The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team Die Hard

Team Members:
❅ Kristel - Captain
❅ Elen - Co-Captain
❅ Tanishka
❅ Trinia
❅ maria helena
❅ Heather Moore
❅ Stephanie
❅ Jackie Freeman


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Team threads will be opened once the captain has a chance to come and reserve some posts

Tracking SS
UNO 2021 Current Points

Countdown to March mini challenge


Team Spreadsheet
Tineye - for colour covers - NOT REQUIRED TO USE
Accelerated Reader Bookfinder - to verify word count for children's books
uno-childrens - Bookshelf that has pre checked children's books

Team Members:
📚 Kristel - Captain
📚 Elen - Co-captain
📚 Tanishka
📚 Trinia
📚 maria helena
📚 Heather Moore
📚 Stephanie
📚 Jackie Freeman


All About UNO 2021
UNO FAQ

Most Important Rules:
*Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count for Uno. Countdown to the start of the challenge here !
*All finished books must be marked as read and must be on your Uno shelf
*Books must be more than 100 pages in length
*Children's books, Graphic Novels, Manga, Cook Books, Plays and Poetry books cannot be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 or more than 3 hours of audio using a reputable website (e.g. audible, overdrive)
*Coloured covers need to be at least 50% of a colour. If you are not sure, you can ask by posting in the thread. If we as a team agree with you then you can use it. If we are unsure, the co-caps and I will ask other captains where their answer is binding.
Note! We can also use Tineye (NOT REQUIRED) to figure out the colour, but it's not always the most reliable, so if you are unsure ASK!
*Re-reads are ok provided it has been more than 6 months since last read
*For book titles starting with an article (A/An/The), the article can be ignored or used.

MARCH MINI:
Tasks:

🔸1. Read a book with a crown on the cover/the word "crown" in the title or in the series title - Jackie
🔸2. Read a book where a character is a sorcerer(ess)/wizard/witch - Elen
🔸3. Read a book where a character is a god / with MPG or top shelf "Mythology" - Elen


🔸4. Read a book where a character is involved with a criminal organisation - Heather
🔸5. Read a book where the MC has more than 3 siblings/ a book that's #5 in a series - Jackie
🔸6. Read a book with a white suit or white hat on the cover - Trinia


🔸7. Read a book shelved as "Christian" or "Religion/Religious" - Jackie
🔸8. Read a book with a black leather jacket on the cover - Jackie
🔸9. Read a book with MPG "LGBT" - Stephanie


🔸10. Read a book with a shapeshifter character - Elen
🔸11. Read a book with a leopard on the cover or the word "leopard" in the title (it can be in any languages) - Kristel
🔸12. Read a book where a male character is wearing his hair long/with a long-haired man on the cover - Trinia


🔸13. Read a book where a character from a book ends up in real life or where a real life character gets transported into a book - Jackie
🔸14. Read a book set in Scandinavia - Elen
🔸15. Read a book featuring a music band in the plot - Trinia


🔸16. Read a book with a pink dress on the cover/with a pink (more than 50%) cover - Heather
🔸17. Read a book with a rags-to-riches plot - Kristel
🔸18. Read a book with diamond jewellery on the cover - Heather


🔸19. Read a book set in Detroit (Motown) - Heather
🔸20. Read a book with MPG Erotica - Heather
🔸21. Read a book where the MC is a doctor/nurse - Trinia


22. Read a book where the MC is a dancer
🔸23. Read a book where a character has permed hair/gets their hair permed (extra 5 points for if you find "hair like Meg Ryan's" in the text ;) - Heather
🔸24. Read a book with a space shuttle on the cover / with MPG "Space" - Jackie


🔸25. Read a book where a character is royalty/ shelved as "royal(s)" or "royalty" - Jackie
🔸26. Read a book with a bird(s) on the cover/a bird name in the title - Jackie
🔸27. Read a book where a character plays the guitar/with a guitar on the cover - Jackie


