The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team Betelgeuse

Team Members:
📓 Kadi P - Captain
📓 Shewhomustnotbenamed - Co-captain
📓 Liz Baylus
📓 ella
📓 teresa bonness
📓 Varsha
📓 Stephanie Fuqua
📓 Alissa
📓 Colleen Drum
📓 Anna Blackburn
📓 Komal
📓 Babitix
📓 Sameeksha

📓 Samantha

🃏 Team Spreadsheet

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TRACKING SPREADSHEET

ALL about UNO:
All about the UNO Team Challenge

About this team challenge:

◈ This is a 3 month team challenge starting /b>1 February 2018

◈ At the end of the challenge 30 April 2018 the team with the most points wins!

◈ At the start of each month each team is given a minimum 13 hands of 7 "UNO" cards

◈ The idea is to "play" each hand for points. It is up to the team how many "hands" they can get through in the month, but they must play one hand completely before being able to get points for the next

◈ The team can choose to skip an entire hand to get to the next one, but they are not given a replacement hand. (You can only skip one hand in a month)

UNO Cards
From Wikipedia
The deck consists of 108 cards, of which there are twenty-five of each color (red, green, blue, and yellow), each color having two of each rank except zero. The ranks in each color are zero to nine, "Skip", "Draw Two" and "Reverse" (the last three of these being classified as "action cards"). In addition, the deck contains four each of "Wild" and "Wild Draw Four" cards.

◈◈◈Perks UNO cards◈◈◈
O (Zero)
Read a book that:
- has a 0 or Zero in the title
- has a title starting with Z
- has an author first name or surname starts with Z
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with Z
- is set in a place name starting with Z
- is a "stand-alone" book (i.e. not part of a series)

1 (One)
Read a book that:
- has a 1 or One in the title
- has a title starting with O
- has an author first name or surname starts with O
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with O
- is set in a place name starting with O
- is book 1 in a series

2 (Two)
Read a book that:
- has a 2 or Two in the title
- has a title starting with T
- has an author first name or surname starts with T
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with T
- is set in a place name starting with T
- is book 2 in a series

3 (Three)
Read a book that:
- has a 3 or Three in the title
- has a title starting with H
- has an author first name or surname starts with H
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with H
- is set in a place name starting with H
- is book 3 in a series

4 (Four)
Read a book that:
- has a 4 or Four in the title
- has a title starting with F
- has an author first name or surname starts with F
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with F
- is set in a place name starting with F
- is book 4 in a series

5 (Five)
Read a book that:
- has a 5 or Five in the title
- has a title starting with I
- has an author first name or surname starts with I
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with I
- is set in a place name starting with I
- is book 5 in a series

6 (Six)
Read a book that:
- has a 6 or Six in the title
- has a title starting with S
- has an author first name or surname starts with S
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with S
- is set in a place name starting with S
- is book 6 in a series

7 (Seven)
Read a book that:
- has a 7 or Seven in the title
- has a title starting with V
- has an author first name or surname starts with V
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with V
- is set in a place name starting with V
- is book 7 in a series

8 (Eight)
Read a book that:
- has an 8 or Eight in the title
- has a title starting with E
- has an author first name or surname starts with E
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with E
- is set in a place name starting with E
- is book 8 in a series

9 (Nine)
Read a book that:
- has a 9 or Nine in the title
- has a title starting with N
- has an author first name or surname starts with N
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with N
- is set in a place name starting with N
- is book 9 in a series

Skip
Read a book that:
- has a title starting with K or P
- has an author first name or surname starts with K or P
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with K or P
- is set in a place name starting with K or P
OR you can choose to "skip" reading a book for this cards (and get no points for this card)

Draw 2
Use the same book for two cards in this hand (and get points for both cards)

Reverse
One member of your team must read a book another team member has already read

Wild
Read a book that can fit for any of the cards in that SAME hand (i.e. you are duplicating one of the cards in that same hand)

