The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team Alien

Team Members:
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❅ Kirsten - Captain
❅ Lisa Hill - Co-Captain
❅ Sharon A.
❅ Stephanie S.
❅ Janine
❅ Caipi
❅ Leanne Smith


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

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Welcome to UNO 2025! There is a LOT going on in this challenge, so we’ve got several informational posts to help us all get started. If you have questions, please just ask.

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 E F H I K N O P S T V Z
✔ Numbers in the title of the book or the number in a series of books

For book titles starting with an article (A/An/The), the article can be ignored or used. So The Hiding Place, for example, could be used as title starting with T or H

Official All About Uno Rules and Information Thread

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.
✔ Friend all the members of the team or make your shelves public so that your captains (MN Lisa and Kirsten) can verify your completions and your team members can find Reverse books.

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

I am a spreadsheet fanatic. I get a bit obsessive. Feel free to complete the spreadsheet as you are comfortable. I will be keeping it up to date with posts, so if you don't like spreadsheets, selection and completion posts in the thread are just fine. You do NOT need to do completion posts if you are using the spreadsheet, and you do NOT need to use the spreadsheet if you are doing completion posts.

Fill out the (Month) Books with the book information available. Columns B is completed with the Code from the (Month) Hands and then E-AH (Book, name, completion date, pages, and then any of the criteria the book fits).

The spreadsheet has been optimized to make moving books around super easy. There are ton of formulas in place so that the spreadsheet handles what is needed to qualify for which card.

Column A is for Captains after we have confirmed the book is on the shelf. Column AI and after will help determine which cards are available to be used.

The (Month) Hands sheet is where we complete the UNO Hands. I have formulas set up to pull the information from the (Month) Books and populate the data in there and help the captains to complete the official spreadsheet at the end of each round.

Fill this out as you are comfortable, but know that we may move books around as needed, especially towards the end of the round to maximize the points we get.

I want people to read and have fun as a group. The spreadsheet relaxes me at the end of a long workday. It does....I promise.

Please fill out the book, the date read, and anywhere the book could possibly fit. Besides color cards, don't worry about planning for a specific card! Give us all the options by selecting a "how" it fits and filling out the reason and Kirsten and I will move them around to make sure everyone's books count! For "reverse" the reason just has to be the name of the team member who read it.

The only cards we want to make sure we plan out beforehand are the color cards so those will be at the top of each spreadsheet to make it easier to see that we've completed them!

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. Color cards should take priority. If you claim a color card, please try to finish that book quickly so we aren't left scrambling at the end of the month!All other cards will not be claimed as books will often be moved around to make everything fit.

If you are not able to use the spreadsheet, we will need the following information posted in our thread to be moved into the planning spreadsheet.
Sample Completion Post
CARD:
HAND:
BOOK:
PAGES:
COMPLETION DATE:
HOW IT FITS (every option, please):
When you are posting your completion post please post all cards the book works for.

You do not need to post a completion post in this thread if you are able to add to the spreadsheet on your own - this is only if you do not want to or can’t use the spreadsheet.

Helpful Links
Arbook Finder to verify book length:
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. If the Italian cover is yellow, you need to read the book in Italian to count it!

Practical Colour Cover Guide
The general agreement on colours is that
✔ We use our eyes and common sense
✔ If you are uncertain about the colour percentage, you can use tineye to verify if it's over 50% (avoid using TinEye to figure out what colour it is–it’s better for us to determine that ourselves)
✔ When in doubt whether a cover is one colour or another, please consult us. We may take this to the Captains' group for a final decision.

Team Shelves
✔️ Kirsten
✔️ Lisa
✔️ Sharon A.
✔️ Stephanie S.
✔️ Janine
✔️ Caipi
✔️ Leanne

Hello, Team!

If you haven't played before, welcome! If you have, welcome back and to our team!

UNO is a fun team challenge; some of it is luck (just like any card game, we can only play the hands we’re dealt) and some of it is strategy. But mostly it’s a good way for us to read books we might not otherwise, clean out our TBRs, have some conversations about what we’re reading, and make some new friends. Lisa is one of my best GR buddies, and that’s because of challenges like this one.

I'll generally do a check-in every Friday to see what we've been reading, post any new information, update our progress, etc. I'll use this image to announce those posts:



You can respond to that post or check in other ways, but be sure to check in at least once a week.

