The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team Interstellar Tarte Tatin

Team Members:

❅ Ashleigh - Captain
❅ Helke - Co-captain
❅ Rachael - Co-captain
❅ Pieter
❅ Paula Miletic
❅ Amelia
❅ Camilla
❅ Andreea




♕ Team Spreadsheet

All About UNO

Team Spreadsheet
New Planning Spreadsheet
Old Planning Spreadsheet


Team Shelves
Ashleigh ✔
Helke ✔
Rachael ✔
Pieter ✔
Paula Miletic ✔
Amelia ✔
Camilla ✔
Andreea ✔


Countdown to start of UNO


red covers
blue covers
green covers
yellow covers

MARCH HANDS

Card		Frequency
0		7
1		6
2		6
3		9
4		8
5		5
6		9
7		6
8		4
9		8
Skip		8
Draw 2		6
Reverse		7
Wild		1
Wild Draw 4	5 - duplicate of a colour card 


Plus coloured cards

1 Blue
1 Yellow
1 Green
2 Yellow
3 Red
6 Yellow
8 Blue
8 Red
9 Yellow
WD4 1
WD4 2
WD4 3
WD4 4
WD4 5

(view spoiler)[ FEBRUARY HANDS

Card		Frequency
0		2
1		5
2		10
3		9
4		7
5		6
6		5
7		7
8		4
9		7
Skip		9
Draw 2		3
Reverse		6
Wild		7
Wild Draw 4	4 - duplicate of a colour card 


Plus coloured cards

1 Blue
1 Yellow
2 Green
4 Red
6 Blue
6 Red
8 Yellow
WD4 1
WD4 2
WD4 3
WD4 4

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FEBRUARY MINI CHALLENGE

Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Underlined Words -
word in title
word in text
colour of book cover
item on cover
colour of item on cover

Underlined numbers -
page numbers
series number
publication date

airtight
bananas
circle
cold
cornflour
diagonally
dry
eggs
electric
glass
gloves
kiwifruit
lady
limes
moon
orange
passionfruit
peaks
pen
plate
pure
sharp
shredded
spoon
starfruit
stomach
sugar
thickened
touch
vanilla
white
1
2
3
6
12
24
120
270
300

INFORMATIONS TO HELP
Colour extractor to find out the main colour of a book cover if we can´t decide by vote. You are not required to use it, but it might help.
Tin Eye

THE CARDS AND THEIR MEANING
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3d-fonts

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. Each coloured card can only be duplicated once)

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) (hide spoiler)]

Currently Standings (SS)
here

Hey all,
I´m Helke from Germany. This is my second time UNO and I´m looking forward to get to know you all. As I have no fix schedule right now, I´ll be online whenever the mood strikes.
At the moment I read nearly only mm romance / erotica but a lot of different genres. What I don´t like is YA or NA.
On the spreadsheet I saw that we have at least three firsttimers. If you have questions please don´t hesitate to ask.

I guess since the thread is open we're allowed to introduce ourselves. I'm Camilla from Finland, looking forward to playing another game of Uno with you all. I read mostly fantasy, scifi, horror, thrillers and some nonfiction; prefer to stay away from erotica, westerns, plays and poetry. I work full time, so mostly I'm able to check in early in the morning and in the evening.

Hello! My name is Andreea and I'm from Romania. This is my second time playing UNO. I read romance, fantasy, erotica, contemporary, HR etc. it all depends off my mood. I'm excited for the new friends in this team. I hope we'll have fun during this challenge.

Hello everyone,
I'm Paula and I'm from Croatia. This is my first UNO challenge and I'm really excited!! I mostly read fantasy(Ya or adult) but I also love historical fiction and scifi. Poetry and thrillers are not really my cup of tea so I mostly stay away from them. I get rather busy during the day so I will probably be most active in the evening.
I'm really looking forward to this!!

Pieter wrote: "Hi all! I am Pieter from The Netherlands, but currently living + working in Berlin. This is my first time doing this, or doing any challenge, so I might be asking some questions sooner or later :) ..."

Ask away! Uno is not a difficult challenge to figure out, just some co-ordination between the team mates is required so that all cards/tasks get done. Uno is one of my favorite team challenges.

Hi all! I'm Ashleigh from the UK, and this is my 5th round of UNO! This is one of my favourite challenges on GR and I can't wait to get started.

I read almost anything, but currently reading more fantasy and thrillers than anything else. I work full time but I'll still have access to the thread and the spreadsheet at work.

As Helke said above, any questions, feel free to ask!

Hi! I’m Rachael from the UK! This is my 3rd time playing and I can’t wait to get started!!

I’ll read anything that interests me but I definitely love fantasy and sci-fi the most. I work quite a lot but will have access to the sheet on the go too!

Looking forward to playing with you all!!

Hi!! I’m Amelia and this is my first time playing the UNO challenge.

I’m from the UK and I’ll be pretty active on the site, as I have a lot of spare time at work. I mainly read romance, erotica or psychological thrillers.

