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Anubha wrote: "I want to read
Rich people problems by Kevin Kwan for 3 Green
Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney for 8 Green
Dragon consultant by Mell Eight for 8 Yellow
China ricg girlfriend by Kevin Kwan OR Go set a watc..."

they all qualify and i've entered into the tracking sheet

Tiffany wrote: "April List
6 Red-Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Reverse(BarbaraAnn)- Daughter of Smoke & Bone
2 Blue/Wild Draw 4/Reverse(Cinthia)-The Rosie Project..."

Thanks Tiffany! I've entered the books into the tracking sheet but the Rosie Project has a red cover - I didn't see a version with a blue cover. I tentatively put it down for reverse card as we have a bunch of those.

Anubha wrote: "I want to read
Rich people problems by Kevin Kwan for 3 Green
Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney for 8 Green
Dragon consultant by Mell Eight for 8 Yellow
China ricg girlfriend by Kevin Kwan OR Go set a watc..."

yes - i've entered them into the tracking sheet

It’s the paperback version that has the blue cover

Tiffany wrote: "It’s the paperback version that has the blue cover"

Sorry Tiffany, you're right.

BarbaraAnn wrote: "Tiffany wrote: "It’s the paperback version that has the blue cover"

Sorry Tiffany, you're right."

No worries! I was wondering lol I was holding it in my hand, wondering if maybe i was colour blind

I just wanted to say that I didn't read Darker shade of magic. I read charlie and the chocolate factory. Please change, thanks

Anubha wrote: "I just wanted to say that I didn't read Darker shade of magic. I read charlie and the chocolate factory. Please change, thanks"

Hi - It's been done. Thanks!

I did finish The Glamourist, and it fills the card 9

That's great! we have officially completed all the books on the sheet for March. Thanks Everyone!!!!!

Yay! It was a close call this month. :)

That was an excellent last pull!

I'd like to claim the 2 green and 7 green spots for April.

How is team rank counted?

It’s based on the points given for books and the mini-challenge. For instance a team that has more color cards than another team will get more points. (cards are generated by random)

So our luck hasn't been that good with the cards generated right?

Right. Plus we lost points in February because we didn’t have a recipe to send

We have a bunch of colour cards this month so hopefully we will move up a few places

Tiffany wrote: "We have a bunch of colour cards this month so hopefully we will move up a few places"

Yes. Between color and other speciality cards we should have a really strong month

Hi Everyone - the April Mini-Challenge is up. I'll post a copy shortly, but the first step will be to select a recipe that one of the other teams created. Please take a look at the challenge and the recipes and vote for which recipe you'd like to use. here's the link to the recipes:

link to recipes

April Mini Challenge

This is an optional mini challenge for our UNO players. This month we are joining another team for a bake-off!

In February, you assembled your space treats and in March you embarked on your space travel. So now it is time to come back home and have a tea party with your new found treats.

�� You can choose any recipe from a different team (found here). With that recipe in hand you need to decide as a team how to eat their treat. You do this by:
�� picking word(s) to "spell-it-out" you can do this with up to 15 letters (they need to be complete words, not only spelling partial words)
�� picking word(s) that you can find on the cover of books or as words in text. You can do this with up to 15 words
�� deciding what else you would like to serve at the tea party. Complete the story on the spreadsheet using book titles. (15 words) Be as creative as you like. You can use as much or as little of a title as you see fit.

�� Every book read, i.e. every task completed, is worth 10 points.

�� If you complete all your requirements for a tea party, your team will receive 30 bonus points.

�� Share your tea party with the team that created the recipe you were given for an additional 10 points. (This means posting to their thread your tea party story)

�� 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 April 12, 7pm AEST (countdown is here) and before May 1 at 7pm AEST (Countdown to the end of April is here)




�� Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books for what you are claiming for your UNO hands
�� The usual book length rules apply
�� Team spreadsheets will be updated with a mini challenge tab so that you can track your books and claim your points

I looked over the recipes, and I liked the sounds of the recipes in either message 5 or message 6. They are quite small recipes, which made me think that we'd be able to quickly pick a list of words to use, since the recipes arent 5000 words long lol. I just felt like, the sooner we decided on a word list, the sooner we can start completing it, does that make sense, or am I way off?

Hi - I would agree that small recipes would work best

Awesome. I think those two sound pretty straight forward, but if someone else has a suggestion, by all means!

Sounds good. Also, Uno Pixie clarified the spell out rules:

Spell-it-out rules
For this mini-challenge, you are using the same rules that apply for UNO. So a letter needs to be the first letter in the book title, author first name or surname, character name or nickname, or setting. Articles (a/an/the) can be ignored in the book titles. For this spell-it-out, you can also use the first letter in the series name.

I’m clearly over thinking this. So, we choose a word, and that words letters are divided through 1-15 in section one?

I am not getting this at all how would someone use recipes and words? am just so confused. Can someone give an example?

OK! I vote we use recipe 1, Science Brioche. There are a lot of words in that recipe that will be super easy to find in text.