Please take a moment now to check in, share your UNO shelf, and let us know a little about you.

February Hand
Tracking Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

When you claim a Wild Draw 4 or Color Card (either on the planning sheet or in a completion post), I'll fill it in here so we can track what we need.
🟨🟥🟦🟩February Color Cards🟨🟥🟦🟩
✓ 📒 0 Stephanie 📒
✓ 📒 4 Kirsten 📒
✓📒 8 Stephanie 📒
✓ 📕 6 Janine 📕
✓ 📕 7 Kirsten 📕
✓ 📘 2 Janeylou 📘
✓ 📘 3 Kirsten 📘
✓📘 5 Janeylou 📘
✓ WD4 Kirsten 📘 3
✓ WD4 Leanne 📕 6
✓ WD4 Sharon A 📘 2
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Card Values

0: Z or standalone or zero in title
1: O or 1st in series or 1 in title
2: T or 2nd in series or 2 in title
3: H or 3rd in series or 3 in title
4: F or 4th in series or 4 in title
5: I or 5th in series or 5 in title
6: S or 6th in series or 6 in title
7: V or 7th in series or 7 in title
8: E or 8th in series or 8 in title
9: N or 9th in series or 9 in title
Skip: K or P
Reverse: read by a teammate
Draw 2: Use the same book for two cards in this hand (points for each book, but not for Draw 2)
Wild: Read a book that can fit for any of the cards in the same hand (i.e. you are duplicating one of the cards in that same hand)
Wild Draw 4: Read a book that can fit any of the coloured cards for the month (i.e. you are duplicating one of your coloured cards) (hide spoiler)]
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February Mini
Full information on the February Mini-Challenge is available here (from the mods) and here (in our thread).
(view spoiler)[The Mini-Challenge lets us count books we finish after 14 February for an extra 10 points, around the theme of Hidden Bars. We can earn up to 90 extra points!

◈ Books can be started at any point since the start of the UNO challenge (Feb 1).
◈ Books need to be finished after the start of this mini challenge on 14 February, 9am UTC (Countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...) and before 1 March, 9am UTC!

Books need to fit these categories; we can read up to 6 books in each. (hide spoiler)]
💫R2D2 & C3PO
(view spoiler)[✓1. Read a book with an author who identifies as LGBTQIA+.
✓2. Read a book with an awesome sidekick (your own interpretation).
✓3. Read a book with a character who speaks more than one language.
✓4. Read a book from the Shelf Artificial Intelligence (if a book is part of a series, any book from the series will be accepted).
✓5. Read a book with gold letters on the cover. (hide spoiler)]
💫Luke Skywalker💫
(view spoiler)[✓6. Read a book where one or more characters have to go on a quest.
✓7. Read a book with a sky on the cover.
✓8. Read a book with a character who is a beginner at something.
✓9. Read a book with a sword on the cover.
✓10. Read a book with MPG Science Fiction or MPG Speculative Fiction. (hide spoiler)]
☄️Darth Vader☄️
(view spoiler)[✓ 31. Read a book where one of the characters is considered a villain.
✓32. Read a book with a black cover.
✓33. Read a book with the letters MASK in title OR in author's name.
✓34. Read a book with MPG Romance.
✓35. Read a book where friends fall out. (hide spoiler)]
☄️Jabba the Hutt ☄️
(view spoiler)[✓41. Read a book with a character from another species.
✓42. Read a book with MPG Crime.
✓43. Read a book where the author initials can be found in BOUNTYHUNTER.
✓44. Read a book with the word "gangster" in text. (Please provide location and sentence.)
✓45. Read a book with a character who is enslaved or held in captivity. (hide spoiler)]
☄️Sarlacc, Monster of the Dune Sea☄️
(view spoiler)[✓51. Read a book tagged "Adventure" (at least 10x).
✓52. Read a book with a brown cover.
✓53. Read a book with the word "hopeless" in text. (Please give location and sentence.)
✓54. Read a book with MPG Horror.
✓55. Read a book with a title starting with a letter from DIGESTION. (hide spoiler)]
☄️Grand Moff Tarkin ☄️
(view spoiler)[✓56. Read a book with a character who has one of the following specific honorifics to their name: occupational, military, academic or title. (Familial honorifics - Aunt, Grandma, etc. - or Mr/Mrs, etc are not accepted.)
✓57. Read a book with the letters DEATH STAR in title and/or author's name.
✓58. Read a book with a grey cover.
✓59. Read a book from the Shelf Boss (if a book is part of a series, any book from the series will be accepted).
✓60. Read a book where a character gets imprisoned/locked up. (hide spoiler)]

March Hand

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

When you claim a Wild Draw 4 or Color Card (either on the planning sheet or in a completion post), I'll fill it in here so we can track what we need.