I’m really excited to start and can’t wait to play with you all :)

So, today I was looking at our first hand and I found some books that I plan to read in February that work for the colored cards:

works for Blue 1 Blue 6

works for Green 2

Books I am planning to read that work for some cards in the first hand ~

~ For 2
~ For 5

So, if I remember correctly for Reverse we have to read a book that another team member has read already, right?

Yes. That is why we all accept the friend requests so we are able to look at read shelfs.

Yes Pieter, that book would work for Red 6 :)

Wooooo, we're all signed in! I've also made a copy of the planning spreadsheet template for our team to use. I've linked a lot of stuff in message 5 but here's the link for the planning ss: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

First book I decided on is Grave Mercy as it fits for Reverse (previously read by Ashleigh)

Quick question, do we add the books to the uno shelf after we read them or should we do it before?

Ohh such a good book Paula! I really need to get on and finish that series. You can add them before or after, as long as it's on your shelf when you finish it.

Can we start using the planning SS?

Yes feel free Andreea!

I’m confused. What’s the new spreadsheet for?? I’m new to this, please help.

Amelia wrote: "I’m confused. What’s the new spreadsheet for?? I’m new to this, please help."

If you want to let the team know what you will be reading. It's especially helpful to make sure that the trickier cards will be covered, plus it helps the captains if books need to be switched around to cover all the hands. I don't plan my books that much beforehand, so I'll probably not be committing myself to specific books before I've started reading them.

Ashleigh: do you want us to report the read books here or do you want a separate thread for completed books?

In previous years, teams can request a separate thread to post read books and leave the team threads for discussion so we're thinking of requesting a separate thread when they're available if that will make things easier.

Amelia wrote: "I’m confused. What’s the new spreadsheet for?? I’m new to this, please help."

It's easier to follow how many cards a book can fit so the captain and co-caps can fill the Team SS and do the necessary adjustments.

Ashleigh did you take a look at the ss I gave you? I found it very easy to use last year as it was the same we have to fill out as captains. We worked with different colours for each player and one colour to indicate the book was read. That gave an easy way to see which cards still needed reading for.

Oh just saw this now Helke. Yeah we could do that instead if you wish :)

Ashleigh wrote: "Oh just saw this now Helke. Yeah we could do that instead if you wish :)"

It´s not so much what I wish but what you all might find easier. I found last year it very easy to use because you can easily see which cards are spoken for and which books are allready read.

Only thing is that we have to put a place in to put the other cards the book would fit in.
I was a newbie last year and it made filling in books and staying on top of what was needed easy for me.

I'll read for Red 4:

So I'm thinking if we add another column between the reason and the points column and use that for other cards the book works for. I'll have a look tomorrow when I'm front of a computer and see if I can use that format to make a new planning sheet for us :)

I think that would be helpful if the books need moving around at all!

Less than a week until UNO starts! Is everyone ready? What will your first book be?

Yeah 2nd book in a series works for 2. I've been dying to get started on the Books of the Babel, but for some reason I keep forgetting about them. I've heard really good things about that series though.

Same with Dry. Have you read any of the Scythe books by Neal Shusterman? They are soooooooo good!

I plan to start with Scythe by the time of our first mini-challenge! I heard only good things about this series!

The first book blew me away! I think I read it in one day because I just couldn't put it down!

The first two Scythe books can be used as Reverse as I've read them.

I may read Senlin Ascends as a Reverse at some point during the challenge, it could be the motivation I need to read it haha.

Also, Helke, Rachael and myself are working on a new planning sheet similar to the format of the team spreadsheet so that may be changing in the next couple of days.

Ashleigh wrote: "Less than a week until UNO starts! Is everyone ready? What will your first book be?"

Not sure yet what I'll be able to finish before the start of the challenge from the ones I'm reading now, but probably most of them. I'm currently in the middle of one individual challenge that ends 9th of February, I need to get as many books as possible read for that one. Planning on getting at least High Haven, I Sing the Body Electric! and Other Stories and Creatures of Appetite done in early February.

Ashleigh wrote: "Less than a week until UNO starts! Is everyone ready? What will your first book be?"

Can´t plan on my books in advance so much because I´m doing a lot of other challenges and have to wait for the category calls on sunday to look for books. Will try to match my books so I can use one book for several challenges. No easy feat mind you, lol.

I know that feeling lol!

What other challenges are you doing?!

Ashleigh wrote: "I know that feeling lol!"

Doing a A to Z cover hunt this year and still need to find items with Y or Z on the cover. But I still have 11 month left to find them so hey no stressing out about it right?

Andreea wrote: "What other challenges are you doing?!"

The A to Z cover hunt afore mentioned, some monthly challenges for EROS and Spellappalooza for MM Romance Group. So enough on my plate. But after 4 years of challenges I sometimes have problems to decide what to read if I don´t have a challenge to choose for. I love challenges that go over a whole year with monthly mini-challenges thrown in. You get to know your team very well and some team members stay friends later on.

Oh wow, that's quite a bit haha. But yeah I agree with longer challenges and getting to know team members better. I've made some great friends from reading challenges on GR :)

Ashleigh wrote: "Oh wow, that's quite a bit haha. But yeah I agree with longer challenges and getting to know team members better. I've made some great friends from reading challenges on GR :)"

Did you get to meet them in person?