The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team Ghostbusters

Team Members:
❅ Paula - Captain
❅ Amanda - Co-captain
❅ Elizabeth Tarulis
❅ Leslie Sandusky
❅ Felipe
❅ Dalia
❅ Halli


❅ Gayatri



♕ Team Spreadsheet

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

Members

❅ Paula | uno-challenge-2021 | Read | Currently Reading | Comments
❅ Amanda | uno-2020 | Read | Currently Reading | Comments
❅ Elizabeth Tarulis | 2021-uno-challenge | Read | Currently Reading | Comments
❅ Leslie Sandusky | 2021 UNO | Read | Currently Reading | Comments
❅ Felipe | UNO shelf | Read | Currently Reading | Comments
❅ Dalia UNO2021 | Read | Currently Reading | Comments
❅ Halli | uno-2021 | Read | Currently Reading | Comments

 
April Cards

Card	How Many
O	5
1	6
2	8
3	11
4	7
5	7
6	8
7	8
8	6
9	5
Reverse	8
Skip	7
Wild	4
W/Draw4	3 **this means we need to read 3 of our coloured cards twice**

COLOURS:
4 Blue
6 Red
1 Red
1 Blue
7 Yellow
3 Green
5 Yellow
9 Blue
6 Red
9 Green
6 Yellow
2 Green
1 Yellow
1 Blue
3 Green
0 Blue
2 Yellow
7 Blue

Important info:

*Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count. The challenge starts on Monday 1, 2021. To see when this is in your time zone, use this countdown

*Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books, Graphic Novels, Manga, 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 or more than 3 hours of audio using a reputable website (e.g. audible, overdrive). Children's books checked in previous years can be seen on this shelf uno-childrens.

*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!). The tracking spreadsheet can be used for this.

*For coloured cards, the cover needs to be 50% or more of the colour. If in doubt, ask me or Amanda as we can check it and/or take to the captains group for another opinion
Here are some suggestions: (remember that you have to read the specific edition)

Red covers
Blue covers
Green covers
Yellow covers


* Remember we're here to have fun and read lots of books because we love them, if you have any questions o problems, let us know, so we can help you, this is a team game =)

April Mini Challenge

Tasks:


We have the following taks (mandatory):

Welcome to the Eighties!
1* read a book with the letters E-I-G-H-T in the title
2* read a book published in the 80s
3* read a book that is #8 (or higher) in a series
4* read a book with 8 in the page number
5* read a book where the first word in the text starts with E
6* read a book where the title starts with E
7* read a book with an author name (first or last) starts with E

A1 - You ended up in Detention
8* read a book with the word "neon" in the text
9* read a book with a character who goes to school or takes part in any kind of course
10* read a book with the word "walkman" in the text
11* read a book with a character who is a teacher
12* read a book with a character who smokes
13* read a book with a bad-ass character
14* read a book with a bright/neon pink cover (i.e. preferably not a pastel pink)

A2 - School's Out! Now go have fun
15*: read a book with "leg warmers" in the text or on the cover
16*: read a book where someone goes to the cinema
17*: read a book with a character who plays an instrument
18*: read a book with "shoulder pads" in the text or on the cover
19*: read a book with a character who goes to the hairdresser or stylist
20*: read a book with "spandex" in the text or on the cover
21*: read a book with "headband" in the text or on the cover, or with a character who wears a headband
22*: read a book with "boombox" in the text or on the cover ("radio" will do as well)

A3 - Sweet Dreams
23*: read a book with 101-150 pages
24*: read a book with 151-200 pages
25*: read a book with 201-250 pages
26*: read a book with 251-300 pages
27*: read a book with 301-350 pages
28*: read a book with 351-400 pages
29*: read a book with 401-450 pages
30*: read a book with more than 450 pages

