The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team Roswell

Team Members:
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❅ Eldarwen - Captain
❅ Jade
❅ Jamie
❅ Angela Schwarz
❅ VNerd
❅ Sunny
❅ Steven Kennick
❅ LaurLa
❅ Shelby



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

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Important Links:

📌 All About Uno, i.e. RULES

April Mini Challenge

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

Countdown to End of UNO: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Team Shelves:
❅ Eldarwen
❅ Jade
❅ Jamie
❅ Angela Schwarz
❅ VNerd
❅ Sunny
❅ Steven Kennick
❅ LaurLa
❅ Shelby

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Completion Post Sample:

Bookcover (especially important for colour cards)
Book: the edition you have actually read (for audios, please use the default)
Date Read:
Pages: optional but (!) for any books tagged Childrens' and/or Middle Grade etc, please indicate that you have verified the wordcount
Rating: optional but could lead to interesting discussion :-)

Cards:
- please list all the cards the book works for
- clearly state the reason, preferably give full character names where they're indicated

Mini Challenge:
- which task(s) does the book work for?

Normal April Cards

done

April Colour Cards

done

reserved

Hello and welcome to Team Roswell!

Have you seen either of the series, old or newer? Personally, I prefer the older series but have to admit that the newer one wasn't all bad either ;-)

Once you have found your way to this thread, please post a link to your Uno shelf and feel free to introduce yourselves. Tell us as much or as little as you'd like to. No need to go into detail if you do not wish to!

Please read the rules carefully if you haven't played before. It looks more daunting than it is, I promise! Uno is really easy once you get started. If after reading the rules you still have questions, feel free to ask! I'm here to help. The veterans of the challenge will also be able to answer questions should I not be around (I do have to sleep some time after all hehe).



On our team spreadsheet, you can already see our cards for the month of February. Have a look, browse through your books, and see what kind of cover colours you can come up with that fit the cards ;-)

If you read a fabulous book recently, do let the team know! Maybe someone might like to pick that one up to read as a reverse?

Most importantly though - and then I'm going to stop rambling, I promise - HAVE FUN! Uno is a fun and social challenge with (usually) lots of chatter in the team threads.

Happy reading!

I'm here!!! And here is my shelf
pbba-uno

A little about me -

I'm married, have 2 grown sons and a new-ish (July 2024) daughter in law... finally those days of becoming a grandma are getting closer! Maybe.

Anyway, I also have 1 furrbaby but he's not so much a baby as a crotchedy old man now. But we love him!

I read all romance all the time... any genre. Don't love YA, some NA or high fantasy but I read them if needs must! My favorites would probably be romantic suspense or sports romance. Love pnr too!

My most recent favorite books:

Hellooooo :-D

Love that you say you read all romance all the time and then one of your recent favourites is a sci-fi hehehe.

Still need to try the first Murderbot and see if it's for me. Some day, some day ;-) This year I want to read as many of my owned books as possible without adding too many more to my shelves. I already see myself failing however as I got a bookshop gift voucher for my birthday *grin*

Eldarwen wrote: "Love that you say you read all romance all the time and then one of your recent favourites is a sci-fi hehehe."

Yeah, that is kind of weird... but then, that's me! I just love the voice of Murderbot/SecUnit, they have a very dry wit and humor. The story arc is sort of cool too! And nope, no romance, although I'd say there might be some romantic feelings for Dr Mensah but Murderbot wouldn't recognize them as such.

I'm so excited for Uno and really happy to meet all of you.
I'm Jade, mom of five and wife to my high school sweetheart (30 years this year).
Here is my Uno shelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I read a bit of everything, except for horror. My perimenopausal brain turns it into the weirdest dreams. My comfort zone is historical fiction and sci-fi.
Here are a couple from my Uno shelf last year I highly recommend.

Jade wrote: "I'm so excited for Uno and really happy to meet all of you.
I'm Jade, mom of five and wife to my high school sweetheart (30 years this year).
Here is my Uno shelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/..."

Also, I haven't seen any of the Roswell series. I'm a Quantum Leap and Firefly kinda gal.

I really enjoyed The Seven Year Slip last year too!

