The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team Echidna

Team Members:
❅ Louise - Captain
❅ Gwen Landis - Co-Captain
❅ Ann
❅ DJ Ruby
❅ Alya
❅ Sana Zameer
❅ Jo
❅ Cindy
❅ Stephanie
❅ Preeti


♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

❅ Alex

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All About UNO

Countdown
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Team Spreadsheet (Captain’s Only)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Tracking Sheet (Use This)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Current Standings
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Team Shelves

❅ Louise
❅ Gwen Landis
❅ Alex
❅ Ann
❅ DJ Ruby
❅ Alya
❅ Sana Zameer
❅ Jo
❅ Cindy
❅ Stephanie
❅ Preeti


Color Shelves
Red Covers
Blue Covers
Green Covers
Yellow Covers

February Cards
2 📒 - Louise
5 📒 - Stephanie
3 📘 - Louise
7 📘 - Gwen
2 📕 - Alex
6 📕 - Cindy
7 📕 - Gwen
4 📗 - Jo

Wild Draw 4 - 2
3📘 - Sana
4 📗 (same book - draw 2 in hand) - Jo

Wild - 3
Skip - 4
Reverse - 9

0️⃣ - 4
1️⃣ - 9
2️⃣ - 8
3️⃣ - 9
4️⃣ - 6
5️⃣ - 11
6️⃣ - 4
7️⃣ - 7
8️⃣ - 4
9️⃣ - 7

February Mini
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Azure Dragon of the East (10 tasks)
1. Read a book with blue or green or teal letters on the cover
2. Read a book with a teal cover
3. Read a book with the word "EAST" or "EASTERN" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
4. Read a book with the letters F*O*U*R in the title
5. Read a book featuring a dragon (shapeshifter accepted) or with a dragon on the cover
6. Read a book with a tree(s) or a wooden object on the cover
7. Read a book with the word "DAWN" or "SUNRISE" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
8. Read a book shelved Spring (min 3 tags) or with one of the Spring months in the title
9. Read a book with the word "BEAST" or "PREDATOR" in the title or series title
10. Read a book where a character is guarding somebody/something

Vermilion Bird of the South (10 tasks)
11. Read a book with red or orange letters on the cover
12. Read a book with an orange cover
13. Read a book with the word "SOUTH" or "SOUTHERN" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
14. Read a book with the page count containing the number 4
15. Read a book featuring a bird (shapeshifter accepted) or with a bird on the cover
16. Read a book with fire on the cover
17. Read a book with the word "NOON" or "DAY" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
18. Read a book shelved Summer (min 3 tags) or with one of the Summer months in the title
19. Read a book shelved Justice or Enemies (min 3 tags)
20. Read a book with a character flying (on) a plane or (on) a spaceship

White Tiger of the West (10 tasks)
21. Read a book with white letters on the cover
22. Read a book with a white cover
23. Read a book with the word "WEST" or "WESTERN" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
24. Read a book with the publication date (the first publication date or that of your edition) containing the number 4
25. Read a book featuring a tiger (shapeshifter accepted) or with a tiger on the cover
26. Read a book with some kind of metal or a metallic object on the cover
27. Read a book with the word "SUNSET" or "TWILIGHT" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
28. Read a book shelved Autumn or Fall (min 3 tags) or with one of the autumn months in the title
29. Read a book with the word "HUNTER" or "PREY" in the title or series title
30. Read a book with a character who fights demons or other otherworldly creatures or a book shelved as Demons (min 3 tags)


Black Turtle of the North (10 tasks)
31. Read a book with black letters on the cover
32. Read a book with a black or grey cover
33. Read a book with the word "NORTH" or "NORTHERN" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
34. Read a book that is 4th in a series
35. Read a book featuring a snake or a turtle (shapeshifters accepted) or with a turtle or snake on the cover
36. Read a book with a body of water on the cover
37. Read a book with the word "NIGHT" or "MIDNIGHT" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)
38. Read a book shelved Winter (min 3 tags) or with one of the Winter months in the title
39. Read a book shelved as Immortal or Mysterious (min 3 tags)
40. Read a book where a character is a warrior/soldier

