The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team Sugar Glider

Team Members:
❅ Annalisa - Captain
❅ Felicity - Co-Captain
❅ Carrie
❅ Ann
❅ Ashley Reindeau
❅ Nicole
❅ Joyce Gravino
❅ Angela Kuhlmann
❅ Jenny
❅ Nicole
❅ Jen Barnsley


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

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Welcome Team Sugar Gliders
You will find a lot of helpful information in these first couple of posts and if you have questions I recommend you look there. If you aren't sure about something feel free to ask in the thread and will will be happy to help!

Team Shelves
Annalisa Captain
Felicity Co-Captain
Carrie
Ann
Ashley Reindeau
Nicole E
Joyce Gravino
Angela Kuhlmann
Jenny
Nicole K
Jen Barnsley

Rules in a Nutshell
- 100 pages (verify 25k words / 3hrs for Children's, Poetry, Plays etc MPG)
- rereads OK after 6 months
- Letters for cards use title / author name / speaking character name / location
- Letters to find Z O T H F I S V E N K P
- Numbers in title or #series

Basic Expectations
-Check in once a week on the team thread, so that we know you are actively participating. Even if you have not completed a book.
-Only books started after the challenge starts can count for this challenge.
-All finished books must be marked as read and must be on your Uno shelf.

Other Information
I prefer not to claim cards except for color cards. If you have a color card that you want to claim please post so we can make sure all our color cards are covered. All other cards will not be claimed as books will often be moved around to make everything fit. When you are posting your completion post please post all cards the book works for.

Team Spread Sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Important Links
Rules and Updates thread

Helpful Links
Arbook Finder to verify book length: https://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.a...
Children's Books that have verified length
Uno Blue Ideas Shelf
Uno Green Ideas Shelf
Uno Red Ideas Shelf
Uno Yellow Ideas Shelf
For the color covers please be aware that different editions have different color covers and you will need to post the color cover that you read.

Completion Post Format

Completion Post

Title: It Happened One Autumn
Author: Lisa Kleypas
Date: January 19, 2021
Rating: 4 stars (optional though it does lead to interesting discussion).

Cards:
RED Cover
2 - Series Wallflowers #2
3 - Character Simon Hunt
5 - Title
6 - Character Simon Hunt
8 - Character Evie Jenner
Skip - Author

Does not have to be exactly like this but something similar is appreciated.

Uno Countdown to Start!
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

February Cards

Normal cards:
Card/number we need of them
0 / 3
1 / 10
2 / 8
3 / 5
4 / 7
5 / 6
6 / 9
7 / 5
8 / 7
9 / 9
Skip / 6
Reverse / 6
Wild / 4

Color Cards
Blue 6 - Felicity
Blue 4 - Angela
Blue 4 - Jen
Green 3 - Nicole E
Red 2 - Ashley
Red 5 - Sparkling Cyanide Joyce
Yellow 6 - Angela
Yellow 5 - Slade House Joyce

4 Wild Draw Four (this is a repeat of one of the books above. They can only be duplicated once.)
WD4 - Felicity
WD4 - Annalisa
WD4 - Felicity

March Cards

Card Total required
0 / 3
1 / 6
2 / 7
3 / 8
4 / 5
5 / 5
6 / 7
7 / 7
8 / 8
9 / 8
Skip / 7
Reverse / 8
Wild / 6
Wild Draw 4 / 5
1 Green / 1
4 Green / 1
Skip Green / 1
6 Blue / 1
Skip Blue / 1
2 Red / 1
3 Red / 1
6 Red / 1
8 Red / 1
9 Red / 1
Skip Red / 1
1 Yellow / 1
4 Yellow / 1
Skip Yellow / 1

April cards

February Mini Info

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...)

Hello Team Sugar Gliders!

I'm so excited to for UNO about to start and to get to know you all a little bit more. I'm Annalisa and this is my 7th year playing and my 3rd year as a captain. Please feel free to ask any questions you have as I remember my first year was a little confusing.

I’m going to be sending out friend requests to all of you. Please accept those. It makes it a lot easier for me to check your books throughout the month. You may also want to send friend requests to the rest of the team as it will make it much easier to find reverse cards.