Hello, my name is Sunny! I'm from the US. Here is my shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I've participated in a team challenge before but this is my first time doing the UNO challenge. I did have a question. If we start reading a book in January, but finish it in February, is that okay? As in, it's the end date that counts?

I'm excited to participate and I hope I can be helpful! Please feel free to advise me or correct me if I make any missteps in the beginning!

My favorite genres are fantasy, thrillers, and classics. I've been trying to experiment more with the sci-fi and romance genre, but am not totally swayed yet lol. Also this is my first time hearing about Roswell the series, I'll have to look into it :)

HI Everyone! My name is Steven, I'm 35 years old, a dad to an amazing 8 year old daughter, and have been married 11 years to an incredible woman (who encouraged me to play this year and is on a different team).

Here is a link to my Uno Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I read a bit of everything, but tend to lean towards fantasy, sci-fi, heartwarming books, tear jerkers, or existential ones that makes you think hard about life:

My Goodreads entries for the last few years are going to look a little bare - I have been tracking things in my Notion profile instead, but some of my favorite books from the last few years are:


I am excited to play this year!

Hello team! I'm so excited. This will be my first time participating in this particular challenge but I'm a pretty quick learner so I'll try to keep the questions to a minimum. LOL.

I'm Jamie. I'm from Texas and I will read just about anything. Romance is my main go to though but I also love horror and literary fiction as well. Never seen Roswell but I love Firefly and am a huge fan of Doctor Who and Star Trek (currently rewatching Voyager).

Can't wait to start this! Here's my Uno Shelf

Hello hello everyone and welcome to the team!

Quite a few Firefly lovers on the team here hehe. I have to admit that I've still not watched that though it's been on my list for... well.. many many moons now hehe. I did see Serendipity, which was a spin-off film or the prequel..? I can't quite remember.

Don't worry if you guys have questions about the challenge, it's normal the first time with any team challenge, but you'll see, it's very easy and you'll get the hang of it very, very quickly! :-)
The rules aren't difficult - they are also linked in one of the posts above for easy access if you want to freshen up your memory about which cards go with which letters. You'll get the hang of it in no time :-)

green wrote: "I did have a question. If we start reading a book in January, but finish it in February, is that okay? As in, it's the end date that counts?"


No, only books started after the challenge begins can be used.

So anything you started on or after 1st February can be used for UNO, no matter when you finish it. If you start a book in February but only finish in March or in April, that will count as it was started and finished within the dates of the challenge.

But anything started before the challenge starts cannot be used. So finish up those books you have on the go before 1st Feb! ;-))

Steven wrote: "an incredible woman (who encouraged me to play this year and is on a different team)"

Hehehehe, and now you'll be hooked!
I am sorry to tell you this, but your reading life will from now on be ruled by team challenges :-p

Helloooooo
VNerd here, I know a few of you here already :o)

I am a mood reader so I never know what i'm going to read until i pick it up, so making a TBR is a waste of time for me as i'll never stick to it lol

I read mostly thrillers, but i love a bit of everything really *except* fantasy which i can not get into at all, i've tried so many times, and i wish i could love them, but it's a huge nope for me!

I'm currently working my way through the Will Trent series which i'm really enjoying, i started book 5 yesterday, and i think if Will and Sarah don't get together soon i'm going to start flipping tables haha

I am pretty much exclusively an audiobook reader and get through a couple a week.

My shelf - UNO 2025

Uuuh, Will Trent! I've read the first two so far and am enjoying them a lot.

Hellooooo V!

Alright!

Now that we're aaaaalmost all here - Angela should find her way here soon :-) - let's get down to a little business, shall we?

Here are our Normal Cards for this month:

0	5
1	5
2	6
3	11
4	6
5	8
6	10
7	9
8	6
9	7
Skip	6
Reverse	5
Wild	2

These will fill automatically as you read the books you want to read.
The only ones we really need to pay a little attention to are the Reverse cards - have a look through fellow team members' shelves, maybe you'll find something they've read that you would like to read as well. Or, if there is a book you really want to read in February, ask the team if maybe someone has read it before :-)



These are our Colour Cards for this month:

3 Green
4 Red
4 Blue
9 Blue
0 Yellow
6 Red
4 Yellow
8 Yellow

Wild Draw 4 - 
Wild Draw 4 - 

They aren't all too difficult for this month, phew! Hopefully we'll not have too much trouble filling them all hehe.
These are usually the cards I'd suggest getting out of the way at the beginning of the month, so we won't have to worry about them anymore going forward - especially after mid-month when we'll get a little surprise ;-)

Have a look through the books you'd like to read - moody or planned :-) - and let us know what you could potentially cover from this list.