Wild draw four
Read a book that can fit for any of the coloured cards you have that month (i.e. you are duplicating one of your coloured cards)

Coloured cards
Special coloured cards will be randomly provided each month. for these cards you need to read for the card number (as above) and the book must also have a coloured cover for the colour specified (blue, red, yellow or green)

◈◈◈Points◈◈◈
For each book read to match a 0-9 card, the team gets 20 points
For each book read to match a Skip or Reverse, the team gets 25 points
For each book read to match a wild or Wild draw four card the team gets 30 points
For each book read to match a special Coloured card, the team gets 30 points
For each hand completed, the team gets a bonus 15 points

IMPORTANT
Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books, Graphic Novels, Cook Books, Plays and Poetry books can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com

Note
For book titles starting with an article (A/An/The), the article can be ignored or used. So The Hiding Place, for example, could be used as title starting with T or H

Re-reads are ok provided it has been more than 6 months since last read

IMPORTANT

*Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count. The challenge starts on Thursday 1, 2016 at 7pm AEDST (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time). To see when this is in your time zone, use this COUNTDOWN.

*Books must be more than 100 pages in length. If it is a Children's book or a graphic novel, we need to verify it is more than 25,000 words on arbookfind.com.

*Your finished books need to be on your Uno shelf AND marked as "read" for them to count.

* Please make notes of how your book may count. The more options we have the better! (Letters used in UNO are Z,O,T,H,F,I,V,E,S,N,K,P and of course if another team member has read the book before. Please friend our team members!)

*For coloured cards, the cover needs to be 50% or more of the colour by using this COLOUR TOOL. If in doubt, ask me or She who must not be named as we can check it and/or take to the captains group for another opinion.

* Bearing in mind that some of us are more competitive than others, of course we'd love to get points, but the main aim of the game is to have fun, read lots and get to know each other :)

TEAM PROFILES AND SHELVES:
📓Kadi - read shelf//UNO shelf
📓SWMNBN - read shelf//UNO shelf
📓Liz - read shelf//UNO shelf
📓Ella - read shelf//UNO shelf
📓Teresa - read shelf//UNO shelf
📓Varsha - read shelf//UNO shelf
📓Stephanie - read shelf//UNO shelf
📓Alissa - read shelf//UNO shelf
📓Colleen - read shelf//UNO shelf
📓Anna - read shelf//UNO shelf
📓Komal - read shelf//UNO shelf
📓Babitix - read shelf//UNO shelf

Hi Everyone! My name is Kadi and I'm your captain! This is my second year taking part in the UNO challenge, last year I was a co-captain and my team came like 7th place or something. I guess we should just start by introducing ourselves, what kind of books we like and what our top 3 books of 2017 were.
Personally, I love pretty much all fiction books. When it comes to YA I'm not a big fan of all of them especially if they are cliche. My fave 3 genres would be mystery, time-travel and apocalypse style books.
My top 3 books of 2017 were:

Hello!! My name is Stephanie, and this is my first time doing the UNO challenge. I’m from North Carolina and I have 2 children. When there is free time to be found I am reading most of the time, most of the books I read come from the local library, so I have to have a bit of time for the books to come in from out of town sometimes. My genres usually tend to be Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, and some YA and NA. My top 3 books read of 2017, tricky question because I enjoyed a lot of the books I read. If put on the spot to re-read 3 books by the end of the week I would choose:


I’m open to new genres and am looking forward to start this challenge.
Links:
Profile - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4...
UNO bookshelf - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Stephanie wrote: "Hello!! My name is Stephanie, and this is my first time doing the UNO challenge. I’m from North Carolina and I have 2 children. When there is free time to be found I am reading most of the time, mo..."