🔸28. Read a book set in a "dark" (dystopian, evil, etc) world - Stephie
🔸29. Read a book where the MC falls in love with his/her boss(es) - Trinia
🔸30. Read a book with the word "Dance" in the title/ top shelf "Dance" - Tanishka


🔸31. Read a book with MPG Mystery or Mystery-Detective - Jackie
🔸32. Read a book with the word "air" in the title/series title -Elen
🔸33. Read a book with a black & white cover - Heather


🔸34. Read a book set in Australia - Heather
🔸35. Read a book with at least 2 men on the cover -Elen
🔸36. Read a book with MPG Travel - Trinia


🔸37. Read a book with MPG Romance - Tanishka
🔸38. Read a book with the word "eclipse" in the title / an eclipse depicted on the cover - Kristel
🔸39. Read a book set in Wales/with a character from Wales - Jackie


🔸40. Read a book with 500 pages or more - Jackie
🔸41. Read a book where the MCs are twins or the MC has a twin brother/sister -Jackie
🔸42. Read a book set in Scotland/with a character from Scotland - Heather


🔸43. Read a book where the MC is an only child/a book that's #1 in a series - Stephanie
🔸44. Read a book with a gun/guns on the cover - Jackie
🔸45. Read a book set in California/where someone is travelling to California - Heather


Examples for some of the trickier tasks
Task 7: C.S. Lewis' Narnia Chronicles are all shelved as "Christian".

Task 13: The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde. There Jane Eyre gets kidnapped and brought to the real world & detective Thursday Next discovers a way to jump into books.

Another example: The Book Jumper by M. Glaser or Inkheart by Cornelia Funke.

Clarifications/Clues:
When songs were being chosen, only the songs themselves and their official 80s videos were being considered without reference to later films.

Tasks 16-18; It is all about the video clip
Tasks 22-24;I suggest, you try to concentrate on the clue task 24 may or may not offer.

task 22 should be a clue for the song title
task 23 - how they were wearing their hair in the video
Task 24 - the name of the band/singer

For 10-12, leopard is a very literal clue!

task 1 - name of the band
task 2 - title of the song
task 3 - reference to the singer

Task 23
(a character with permed hair/a character getting their hair permed) gets you 10 points.
The Meg Ryan hair reference will be accepted as an "extra" in any of the books you use for the mini challenge, whether it's for the permed hair or some other task, for that you get 5 bonus points "only".

Task 10 should be the clue for the song title
Task 11 is reference to the artist/band's name


FAQ
*Shelves/MPGs must be exact.

*21. Read a book where the MC is a doctor/nurse - Must be a medical doctor

*For the "Meg Ryan hair" the wording/phrasing can be different as long as the reference is there

*For Scandinavia: Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands & Finland will also be accepted besides Denmark/Norway/Sweden.

*Task 2: A Mage will also count

*Task 33: Everything on cover must be black and white. So something like One of Us is Lying would NOT work for this task

*Q: for MC involved in criminal organisation, can I instead use a non-fic about criminal organisation? specifically thinking Zero Zero Zero, about drug cartels
A: Yes

*For nurse/doctor book, if someone would prefer reading e.g. a memoir-biography by/about a doctor/nurse, that would be acceptable as well.

*Q: For task #30. Read a book with the word "Dance" in the title/ top shelf "Dance". Would "Dances" be okay? One of our members would like to read Dances with Wolves
A: Yes. Plural can be accepted.

*Q: Does it have to be a white suite or will any white clothes do?
A: It needs to be white, male clothing because of the clue-thingy, but I accept white shirt/coat as well. :)

*Q: There's several tasks that are worded...ie
*Read a book where the MC is an only child/a book that's #1 in a series
*Read a book with a pink dress on the cover/with a pink (more than 50%) cover
*Read a book with the word "eclipse" in the title// an eclipse depicted on the cover

Does the '/' mean that we can read for either/or or do both of the qualifications need to be met for the book?