🟨🟥🟦🟩March Color Cards🟨🟥🟦🟩

✓ 📕3 Janine 📕
✓ 📕7 Stephanie 📕
✓📒5 Janine📒
✓📒6 Stephanie📒
✓📒7 Stephanie📒
📒7 Kirsten📒
✓📒Skip Stephanie📒
📗5 Kirsten 📗
✓📗8 Kirsten 📗
✓📗Skip Janine 📗
✓📘6 Kirsten 📘
✓📘6 Kirsten
✓Wild Draw 4 Lisa (📘6 )
Wild Draw 4 Lisa (📗8)
✓Wild Draw 4 Janine (📘6 )
✓ Wild Draw 4 Kirsten (📘6 )
✓Wild Draw 4 Stephanie (📒6 )

Card Values
(view spoiler)[
0: Z or standalone or zero in title
1: O or 1st in series or 1 in title
2: T or 2nd in series or 2 in title
3: H or 3rd in series or 3 in title
4: F or 4th in series or 4 in title
5: I or 5th in series or 5 in title
6: S or 6th in series or 6 in title
7: V or 7th in series or 7 in title
8: E or 8th in series or 8 in title
9: N or 9th in series or 9 in title
Skip: K or P
Reverse: read by a teammate
Draw 2: Use the same book for two cards in this hand (points for each book, but not for Draw 2)
Wild: Read a book that can fit for any of the cards in the same hand (i.e. you are duplicating one of the cards in that same hand)
Wild Draw 4: Read a book that can fit any of the coloured cards for the month (i.e. you are duplicating one of your coloured cards) (hide spoiler)]
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March Mini
Full Information about the Mini is available here from the mods and here from our thread.

(view spoiler)[
✓1. Read a book with MPG Comedy or MPG Humor or tagged minimum 10x
✓2. Read a book with MPG Travel or tagged minimum 10x
✓3. Read a book with MPG Science Fantasy or MPG Science Fiction Fantasy or tagged minimum 10x
✓4. Read a book with MPG Alternate History or tagged minimum 10x
✓5. Read a book MPG Dystopia(n) or tagged minimum 10x
✓6. Read a book that has over 25K ratings
✓7. Read a book with a rating of 4,2 or higher
8. Read a book from a series with at least 6 books
✓9. Read a book from a Trilogy
✓10. Read a book that has been adapted into a radio or TV program or into a movie
✓11. Read a book that has been translated into at least 3 different languages
✓12. Read a book published in May of any year
✓13. Read a book published in any year between 1978-2005
✓14. Read a book with the word PANIC in text (it will be accepted as part of a word, like panicked/panicking)
✓15. Read a book with the word TOWEL(s) in text
✓16. Read a book that contains at least part of a poem or where a reference is made to a poem or a poet in text
✓17. Read a book with the word GUIDE in title (subtitle incl.) or series title
✓18. Read a book starting with a letter from VOGON (the/a or equivalents can be ignored)
19. Read a book with the letters BYPASS in title (subtitle incl.) and/or author's name
✓20. Read a book from the shelf UNIVERSE or GALAXY*
✓21. Read a book from the shelf ALIEN OR ALIENS*
✓22. Read a book with a character working in an office
✓23. Read a book with a character who works in the construction industry
✓24. Read a book with some kind of chase in the plot
25. Read a book that features a restaurant
26. Read a book where a character disappears
✓27. Read a book with a character's name starting with or containing an X
✓28. Read a book with some kind of fish on the cover
✓29. Read a book with a teacup/mug on the cover or where tea is consumed during the course of the plot
30. Read a book with a spaceship on the cover

* If a book on the shelf is part of a series, any book from the series is accepted.