Hey Stephanie! Is it ok if I call you Steph? Your name is long and I am lazy hahah. Also thanks very much for adding links to your profile and bookshelf that is really helpful. Paranormal books are pretty cool I've read some paranormal horrors and reading them in the dark is definitely creepy

HI,
I am Varsha. This is the first time that I am participating in the UNO Challenge. Love the concept. I read most genres of books except horrors......3 of my most loved books from 2017 would be:

Good morning everyone. I’m on mobile so not sure how to do links or anything like that, but I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Liz and I’m a SAHM to my first little boy born in 2017. Last year was (understandably) a little on the hectic side so I didn’t read nearly as much as I normally do. My favorite genre is mystery, though I didn’t read any in 2017 that really stuck out to me.

Liz wrote: "Good morning everyone. I’m on mobile so not sure how to do links or anything like that, but I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Liz and I’m a SAHM to my first little boy born in 2017. Last yea..."

Hi Liz! Mobile GR basically sucks I get you. I love mystery too! And can I just say your little boy is so cute!! I could just eat him he looks so adorable. And don't worry about the amount of reading you gotta do. The good thing about this challenge is that you don't have to read a ton but it's a very good way of motivating you to read more! I'm going to wait for the rest of the team to introduce themselves before I talk about the cards of the month and the tracking spreadsheet I'm in the process of making

Varsha wrote: "HI,
I am Varsha. This is the first time that I am participating in the UNO Challenge. Love the concept. I read most genres of books except horrors......3 of my most loved books from 2017 would be:
..."

Hi Varsha! You're going to love this challenge trust me! It's a great way to read all those books that you've had on your to-read list forever. I've read Wonder! It was a cute book. Not really one of my favourites but it was cute.

Hi guys! Im Ella. I used to read like A LOT previously.. but i started playing clash of clans n my free time got divided lol. But I'm back now to read some more and im super excited. This is my 3rd year in uno. First year my team won. Second year i was in the same team as Kadi. Hi Kadi!! :) so glad to see u again! My Shelf- UNO-2018

Of course you can call me Steph most that know me call me Steph or Stephie so I'm accustomed to answering. :D

Hey Ella! Glad to see you back. This time we’re going to win! (Not that it’s about the winning😏). Anyway we’re still waiting on 5 team members to come alive (Rusty is no longer playing with us) and we have 8 days left till we begin! The tracking spreadsheet is in the works and I can’t wait to meet the rest of the team tomorrow👍🏻

I am so excited to be here, i LOVE uno and in our house we get quite competitive with it, i use to solely read mysteries, but after a looooooooooooooong book slump, I found YA since my daughter likes me to preview her books, and I have read some steam punk books I love the fashions but the books I have read all seem to dabble in paranormal. I do read paranormal too.

I usually have 2 or 3 or more books going at one time. I read at least 2 a week, some days you will see me a lot, but on days I start at 4 am you wont see much of me.

and a bubble bath is the perfect reason to read

My top three of 2017

question when we finish a book should we make a post where the book fits all the tasks, or do you want us to just find a spot in the database. when I am on my phone I cant always access the spreadsheet

and I sent friend requests to everyone

Hello! My name is Anna! I read a lot and love participating in challenges like this!

My top books of 2017 are
-Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
-Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (reread twice)
-Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

Hi! Glad to be on a team and ready to go - this is my first year participating. I like ALL books and can read anything usually (although romance isn't at the top of my list). I usually have 2 books going - one to read and one to listen to which has really upped my yearly book count read.

3 Favorites in 2017:
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Ordinary Grace
The Husband's Secret

(LOVED Ready Player One and want to see the movie. The Sun is Also a Star & Salt to the Sea are on my TBR.)

I'm in Minnesota, have 3 kids and utilize the library and used book sales for all my bookish needs. I'm in 3(!) real life book clubs so have to juggle getting it all in for sure. Looking forward to reading with you all!

I will also need explaining on how to track books read/hands so just let me know what I need to do! Do we just track them on our Uno read shelf?