We need to complete A4a or A4b:
A4a - The End
31a*: read a book that you can connect to your own team's movie (be as creative as you wish)
32a*: read a book that you can connect to another team's movie (be as creative as you wish)
33a*: read a book with MPG Thriller or Mystery
34a*: read a book that is a stand-alone
35a*: read a book with MPG Young Adult
36a*: read a book from the Listopia The Movie was Better than the Book
37a*: read a book from the Listopia The Book was Better than the Movie
38a*: read a book from the Listopia Books That Are Also TV Shows

A4b - The Alternative End
31b*: read a book that you can connect to your own team's movie (be as creative as you wish)
32b*: read a book that you can connect to another team's movie (be as creative as you wish)
33b*: read a book that is the last in a series
34b*: read a book which includes a villain
35b*: read a book with MPG Fantasy or Science Fiction
36b*: read a book from the Listopia 80s Flashback
37b*: read a book from the Listopia 2021: What the Over-35 are reading
38b*: read a book from the Listopia Neon Books


And there are aditional tasks if we want to earn more points:
B1 - Optional School work you can do (Spell it out non-uno letters of summer school)
B1*: U
B2*: M
B3*: M
B4*: R
B5*: C
B6*: L

B2 - What the cool kids wear (spell it out non-uno letters of legwarmers)
B7*: L
B8*: G
B9*: W
B10*: A
B11*: R
B12*: M
B13*: R

B3 - Up All Night
B14*: read a book with a character who is a werewolf
B15*: read a book with a character who is a vampire
B16*: read a book with a character who is a detective or police officer
B17*: read a book with a fabulous dress on the cover
B18*: read a book with a same-sex relationship
B19*: read a book with a character who goes out dancing or clubbing
B20*: read a book with a character who works late into the night
B21*: read a book with a character who has to get up early

Hello everyone!
I'm Paula and welcome to another UNO Challenge, have you played before? Tell us about yourself.

Let me tell you about me, I'm 30 years old an I'm from Santiago de Chile (Southamerica) I work in mining and environmental consultancy.
I read mostly fantasy but I love historical fiction too.
This will be my 5th time participating in this challenge and since my first UNO I'm addicted to team challenges hahahaha.

I hope we have a great time!

Don't forget to post your UNO shelf please!

Hey there!

I'm Amanda, and this is is my first time playing UNO challenge. I'm a sucker for all team challenges and when my friend sent me the link for this one I knew it was for me!

I'm 28 and live with my husband and our spoiled dog in the metro Detroit area (EST). I am a lawyer, but my work is all either going over paperwork or reviewing videos (no court time) so I pretty much either have an audiobook playing or a book in my hand; I have a serious addiction to reading so my monthly reading amount is bananas. I mostly read MM romance, specifically ones that are fantasy or paranormal, (or other romance featuring LGBTQ main characters), but occasionally will read some YA as that's what I used to read and I kinda let some series fall and looking forward to picking them back up!

Looking forward to reading with everyone!

Uno 2020 Shelf

Hi! I am Felipe and I am from Chile, actually I know Paula 😊

This is my first time playing UNO and I'm very excited.
Since last year I started a bookstagram so if you wanna follow me it is @latierradelaspalabras

I'm really excited for this challenge!

Hello Amanda and Elizabeth!!

Amanda I don't know how you manage to concentrate in your work and listen to audiobooks at the same time hahaha, I only do that when I'm working on spreadsheets, because that's such a mechanical work hahahaha

Elizabeth, wow a PhD in archeology sounds interesting and demanding!

Hi! I’m Leslie. This is my second year playing UNO! It’s great fun and gets your excited to look at books and other genres that you normal wouldn’t.

Leslie wrote: "Hi! I’m Leslie. This is my second year playing UNO! It’s great fun and gets your excited to look at books and other genres that you normal wouldn’t."

Hello Leslie!
I agree, I always read more than usual during this challenge

Hello this is Dalia
It’s the first time I enter an Uno challenge

I am very very excited!

Welcome Dalia! I hope you enjoy the challenge
We are waiting for Gayatri and our team we'll be completed.

