You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

12 noon Sat. 20 Jun to 12 noon Sat. 27 Jun ET

THE RULES

HANDS DEALT

UNO TEAM FOUR SPREADSHEET

For Quattro Fourmaggio For Telling

Team Quattro Fourmaggio
Almeta
Carol
Jenn
Laura
Margo
Pragya
Renee
Sarah

NOTES:
*Can we do the same task twice? Hand #1 has 2 "card 4", Could the same task of card 4 be used twice?" Yes, that's fine. As long as two books are read (one for each 4), it doesn't matter which task for the card. If you had two titles starting with F, for example, that would work.

"for author starts with are you referring to first names or last names? or does it matter?" Either is fine

"Just want to make sure everyone is aware that for the titles that start with a specific letter tasks the words "A", "An", or "The" may be ignored if you choose to do so. However, if using the "A", "An", or "The" benefits you, you may use it."

UPDATED HANDS

Hand 1
4 ~ Renee plays blue card
Wild ~ Renee Reverse read by Margo
4 ~ Almeta plays title starts with "F"
6 ~ Margo plays mostly yellow card
Reverse ~ Jenn, a book Sarah has read
5 ~ Almeta fifth in series
Wild Draw 4 ~ Laura plays the artist card

Hand 2
9 ~ Margo plays a mostly black card
9 ~ Almeta plays a mostly black card
7 ~ Almeta plays a card starting with "V"
6 ~ Renee, plays a card that starts with "S"
1 ~ Margo plays a card with an initial "O"
3 ~ Almeta third in a series
5 ~ Margo plays a card with an initial "I"

Hand 3:
8 ~ Almeta plays a card with "E" initial
0 ~ Renee plays a stand-alone book
1 ~Sarah plays a card starting with "O"
Draw 2 ~Sarah plays a bonus card starting with "D"
Skip ~ Renee book is #10 in a series
9 ~ Jenn plays initial "N"
4 ~ Laura plays author with initial "F"

Hand 4
6 ~ Almeta plays initial "S"
Draw 2 ~ Almeta plays a bonus card starting with D
3 ~ Carol initial "H"
7 ~ Jenn plays a card with an initial "V"
5 ~ Pragya starting with "I"
6 ~ Almeta plays title "S"
1 ~ Almeta plays a red card

Hand 5
0~ Almeta plays a card with, Zero in the title
4 ~ Almeta plays #4 in a series
4 ~ Almeta "F" title card
4 ~ Margo plays a card with an initial "F"
0 ~ Almeta, for a stand alone book
1 ~ Pragya plays starts with "O"
0 ~ Almeta a stand alone card

Hand 6
Reverse ~ Jenn plays a card that Sarah read
4 ~ Laura mostly blue
5~ Jenn plays a card with a mostly red cover
5 ~ Pragya mostly red
1 ~ Almeta first in series
9 ~ Margo mostly black cover
2 ~ Almeta #2 in a series

Hand 7
1~ Pragya initial "O"
0 ~ Pragya mostly white cover
0 ~ Almeta a stand alone
Skip ~ Almeta #15 in a series
6 ~ Almeta starts with "S"
Draw 2 ~ Almeta plays bonus card with SKIP
3 ~ Almeta initial "H"

Hand 8
3
9 ~
Wild Draw 4 ~
5
Skip ~ Jenn a child as a main character
6
0

(view spoiler)[Hand 9:
3
Wild
Skip
6
7
1
8

Hand 10:
[
0
Wild
1
1
7
0
Reverse (hide spoiler)]

Hello Team!

Busy gophering? I am.

Any team name suggestions?

Almeta wrote: "Any team name suggestions?"

Four to Score? Lol.

Hi team! Thanks for setting up the thread, Almeta.

I have just requested a library book that will work for Wild draw four (one main character is an artist) and Six in Hand One (sixth book in a series). Not sure how busy work will be that week, but I can definitely commit to reading that book, if that works for the team.

A Common Life: The Wedding Story

Here are the first two three hands of cards:

Hand 1
4 ~ Renee volunteers, blue
Wild
4 ~ Almeta volunteers, starting with F
6 ~ Laura volunteers, 6th in series
Reverse
5 ~ Carol volunteers, red
Wild Draw 4 ~ Laura volunteers, an artist (1 book for two tasks!)