Please welcome new team member Komal !
(to replace Rusty Grey)

Hi guys! My name is something I don't usually reveal on online platforms, but as I know SheWhoMustNotBeNamed may be a bit long for some of you, you may call me AMaryJ :P I'm from India, and this is my first UNO Challenge. I'm very excited to see how this goes! I like to read books from any and every genre.
My top books of 2017 were:
A Clockwork Orange By Anthony Burgess
Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer By Rick Riordan
The Female of the Species By Mindi McGinnis

Hi guys... I am Komal. I am new to UNO challenge and am very excited about it. My favorite books from 2017 are:
- I'll Give You the Sun
- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

I am more of mystery, thriller and historical fiction fan. Slowly planting my feet into non-fics and biographies too.

How does this challenge work? Do all of us read individually and then hope to surpass other teams, or do we synchronize and wait for our Captains and Co-captain for some instructions?

Teresa in Ohio wrote: "I am so excited to be here, i LOVE uno and in our house we get quite competitive with it, i use to solely read mysteries, but after a looooooooooooooong book slump, I found YA since my daughter lik..."

Hi Teresa! Competitive people are great, you're going to help us win this! I love mysteries a ton more than YA to be honest. looks super cool! I've put it on my to read list I might read during the challenge.

Teresa in Ohio wrote: "question when we finish a book should we make a post where the book fits all the tasks, or do you want us to just find a spot in the database. when I am on my phone I cant always access the spreads..."

If you're on your phone and can't use the tracking spreadsheet (which I'm working on making and will upload here when it's ready) you can just send all the info on here like the name of the book and all the card it applies for. Either me or she who must not be named (out co-captain) will enter it onto the tracking spreadsheet

Anna wrote: "My top books of 2017 are
-Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
-Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (reread twice)
-Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst"

Hey Anna! Great to have you in the team. I've read Number the Stars and it gave me such a great feeling it was kind of sad.

She who must not be named wrote: "Hi guys! My name is something I don't usually reveal on online platforms, but as I know SheWhoMustNotBeNamed may be a bit long for some of you, you may call me AMaryJ :P I'm from India, and this is..."

Hey She who must not be named! You sounded so familiar when I saw we were on the same team and then I realised we were already friends on GR so I must have met you somewhere I can't remember I have a terrible memory. Anyways you're going to love the challenge! Is it ok if I call you MaryJ because I'm lazy enough to want to drop the A.
Wow you've read Magnus Chase? Big fan of Rick Riordan but cannot stand Magnus Chase. The first Trials of Apollo was great. Percy Jackson is the OG but the movies sucked

Colleen wrote: "Hi! Glad to be on a team and ready to go - this is my first year participating. I like ALL books and can read anything usually (although romance isn't at the top of my list). I usually have 2 books..."

Hi Colleen! Great to have you on the team! The challenge is a great time to read a lot of books you normally wouldn't read or have been on your to-read list for a while.
I read Ready Player One waaaay before I realised there would even be a movie and I was so happy and excited when I realised!

Komal wrote: "Hi guys... I am Komal. I am new to UNO challenge and am very excited about it. My favorite books from 2017 are:
- I'll Give You the Sun
- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
- Wild: From Los..."

Hi Komal! Don't worry we have a lot of first timers here and you'll soon get the hang of it.

Basically our strategy as a team is to read whichever books we would like to read individually and apply them to cards. As the month begins to end things get more interesting as we may have to read for specific cards in order to finish the entire 13 hands but don't worry the greatest part is the rush at the end of the month!

Once you have finished a book you can log it into our tracking spreadsheet (which I'm making now) and she who must not be named and I will use that spreadsheet in order to see which book can apply to which card. Me and my co-captain shall handle the official team spreadsheet that will count our points and everyone will be able to access and edit the tracking spreadsheet in order to enter what book they have read and which cards they apply to. Alternatively you can just message on this chat when you have finished a book saying which book you have read and which card it applies to and how and me or she who must not be named will enter it onto the tracking spreadsheet for you.
Check this out in order to understand how the cards and everything works: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Kadi wrote: "Komal wrote: "Hi guys... I am Komal. I am new to UNO challenge and am very excited about it. My favorite books from 2017 are:
- I'll Give You the Sun
- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
- ..."