Please introduce your self in your first post. Let us know if this is your first time playing UNO or if you have played before, where you are from, and what you genres you enjoy reading. You can also post a few favorite reads and if you feel like it the worst book you read last year. (I always find it really interesting to see what people hate.) Also, somewhere in that post please post a link to your Uno shelf.

I’m from the mountains of Western North Carolina in the US.

I enjoy reading historical romance, fantasy, science fiction, and scifi romance. I’m pretty much willing to read any genre although I’m not much for horror.

Some of my favorite books last year were:
This book goes over skills for negotiation but they can also help with everyday difficult conversations. Also, some great advice I've used at work for when conversations outside parties you work with stop getting back to you.
I read the entire series and loved it. If you haven't read it I would highly recommend it.
Another Series. I started this on a car trip. Murderbot is such a unique character and I adore these stories. They are fun and the audiobooks are amazing.
This novel started out a bit slow for me but the story after the characters were introduced was engaging. I wasn't surprised by the ending at all but I did love it.

My least favorite book was:
Controversial I know. There are a few reasons why this book was the worst book of 2022 for me, but I'll start with what bothered me the most, which was that it completely ignored the fact that the coast of North Carolina is about 6 hours from the mountains today. We have highways now that would not have been the case in the 60s. So putting Asheville in the story, and as frequently as it showed up, was so ridiculous. It felt like a name drop. Also in the 60s and 70s Asheville was not the place it is today so it would not have been the place it was in the novel. I live in the state and am familiar with all the real locations mentioned in the novel (some were fictional) and this lack of understanding of the state during the time when it was set just bothered me. Also, the ending was just not for me. There were times when the novel was beautiful, so I understand why so many people loved it. I really did not though.

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

Hi fellow team Sugar Gliders! As a person that loves sweets and baking, our team name is a good fit for me. Now if I could learn to fly!

I am Felicity and this is my third year playing UNO and my first year being co-captain. I live in Ohio and am a caregiver for my disabled husband and my tabby cat, Tiger. We have a 20 year old daughter who is away at college.

I enjoy reading Thrillers, Mysteries, Science Fiction, Chick-lit, General Fiction, some Historical Fiction and I try to get in more Non-Fiction every year. I am in 4 book clubs and one online challenge so some books I read are outside my regular genres.

Some of my favorites last year were:

Speculative fiction- what would you do if you knew how long you would live and how would that effect society.

. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a favorite author and this featured another strong but flawed female character. Fun to read during Wimbledon last year.

Probably on everyone's best list. Funny quirky story about sexual bias in the 60s in the science world.

The Brighton Mysteries by Elly Griffiths. The first one is . This a fun series that starts in the fifties with protagonists that were part of a WWII group who were called the Magic Men who were tasked into fooling the Nazi's during battle. After the war, one is a police officer, who solves crimes with the help of his friend, a magician. Interesting history and wry humor make these interesting reads. There are 6 of them so far.

A book I disliked reading recently was I usually really like time travel but this was dull. I only finished it because I had to read it for a book club.

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

I am really looking forward to getting to know all of you. I think you are all new to me. I will be sending friend requests to you all soon.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Hello Team Sugar Glider,

This is my first time playing UNO but it sounds fun. I enjoy reading anything paranormal. I also enjoy mysteries, cozy and police procedurals. I love science fiction and the occasional horror book.

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

My favorites from last year were:



One book I really did not like was:

Welcome Joyce. I read The Traveling Cat Chronicles last year too. It was sad but in a good way. I've been considering The Book of Cold Cases and I might pick it up for one of our reverses if my library has it.

Hi everyone! I'm Nicole Early (I see we have two Nicoles!). I live in Kansas City Missouri but am originally from Buffalo NY. This will be my 6th year playing Uno.
My favorite genres are historical fiction and fantasy, but I have really been enjoying magical realism lately.

Book links are down for me at the moment, but I am currently reading Fairy Tale by Stephen King and really enjoying it.


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

Welcome Joyce and Nicole. I really loved The Midnight Library both times I read it, Joyce.

Maybe we should call you Nicole E to differentiate. Or another nickname?

Hi Team. I am Ann from Rochester NY. This is my 4th year playing Uno. Uno is my favorite goodreads challenge!!!