I have no idea what i'll be reading but i'll let you know when i do LOL

And one more from me and then I'll stop spamming the thread haha.

I could cover the following colour cards.

3 Green - (#3 in series)
4 Blue - (title - word count is 73k+)
9 Blue - (author last name)
6 Red - (character names starting with S)


These are options and I am not married to any of them, so I can pick up whatever is needed. I rarely plan my reads. The only book per month that I do plan is the one for my real life book club and I don't know what the cover of our February read looks like yet.

V_Nerdbooks wrote: "I have no idea what i'll be reading but i'll let you know when i do LOL"

Haha sure thing!
You know yellow is always a good one to get out of the way ;-))

Good morning from frigid Florida! :)

I have played Uno in the past but took off a few years due to work travel. I am excited to play again this year and see that the rules have slightly changed so I will need to do a refresher.

Unfortunately, I have not watched Roswell but will make sure over the next few months that I at least start the series.

My reading tastes are all over the board. I am a mood reader who enjoys everything from thrillers to fantasy to romance with lit fiction coming in as my favorite genre. I am here for all the book recs you throw my way.

Some of my favorites from last year are:









I look forward to this season of Uno and picking up book recs from the team!

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

V_Nerdbooks wrote: "Helloooooo
VNerd here, I know a few of you here already :o)

I am a mood reader so I never know what i'm going to read until i pick it up, so making a TBR is a waste of time for me as i'll never st..."

"flipping tables" I love it. We want to see some tables flipping over the next few months. :)

I have wanted to read the Seven Year Slip so I may have to it as a yellow card or reverse. And I feel you on the perimenopausal brain. Most of my reading is down at night when I can't sleep. :)

Jade wrote: "I'm so excited for Uno and really happy to meet all of you.
I'm Jade, mom of five and wife to my high school sweetheart (30 years this year).
Here is my Uno shelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/..."

Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow has been on shelf since it first came out and for some reason, I have major anxiety over picking this book up. What if it doesn't live up to the hype for me?! I will be so sad as a literary fiction lover.

Steven wrote: "HI Everyone! My name is Steven, I'm 35 years old, a dad to an amazing 8 year old daughter, and have been married 11 years to an incredible woman (who encouraged me to play this year and is on a dif..."

Jamie! I would love some romance recs! Liz Tomforde has been my new favorite over the past 2 years.

Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) wrote: "Hello team! I'm so excited. This will be my first time participating in this particular challenge but I'm a pretty quick learner so I'll try to keep the questions to a minimum. LOL.

I'm Jamie. I'..."

I'll keep my eyes peeled :)

Here is what I am able to cover:

Either 0 Yellow (standalone & character name Zee) or 4 Yellow (character)

9 Blue (author)

6 Red (character)

4 Red (character) I think this qualifies as enough red but TBD

Hello and welcome Angela!

The team is now complete, woohoo! :-)


I should probably mention that I'm one of the strict captains when it comes to cover colours haha. Boneshard Daughter is very much on the limit of being over 50%, but if you end up reading it one way or another, I'd love to hear what you think as it's on my TBR as well.

Angela wrote: "for some reason, I have major anxiety over picking this book up. What if it doesn't live up to the hype for me?! I will be so sad as a literary fiction lover. "

I feel you...
I have issues picking up a lot of hyped books as well, especially because they so very often fall short for me and then I'm disappointed :-/

Am I reading it right, we'll have 5 reverse cards in February? That seems a bit higher than normal. But maybe I'm misremembering... the years of challenges tend to run together!

Maybe that means it's time you dip into Murderbot, E! 😁 The first one is pretty short at 150-ish pages...