A: it's either-or, whichever choice fits your book better.

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APRIL HAND

Colour cards: ✔️

✔️ 1 Red 📕 - Me Before You - Heather [1st in series]
✔️ 2 Red 📕 - The Henna Artist - Trinia [Title]
✔️ 6 Red 📕 - The Chestnut Man - Elen [Author]
✔️ 0 Yellow 📒 - Beach Read - Heather [SA]
✔️ 1 Yellow 📒 - The Rule of One - Tanishka [1st in series]
✔️ 5 Yellow 📒 - The Hunting Party - Elen [Character Iain]
✔️ 6 Yellow 📒 - Recursion - Tanishka [Character LN Barry Sutton]
9 Yellow 📒 - The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky - Kristel [Character LN Newton]
✔️ 5 Blue 📘 - The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Elen [Character LN Alfred Inglethorp]
✔️ 6 Blue 📘 - The Selection - Tanishka [Title]
✔️ 7 Blue 📘 - Tappev tõde - Elen [Character Vivian Miller]
8 Blue 📘 - Before the Devil Breaks You - Jackie [Character FN Evie]
✔️ 0 Green 📗 - The Peach Keeper - Heather [SA]
✔️ 2 Green 📗 - The Lightning Thief - Tanishka [Title]
✔️ 3 Green 📗 - Accidentally Engaged - Stephie [Author LN Farah Heron]
✔️ 4 Green 📗 - The Penderwicks in Spring - Jackie [4th in series]
✔️ 5 Green 📗 - Sourcery - Heather [5th in series]
✔️ 6 Green 📗 - Garden Spells - Heather [Author FN Sarah Addison Allen]

Also, we need to duplicate six of your colour cards:
✔️ WD4 - 6 Red 📕 - Remembrance - Jackie [Character FN Susannah]
✔️ WD4 - 6 Blue 📘 - The Midnight Library - Heather [Character LN Seed]
✔️ WD4 - 5 Blue 📘 - The Midwest War: The Revelations of Oriceran - Jackie [Character FN Ignatius]
✔️ WD4 - 7 Blue 📘 - The Best Awful - Stephie [Character Suzanne Vale]
✔️ WD4 - 0 Yellow 📒 - The Dinner List - Stephie [SA]
WD4 - 1 Red 📕 - Beloved - Stephie [1st in series]


UNO Pixie colour shelves
UNO Red
UNO Blue
UNO Green
UNO Yellow

Important note
Some books on this list may not seem like the colour cover. This is because GR will show the default version. There may be a specific version that has been shelved that is the actual colour.
The version you read is what you should shelve, and is what counts, for UNO

Tracking Spreadsheet

You can use either tracking SS or thread to add your read books with all possible letters it can work for.

Example:

Title: Where the Crawdads Sing
Author: Delia Owens
Pages: 384
Date read: 15 Feb 2020

How it fits/Card it could work for:
Card 0 - Stand-alone
Card 1 - Author Delia Owens
Card 2 – Char Tate Walker
Card 3 – Char Hal Miller
Card 6 – Char Steve Long
Card 8 – Char Ed Jackson
Skip – Char Pansy Price
Reverse – Kristel

R

Hi everyone!

I'm your captain Kristel and I'm really excited to play with you all! Uno is one of the few challenges that I'm looking forward to every year. Hoping this one will cure my months-long reading slump😅.

From the admin side, I'll try to get all the necessary information and links to you this week. Work has been killing me and I hope you can be patient with me on that.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask! The co-captains and I will answer any question you have.

Hi Everyone and Welcome!

Let's introduce yourselves: Who you are? Where you are from? Have you played UNO before? What types of books do you like to read, any recommendations?

For start. I'm Elen from Estonia. This is my 4th time playing and being co-captain. UNO is probably one of my favourite team challenges. I can't wait to get started and play with you all!