Please remember to check in weekly, so we know that you're still playing, it doesn't matter if you don't finish a book that week, just let us know you're here =)

Also, there's a planning spreadsheet for those who like to plan the books for the month, Amanda, Felipe and I already submitted some books we're planning to read during february.
If you have any doubts, let Amanda and I know ;)

Sounds good.

So now I am thinking of reading "Zen: The art of simple living. It is a blue book". Let me know how it goes. Do I add to the spread sheet, or I need to read one of the books you have already added.

You can read anything you want, as long as it is over a 100 pages.
Remember that children's books must have over 25000 words.
And only books started after the challenge starts (February 1st) will count for the challenge.

Hi, I’m Gayatri and this is my first uno challenge. I love reading and I thought this challenge will help me to stay up with my reading goals. Sorry it took me long to revert and thank you guy’s I am really excited for this challenge🤩

So good to see you here Gayatri!

Oh my god. I just looked the spreadsheet Paula did for us to fill books we're gonna read and Amanda is gonna read a lot! I'm really surprised! Well done!

I actually will probably end up reading a lot more if we need it! I'm already at 93 books done in 2021; I probably need help for this addiction lol!

OMG... I admire you!

Hello!!

We're getting near the start of the challenge, are you ready?

I wanted to set a completion format, if you're all ok with this, when you finish a book for the challenge please use the following template:

Completion Post
Book Read:
Date Read:
Rating:
Card It Can Be Used For: List as many options as possible
For Reverse - Read by: **


Example:

Completion

Book:Del material del que están hechos los sueños
Author: Elizabeth Eulberg
Date read: 2/2/2021
Rating: 4 stars
Card It Can Be Used For: Red cover
0 - Stand Alone
3 - Character: Carter Harrison
6 - Character: Sophie
8 - Character: Emme
9 - Place: New York

Okay!!! Thank you Paula!

Happy first day of UNO!!

Please remember to post in this thread weekly, so we know you're still here

Happy reading!!

Completion Post
Book Read:The Firebird and the Wolf
Date Read: 2/1/2021
Rating: 2.5 Stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
0- Standalone
1-Character: Oleg
2-T in Title
3-H Author
4-Character: Far
6-Character:Sasha
7-Character:Vuk
9-Character: Nikolai
Skip-Character: Pavel

Completion Post
Book Read:Elements of Retrofit
Date Read: 2/1/2021
Rating: 3 Stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
1-Character: 1 in series
2-Character: Thomas
8-Character: Thomas Elkin
9-Author: NR Walker

Completion Post
Book Read:The Diviners
Date Read: 2/1/2021
Rating: 5 Stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
Blue Cover-
0-Place: Zenith, Ohio
1-Character: 1 in series
2-Title
3-Character: Henry
4-Character: Will Fitzgerald
5-Character: Isiah
6-Character: Sam
8-Character: Evie
9-Place: New York
Skip-Character: Theta Knight
Reverse: Read by Paula

Amanda wrote: "Completion Post
Book Read:The Diviners
Date Read: 2/1/2021
Rating: 5 Stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
Blue Cover-
0-Place: Zenith, Ohio
1-Character..."


I'm so glad you liked it! I listened to the audiobook and it was amazing. The ambiance was perfect and really scary at times.

Amanda wrote: "Completion Post
Book Read:The Diviners
Date Read: 2/1/2021
Rating: 5 Stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
Blue Cover-
0-Place: Zenith, Ohio
1-Character..."

Amanda, did you read the blue edition? if so, can you please put that one on your shelf.
If not, don't worry, we can use it for another card

It's a reread for me (I never got around to the fourth book so going through them all again) but I did the audio as well and I love it so much!

Sorry, I'm in another challenge where you can use any cover to meet cover requirements so I thought that was the case here as well. I listened to the audio unfortunately. I think the cover might still be blue enough, but unsure. Will you take a look? , it looks purple in the thumbnail but when you enlarge it it's definitely blue.

