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Awesome, I’ll get on the computer later tonight and finish the UNO hands off and then have Nanci check it.

Woo hoo doing great everyone!

How's the Mini challenge story doing, Judith?

I can do 5 Green with "Im Fine and Neither are You" Not at my computer bit I can post the cover later

Maddielucy wrote: "I can do 5 Green with "Im Fine and Neither are You" Not at my computer bit I can post the cover later"

No need to post the cover later, I know what book you are talking about and you're all good!

Nanci, I'm done with the UNO hands for March if you want to do a once over to make sure everything is there and the points are correct. Thank you :)

Robynne wrote: "How's the Mini challenge story doing, Judith?"

I've got the very beginning done but I spent most of toddler nap time today dealing with the April hands (which reminds me, the top posts have been updated for April with the breakdown by card). My husband is working all weekend so I don't have any free time aside from when my son is napping.

I've just got 4 hours left on my last book for the mini. Nice narration, but the writing is so beautiful, I might also read it later!

Okay, I have a draft of the story that I just sent to Nanci for her to read and hopefully correct any grammatical things that might be in there. I'm sort of rubbish at proofing my own writing.

It didn't really end up being that funny, but with the titles I used the more realistic route just seemed to work better.

Once it's been edited, I'll post it here for the team to read. And it will also be in the spreadsheet of course.

Cool Judith. Looking forward to reading it.

Judith,
I would like to claim the 9 Green card. I found a book in my TBR - with a mostly green cover - called Pyramid by David Gibbon (similar books to dan brown and Clive Cussler) . And we all know how much I LOVE Clive Cussler!! It takes place on or near the Nile river in Egypt!! THat is where the pyramids are, right? LOL

Awesome! I’ll update my top post once I’m on the computer again.

That’s the last color card spot claimed. This is a great team 🙂

I finished Dearly Beloved for the March mini, so now I'll be concentrating on my April books. :)

Judith going now to check the SS for March and also read your story!

If it's okay, I'm not going to add to the planning sheet. I'll just read and listen to audiobooks as it happens and put them on this thread. I just can't be sure what I'll be able to get done

Chava wrote: "If it's okay, I'm not going to add to the planning sheet. I'll just read and listen to audiobooks as it happens and put them on this thread. I just can't be sure what I'll be able to get done"

That's fine Chava! These are certainly strange times we are currently living in. Nanci and I can work with whatever works best for people :)

Okay, the story has been proofed, fixed, and submitted. Here is the story under a spoiler tag so it doesn't take up so much space in thread. It's also on the official team spreadsheet. If a word/phrase is in all caps, it came from a book title.

(view spoiler)[On a beautiful fall day LUCY and her BELOVED friends meet at their favorite downtown bakery. With is delicious pastries and comfortable seats; there is no better place to enjoy CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS than at INSTANT GRATIFICATION Bakery.
The friends have been meeting here since high school and try to get together at least a couple times a month. When Lucy sat down she noticed Susan was wearing a winged shoe charm dangling from a CHAIN OF GOLD.
Stacy saw it too and said, "I haven't seen that in ages!".
Susan said, "I was going through my jewelry and found it. Decided to wear it today to remind you ladies of WHEN WE WERE WORTHY of being dubbed the FAST WOMEN of Ridgemont High." The women all laughed.
"Winning state our senior year was certainly the best grand FINALE to our high school track & field careers we could have hoped for", said Lucy, still laughing. While the table was full of laughter, their orders arrived.
"Yum", said Stacy, "GIMME SOME SUGAR!". Which brought a new round of laughter to everyone, even the server. Their laughter was interrupted by a commotion at the counter. Their server sighed.
Lucy asked, "What's wrong?"
The server said, "Oh, just one of our regular CRAZIES trying to get free stuff out of the manager. This one even goes to some DESPERATE MEASURES to try and get things for free or discounted by complaining and demanding to talk to the manager, at which point our manager just tells her, if you don't like the SERVICE you receive here, please stop coming in." And then the server leaves to wait on another table.
Susan just shook her head. "Ugh, behavior like that is why I have a list of PEOPLE I WANT TO PUNCH IN THE THROAT. The KARENs of the world, like that woman, are towards the top of the list."
Lucy and Stacy just nod their heads at that and simultaneously say "YOU ARE NOT ALONE in that." The ladies shake their heads again at the 'Karen' and go back to enjoying the good sugar and company. (hide spoiler)]

Nanci wrote: "I cannot believe how fast we claimed all the yellow covers along with most of the other color covers! I have never been on a team that has claimed cover colors so fast! Way to go team!"

Nanci I'm being completely serious when I say this. I picked up on sale about 3 years ago and have been holding on to it to use for an UNO 7 Yellow card.

I may or may not have issues. hehe

Great story Judith!!

Robynne wrote: "Great story Judith!!"

Thank you!

Fantastic story Judith!

Judith wrote: "Nanci wrote: "I cannot believe how fast we claimed all the yellow covers along with most of the other color covers! I have never been on a team that has claimed cover colors so fast! Way to go team..."

Haha! Oh I know you well enough to believe that! Whenever I read a good color book (especially yellow) and it's not UNO time, I think, "Darn. This would be great for UNO."

Looks like a fun book! Let me know what you think when you're done.