Hi everyone! My name is Angela and I live in Illinois near Chicago. This is my first Uno challenge so I am sure I will have questions but I am looking forward to playing with you all.

My favorite genres are romance and mystery/ thriller. I also enjoy some non-fiction, literary fiction and historical fiction.
My favorite books from 2022 include Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan, Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister, Sadie by Courtney Summers, The Woman He Loved Before by Dorothy Koomson, Reprieve by James Han Mattson and The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead.


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

Welcome Nicole E, Ann, and Angela!

Hi all. Just doing a quick check in to say hi. I'll be sure to post more soon!

I'm Carrie from PA and have played Uno several times now!

Welcome Carrie, Ann and Angela!

Hey All!

I started writing a post yesterday, and but then for some reason it wouldn't post so I'm trying again today.

So my name is Jen, I am from Edmonton, Alberta Canada. This is I think my 6th year doing this challenge, and I always enjoy it.

Let's see I work full time as a Quality Assurance Analyst, other than reading in my spare time I train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, so it all keeps me fairly busy.

I was trying to think of some of my favourite books that I read from last year and I think The Lunar Chronicles (series) ended up being a favourite, as well as Gallant by V.E. Schwab, was a great read but I generally love most of her books. There were several others but that's all I can think of for now.

Oh and here is a link to my shelf uno-2023

Hi Jen,

Welcome to the team. I just loved The Invisible Life of Addie Larue but have never read anything else by V. E. Schwab. I am not a big fantasy reader but the book just hooked me and I thought was so clever and unputdownable. Is there another book of hers you would recommend?

She definitely tends to lean towards fantasy type of books, but if I had to recommend one it might be Vicious just because this one is more of a mix of genres.

Felicity wrote: "Hi Jen,

Welcome to the team. I just loved The Invisible Life of Addie Larue but have never read anything else by V. E. Schwab. I am not a big fantasy reader but the book just hooked me and I thoug..."

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

Hi all. This is my 5th year playing UNO. It's definitely one of my favorite team challenges.

My favorite genres include mystery, thriller, horror and Nordic Noir. I'll read just about anything however.

Some of my favorite reads last year:

- really makes you think about life

- I love anything that I've read by Kingfisher

- Highly recommend!

and - interesting spins on the idea of true crime stories

I'm married and have a 25 year old daughter who is an OR nurse. I have 1 dog (Westie that's 15) and 3 cats. I love to travel and was lucky enough to have lived in Italy for 3 years and had the chance to see a lot of places in Europe. I love to do puzzles and read of course!

Looking forward to working with you all on this round of UNO!

Welcome Carrie and Jen!

I wasn't sure when you wanted us to start claiming colored covers but I would like to do for a blue cover 4

I get my books from the library, so I have to plan my TBR in advance since I usually end up having to request the books (just as a heads up). It seems like most books work for most tasks, but when we get to the end of the month and most of the hands are completed, I am assuming the books picked would need to be more specific to work. I am new to this, so I suppose I will figure it our as we go.

I was going to wait to claim cards until we got closer but I don't think it is a problem now. I have books I plan to read that would match the 6Blue, the 3Green and the 5Red. I will probably start with and claim the 6 Blue because that is the book I want to read first. I would only do one or both of the other two if no-one else claims them.

We are taking the easy ones first, lol. It's funny how many books have blue covers.

Angela wrote: "I wasn't sure when you wanted us to start claiming colored covers but I would like to do for a blue cover 4

I get my books from the library, so I have to pla..."

I'll put you down for the Blue 4. Later on you can still read whatever you want, but there may be a few were we need a specific card covered.

Felicity wrote: "I was going to wait to claim cards until we got closer but I don't think it is a problem now. I have books I plan to read that would match the 6Blue, the 3Green and the 5Red. I will probably start ..."

Put you down for the Blue 6.

Hi Team! I am absolutely loving the name this year!

My name is Ashley, I’m (almost) 30, a mom of three, and from NJ. I can read almost all genres but my favorites are anything YA, mystery, thriller, dystopian, and some horror mixed in there too. I’m not a huge fantasy fan, but there are some I love.

This is my third year playing Uno, second year with our awesome captain 😊 and I look forward to it every year now, it’s a lot of fun!