🐬🐬Spell-out🐬🐬
✓31. B
✓32. A
✓33. B
✓34. E
✓35. L (hide spoiler)]

April Hand

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

When you claim a Overload (see below) or Color Card (either on the planning sheet or in a completion post), I'll fill it in here so we can track what we need.

🟨🟥🟦🟩April Color Cards🟨🟥🟦🟩

✓📕1 Stephanie
✓📕3 Stephanie
✓📕3 Kirsten
✓📕6 Kirsten
✓📕7 Kirsten
✓📕8 Janeylou
✓📗0 Kirsten
✓📗2 Janine
✓📗2 Kirsten
✓📗5 Janeylou
✓📗8 Kirsten
✓📘5 Lisa
📘9 Janine
✓📒1 Lisa
✓📒2 Kirsten
✓📒4 Lisa
✓📒6 Kirsten
📒9 Kirsten
✓📙Overload Janeylou
✓🟪Overload Kirsten


Card Values
(view spoiler)[
0: Z or standalone or zero in title
1: O or 1st in series or 1 in title
2: T or 2nd in series or 2 in title
3: H or 3rd in series or 3 in title
4: F or 4th in series or 4 in title
5: I or 5th in series or 5 in title
6: S or 6th in series or 6 in title
7: V or 7th in series or 7 in title
8: E or 8th in series or 8 in title
9: N or 9th in series or 9 in title
Skip: K or P
Reverse: read by a teammate
Draw 2: Use the same book for two cards in this hand (points for each book, but not for Draw 2)
Wild: Read a book that can fit for any of the cards in the same hand (i.e. you are duplicating one of the cards in that same hand)
Overload: Read a book (any letter) that with a purple, pink, orange, brown, grey, white, or black cover. Each color can be used only once. (hide spoiler)]
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April Mini
Full Information about the Mini is available here from the mods and here from our thread.

✓🚀 Build Your Own Spaceship✓
1. The Engine Room (Power Source): Read a book with "energy", "fire", "power" or similar in the title or plot (text).
2. The Cockpit (Control Centre): Read a book where a character takes charge or leads a mission.
3. Navigation System: Read a book set in multiple locations or with a journey across space/time/land.
4. The Hull (Body of the Ship): Read a book with a cover that's mostly either metallic, grey, or silver; or features a structure that is mostly one of those colours.
5. Shields & Defence Systems: Read a book featuring a warrior, protector, or a defensive strategy.
6. Communication System: Read a book where language, translation, or miscommunication is key to the plot.
7. Life Support System: Read a book about survival in extreme conditions.
8. Artificial Intelligence: Read a book with a robot, AI, or a highly intelligent system/character.
9. Fuel Tank: Read a book that energises you or refuels your reading mojo!
10. The Launch Pad (Get Ready for Take-Off): Read the first book in a series, or a debut novel.

🧑‍🚀 Select Your Crew
1. The Captain: Read a book with a strong leader, mentor, or decision-maker.
2. The Pilot: Read a book with a character who’s always on the move — a traveller, driver, or adventurer.
3. The Engineer: Read a book featuring a problem-solver, inventor, or builder.
4. The Medic: Read a book with a healer, doctor, therapist or emotional caretaker.
5. The Scientist: Read a book with a character in STEM, or where science plays a big role.
6. The Cook: Read a book that features food, cooking, or a chef character.
7. The Communications Officer: Read a book with a journalist, writer, translator, or with social media presence.
8. The Security Officer: Read a book with a character in law enforcement, military, or security.
9. The Alien: Read a book with a character who’s an outsider, immigrant, or "not from around here" (genre-wise or culturally).
10. The Comedian / Morale Booster: Read a book that made you laugh or features a humorous character.

🌌 Off You Go
1. Pack Your Bags: Read a book where a character prepares for a journey or big change.
2. Choose Your Destination: Read a book set in a faraway land, another planet, or a completely imagined world.
3. Map Your Route: Read a book with a map in the front, or where navigation is part of the story.
4. Buy Your Ticket: Read a book where access, entry, or permission is a key theme.
5. Face Travel Delays: Read a book where things don’t go to plan — detours, delays or unexpected twists.
6. Meet Fellow Travellers: Read a book where strangers are thrown together on a journey (e.g. road trip, cruise, expedition).
7. Board the Ship: Read a book that starts with immediate action or throws you into the story from page one.
8. Set Your Course: Read a book where a character has a clear mission or purpose.
9. Zero Gravity Moment: Read a book that makes you feel weightless – dreamy, poetic, or mind-bending.
10. Emergency Landing: Read a book where a journey goes wrong — crash landings, lost in space, or stranded scenarios.