Hand 2
9
9
7
6
1 ~
3 ~ Carol volunteers, starting with H
5

Hand 3:
8 ~ Almeta volunteers, blue
0 ~Sarah volunteers, white cover
1 ~Sarah volunteers, starting with O
Draw 2 ~Sarah volunteers, starting with D (1 book for two tasks!)
Skip
9
4

Thanks for posting that too Almeta.

I just want to add that I'm open to changing my book or taking another task if that's better for the team. Just wanted to throw that one out there since I already had planned on reading it.

Hello!

I bave already done a little gophering. Not sure how much I can read right now. Going to aim for 2. I have a couple books I'd like to read and they fit a few cards. I'll list them here tomorrow.

Because of uno, I was thinking we could use cuatro instead of four. Weirdly Cuatro Fourmaggio came in to my mind. I know it's a pizza (and it's a total mix of spellings and languages, haha). My brain isn't working too fast right now so I can't think of anything that's actually good. Haha .

Actually, I'll list the book I definitely want to read. Dawn. It fits card 1 as it is first in a series and author begins with O. It also fits for card draw 2 as title begins with D. I have a couple stand alone books which would work for card 0 too.

Sarah wrote: "Because of uno, I was thinking we could use cuatro instead of four. Weirdly Cuatro Fourmaggio came in to my mind. I know it's a pizza (and it's a total mix of spellings and languages, haha). My bra..."

Isn't with a "Q"

Quatro Fourmaggio! Sarah that's tooooo funny. I like it!

Laura wrote: "Hi team! Thanks for setting up the thread, Almeta.

I have just requested a library book that will work for Wild draw four (one main character is an artist) and Six in Hand One (sixth book in a se..."

Laura, I added your book to the spreadsheet. I think that is a good start.

Sarah wrote: "Because of uno, I was thinking we could use cuatro instead of four. Weirdly Cuatro Fourmaggio came in to my mind. I know it's a pizza (and it's a total mix of spellings and languages, haha). My bra..."

I really like that name too - good one, Sarah :D

Almeta wrote: "Laura wrote: "Hi team! Thanks for setting up the thread, Almeta.

I have just requested a library book that will work for Wild draw four (one main character is an artist) and Six in Hand One (sixt..."

OK, sounds good. I will do some gophering on Hand Two to see what else I might be able to find, in case I have time to read more than one book. I rely on the library & now we have to make appts. for contactless pickup, which is weird for me since I used to go to the library often during toppler weeks lol.

Almeta, I did try and open the spreadsheet and it didn't let me, so I requested permission - that is totally fine if that's what you want, but just letting you know that's what happened when I tried to get in.

I'm also going to come up with a little list of short books I have already read that someone could use for Reverse, if they wanted. It's nice that task is so wide open!

It's only with a q in italian, c in spanish. I've assumed the gamee is Spanish but uno is one in both Spanish and Italian. So we could go either way i guess.

I always thought it was a Q too, the Spanish word. I wonder where I got that from? That's weird.

The Italian word has two t's apparently, didn't know that one either lol. French is quatre, so maybe I just assumed they all start w/Q?

Short Books I Enjoyed for Reverse:

Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf - moving portrait of love later in life, this author is really great

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa - heartwarming and wonderful, particularly if you like baseball

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo - this is a middle grade book, but I loved it.

A Year by the Sea by Joan Anderson - memoir of a mid-life woman who actually did this

After Dark by Haruki Murakami - very hard to put down, a little dark

Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Sarah wrote: "Actually, I'll list the book I definitely want to read. Dawn. It fits card 1 as it is first in a series and author begins with O. It also fits for card draw 2 as title begins with D. I..."

oooh - I have this book too. I might have to snarfle this task. Thanks. :)

Laura wrote: "Almeta, I did try and open the spreadsheet and it didn't let me, so I requested permission - that is totally fine if that's what you want, but just letting you know that's what happened when I tried to get in...."


Oooooh. I changed that permission. Are you able to get in now?

Sarah wrote: "It's only with a q in italian, c in spanish. I've assumed the gamee is Spanish but uno is one in both Spanish and Italian. So we could go either way i guess."

Did not know that!

I think the pizza is with a "Q"

Laura wrote: "The Italian word has two t's apparently, didn't know that one either lol. ..."

Did not know that either!

Almeta wrote: "Laura wrote: "Almeta, I did try and open the spreadsheet and it didn't let me, so I requested permission - that is totally fine if that's what you want, but just letting you know that's what happen..."