One question I did have, does the rule still apply where as long as a book is listed in Goodreads it can be read? I only ask because since the last time I played, I’ve created a book blog and get a ton of advanced reader copies. I was wondering if those can be used for this if they’re on Goodreads.

Some of my favorite reads of last year were:







There aren’t many books that I don’t end up liking honestly, but here are two that ended up on my “not a fan” shelf:



And my controversial one that everyone seemed to love besides me:


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

I am looking forward to playing with all of you!

Also, I’m not sure if this is red enough, but if it is I can use it for our Red 2 card:

Welcome Ashley! I think your book is red enough to work. As for your advance reader copies (which I miss from the time I worked at a bookstore) I know a lot of future books show up on Goodreads before they are published. I was on a team with a librarian for Goodreads and she said you could request a book be added to Goodreads so that might be an option if the book isn't on it.

Hi, Team Sugar Glider!

My name is Nicole K. I’m excited to be here; it’s my first year participating in the UNO team challenge!

I’m from Massachusetts and live with my boyfriend and cat. I also just started a new job which should allow me some much-needed free time so I’m hoping I’ll be able to read more often. I love reading mostly fiction- historical, contemporary, suspense/mystery, classics, romance.

Looking forward to getting to know you all :)

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

Ashley wrote: "Hi Team! I am absolutely loving the name this year!

My name is Ashley, I’m (almost) 30, a mom of three, and from NJ. I can read almost all genres but my favorites are anything YA, mystery, thrille..."

Welcome to the team! I've put you down for the Red 2. You can read Advanced Reader Copies. I do and if they aren't on GoodReads you can ask a librarian to add the book.

nicole wrote: "Hi, Team Sugar Glider!

My name is Nicole K. I’m excited to be here; it’s my first year participating in the UNO team challenge!

I’m from Massachusetts and live with my boyfriend and cat. I also ..."

Welcome to the team. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Hi all-

Hope you are having a nice Thursday. I just wanted to let you know that I have heard from Jenny and she is having trouble posting in our thread. She has been reading our comments but is not able to respond. So we are all checked in!

Felicity wrote: "Welcome Ashley! I think your book is red enough to work. As for your advance reader copies (which I miss from the time I worked at a bookstore) I know a lot of future books show up on Goodreads bef..."

Thanks, sounds good to me!

Annalisa wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Hi Team! I am absolutely loving the name this year!

My name is Ashley, I’m (almost) 30, a mom of three, and from NJ. I can read almost all genres but my favorites are anything YA, m..."

Perfect! Thanks for the help!

Jenny here, finally! I am so happy that my posts are coming through now :-) This is my second Uno Challenge and I am excited! I live in Ohio with my husband and Yorkie doggie. I have two adult kids. One of my favorite books of 2022 was Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Looking forward to this!

Yay Jenny! Nice to see your post. I too really liked Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow. I am in Cincinnati- where are you?

Columbus! Hello fellow Ohioan :-)

Here's my UNO 2023 bookshelf link if anyone needs it. It won't be empty for long :-) https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/...

Would this book work for Yellow 5 Colored Card? If so, I can read it :-)

I'm not sure it is yellow enough. I wonder if we should ask in the captain's group? I'll let Annalisa answer what she thinks.

Jenny wrote: "Columbus! Hello fellow Ohioan :-)"
My daughter is a sophomore at Ohio State and I am an alum of OSU so we have been to Columbus a few times.

Jenny wrote: "Jenny here, finally! I am so happy that my posts are coming through now :-) This is my second Uno Challenge and I am excited! I live in Ohio with my husband and Yorkie doggie. I have two adult kids..."

Welcome Jenny, glad you were able to post of the team thread.

Jenny wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/...

Would this book work for Yellow 5 Colored Card? If so, I can read it :-)"

Sorry I don't think this is Yellow enough.

@Ann please don't forget to make an uno shelf and post it. Thank you.

Please feel free to claim any color cards if you have a book that fits. We have a few that have been claimed but if you have one that fits something please let us know.

If you aren't sure about a cover being over 50% of the color you can ask here and we will vote as a team on that.

February Color Cards:
Blue 6 - Felicity
Blue 4 - Angela
Blue 4
Green 3
Red 2 - Ashley
Red 5
Yellow 6
Yellow 5

4 Wild Draw Four