Yellow Dragon (Centre) (6 extra tasks)
41. Read a book shelved as Animals (min 3 tags)
42. Read a book featuring an/some alien species
43. Read a book with the name of any officially recognized animal constellations in the title (names in Latin or the language you are reading the book in will be accepted - https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/....)
44. Read a book featuring royalty (real or fictional)
45. Read a book shelved Gods (min 3 tags)
46. Read a book where a martial art of Asian origin is mentioned in the text (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...) (hide spoiler)]

March Cards
2 📒 - Jo
5 📒 -
9 📒 - DJ
Skip 📒 - Sana

1 📘 - Stephanie
6 📘 - Preeti
8 📘 - Jo
Skip 📘 - Sana

2 📕 - Louise
7 📕 - Preeti
8 📕 - Gwen
Skip 📕 - DJ

6 📗 - DJ
Skip 📗 - Cindy

Wild Draw 4 - 4
2 📒 - Louise
1 📘 - Gwen

2 📕 - Preeti
7 📕 - Cindy

Wild - 4
Skip - 6
Reverse - 5

0️⃣ - 1
1️⃣ - 10
2️⃣ - 10
3️⃣ - 6
4️⃣ - 7
5️⃣ - 8
6️⃣ - 6
7️⃣ - 6
8️⃣ - 7
9️⃣ - 11

Welcome to Team Echidna


Now that you have found your way here please introduce yourself to the team in as much or as little detail as you wish to

Have you read the book or watched the movie?
Is this your first time playing UNO?

Please remember to link your UNO shelf, it is helpful if you only add books to this shelf as you start reading them not for long term plans, we use the shelves to double check books and page counts.

If you haven't played before please read the rules carefully. It looks far more daunting than it is. If you have any questions do ask and Gwen and I should be able to help.

Our Team Spreadsheet is linked above showing our February Cards, take a look at what color covers are needed and see what you can do.
We also have Reverse cards so take a look at each others read shelve, see if anything takes your fancy. If you have read a particularly good book recently let us know.

Books can be logged on the tracking spreadsheet, or posted here if you prefer, make sure to include details of the cards it fits.

Make sure to check in at least once a week so we know you are still playing.

Most importantly have fun and Happy Reading

Hi all, I’m Louise from a currently very frosty Wales. This is going to be my 7th year of UNO, where has the time gone. I’m a bit of a challenge addict and love team challenges to get me out of my comfort zone. Unusually I had only come across Cindy before. I’ve sent friend requests out to you all, if you haven’t already please accept them.

UNO 2023

Hi, all. I am Preeti and am from Bangalore in India. I have taken part in UNO a few times (can't remember exactly how many ☺️).
I started taking part in these challenges as a way to increase my reading and am very happy to have discovered so many new people and books as a result.
This is one of my favourite challenges which shouldn't surprise me as I have loved the card game ever since I was first introduced to it in primary school.
My UNO shelf: uno-2023-preeti‎

A while back I started adding books to uno colour specific shelves. I am linking them here in case it is of help to anybody. Only, please keep in mind that the colours may be specific to the editions I read.

💙 UNO Blue
💚 UNO Green
❤️ UNO Red
💛 UNO Yellow

Nice to meet y'all. I am Dänah, but go by DJ here. I live in BW, Germany. This is my third or fourth time doing UNO. I have a few colored books listed: Dänah's UNO 2023. Can't wait to start; already reading a lot.

Hi team! I am Alex and I live in London, UK. This is my first time participating in the UNO Challenge and I am extremely excited!

my UNO shelf

I read a variety of genres but this year I plan to focus on horror and thrillers. In addition, I also plan to read as many 2023 releases as possible. This being said, I am open to reading new things so I can't wait to hear your recommendations and get inspiration.

P.S. I really like our little Echidna <3

Hello all!

I'm Gwen, helping out Louise as co-captain - I'm looking forward to playing with you all!