I'd say it's blue too, but it could be purple.
Do you prefer to ask in the captain's group?

Paula wrote: "I'd say it's blue too, but it could be purple.
Do you prefer to ask in the captain's group?"

Captains chat is 2/3 and the two of us agree so I think it’s good!

Completion Post
Book Read:Trio: Friend, Lover, Mate
Date Read: 2/2/2021
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
2-Title
3-Character: Henry
6-Character: Sirius
7-Place: Vale Valley
8-Character: Eddie
9-Character: Nancy
Skip-Character: Kai

Completion Post
Book Read:Somebody to Love
Date Read: 2/2/2021
Rating: 3 Stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
1-1 in series
2-Character: Tyler
5-Character: Ian
6-Character: Shane
7-Character: Roy Valdez
8-Character: Eric

Amanda, I really don't know how you do it hahaha do you have a time machine? a time turner?

We'll use The Diviners for a blue card.

Thanks Elizabeth for checking in!!

The Spreadsheet is updated to here =)

Paula wrote: "Amanda, I really don't know how you do it hahaha do you have a time machine? a time turner?

We'll use The Diviners for a blue card.

Thanks Elizabeth for checking in!!

The Spreadsheet is updated..."

If I had a time turner I'd definitely be the person who used it to read more lol

Completion Post
Book Read:Lair of Dreams
Date Read: 2/2/2021
Rating: 5 Stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
1-Character: Evie O’Neill
2- #2 in series
3-Character:Henry
4-Character: Will Fitzgerald
5-Character: Isiah
6-Character: Sam
8-Character: Evie
9-Place: New York
Skip-Character: Theta Knight
Reverse: Read by Paula

Amanda wrote: "If I had a time turner I'd definitely be the person who used it to read more lol"

I'd probably use it for that and to sleep more hahaha

Completion Post
Book Read:Just Not You
Date Read: 2/4/2021
Rating: 5 Stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
2-Character: Taro
3-Character: Hara
4-Author: Forester
5-Character: Sota Iso
6-Character: Sota

Completion Post
Book Read: A Cuerpo de Gato
Date Read: 2/5/2021
Rating: 4 Stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
0 - Standalone
3 - Author: Hiro Arikawa
6 - Character: Satoru
9 - Character: Nana
Skip - Character Kosuke

Completion Post
Book Read:Socially Orcward
Date Read: 2/5/2021
Rating: 5 Stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
2-Location: Tournel
3-Author: Lisa Henry
4-Location: Falkirk
5-Character: Inky
6-Title
Skip-Character: Maud Kettering

Completion Post
Book Read:Don't STAHP Believing
Date Read: 2/6/2021
Rating: 3 Stars
Card It Can Be Used For:
1-First in series
2-Character: Tank
3-Character: Hector
5-Character: Ivan
6-Character: Saint
9-Character: Ivan Novak
Skip: Character: Pavlo

Completion Post
Book Read:A Surplus of Light
Date Read: 2/7/2021
Rating: 4 Stars
Cards it can be used for:
Blue cover-
0-Standalone
2-Place: Texas
5-Character: Ian
6-Character: Mike Steadman
Skip: Character: Kevin

Completion Post
Book Read: Schooling the Jock
Date Read: 2/6/2021
Rating: 3.5 Stars
1-First in Series
2-Author: Tara Lain
3-Character: DeWan Hamilton
4-Character: Feliz
6-Title
8-Author: Eli Easton
Skip: Character: Jesse Knox

Completion Post
Book Read: Fluke and the Faithless Father
Date Read: 2/7/2021
Rating: 4 Stars
0-Character: Beatriz Zhou
2-2nd in series
4-Title
5-Character: Iris
6-Character: Sage
Skip-Character: Gideon Knight

Hello everyone!
How are you?

I just updated our spreasheet and I may be finishing another book tomorrow =)