🌠 End of the Universe
1. A Final Mission: Read a book that’s the last in a series or features a character’s final journey.
2. Apocalypse Now: Read a book set during or after the end of the world (dystopian, post-apocalyptic, climate fiction etc).
3. Time’s Up: Read a book that involves time travel, time loops, or racing against the clock.
4. Stars Go Out: Read a book with a tragic ending or emotional farewell.
5. The Unknown Beyond: Read a book that explores philosophical questions, the meaning of life, or what comes after death.
6. One Small Step: Read a book that feels like a personal milestone — one you’ve been meaning to read for ages.
7. Cosmic Weirdness: Read a book with surreal, mind-bending, or speculative elements that challenge your view of reality.
8. New World Rising: Read a book about rebirth, rebuilding, or hope after devastation.
9. Drift into Darkness: Read a book with a dark or eerie tone — horror, gothic, or psychological thriller.
10. Light-Years from Home: Read a book by an author from a different country or cultural background than your own.

⏺️ Captain’s Log: Mission Chronicles (3-4 sentences)
🚀 Build Your Own Spaceship – What books inspired your ship's design, power, and purpose?
👨‍🚀 Select Your Crew – Who joined your ranks from the stories you read? What skills or quirks did they bring?
🌌 Off You Go – As you launch into space, what did your reading journey teach you about exploration, courage, or the unknown?
🌠 End of the Universe – How did it all wrap up? Reflect on where your books took you, and what you’ll carry with you beyond the stars

I’m Kirsten, a theatre professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This is my 3rd spell, and my second time co-captaining with Lisa. My UNO shelf is https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... (it makes things much easier for Lisa and me if you have a dedicated shelf, because we have to verify all your reads to get credit)

I have an awesome daughter finishing her senior year of high school (and her daddy’s pretty cool, too). I read about 60% MM romance, 20% mystery/thriller, and 20% literary fiction. My favorite genres are MM historical and anything with hockey. I also read quite a bit of fan fiction.

How about you? Who are you? What do you like to read?

Hello Team! I’m Lisa and I’m from, you guessed it, Minnesota. This is my second year playing UNO and has so much fun. I don’t know about you, but I go with the general, I just don’t want to be last. I’m not super competitive, so I don’t feel a need to win, but I do feel a need to not lose, go figure.

Anyway. I’m Lisa. I work as a Product Manager for an EMT/Firefighter Software Company in Minnesota. I’m married, have one 20 year old daughter and my wonderful mother is on this team, so you better be nice to me. 🤣

I read 98% MM Romance. I like that they do not take a lot of brain power to enjoy. I read just about any genre within that.

Ok team. I'm Leanne, also from Minnesota, and I'm the MOM. Not sure I'd be able to participate if I didn't have smart, knowledgable, sweet, caring and very patient backup.

I read historical, crime, mystery, thrillers and some other stuff. I have learned that there are a million books out there to read, so if I'm in around a 100 pages and am not enjoying the book, I stop and start another, Unless of course I know its needed for a challenge.

Another thing about GR is it has opened the door to new authors I never would have read. I had to add them to my favorites list, which gets longer and longer. Pretty soon, I'm will have to rate them from 1-1k, so I keep up with all the new books that come out.

Looking forward to my second UNO challenge. Go TEAM ALIEN!

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

I should have asked but I didn't--

Have you seen Alien? If yes, how many Alien movies have you seen?

I have seen them all but the latest, Romulus (and it's on the list).

Hi everyone 👋👋👋
Im Janine from England , so im usually off to bed just as the partys getting started 😄😄
I work part time at a coffee shop, foster guinea pigs for the RSPCA, enjoy music, bird watching , photography ....but mor than anything im a huge book challenge addict ( but then i suppose we all are 😁)

I read main MM romance but am a memeber of 2 library book clubs so do venture away occasionally.