I live in Vermont in the US and this is my 4th time playing Uno and 2nd time as co-cap. Uno is by far my favorite reading challenge!

When you get a chance, be sure to check out the cards we need for February, especially the colored cards - those can sometimes be tricky to complete.

I read a wide variety of genres but some of my favorites are thrillers, horror, some sci-fi, some fantasy, post-apocalyptic, paranormal, mystery, biographies, travel memoirs, and some YA. I don't read a lot of straight-up romance but I just love a good book, regardless of genre.

And I think echidnas are adorable. At least we don't have a bug as our team name (not that there's anything wrong with bugs but...)

Hello everyone! My name is Alina and I'm from the tiny country of Lithuania. I'm a bit bad with Goodreads specific things, but here is the link to my shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

This is my third time participating. Unfortunately, I have a seasonal job and am currently working quite a lot, so I won't be able to read as much, but I'll try my best!

And if I'm not mistaken, we are in a chatty group, right?

Welcome Alina, Alex, DJ, and Preeti!

I hope we're a chatty group but time will tell! I love how international we are, that's very exciting.

We still have a few more folks to check in but we are getting there. Thanks for posting your Uno bookshelves, I think Louise is going to link them up later. I meant to add mine earlier - here it is:

Uno Game 2023

Again, I'm looking forward to playing with you!

Hello everyone! My name is Cindy and I live in Colorado in the US. This will be my fourth time playing UNO. This was my first challenge I ever joined and it has had me hooked on then ever since! I do ready pretty much anything and everything but I don’t read a whole lot of horror. This year I’m hoping to finish a lot my series that I’ve started and haven’t finished but we’ll see how that goes.

uno-2023

Welcome all, thank you Preeti for linking your UNO colored shelves. For more inspiration the UNO colored shelf links are posted in msg 5

February cards are linked in msg 6

We need the following colored cards

2 📒
5 📒
3 📘
7 📘
2 📕
6 📕
7 📕
4 📗

Wild Draw 4 - 2 (we only need to cover 1 of these)

Please feel free to claim these, a maximum of 2 to start with.

We need only 1 wild draw 4 cards covered. Hand 12 has a draw 2 card alongside a Wild Draw 4 and 4 Green card.


I would like to claim
2 📒
3 📘

• Completion Posts

These can either be posted within this thread or on the tracking sheet.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Please ensure that you include as much detail as possible to give us the most options with regards to card

😊 Getting more and more excited by the day.
Thank you for all the info, I am still in the process of wrapping my head around things.

I would like to claim only this for now:
2 📕
T - character (Teddy)

I would like to claim the following colored cards, if possible:

7 📕
Author last name: Vaughn

7 📘
Author last name: Vaughn

They've been on my TBR pile for a bit now so I'm glad they work for these cards!

I will claim: 6 📕 with

Hi, everyone! I'm Sana from Pakistan. This is my second time playing UNO and I'm looking forward to knowing you all.
I read all genres except non fiction. Favorite genres- Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy.

My shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...#

Hello everyone! My name is Stephanie. I'm from California in the U.S. I'm loving that the team is from all over. This will be my first time playing but I am really excited! Here is the link the my uno shelf

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

Welcome Sana and Stephanie!
Looking forward to playing Uno with you.

I'm planning to read
It works for 3 📘. Louise has already claimed the card it can work for Wild Draw 4. I'll go through my books to see what else I've got.

I can take yellow 5 if this is yellow enough? not sure if it's too gold? let me know. I'm looking through to see what others I have that could work for the colored ones.

Stephanie, I think that might be more gold than yellow but we can see what Louise thinks. And if we can't decide, we can always ask the captain's group.

Ok thanks Gwen!

Hello All,
I'm in South Carolina, US. I was originally from California though. This is only my second time playing UNO and so far it's the only challenge I've attempted to participate in consistently. I get a bit confused easily so I'll try my best to look through what we need in our UNO cards and help best I can. I may occasionally need recommendations though on what books I should look for to help the team with the needed points.

My UNO Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I looked quickly through my books and I think this will work for
4 📗

I'll claim this one for now. We start reading 2/1, correct?