Maybe for words in text, but not for the cover words. I haven't looked at all of the recipes, but number 2 isn't too bad, even though it's shorter. Words like dust, star, bee, honey, venus, pixie, dust, glass, peaks, and berries seem pretty easy to find for me...

Anubha wrote: "I am not getting this at all how would someone use recipes and words? am just so confused. Can someone give an example?"

Hi Anubha - you're not alone. I was confused but I think this is actually pretty close to the February mini-challenge.

For Section 1 - we spell out a few of the words from the recipe we pick and we spell out a few of the words, using 15 books - can use 1st letter of title, author name or character name

For Section 2, we also pick words from the recipe but they need to be items on the cover or in the text of the book

For section 3 - we just need to create a story of the tea party we'll hold.

My April books for now:

Title: A Conjuring of Light.
Date: 4/10/20

2- Char: Tieren
3- Char: Holland
Skip: Char: Kell
3- Type: Book 3 in series.
7- Char: Vitari
7- Author Firstname: Victoria
6- Author Surname: Schwab
8- Char: Emery.
Skip: Char: Kisimyr.
3- Char: Hastra.
8- Char: Emira.
6- Char: Staff
1- Char: Ojka
1- Char: Osaron.

Title: A Gathering of Shadows.
Date: 9/10/20

2- Char: Tieren
3- Char: Holland
Skip: Char: Kell
3- Type: Book 3 in series.
7- Char: Vitari
7- Author Firstname: Victoria
6- Author Surname: Schwab
8- Char: Emery.
Skip: Char: Kisimyr.
3- Char: Hastra.
8- Char: Emira.
6- Char: Staff
1- Char: Ojka
1- Char: Osaron.

Title: The Road.
Date: 12/4/20

0- Type: Standalone.
2- Char: Thief.

Title: Looking For Alaska.
Date: 12/4/20

0- Type: Standalone.
2- Char: Takumi.
2- Surname: Hikohito.
Skip: Char: Pudge.
2- Surname: Halter.

Title: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.
Date: 11/4/20

0- Type: Standalone.
8- Char: Evelyn.
3- Char: Hardcastle.
6- Char: Sebastian.
6- Surname: Stanwin.
2- Char: Ted.
8-Char: Edward.

Hi everyone, this is the recipe we'll be using, so I'm posting it here to make it easier to find words. I added 'airtight', 'sea', and 'salt' to the spell out part, and will try to add a few words that might be easy to find in text or covers, but you can use any word from the recipe. If your book doesn't fit anything or the spell out, just add it to the story part. :)


VanGuard Sabayon
Makes 12 small or 6 medium servings

INGREDIENTS
6 eggs, (Yolks only)
60 grams shredded coconut
80 grams Pure Sugar
120 Grams �� Dry White Wine
½ cup Thickened Cream
1 tsp cornflour
1 Vanilla Bean, seeds scraped
300 grams fresh Berries �� Blueberries, Strawberries (cut diagonally)
Juice of 1 orange
270 grams of diced starfruit and Kiwifruit
2 passion fruit (Keep cold in airtight container)
Zest of 2 meteoroid limes (ask your local NASA)
2 Lady finger bananas, sliced 1 cm thick circles
Lemon juice (optional)

Garnish
Touch of Full Moon Sea Salt
1 mint leaf

KITCHEN TOOLS
A sharp knife
A large bowl made from asteroid or nickel
A medium glass bowl (24cm in diameter minimum)
A large saucepan of simmering water
A balloon whisk or Electric beater
Dessert goblets or large martini glasses
A Plate
A Spatula
A Spoon

Optional
A Pen (Mark off steps as you go)
Food handling gloves (Hygiene)


METHOD

1. About an hour before serving the dessert, rinse the berries and drain them on a plate and paper towel. Slice off the stems and halve or quarter the strawberries lengthwise, depending on size, into the glass bowl. Add the starfruit, kiwifruit and bananas. Sprinkle over a teaspoon of the sugar, the meteroroid lime zest and the orange juice; fold gently together to blend well. Taste and add more sugar or orange juice if needed, set aside to macerate.

2. Whisk the egg yolks, wine, vanilla, cornflour, cream and sugar in the asteroid/nickel bowl. Rest the bowl in the saucepan over hot water. Whisk constantly for 4 to 5 minutes or more to cook the sauce, until it has the consistency of lightly whipped cream and peaks start to form. Clear the bottom of the bowl constantly with the whisk so that the eggs do not scramble and adjust the heat as needed. Taste the sauce �� the sabayon should never get so hot that you can't stick your very clean finger in it �� and whisk drops of lemon juice or more sugar if you want. When thick, foamy, and tripled in volume, remove from heat. It can be served hot as is, tepid, or cool.

3. Spoon a portion of the fruit mix from the glass bowl �� 1/2 cup or more �� into each goblet or glass. Sprinkle a thin layer of shredded coconut on top (to your stomach/taste) then top with 1/3 to 1/2 cup of warm or cool sabayon.