My go-to genres are fantasy, horror/thriller, and sci-fi. And romance is my least favourite of them all.

Like Kristel said if you have any questions, feel free to ask. We'll try our hardest to answer any questions you may have!


Also, Don't forget to add your UNO shelf. Thanks!

UNO shelf: uno-2021

Hi, I’m Heather from Arkansas, US. This is my second year playing UNO. I was on Kristel’s team last year. Super excited to work with her again. I will read anything, but romance and nonfiction are not my favs.

Hello, everyone. I'm Jackie from North Carolina in US. I've played a couple of times before and really enjoyed it. I also will read almost anything with mystery and fantasy being my favorites.

My shelf: uno-2021

I can read for2 Red, for 4 yellow, for 6 yellow, and for 2 Green.

Hi!

My namn is Maria Helena (most people call me MH) and I’m from Sweden. Uno is one of my favorite challenges. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve played and most rounds I’ve been a captain but I’m happpy to focus on reading this time.

I love mysteries and read mostly Nordic crime.

Here is my shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Hello! My name is Stephanie I am from New York and I am a librarian. This is my third year participating. I look forward to it every year!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Howdy friends! 🤠 sorry I’m late to the party, started back to work and it’s kicking my bootie
I live in East Texas and have played Uno 4 times. I co-captained for most of those and am looking forward to just being a team player. Thanks Kristel and Elen for taking the lead, it’s a busy job and I appreciate your time.

I read most anything! But mostly listen to audiobooks 🎧 it’s my way of multitasking ☺️
I can’t wait to get this game started, should be fun 🎉🦹🏼‍♀️

💜💙💚💛🧡❤️💜💙💚💛🧡❤️💜💙💚💛🧡❤️

We are almost all accounted for! Yay!

Trinia, audiobooks truly are a lifesaver. Especially when I'm at work and need to entertain myself😅

Heather wrote: "I can read for2 Red, for 4 yellow, for 6 yellow, and for..."

Definite yes for and .

I don't think has enough yellow in it.

looks more green to me than yellow. I might take this one to the other captains.

What do you all think? I would like to get the teams opinion before I'll go to the captains.

Kristel wrote: ""

I think it's green with yellow undertone.

I'd love to listen to audiobooks, but it's hard to concentrate while doing other stuff. I can listen to them when I'm following with the book. Long story short, audiobooks are not really for me. Sadly :(

Hi!

My name is Tanishka and this is my first year playing UNO. I live in Ohio, USA. My favorite genres would be sci-fi and fantasy.

I can't wait to start playing with all of you!
My UNO shelf - UNO 2021

In the past couple of years I've started listening to audiobooks more and more. They're great because I can do other things while I'm listening.

Well, I can't do Beloved, because I read it in the last 6 months. Completely forgot about it. I got the two yellows off of the uno yellow list, but I don't mind picking other books. So for right now, put me down for Guards! Guards! and I will see what else I can find.

I haven't tried audiobooks yet. I was thinking about it though.

I can read 8 red, if that is okay with everyone. The book I am planning on reading is A Court of Thorns and Roses.

It has been more than six months since the last time I read it.

I can read A Heart So Fierce and Broken for green 2.

Heather wrote: "Well, I can't do Beloved, because I read it in the last 6 months. Completely forgot about it. I got the two yellows off of the uno yellow list, but I don't mind picking other books. So for right no..."

Uno-colour lists arent pre-checked aka people tag books when they THINK it may work. Also sometimes the version that fits the colour is another edition:)

Kristel wrote: "Heather wrote: "Well, I can't do Beloved, because I read it in the last 6 months. Completely forgot about it. I got the two yellows off of the uno yellow list, but I don't mind picking other books...."

Ah, I see. I will find a few more books that will work.

Tanishka wrote: "I can read A Heart So Fierce and Broken for green 2."

