The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team Top Gun

Team Members:
❅ Helke - Captain
❅ Gustaf Mtz Amador - Co-Captain
❅ Melissa - Co-Captain
❅ Charlie
❅ Ann
❅ Carly
❅ Kate


♕ Team Spreadsheet

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

Planning sheet

Links to members uno shelfs:
Helke
Gustaf
Charlie
Ann
Carly
Kate

Helpfull links:
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.
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THE CARDS AND THEIR MEANING
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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)]


red covers
blue covers
green covers
yellow covers

Example post for finished books:
Book: High Haven
Author: J. Richardson
Pages: 132
Date read: 04 Feb
Cards:
2: #2 in series
3: title
8: char Emily
Skip: char Kevin

It is important, that you include all possible cards the book will fit into your comletion post. Only this way we can be sure to be able to switch books around if the need arises till the end of month.

You can use all characters from the book which have a meaning to the story. A waiter at the restaurant wont count but friends of the MC with an impact on the story will count.

Countdown for UNO

Start is 10 am Feb 1th here in Germany. So that would be 9 am in Sweden.

FEBRUARY

MARCH Clues and FAQs from the captains group thread for the mini challenge:
FAQ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


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.

Clues given

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


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.

Answers to questions from captains:
Obviously there are lots of famous 80s songs, but if you make a little reasearch along this line, I hope you'll find quite some clues considering the tasks as well.
When songs were being chosen, only the songs themselves and their official 80s videos were being considered without reference to later films.
Dunno if this is any help or not.
And if you guess the artist/song right, you can get the extra points even if you don't complete the book tasks.
Obviously I am not going to point the metaphysical finger ... lol ... but it's definitely borrowed feathers.... hairdos...
For the "Meg Ryan hair" the wording/phrasing can be different as long as the reference is there. Just please give the quote, location for it.
Meg Ryan is not really a clue, just a little extra!

Sometimes the clue points more to the artist/band or the title of their song, sometimes its the video.

Tasks aka clues 16 -18 are all about the video clip.

Shelves/MPGs must be exact.

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

Does it have to be a white suite or will any white clothes do? It needs to be white, male clothing because of the clue-thingy, but I accept white shirt/coat as well.
And, for all of the people who were not alive to be rocking feathered hair and leg warmers, it seems that several of the songs were also done on Glee. Including the song with the white coat.
I'm sure that helps a lot.

For 10-12, leopard is a very literal clue!
Task 10 should be the clue for the song title
Task 11 is reference to the artist/band's name

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

APRIL

Hey all,
I´m Helke from Germany. This is my third time UNO, my second time as member of the captains team and I´m looking forward to get to know you all.
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 only Ann and I have UNO experience. If you have questions please don´t hesitate to ask. If we can´t get a question cleared away here one of us captains will go and ask in the captains group. One way or another you will get an answer (even if you might not like it ;) ).
In message 7 you will find a link to a spreadsheet. That is our planning sheet. Please pm me your email address so I can give you access to it. I would like for you to put your books in there, so everybody can see with one look who planned to read for which card. We each have a colour to underlay the line with so it is clear who claimed the card. Please don´t be worried if during the month books get switched around by the captains. That is quite normal.

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Hello everyone!
I'm Gustaf (pronounced Gustav). I live in Stockholm, Sweden with my husband and our dog Toby. Just like Helke, I mostly read MM romance/Erotica. However, I work part time at a book store so other books makes their way to my read shelf fairly often. I'm also a creative writing student, hoping to some day have the courage to write in english and actually publish it.
This is my first time playing UNO and I jumped the gun straight away and joined Helke and Melissa as a co-captain. Don't fear, I might be new to UNO but I'm a bit of a challenge junkie and have captained a few teams in other challenges. I'm sure we will figure this out together.
I'm really excited to meet you all and see what books you read. Just as Helke said, don't be afraid to reach out with questions. We are here to figure them out. Although it might be a bit hypocritical of me since I always feel awkward when I'm the one asking them 😅
I guess I have to watch Top Gun now...

Hi I am Ann from Upstate New York. Love to read and am very competitive. This is my second year playing uno. It was my favorite team challenge in 2020. I will read most everything however not a big fan of fantasy. I am an accountant during the day and am not typically known for my creativity which is probably why I am not big fan of the fantasy genre. Can't wait to get this game started!

Hi everyone! :)
I'm Charlie from Finland. I'm a student finishing my last year in high school. This is my first time participating in this challenge and I have looked forward to this since last year when I found out about this!
Lately I've been primarily reading YA which helped me get over a bit of a reading slump and got me back on track with reading. I also enjoy for example classics, horror/mystery and fantasy. I like watching movies also so I guess I too should watch Top Gun soon :D
Very excited and glad to start this with you all!