4. Remove the pulp from the passionfruit.

5. Garnish with passionfruit pulp, full moon sea salt and a mint leaf

Cinthia wrote: "Hi everyone, this is the recipe we'll be using, so I'm posting it here to make it easier to find words. I added 'airtight', 'sea', and 'salt' to the spell out part, and will try to add a few words ..."

What are we supposed to do?

Hi Amar - as you're reading, please keep an eye out for any of the words in the recipe that Cinthia posted. If you find one, add it to section 2 of the spreadsheet. If your book has a letter in airtight, sea or salt (author first initial for first or last name, book title) add it to section 1 of mini challenge. if it doesn't fit either of these, add your book to section 3 and it will become part of the final story.

Hi Everyone! Only 2 weeks left. As you're reading, please keep an eye out for these cards that we still need:

9 Blue -
3 Green -
4 Green
5 Green -
9 Yellow
Wild Draw 4
Wild Draw 4
Reverse
Reverse
Reverse

Thanks!

Can I edit the spreadsheet?

Yes - the mini-challenge was added to the tracking sheet and you should be able to edit it.

I'm going to claim the 9 yellow spot - Not Quite Mine

I’m reading twice in a blue moon by Christina Lauren, so I’ll see if it fits for 9 :)

I'm going to claim the 5 green spot.

Hi everyone, we have only 1 more week to finish this challenge, and we still need 35 books. If there are books you have finished but have not entered to the spreadsheet, please do it as soon as you can.

For the color cards, we have the following left:
-3 green (claimed by Anubha)
-5 green (claimed by BarbaraAnn)
-4 green
-2 Wild Draw 4 cards

And don't forget about the mini. :) If anyone would like to come up with the story later, let us know!

I am done with 3 Green

just updated

Will be done by the wild card one by tommorow

Thanks, Anubha. 😊

Amar wrote: "My April books for now:

Title: A Conjuring of Light.
Date: 4/10/20

2- Char: Tieren
3- Char: Holland
Skip: Char: Kell
3- Type: Book 3 in series.
7- Char: Vitari
7- Author Firstname: Victoria
6- A..."

Update;
Title: The Five People You Meet In Heaven.
Date: 26/4/2020

0- Type: Standalone
8- Char : Eddie
8- Char: Eddie's father
9-Char: Noel
8-Char: Emile



Title : An Ember in the Ashes
Date: 15/4/2020

6- Author : Sabaa
2-Author : Tahir
1- Type : Book one in series
4- Char surname: Farrar
5- Char : Izzy
8- Char : Elias
7- Char surname: Venturis
Skip: Char: Keris
2- Char: Tariq
2- Char: Trista
8- Char surname: Equitus
3- Char : Helene
3- Char : Hannah
7- Char surname: Venturia
6- Char: Sana
6- Char: Spiro
2- Char surname : Teluman
Skip Char: Keenan
9- Char: Nightbringer

Title: A Torch Against the Night
Date: 17/4/2020

6- Author : Sabaa
2-Author : Tahir
2- Type : Book 2 in series
4- Char surname: Farrar
5- Char : Izzy
8- Char : Elias
7- Char surname: Venturis
Skip: Char: Keris
2- Char: Tariq
2- Char: Trista
8- Char surname: Equitus
3- Char : Helene
3- Char : Hannah
7- Char surname: Venturia
6- Char: Sana
6- Char: Spiro
2- Char surname : Teluman
Skip Char: Keenan
3- Char surname: Harper
6- Char : Shaeva
9- Char: Nightbringer

Title: A Reaper At The Gates
Date: 26/4/2020

6- Author : Sabaa
2-Author : Tahir
3- Type : Book 3 in series
4- Char surname: Farrar
5- Char : Izzy
8- Char : Elias
7- Char surname: Venturis
Skip: Char: Keris
2- Char: Tariq
2- Char: Trista
8- Char surname: Equitus
3- Char : Helene
3- Char : Hannah
7- Char surname: Venturia
6- Char: Sana
6- Char: Spiro
2- Char surname : Teluman
Skip Char: Keenan
3- Char surname: Harper
6- Char : Shaeva
0- Char: Zella
9- Char: Nightbringer


Title: The Hate U Give
Date: 19/4/2020

0- Type: Standalone
6- Char: Starr
6- Char: Seven
6-Char: Sekani
Skip : Char: Khalil
Skip: Char: Kenya
3- Char surname: Harris
Skip : Char: King
3- Char: Hailey
9- Char: Natasha
5- Char: Iesha
2-Author surname: Thomas



Title: We Were Liars
Date: 21/4/2020

0-Type: Standalone
Skip: Character surname: Patil
6- Character surname: Sinclair
2-Char: Tipper
Skip: Character: Penny
8-Author name: E.

I’ve also read the hate u give and we were liars, if we need more reverse

Hi, I have finished reading all the claimed cards.

Anubha wrote: "Hi, I have finished reading all the claimed cards."

great!

I'm going to claim the 4 green slot