😊
William wrote: "The wife and I just finished "A Court of Thorns and Roses" if that helps toward the goal."Task 18? She is friends with Susan Dennard and Leigh Bardugo (and probably more authors too). You'll just need to add it to your read shelf and then put the details into the spreadsheet if you want to join :)
I just finished
which has an Emperor character (Emperor Vorbarra.) I put it in the spreadsheet. The book also works for 2 characters falling in love and a first kiss but I thought the emperor might be more difficult to find.
Felicity wrote: "I just finished which has an Emperor character (Emperor Vorbarra.) I put it in the spreadsheet. The book also works for 2 characters falling in love and a firs..."I agree - that emporer one I thought would be pretty tricky!
Found one for - Character named Julia -
I almost had the India task covered, but the part that takes place there isn't enough of a percentage, so grabbed the doctor spot instead.
My current reading Before the Coffee Gets Cold would fill up any of these options:❤ Read a book where a character is a nurse or a Doctor
❤ Read a book where the character writes or receives a letter
❤ Read a book where two characters fall in loveQuest by Shannah Jay 20/1 5★
Katia & Davred fall in love
was thrilled with myself when I found Shakespeare quote in Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
over the weekend, but the task is claimed
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going to try a stretch, feel free to shoot it down
18 ❤ Read a book by an author who is known to be a friend of another author
I don't know that they meet up for pints every Christmas or play 5-a-side together, but
the author is a Goodreads friend with author Tom Lloyd
and that has to count?
they're known to be friends by anyone who cares to check on Goodreads
and goodreads friends are good friends! 😄
so.. penciling it in,
who is going to break my heart and the hearts of all their goodread friends!?
Andy wrote: "was thrilled with myself when I found Shakespeare quote in Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
over the weekend, but the task is claimed
💔
going to try a str..."
I’m feeling generous and will say goodreads friends count 😊😍
Currently reading a book set in Italy 😁
I've completed the sign in form a couple of days ago, but haven't heard anything yet. Is there a spot left over for a team or am I to late?
Looks like we just need books set In China, India and one with chocolate on the cover! 😁
Saar, team members have till 25 Jan to check in. If someone cannot make it, we will contact reserve players. :)
Sammy wrote: "Looks like we just need books set In China, India and one with chocolate on the cover! 😁"💃
So close to finishing this Valentine's challenge!So we have opened up an Easter Egg Hunt here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Reading for Chocolate on the cover -
glad i could help out with a book set in China!
I seem to have read all my books based in India already. Could manage Pakistan and Bangladesh, but nada on India, which is frustrating! lol.
I found a quickie...
set in Kolkata, India 1808. Good old historical romance.
The Valentine Challenge is completed.
Nice work team! That was a toughie 👏🥰
Phew.. you know the world ends if a challenge isn't completed. 😁
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Phew.. you know the world ends if a challenge isn't completed. 😁"#truth
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The Perks Of Being A Book Addict
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◈ Books with a read date between January 18 - January 31, 2024 count
◈ As a group, complete all 30 tasks
◈ Each task is worth 5 valentine points. As a group if we achieve the goal of 150 points you will have your dream valentine this year (awww)
◈ Only one book per task
◈ The usual book length rules apply, Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books and Graphic Novels can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com or audio is more than 3 hours in length
Once you have finished a book enter the details into the spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
and also post in this thread!
The most popular theory about Valentine’s Day origin is that Emperor Claudius II didn’t want Roman men to marry during wartime. Bishop Valentine went against his wishes and performed secret weddings. For this, Valentine was jailed and executed. While in jail he wrote a note to the jailor’s daughter signing it “from your Valentine”. After St. Valentine was buried, Julia, the daughter of his jailor, planted an almond tree with pink blossoms near his grave. The almond tree today is a symbol of lasting friendship and love.
❤ Read a book where there is a secret wedding
❤ Read a book where a character is in jail
❤ Read a book where a character is named Julia
The earliest description of February 14 as an annual celebration of love appears in the Charter of the Court of Love. The charter, allegedly issued by Charles VI of France at Mantes-la-Jolie in 1400, describes lavish festivities to be attended by several members of the royal court, including a feast, amorous song and poetry competitions, jousting and dancing. Amid these festivities, the attending ladies would hear and rule on disputes from lovers. No other record of the court exists, and none of those named in the charter were present at Mantes except Charles's queen, Isabeau of Bavaria, who may well have imagined it all while waiting out a plague.
❤ Read a book where two characters fall in love
❤ Read a book where there is unrequited love
❤ Read a book where there is a first kiss
In China, Valentine's Day is called lovers' festival. The "Chinese Valentine's Day" is the Qixi Festival, celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. It commemorates a day on which a legendary cow herder and weaving maid are allowed to be together. In Chinese culture, there is an older observance related to lovers, called "The Night of Sevens" According to the legend, the Cowherd star and the Weaver Maid star are normally separated by the Milky Way (silvery river) but are allowed to meet by crossing it on the 7th day of the 7th month of the Chinese calendar.
❤ Read a book set in China
❤ Read a book first published on the 7th of any month
❤ Read a book first published in July of any year
Based on retail statistics, about 3 per cent of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.
❤ Read a book where the main character has a pet
❤ Read a book with a 3 in the page count
❤ Read a book where someone gives a gift
If you’re single don’t despair. You can celebrate Singles Awareness Day (SAD) instead. It is meant as an alternative to Valentine’s Day, the holiday is for single people to celebrate or to commiserate in their single status.
❤ Read a book where the main character is, and remains, single
❤ Read a book where characters go on a date
❤ Read a book where the characters go to a dance
Or you could pop over to Finland where Valentine’s Day is called Ystävänpäivä, which translates into “Friend’s day”. It’s more about remembering your buddies than your loved ones.
❤ Read a book where there are a group of 3 or more friends
❤ Read a book where a new friendship is made
❤ Read a book by an author who is known to be a friend of another author (Google is great to find these. Some examples are: Holly Black & Cassandra Clare, Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, F. Scott Fitzgerald & Ernest Hemingway, or Beth Revis & Victoria Schwab)
In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression “to wear your heart on your sleeve.”
❤ Read a book set in the Middle Ages (5th to the 15th century)
❤ Read a book with a young man as the main character
❤ Read a book with a young woman as the main character
Physicians of the 1800s commonly advised their patients to eat chocolate to calm their pining for lost love.
❤ Read a book where a character is a nurse or a Doctor
❤ Read a book written in the 1800s
❤ Read a book with chocolate on the cover
Every Valentine’s Day, the Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.
❤ Read a book that contains a shakespeare quote
❤ Read a book where the character writes or receives a letter
❤ Read a book based in Italy
The most fantastic gift of love is the Taj Mahal in India. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan as a memorial to his wife.
❤ Read a book based in India
❤ Read a book where a husband gives his wife a present
❤ Read a book where there is a character who is an Emperor