This is my 5th time playing , its great as you can fit books from other challenges into this one ...until the mini challenge opens 😳😳😳

Can we start planning now ....ill see how i get on with the SS ( im not the best) and then post completions if i need to

my UNO shelf

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

Janeylou wrote: "Can we start planning now ....ill see how i get on with the SS ( im not the best) and then post completions if i need to"

Yes, Janeylou, but please don’t claim more than one each of the color cards until everyone’s checked in and had an opportunity to see what we need. Thank you and welcome and we can always sort the SS for you!

Ok, ive claimed 3..will take 2 off
We havent got a lot this month tbh

Hi friends and new teammates. 👋🏼 I'm Caipi from Germany, a spoiled wife and mom, though my three children are all grown up and have moved away to study.
At the moment I'm fighting breast cancer, so I am sometimes more and sometimes less active. Last Wednesday I started a new course of chemotherapy, which is much more exhausting than the previous one, but I'm trying to stay positive. 🍀 I'm looking forward to Uno, it's a great distraction to be able to read and chat with you! I need my team challenges! 🥰

Lisa and Kirsten, sorry in advance, I'm always very lax about putting read dates on my books. I'm determined to be timely with the Uno books, but I'm afraid you'll have to remind me from time to time..... 🙈

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

Janeylou wrote: "Ok, ive claimed 3..will take 2 off
We havent got a lot this month tbh"

I noticed you have the same book for Blue 2 and Skip....The Spirit Key.

Yes ..thought it worked with the draw 2 in that hand as well., but SS wouldnt let me add it .

Have i done it all wrong already

No You haven't. To use it for the Draw 2, we add the Card Code (Column D) we want to use to the Draw 2/4 (Column B) for that hand.

I updated so you can see what its like and remove it from the Skip. :)

MN Lisa wrote: "No You haven't. To use it for the Draw 2, we add the Card Code (Column D) we want to use to the Draw 2/4 (Column B) for that hand.

I updated so you can see what its like and remove it from the Sk..."

Well that went right over my head 😄
Draw 2 is the one i always get confused about

Doesnt it work for 3 tasks in the hand but you dont get the points for the 'draw 2' ..so does it work for Skip as well ??

Janeylou wrote: "Ok, ive claimed 3..will take 2 off
We havent got a lot this month tbh"

Right—crappy hand, really and so wanted to give folks a chance if they really wanted to grab a color card. Feel free to take a WD4 if you like as well?

And yes, on the draw 2, I think. I don’t like those and have to double check with other captains/ask Amanda.

Caipi wrote: "Hi friends and new teammates. 👋🏼 I'm Caipi from Germany, a spoiled wife and mom, though my three children are all grown up and have moved away to study.
At the moment I'm fighting breast cancer, s..."

Hello and welcome, Caipi, and sending love and light.

Janeylou wrote: "Well that went right over my head 😄
Draw 2 is the one i always get confused about

Doesnt it work for 3 tasks in the hand but you dont get the points for the 'draw 2' ..so does it work for Skip as well ??"

Ok. i'll have to think about how to get the spreadsheet to work like that. Maybe I'll go back to drop downs before everyone gets used to this.

Those darn Draw 2s.

Hi, I'm Stephanie and I'm from California. This is my 3rd time playing and I'm excited for it to start again. I read a bit of most genres. I'm an RN and other than reading I enjoy traveling, watching my shows, and being with my fur babies. https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Hi team! I'm Sharon from Northeast Pennsylvania, where I live with my husband and our two new puppies, Penny and Roald. We adopted them from a shelter just before Christmas. Our last dog passed away earlier in 2024, so it is wonderful to have furry friends in the house again 🐾💜

I work as the director of a community foundation. In my off time, I spend a lot of time reading, cooking, and spending time with friends and family. We live in a tight-knit community, so everyone is close by.

I've participated in UNO several times (its actually my gateway into other team challenges and I'm hooked). I like mystery/thriller, fiction, romance, and historical fiction. I'm not really a big fantasy reader, but I can dabble. I have never seen any of the Alien movies.

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

Looking forward to playing with you all!

Hello, Caipi, Stephanie & Sharon

I think we all here now and everyone has played before ..which is always a bonus . I remember my first time , i asked that many questions

Hello All!

Please let me know if you have any questions on the spreadsheet. You do not have to use it if you don't want to. Add completion posts here and someone can add it to the spreadsheet for you.

You don't need to do both, just one or the other.