Sounds good and friendly! :)
On that note, I'd also suggest that we can have a "suggested-reading" sheet in the spreadsheet which can list down all applicable books from various genre, e.g., following books can be read for 1 (one) card:

1 (One)
Read a book that:

- has a 1 or One in the title
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Theory of the Four Movements

- has a title starting with O
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

- has an author first name or surname starts with O
The Dark Ages

- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with O

- is set in a place name starting with O
The Turtle of Oman
Oman a History

- is book 1 in a series
Collecting the Dead
The Lightning Thief
City of Bones


Does listening to audio book count for this challenge?

Kadi wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "I am so excited to be here, i LOVE uno and in our house we get quite competitive with it, i use to solely read mysteries, but after a looooooooooooooong book slump, I found Y..."

Collecting the dead brings a fresh take on mysteries, I read a lot of them, so they seem to follow a formula sometimes and this was quite orginial

Kadi wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "question when we finish a book should we make a post where the book fits all the tasks, or do you want us to just find a spot in the database. when I am on my phone I cant al..."

ok thanks

Kadi wrote: "Komal wrote: "Hi guys... I am Komal. I am new to UNO challenge and am very excited about it. My favorite books from 2017 are:
- I'll Give You the Sun
- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
- ..."

Hi Kadi, Do we need to complete the hands in their order....ie Complete Hand 1 and then move on to Hand 2 ?

Hi All!! I’m Alissa and this is my second year of UNO so happy to get put on a team!! I live outside of Dallas,TX and I’m originally from South Florida.

I love Romance, YA, and Fantasy. I will give anything a chance if someone recommends it as being a good book.

My top 3 favorite books from last year are

Here is my UNO shelf: UNO 2018

Komal wrote: "Sounds good and friendly! :)
On that note, I'd also suggest that we can have a "suggested-reading" sheet in the spreadsheet which can list down all applicable books from various genre, e.g., following books can be read for 1 (one) card:..."
Good idea! I'll add it as a page on the spreadsheet. Yeah audiobooks count for the challenge :) Just make sure the book that is being read in the audiobook is more than 100 pages

Teresa in Ohio wrote: "Kadi wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "I am so excited to be here, i LOVE uno and in our house we get quite competitive with it, i use to solely read mysteries, but after a looooooooooooooong book slu..."

I agree. I went into a slump last year and then started reading only mystery novels that they became quite predictable. Now I go out of my way to find original and different mystery novels. If you have any others please recommend!

Alissa wrote: "Hi All!! I’m Alissa and this is my second year of UNO so happy to get put on a team!! I live outside of Dallas,TX and I’m originally from South Florida.

I love Romance, YA, and Fantasy. I will gi..."

Hi Alissa! Nice to see you come back for another year of the UNO challenge it's so great right! Seems like everyone read a Man Called Ove last year but I seem to avoid books that everyone reads

Varsha wrote: "Kadi wrote: "Komal wrote: "Hi guys... I am Komal. I am new to UNO challenge and am very excited about it. My favorite books from 2017 are:
- I'll Give You the Sun
- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Wi..."

Nope we don't have to we can do it in any order we like but I usually just fill it in in order because I have major organisation issues and things have to be like in order. But me and she who must not be named will handle the team spreadsheet so don't worry about it :)

Kadi wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "Kadi wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "I am so excited to be here, i LOVE uno and in our house we get quite competitive with it, i use to solely read mysteries, but after a looo..."

on my phone will check my 2017 list and let you know, if you check my shelves if it is a 5 star read, it is good, I vary stingy giving those out, and a lot of my 4 star read usually are a pet peeve reason

Just curious when will our hands be posted,

I get my books from the library, and if a book is going to fit for a card, I want to wait to read it until start date and if I need to order books I can get them in 3 to five day

Kadi wrote: "Alissa wrote: "Hi All!! I’m Alissa and this is my second year of UNO so happy to get put on a team!! I live outside of Dallas,TX and I’m originally from South Florida.