Yes I can get in now, thanks! You definitely have a superpower for spreadsheets, Almeta, it looks great 💪🏻💜

Janice wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Actually, I'll list the book I definitely want to read. Dawn. It fits card 1 as it is first in a series and author begins with O. It also fits for card draw 2 as title be..."

oooh - I have this book too. I might have to snarfle this task. Thanks. :)"


Go ahead and snarfle! I really enjoyed the last book I read of hers so I'm looking forward to this one.

Sarah wrote: "Actually, I'll list the book I definitely want to read. Dawn. It fits card 1 as it is first in a series and author begins with O. It also fits for card draw 2 as title begins with D. I..."

I put Dawn. in Card 1 for begins with O.

I moved Dawn to Card 3

Just poked the rest of the team.

Soooooorrrrrry lol my iPad decided that it didn't want to play with my Wifi at work today, and half of Goodreads won't open on my phone - so I have been waiting all day to get home and start gophering :)

I have been so intrigued by the comments that I have been seeing so far, off to see what the rules are for myself - will check back shortly :)

Almeta wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Actually, I'll list the book I definitely want to read. Dawn. It fits card 1 as it is first in a series and author begins with O. It also fits for card draw 2 as title be..."

Sarah, I think I might use your book for the "Draw Two/Card 1 Hand 4" option, if I get a clarification on allowability

Jenn wrote: "Soooooorrrrrry lol my iPad decided that it didn't want to play with my Wifi at work today, and half of Goodreads won't open on my phone - so I have been waiting all day to get home and start gopher..."

There you are!☻

Do you have an opinion on a team name?

Almeta wrote: "Do you have an opinion on a team name?..."

I am quite liking Sarah's Cuatro Fourmaggio (and am totally good with either spelling), which is also making me hungry lol

I just noticed that teams were assigned! Yay! I’ll start gophering...

Hi I have to admit this really confuses me. I think if i read a mostly blue cover it works for one of the 4 in hand one . So i would like to read I see almeta covered one I would like to do the other

Almeta wrote: "Here are the first two hands of cards:

Hand 1
4
Wild
4 ~ Almeta volunteers
6 ~ Laura volunteers
Reverse
5
Wild Draw 4 ~ Laura volunteers

Hand 2
9
9
7
6
1
3
5

Hand 3:
8
0 ~ Almeta volunteers
1
Dr..."

Almeta, I can’t edit the spreadsheet from this device. Also, if our books could be used for multiple tasks, do you want to know so you have the option to use them wherever you need?

I can read 2 of these 3:

- 0 (standalone), 1 or 5 (mostly red), 3 (author surname starts with H)

- 0 (standalone), 1 or 5 (mostly red)

- 0 (standalone), 3 (author surname starts with H), 4 or 8 (mostly blue)

I also have one that would work for 7, if we need either that. .. by Vera Caspary (author first name starts with V), also 0 (standalone)

Or 2 (second in a series).

Carol wrote: "....if our books could be used for multiple tasks, do you want to know so you have the option to use them wherever you need?

I can read 2 of these 3: ..."

I appreciate that all options are listed, in case we want to shift them around later.

Carol wrote: "..I can read 2 of these 3:.. ..."

For now I've slotted

Cemetery Road by Gar Anthony Haywood for Hand 1 Card 5 (mostly red),

AND

Dread Journey by Dorothy B. Hughes for Hand 2 Card 3 (author surname starts with H).

Almeta wrote: "Carol wrote: "..I can read 2 of these 3:.. ..."

For now I've slotted

Cemetery Road by Gar Anthony Haywood for Hand 1 Card 5 (mostly red),

AND

Dread Journey by Dorothy B. Hughes for Hand 2 Card ..."

Sounds good. Thanks!

Renee wrote: "Hi I have to admit this really confuses me. I think if i read a mostly blue cover it works for one of the 4 in hand one . So i would like to read
..."

Welcome!

I added Lady in the Lake Renee.

Going with Quattro Fourmaggio for team name. Soooo clever.

We need volunteers for WILD and REVERSE in order to finish playing Hand 1.