I'll add A Heart So Fierce and Broken the Green 3 instead. It has a perfectly good H title:)

I'll come back to you with A Court of Thorns and Roses.

Okay, thanks!

Is there a spreadsheet where we can fill in our books?

@Stephie - We are going to have tracking SS open for everyone where you can add books, letters, etc. Kristel will add it soon-ish


ETA: You can add books either to tracking SS or this thread.

I'll try to get the tracking sheet up and running by tomorrow morning (in about 16 hours).

I have these that I think work for colored cards:

Yellow 6 -

Red 2 - or

Yellow 4 -

Blue 4 -

I'll see if I have any books for cover colours, but otherwise I think most of the books from my tbr will work more multiple of the regular cards.

I found


Red 0 or 2
Red 0
Yellow 4
Yellow 6
Yellow 6
Yellow 6
Blue 4
? Blue 4

I can give or take on any of these, so you can put me as a back up if they are already filled.
You will find I am super flexible and read all and everything :D

Finally, here is ourTracking SS

You can add here all the books you are going to read for the uno challenge.
Colum "A" and "Hand number" will be for the captains when we add books to the main SS. In the colour/Card column, you can let us know if your book works for a certain colour (just in case we need to switch books around at the end) or If you are reading it for a certain Colour/WD4 card.

If any of you want to tackle a hand by yourself let me know which hand, so I know to reserve it! I know some like to play that way. I myself are thinking of maybe doing that this year:)

Kristel wrote: "I'll come back to you with A Court of Thorns and Roses"

You can't use this book for this challenge until mid-March because you last read it in September. Also, in previous years it has not been approved for red, so no to that, unfortunately.

Jackie wrote: "I have these that I think work for colored cards:

Yellow 6 -

Red 2 - or

Ye..."

No to the Last Queen of England and Transfer of Power. Will ask about The Sound of Wings.
Yes to To Kingdom Come and Gilded.

Trinia wrote: "I found


Red 0 or 2
Red 0
Yellow 4
Yellow 6
[bookco..."

I don't think Fractured Tide has enough Blue in it.
I'll ask about Girl, Unframed. Can't tell if it's more pink or red.
I will tell Elen to add The Henna Artist andd Followers to the colour tracking post:) Yellow books are waiting on what other captains say about the others books:)

Elen wrote: "@Stephie - We are going to have tracking SS open for everyone where you can add books, letters, etc. Kristel will add it soon-ish


ETA: You can add books either to tracking SS or this thread."

To echo Elen. You can choose if you want to make a completion post with all the relevant information (read date, cards it works for etc.) here when you finish books or add them all to the tracking SS. No need to do both.

All of the necessary links will be in message 6; Most important rules in message 7 and Colour card tracking in message 10.

Just to reiterate: Most Important Rules:
*Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count for Uno. Countdown to the start of the challenge here !
*All finished books must be marked as read and must be on your Uno shelf
*Books must be more than 100 pages in length
*Children's books, Graphic Novels, Manga, Cook Books, Plays and Poetry books cannot be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 or more than 3 hours of audio using a reputable website (e.g. audible, overdrive)
*Coloured covers need to be at least 50% of a colour. If you are not sure, you can ask by posting in the thread. If we as a team agree with you then you can use it. If we are unsure, the co-caps and I will ask other captains where their answer is binding.
Note! We can also use Tineye (NOT REQUIRED) to figure out the colour, but it's not always the most reliable, so if you are unsure ASK!
*Re-reads are ok provided it has been more than 6 months since last read
*For book titles starting with an article (A/An/The), the article can be ignored or used.

I am not able to access the tracking spreadsheet. Can one of the captains check this for me please.

Uhh I knew I missed something!

It should work now Tracking SS

Heather wrote: "I can read for 6 yellow"


Captains ruled that it's green. If you want to read it, Perks can work for 2 Green (WD4).
Let me know, if you're still planning on reading it. :)

unfortunately wasn't yellow enough.

was ruled as red.