Good morning all, I do believe we are only waiting for Ann to join us.
Looks like we only need 5 📒 covered in the coloured cards.

@Stephanie, I agree the background of your book looks gold which is a shade of yellow.
I don’t think we could use it for a colour due to the title of your book obscures most of the book so wouldn’t be enough (50%)

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "I looked quickly through my books and I think this will work for
4 📗

I'll claim this one for now. We start reading 2/1, correct?"

That’s correct. The official start time is 9am UTC (London time)
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

I’ll post here when we’re ready to start

You may have noticed we have 9 reverse cards in our February hands, points wise this is great but it does mean that this is going to need a little organising.

As a reminder Reverse cards are filled by reading a book another team player has already read.
Easiest way to do this is to friend your fellow teammates and check their read shelves see if something tickles your fancy.

The Reverse cards sound so cool!

Stalking the shelves, I am up to read for one of the reverse cards (from Stephanie's read shelf).

Alex wrote: "The Reverse cards sound so cool!

Stalking the shelves, I am up to read for one of the reverse cards (from Stephanie's read shelf)."

Oh, excellent! I have it on my TBR list as well. So we can get 2 reverse cards with the one book. Yay!

Louise wrote: "You may have noticed we have 9 reverse cards in our February hands, points wise this is great but it does mean that this is going to need a little organising.

As a reminder Reverse cards are fill..."

Okay, I looked at Louise's read shelf for a book on my TBR and found this one:

So I'll claim the green book and this book for reverse to start
my reading off : )

Another easy way to check for potential Reverse cards is to go to your friend's page (click on their actual name to go to their page) then click on "More..." near the top. Then click on "Compare Books"

This will quickly show you which books your friend has read that you have in your TBR list (and vice versa). This works especially well if you and your friend have similar reading tastes.

(BTW - I've read And Then There Were None as well!)

I looked at as many of your read books as I could and I seem to have quite a lot of books on my TBR that would work for Reverse. I will add them closer to the end of the month.

Regarding a yellow 5, do you think this could work?

The name of the author starts with an I, but is the book yellow enough?

For yellow 5 I can do and for a Reverse card I got from JoJo's read shelf.

Alya wrote: "Regarding a yellow 5, do you think this could work?

The name of the author starts with an I, but is the book yellow enough?"

I'm not sure about that cover, Alya. It doesn't look to be at least 50% yellow. Again, I will defer to Louise and we can always check with the captain's group as well.

Alya wrote: "Regarding a yellow 5, do you think this could work?

The name of the author starts with an I, but is the book yellow enough?"

I agree with Gwen, it doesn’t appear to meet the 50% yellow criteria.

Stephanie wrote: "For yellow 5 I can do and for a Reverse card I got from JoJo's read shelf."

Thanks Stephanie that’s all coloured covers claimed

While I am not the chattiest, I am certainly happy there are more from this side of the globe than last time. I see we got a lot of Reverse cards and am digging through your shelves for some good reads. I went through my TBR and documented all the number cards I could hopefully fill.

DJ wrote: "While I am not the chattiest, I am certainly happy there are more from this side of the globe than last time. I see we got a lot of Reverse cards and am digging through your shelves for some good r..."

I'm the same DJ, I am not a very chatty person. I'm definitely more of an introvert. I have also gone through my TBR stacks at home and pulled out at least 8 books to start with. I will post updates here whenever I finish a book. Hope you all are having a good Friday! : )

Hello everyone! I'm Ann from India. This is my first time playing UNO. I like reading most genres. Excited to be part of the group!

My shelf

Hi Ann, welcome.

I have on my TBR (from Louise's read shelf). I can read it for a reverse card.

A little over a week to go before we can officially start.

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Sweet! I have a little pile of books ready to go! I think my biggest problem will be deciding what to read first...

Gwen wrote: "Sweet! I have a little pile of books ready to go! I think my biggest problem will be deciding what to read first..."

I agree, this is the hardest part :D I'm keeping some books for other months colours just in case. Which books are you choosing from?