WILD - Read a book that can fit any task for one of the other cards in the SAME hand. (4, 5, 6. Reverse or Wild Draw 4)

REVERSE - One member of your team must read a book another team member has already read before UNO began.
Laura's list of suggestions

My 2020 favorites so far:

DYING TO READ (Mysteries/Thrillers)
The Last Quarry
Point & Shoot
Trent’s Last Case
The Housekeeper
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
If We Were Villains

HISSY-FIC
Doc
Salt to the Sea
The Madonnas of Leningrad

SIGH PHAN
Recursion
Things in Jars

BUMP IN THE NIGHT
Forever Odd
Jack of Spades
If It Bleeds

I AM SOMEBODY
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers

p.s. I gave five stars to Laura's suggestd Our Souls at Night and The Housekeeper and the Professor. just Saying!

Hahaha! LOVE your team name!

Cherie wrote: "Hahaha! LOVE your team name!"

Thanks to Sarah, we love it too!

Here are my other book options.
Dragon Teeth (audio) - card 0 (standalone mostly white cover), card draw 2 (title starts with D), card 6 (narrator starts with S)

I am going to read the above book alongside my print book.

Other print book options (I plan to read one more):
Star Nomad - card 1 (1st book in series)
The Color Purple - card 0 (standalone)
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - card 0 (standalone), card 3 (author starts with H), card Draw 2 (author starts with R)
The Martian Chronicles - card Draw 2 (author starts with R), card 0 (standalone)
Ringworld - card 1 (first in series), card 9 (author starts N)
Adulthood Rites - Card 1 (author starts with O), Card 2 (2nd book in series)

Has anyone read these books? I could then use one for the reverse card rather than the cards listed above?

Sarah wrote: "Here are my other book options.
Dragon Teeth (audio) - card 0 (standalone Dragon Teeth), card draw 2 (title starts with D), card 6 (narrator starts with ...."

I placed Dragon Teeth in Hand 3 Card 0 mostly white cover.

The choice of one more I have left alone for a while. I am leaning toward these
Star Nomad - card 1 (1st book in series)
OR
Ringworld - card 1 (first in series), card 9 (author starts N)

I read The Martian Chronicles in 2011.

We can decide what is next needed a little later. Let me know when you are ready to read the "last book".

UPDATED HANDS

Hand 1
4 ~ Renee plays, blue
Wild
4 ~ Almeta plays, starting with F
6 ~
Reverse
5 ~ Carol plays, red
Wild Draw 4 ~ Laura plays, an artist

Hand 2
9
9~ Almeta plays, mostly black
7
6
1 ~
3 ~ Carol plays, starting with H
5

Hand 3:
8 ~ Almeta plays, blue
0 ~Sarah plays, white cover
1 ~Sarah plays, starting with O
Draw 2 ~Sarah plays, starting with D (1 book for two tasks!)
Skip
9
4

Hey Almeta, I may be misunderstanding your note above but I don't think we can use the Wild Draw Four book to satisfy both tasks. I think that book has to be ABLE to satisfy another task in the same hand, which it does, so if it makes more sense to move me to 6th in series, feel free.

Not sure if I have it right bc I was pretty confused at first but I think I read it enough times to finally get it.

Laura wrote: "Hey Almeta, I may be misunderstanding your note above but I don't think we can use the Wild Draw Four book to satisfy both tasks. I think that book has to be ABLE to satisfy another task in the sam..."

Yes, you are correct. With the first entry, I think we were both unfamiliar with the requirements.

I believe only Draw Two allows one book for two cards.

I think I will leave it at Wild Draw Four. (artist)

Almeta wrote: "We need volunteers for WILD and REVERSE in order to finish playing Hand 1.


I could take the Wild task for Hand One as my second book. It would also work for 2, 4, 6, or 8, if you need to move it, Almeta.

The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde

That's all I'm comfortable with committing to until I see what that work week brings.

I will take the Reverse, if that works? I see Sarah has read the Divergent series, and I have been meaning to finish it, and no time like the present.

I have read Ringworld, The Martian Chronicles and the Color Purple. So they will work for a reverse

Laura wrote: "Almeta wrote: "We need volunteers for WILD and REVERSE in order to finish playing Hand 1.

I could take the Wild task for Hand One as my second book. It would also work for 2, 4, 6, or 8, if you n..."

I'll use it for WILD for now. (Pretty versatile!)

Jenn wrote: "I will take the Reverse, if that works? I see Sarah has read the Divergent series, and I have been meaning to finish it, and no time like the present."

Thanks Jenn. That will work.