Judith wrote: "Chava wrote: "If it's okay, I'm not going to add to the planning sheet. I'll just read and listen to audiobooks as it happens and put them on this thread. I just can't be sure what I'll be able to ..."

Oh yes, Chava. That's not a problem at all. :)

Judith wrote: "Nanci wrote: "I cannot believe how fast we claimed all the yellow covers along with most of the other color covers! I have never been on a team that has claimed cover colors so fast! Way to go team..."

I'm intrigued by the title...

Great story Judith!! 👏👏👏👏

I'm glad you all liked the story!

And we are officially in the last month of UNO!

Yay! Or maybe boo concerning our last month of UNO. This has been a good distraction for me, and I will be sorry to see it come to an end in some ways. I still have a few other challenges, but nothing that I love as much as UNO. I am very grateful for the mods continuing to plan these fun challenges for us. As our world gets smaller and smaller with sheltering in place, it's great to have the connections we have on our teams with people in other states and countries. Looking forward to our final month together!

The OWLS readathon is also in April - but I have chosen my career and 4 books already. 3 of these books will be re-reads and the last one I read for UNO March so I will be counting that one - it was just read a few days early!! The re-reads are easy and some of them I may be able to count towards to UNO April.

Right now I am almost half way through my first book for April UNO - it has 90 chapters in total and I am currently up to chapter 41. I cannot put this down!! So 2 days maximum to read this!!

Finished

Patrick Ellverton
date:4/1/2020
Rating: 1 star

Finished

Morris Gleitzman
date: 4/2/2020
Rating: 3 stars (because my kids liked it)

Chava wrote: "Finished

Patrick Ellverton
date:4/1/2020
Rating: 1 star

Finished

[author:Morris Gleitz..."

Chava, when you get a chance can you mark these as read and put them on your UNO shelf? Thank you :)

Judith wrote: "Chava wrote: "Finished

Patrick Ellverton
date:4/1/2020
Rating: 1 star

Finished

[author..."

Done. Sorry, slipped my mind

Chava wrote: "Judith wrote: "Chava wrote: "Finished

Patrick Ellverton
date:4/1/2020
Rating: 1 star

Finished
[bookcover:Snot Chocolate|33..."

No worries! Thank you for doing it so quickly!

Just checked the team points. Yes, we are in 15th place, but there's only 125 points between us and the team ranked #1. Things can change in just one month. If everyone reads all their assignments, then it's just luck of the cards. We have achieved our max each month and that's something to crow about! Have fun with your books during this last month. :)

OK just finished WIn - the 3rd book in the Atlantis Grail series - posted to my shelf and to the tracking sheet - 8 points - so you got a lot to choose from!!!

Patti,
Just a little reminder to add your book, Vanishing Girls to your UNO shelf when you have some time.
Thanks!

UM Nancy??

My WIN book - the 9 is NOT K - it should be the author name - Nazarian!!

OK so I changed it on the Tracking SS
You will need to update the official Google SS!!
Sorry!

It is fascinating sitting here and watching you change things!! LOL

Thanks Nancy!!

It's all good. I was thinking of changing it to Skip, so I wasn't finished. I've updated the SS to using the 9 for the author's name.

I went back to look at the list of what we have to find.
we have lots of 5s, 7s, 8s and 9s...
So we need lots of I, V, E and N.
I will try and concentrate on those.

My apologies for jumping the gun - I have a tendency to do that IRL as well. My brain just goes way too fast sometimes.... and it all comes out my mouth (or fingers). Sorry about that...

Oh and Nancy - I do have the 4th book in that series with the same Kassiopei character you can use for a later Skip - if you still need it.

Sounds good, Robynne. We'll keep that in mind.

Just dropping in to apologize for totally disappearing. Falling so abruptly into homeschooling five children and working a not remote-friendly job from home, thanks to this virus, simply took over everything - reading included!

Hope you guys are all doing as well as this current climate allows.

I’m with you Amber. What a world we live in!
Stay safe and healthy

Nanci -- thanks! I added Vanishing Girls to my Uno shelf. Oops!!!

Question, do books that are exactly 100 pages count for this challenge? I will be picking up the novella Tracker before I read book 8 in the series this month and I'm unsure if it will count for the challenge.

Finished a childhood favourite, still amazing

by Chris van Abkoude

Chava wrote: "I’m with you Amber. What a world we live in!
Stay safe and healthy"

Thank you! Same to you.

Good to hear from you, Amber! We've missed you, but totally understand.
I taught elementary for 13 years and also was a school counselor for another 19 years. You moms who have been suddenly thrown into home schooling are my heroes! I know for our daughters, who are doing the same, some have been given lots of good support and material, while others are having to create as they go. I have so much respect for the hard work you're doing with your children!

Know that you are welcome to pop in whenever you're able to say hello! Reading or not, you're still a part of our team and we care about you.

I hope that your family stays healthy and safe!

Maddielucy wrote: "Nanci -- thanks! I added Vanishing Girls to my Uno shelf. Oops!!!"

No problem. Thank you!

Melanie wrote: "Question, do books that are exactly 100 pages count for this challenge? I will be picking up the novella Tracker before I read book 8 in the series this month and I'm unsure if it w..."

Hey Melanie,
The rules state, "more than 100 pages". I looked it up on AR to see if I could get a word count, but couldn't find it. I'll leave this up to our expert, Judith, to answer!