Hi everyone, I’m Melissa from New York here in the US. Nice to meet you all! I have been a big reader since I was a little kid. I tend to pick intense, sometimes traumatic novels, or stories with lots of character and relationship depth. A lot of the time if I like an author, I’ll just start reading all their books :-). I tend to stay away from mystery/horror and YA. I have enjoyed a few different fantasy novels. I’m really looking forward to playing!!! And I love the movie Top Gun!!

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Hello, everyone! I’m Carly, and I live in the US. I’m very new to this group and trying to motivate myself to read more. UNO sounded like a great way to experience books I would never choose for myself. Looking forward to it!

... and I already have a question! This seems to be a challenge really geared toward fiction, but I enjoy pop science quite a lot. I’m assuming non-fiction will be permissible as well, right?

Also forgot to say that “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins is criminally under appreciated and I’m glad this group has me thinking about it daily now. :D

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Charlie wrote: "Hi everyone! :)
I'm Charlie from Finland. I'm a student finishing my last year in high school. This is my first time participating in this challenge and I have looked forward to this since last yea..."

Hello neighbour! :)

Carly you can read everybook you like to. There are no restrictions. If you want to read a dictionary you could as long as it fits a card.

Helke: Okay, great! Thanks.

Hello team Top Gun. I am Kate from the state of Virginia. I am a newbie to UNO, but I have participated in other team challenges. I am open to reading most things, but I tend to choose mysteries and thrillers most often.

So now we have all checked in. Glad to meet you all. Please remember to send PM me your email address so you can get access to the spreadsheet.

Gustaf wrote: "Hello neighbour! :)"

Hi! :D

Charlie wrote: "Gustaf wrote: "Hello neighbour! :)"

Hi! :D"

We are some sort of neighbours too as I´m from Germany.
So we have 3 North american and 3 Europe members. Think we will still find to chat together.

Yeah, it's really nice that there are people from different places - a bit closer and also further away!

So most of you have access to the planning sheet and the rest will get there soon. The cards for February are out. Maybe take a look and if you are the type for it start planning your books.

Carly I found your request. Luckily I went to check on my emails. Sorry haven´t done this sharing a google sheet before. You should have access now.

I'm usually the only Scandinavian in my teams so I find this funny.
I do agree with you guys though, it's really nice to meet people from all over.

I know Helke since before and looking forward to getting to know the rest of you better.

Helke wrote: "So most of you have access to the planning sheet and the rest will get there soon. The cards for February are out. Maybe take a look and if you are the type for it start planning your books."

Okay great, thank you! I did PM you my address before I saw this, sorry.

I am OBSESSED with the planning spreadsheet for this; it tickles the organizational part of me. :D Are we going to discuss who takes what first, or would you like us to fill in our plans as we decide on them? My understanding is that we need to finish Hand 1 before we get points for Hand 2, correct?

Just took a look at the first hand, mulling over some books - I find the planning is part of the fun!

I'm glad we have some planners. I can plan and plan but follow through is a whole other thing x)

Hello everyone!
I'm not of your team but I know two little nuggets in here, Helke and Gustaf. You'll be good with those two!

So just you know I'll probable pop up at anytime to chat a bit 😁

Hey Emilienne.

Emilienne wrote: "Hello everyone!
I'm not of your team but I know two little nuggets in here, Helke and Gustaf. You'll be good with those two!

So just you know I'll probable pop up at anytime to chat a bit 😁"

Hello Em! How's things at your team?

Good Gustaf!

A chatty one with people from different countries, just like yours 😊

I think it's going to be super fun but I need to read the rules again lol

Emilienne wrote: "Good Gustaf!

A chatty one with people from different countries, just like yours 😊

I think it's going to be super fun but I need to read the rules again lol"

Em you know you can ask if not sure about something.

So you all should have access to the ss by now.

I am so very glad. I finally finished the last parts of my work and have the first free days since new year. I will clean my house and soak in the tub and play board games with my family and watch winter sports for hours. *happy dance*

Helke wrote: "I am so very glad. I finally finished the last parts of my work and have the first free days since new year. I will clean my house and soak in the tub and play board games with my family and watch ..."

Yay! Well deserved.

Carly wrote: "I am OBSESSED with the planning spreadsheet for this; it tickles the organizational part of me. :D Are we going to discuss who takes what first, or would you like us to fill in our plans as we decide on them? My understanding is that we need to finish Hand 1 before we get points for Hand 2, correct?"

I am pretty excited about getting started on planning as well! Have you thought about which book or two you may start with for February?