I'm excited to get started.

But we've still got 10 days 😪

It's Friday, so I'm just checking in. We are all here and Lisa, Janine, and I have posted some books on the spreadsheet (full disclosure--the three of us play lots of challenges together, and Leanne and Caipi often play with us too, but aren't quite as crazed as we three). There's no rush, but feel free to claim some spots if you've got books you're thinking of.

And a question for the week: have you seen an Alien film, and if so, which is your favorite? If you haven't seen any, why not?

I love Alien: Resurrection, with Winona Ryder and a hybrid Ripley/Xenomorph Queen clone for its total OTT (I have seen them all, except the newest which I think I'm watching tomorrow!).

I was only about 3 when the first one came out ..*cough* *cough* 😄😄😄😄 i wish !!!

Ive seen parts of it but it was nevwr really the type of film i wanted to watch 🙈🙈

To my recollection I have not seen any of the Alien movies. Not my thing, however I like Star Trek: TNG, so I can't even say its Sci-Fi I don't like.

Tbh, im the same ..i love red dwarf ( but thats funny ) ..perhaps its more the 'light' sci fi that i like

I hope.we.not going to have a lot of sci fi themed books to read for mini

Oh, me too. I love Alien because it's so much action and Ripley is so badass. I always say my favorite movies are where they blow stuff up in space. It's the blowing up, not the space I love. And reading about it just isn't the same.

Kirsten wrote: "

It's Friday, so I'm just checking in. We are all here and Lisa, Janine, and I have posted some books on the spreadsheet (full disclosure--the three of us play lots of challenges together, and Lea..."

To be honest, I didn't even know the name, had to ask google first....
So no, I haven't seen any of the alien movies and I'm not a scifi fan at all. 🙈

I don't have any books planned for February yet, but will add to the SS as soon as I know some for sure.
I know you three always have lots of books planned ahead but I rarely plan more than my next two books. 😅

Kirsten wrote: "

It's Friday, so I'm just checking in. We are all here and Lisa, Janine, and I have posted some books on the spreadsheet (full disclosure--the three of us play lots of challenges together, and Lea..."

I've never seen any of the Alien movies that I remember. I don't really know why I didn't before cause I like sci-fi. Now, the reason would be because there are so many and I don't like watching only one of something and would have to watch them all and I have too many other things to watch/read that are taking priority. I'm not much of a planner for books. I know of two that I for sure will be reading and then it's just random. I can usually find one that fits a card or category if it needs to be filled though.

Nope, I’ve never seen any of the Alien movies. I think they looked scary when I was a kid and then they just never came on my radar as an adult.

I rely on library books a lot, so I don’t usually plan out my books. I can fill in as I finish.

It seems like we have a good mix of planners and mood readers (or control freaks and laid-back folks). This should be fun.

Also, I feel a little weird outing myself as the only Alien fan... oh well. Thanks for checking in, team. This team next week we'll be ready to start.

Im all ready and raring to go 🏎🏎🏎

I'm ready too! I've been in a reading slump this month so I'm looking forward to a challenge bringing me out of it

I need to finish reading my current book first since we're not allowed to start before February 1st.... 😏 but then I'm all in! 😃👍🏻

Wireless
L.A. Witt
215 pgs
1 feb

0..standalone
Skip...keith

Let me know if post ok or if ive missed anything

Looks good, Janine! Thank you.

Hooray! Hooray! We start today!

I skipped the Friday wrap-up because I wanted to post today to welcome you to the official start of UNO, wherever and whenever you are.

On Fridays I will generally check to make sure your books are on your uno shelf with a completion date and do a super quick check that the color matches if it's a color book, especially this first month. If there's anything I have questions about, I'll post here. If you aren't using the spreadsheet, a completion post (like Janeylou's above) works just as well--please be sure to include all the possible cards for which it might be used.

Except for color cards and other specialty cards, Lisa and I may not assign cards to hands until later in the month, and I can promise that we will move things around if we need to in order to complete as many hands as we can (and to maximize things with the mini challenge as well). We will definitely count everyone's books (in the rare case that we have more books than we need, Lisa and I don't count ours rather than not counting yours).

Question for the week (you can answer this or check in otherwise):
What is your first UNO book?

I just read Exhale super quick because I read the first of the series and wanted to keep going.