Here are some color cards I can look at:

3 Green
- author Harrison

4 Red
(maybe ?) - character Nico Ferranti
- character Finn Roberts

4 Blue
- character Finn Malone

9 Blue
- character Nick Basanelli
- title

0 Yellow
- standalone
- character Zafir Ansari

6 Red
(maybe a reverse) - character Anna Sun
(also, a reverse) - character Sara McMillan

4 Yellow
- character Finn Parker

8 Yellow
(maybe?) - character Ellie Swan

Some Reverses I could commit to:
Sanctuary - Elderwen
If I Were You - Jamie
Wicked Fall - VNerd

I would rather you be picky than me be the cause of losing points. :)

Eldarwen wrote: "Hello and welcome Angela!

The team is now complete, woohoo! :-)


I should probably mention that I'm one of the strict captains when it comes to cover colours haha. Boneshard Daughter is very much..."

Angela wrote: "I would rather you be picky than me be the cause of losing points. :)"


;-))

LaurLa wrote: "Am I reading it right, we'll have 5 reverse cards in February? That seems a bit higher than normal. But maybe I'm misremembering... the years of challenges tend to run together!"


5 is not that many, actually. There were times we had more. But who knows what the randomiser will give us in the coming months?

Sanctuary is a fun one :-) Roman is awesome. Not too long either since it's a novella.

And maaaaaybe I really should finally dip into Murderbot hehe. But you know what the annoying bit about that is? Either the books are expensive or they're sold out! Can't even find all of them second-hand, hmm.

4 of our team have private profiles so that we can't view their bookshelves, can they be changed? otherwise I'm picking everything from E and LaurLa Lol

Oookay, so this is what I've done for the colour cards so far:

3 Green - Eldarwen - Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow
4 Red - LaurLa - Dirty Rowdy Thing
4 Blue - Steven - The Bright Sword
9 Blue - Angela - The Happy Couple
0 Yellow - LaurLa - Bananapants
6 Red - 
4 Yellow - Angela - Martyr! 
8 Yellow - 

     

Wild Draw 4 - 
Wild Draw 4 - covered by Draw 2 - duplicating 4 Yellow

I'll happily not read the Green one if someone else has a 3 Green they're absolutely wanting to read and so everyone can have a colour card if they want :-)

We have fairly few Wild Draw 4 cards this round and can cover one of them with a Draw 2 card, yay! But no worries, we will get more colour cards in the coming months ;-)




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* LaurLa, maybe the stand-alone? The other one has an H author and could potentially come in handy in March or April :-)

V_Nerdbooks wrote: "4 of our team have private profiles so that we can't view their bookshelves, can they be changed? otherwise I'm picking everything from E and LaurLa Lol"

Yep, I noticed this too... I requested to be friends with those I wasn't already :-)

yes same

Yep, I can do the standalone, Bananapants in Feb and wait to see if we need the other later.

What's the call on the maybe's I had on the list - just so I know whether to hold off on them for future months. If they're a no-go, then I'll note that and not put them up again.

for red?
for yellow

Neither works, I'd say. Sorry!

Also not entirely sure about the green one - I don't think it's enough to be over 50%.

Angela wrote: "Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow has been on shelf since it first came out and for some reason, I have major anxiety over picking this book up. What if it doesn't live up to the hype for me?! I will be so sad as a literary fiction lover."

I am not trying to pressure you one way or the other.... I have met people who disliked this book, and I recognize certain flaws in it, but I loved it so much. It also made me ugly cry harder than any other book I have read in the past 5 years. Hahaha.

I have a few on my TBR that might fit 4 Blue:


- There is a character named Morgan le Fay

- Frank Herbert

We all need a good ugly cry sometimes. Maybe I will take it with me on my trip next month. I mean who doesn't want to see someone sobbing their eyes out over a book on a plane? :) I have actually needed the push to pick it up so I will take this one as a reverse card.

Steven wrote: "Angela wrote: "Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow has been on shelf since it first came out and for some reason, I have major anxiety over picking this book up. What if it doesn't live up to the hype ..."

Steven wrote: "I have a few on my TBR that might fit 4 Blue:

- There is a character named Morgan le Fay"


4 Blue is yours with the Sword book :-)

Angela wrote: "I have actually needed the push to pick it up so I will take this one as a reverse card. "

That's the spirit!!
:-D

Eldarwen would you consider this enough yellow on the cover?



If so I could use it for Yellow 8 as one of the MCs names starts with E.