I love Romance, YA, and Fan..."

It wasn’t one I would have chosen myself and it really surprised me by how good it was. When it makes me laugh cry and think about and remember it later it makes the top reads list.

I read Ready Player One before it got all the hype and it was my start of giving fantasy books a chance. I loved it!! It was so well written. His second book is also pretty good if you haven’t read it already.

Question for you Kadi you are still working on another spreadsheet for tracking purposes and the one above is the one that shows us our cards for the month?

IMPORTANT: EVERYONE PLEASE READ

I noticed a couple of you were asking similar questions so I thought I'd just write this out to everyone.

Official Spreadsheet
The spreadsheet linked at the top of the thread is the official spreadsheet where me or our co-captain, she who must not be named, will enter the books we have read for the challenge.
This is the sheet where the hands for each month are dealt.
This spreadsheet is available for everyone to see.

Tracking Spreadsheet
I am currently in the process of making this and will soon give everyone a link so that they can access this.
The tracking spreadsheet is for everyone to edit if they would like to.
Here we will enter all the books we have read for each month, the start and end dates, the cards they apply to and how they apply. (please read this if you don't know how a card applies to a book)
From there me or our co-captain will choose which card to put your book down for.
EXAMPLE: Alissa read a book that applied to cards 3, 9 and Reverse. I then decide to put it down for card 9 on the official spreadsheet because why not.
The card your book has been put down for can change as we are allowed to move them around.
Me or the co-captain will handle this so don't stress :)
You do not have to enter the data into the tracking spreadsheet if you do not want to or are not able to at the time.
It is helpful but also optional. Instead you can write the details on the thread and me or she who must not be named will enter them for you.

Reading strategy
The way this competition works is that you'll find most books you read apply to multiple cards.
Therefore, >b
Personally, I'd say read whichever books you want to read at the beginning of the month, don't read for one particular card.
About 1/2 or 3/4 through the month we will have a small amount of cards left from our 13 hands and I will then tell you that we need people to read for these specific cards.
REMEMBER: Only books started after the challenge has begun count!

Teresa in Ohio wrote: "Just curious when will our hands be posted,

I get my books from the library, and if a book is going to fit for a card, I want to wait to read it until start date and if I need to order books I ca..."

You can view them on the spreadsheet linked at the top of the thread. I tried to input a formula to the page in order to count how many of each card there was but I haven't been given access to edit it yet so when I am I will upload the cards for this month on here.

Alissa wrote: "Question for you Kadi you are still working on another spreadsheet for tracking purposes and the one above is the one that shows us our cards for the month?"

I've answered this above and I hope it's clear if not please feel free to ask!

That was perfect thanks!! Now for February to get here!!

Kadi wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "Just curious when will our hands be posted,

I get my books from the library, and if a book is going to fit for a card, I want to wait to read it until start date and if I n..."

it looks great, are those the hands we will play in feb?

Teresa in Ohio wrote: "Kadi wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "Just curious when will our hands be posted,

I get my books from the library, and if a book is going to fit for a card, I want to wait to read it until start da..."

Yep! I've updated the spreadsheet linked at the top so it includes a table of all the card we have for February too

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ:
Guys the tracking spreadsheet is finally here!

Everyone should be able to edit but if that's not working for you please tell me. It's got a really handy table on the side that shows all the card we have to finish for the month and it will update itself automatically which is helpful.

I will be putting a link to the spreadsheet at the top of the thread in the very first comment I made so that it's easy for everyone to access :)