The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team The Martian

Team Members:
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❅ Deanna - Captain
❅ Hailey - Co-Captain
❅ Ann
❅ Andrea
❅ Christy Trahan
❅ Stacey C
❅ Denise


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

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TEAM SHELVES

📚 Deanna - Captain
📚 Hailey - Co-Captain
📚 Ann
📚 Andrea
📚 Christy Trahan
📚 Stacey C
📚 Denise

SPREADSHEETS
🔸 Official team spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
🔸 Current status spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
🔸 Team tracking spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

HELPFUL LINKS AND TOOLS
📌 UNO Rules and Announcements
📌 arbookfind.com, for checking the word count on children's books: https://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.a...
📌Children's Books That Have Already Been Checked
📌Yellow Covers
📌Blue Covers
📌Green Covers
📌Red Covers
Important note:
Some books on the color cover list may not seem like the color cover because GR shows the default version, but there may be a specific shelved version that is the actual color. The version you read is what you should shelve, and is what counts, for UNO. Additionally, the color shelves are put together by players, so always double check that your book actually qualifies, because these lists are not mod-approved.

COUNTDOWN
⏳ Countdown to start: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Important rules to remember

🔹 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.
🔹 If you're unsure if a cover falls under a certain color, then ask here and we can talk it over as a group. If we can't come to a decision, I will take it to the captains group.
🔹 Color cards must fit requirements of both the corresponding number and >50% color cover.
🔹 Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books, Graphic Novels, Manga, Cook Books, Plays and Poetry books can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com or more than 3 hours of audio using a reputable website (e.g. audible, overdrive). Children's books checked in previous years can be seen on this shelf uno-childrens
🔹 You must check in at least once a week so I know you’re still actively participating. You can post a book, or if you haven’t finished one, just stop by here and say hi :)
🔹 Have fun!! It's a social challenge, so we can get chatty. And while we do want points and to finish all our cards, this isn't supposed to be a competitive challenge. So enjoy your reading!

🔹 Other info
When it comes to cards, I prefer to just read and fill in what is needed rather than "claiming" cards (since sometimes cards need to be shuffled around). However, when it comes to color cards, please do claim those so we know those are covered.

February Dashboard

COLORED CARDS
💛 1 Yellow
💚 3 Green
💚 3 Green
💛 5 Yellow
💛 5 Yellow
💖 8 Red
💛 8 Yellow
💙 9 Blue
Wild Draw 4 (3 needed)

OTHER CARDS

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

March Dashboard

COLORED CARDS
💚 1 Green
💛 2 Yellow
💙 3 Blue
💛 4 Yellow
💚 5 Green
💖 5 Red
💛 6 Yellow
💛 6 Yellow
💙 8 Blue
💚 9 Green
💙 Skip Blue
💚 Skip Green
💖 Skip Red
💛 Skip Yellow
Wild Draw 4 (3 needed)

OTHER CARDS

Card	Needed
0	3
1	11
2	11
3	7
4	8
5	6
6	6
7	6
8	8
9	5
Skip	6
Reverse	8
Wild	3
Draw 2	7

April Dashboard

COLORED CARDS
💛 0 Yellow
💙 2 Blue
💛 2 Yellow
💙 3 Blue
💛 3 Yellow
💚 4 green
💛 4 Yellow
💚 5 Green
💚 5 Green
💖 5 Red
💙 6 Blue
💛 6 Yellow
💚 7 Green
💚 7 Green
💚 8 Green
💖 8 Red
💛 8 yellow
💛 9 yellow
💜 Overload
💜 Overload

OTHER CARDS

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

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Checking in...I know I'm on this team and ready to go

Hey everyone! Welcome to Team The Martian!!!

My name is Deanna, and I live in Virginia. I have three grown kids and one high schooler that I am still homeschooling in the morning before working a retail closing shift after lunch. This is my 7th year of UNO and my 6th year captaining. My favorite part of UNO is the fun mini challenges that the mods create. I'm excited to see what kind of wacky and futuristic creations they cobbled together while contemplating interstellar travel and quantum physics for thie sci-fi themed UNO.

I read mostly fantasy, science fiction, and mystery genres but have been known to branch out into other genres as well.
My favorite discoveries of 2024:
In 2025 I'm looking forward to:

Uno shelf: uno-2025

Hey Team!!

I'm Andrea and I live in BC, Canada. I work at a public library so I'm constantly adding way too much to my TBR. It's a problem.
I have a husband and 2 furbabies. I've done the UNO challenge 5 or 6 times before I believe and I love it so much.

Love the Sci Fi theme even though I don't read much of it! I just finished Mickey7 though and that was a fun one.
My favourite genres are romance, chick-lit, thriller, horror and romantasy.

My favourites from 2024 were:

2025 most anticipated books:


My Uno 2025 shelf:

Welcome Denise and Andrea!

Welcome everyone!

I'm Hailey and I'm for Utah. I have an almost nine year old daughter who is my favorite book buddy! I work in Human Resources and I'm in my company's monthly book club, which pushes me outside my reading comfort zone sometimes.

I've been doing UNO for quite a few years now, This is typically the only challenge I participate in because it's my favorite one!
I'm a big thriller, mystery, horror, and historical fiction fan. I'm usually open to reading most genres though.

My favorite books from 2024:

The books I'm looking forward to the most in 2025:

My 2025 Uno Shefl

Hi everyone! I'm Stacey, and I live in North Carolina with my spoiled dog. I'm a physical therapist in a Level 1 trauma hospital, so reading is my stress relief. I read mainly any kind of romance, fantasy, mystery and thriller, but I can read most anything that may be needed in the name of a challenge. I have played UNO before, but not for the last few years, so I may need some refreshing. I am picking up 2 yellow books from the library later today. ;)

My favorites from 2024:
and anything by Elsie Silver.

Anticipated Reads for 2025:
and anything by Elsie Silver. :)

Here's my shelf: uno2025

Hi Team,
I am Ann from Rochester, NY. I am a retired accountant with two grown daughters. My husband and I love going camping with our very lazy golden retriever Pippa. I think this is my sixth year playing uno. It's definitely my favorite! I would say that I gravitate toward the historical fiction genre.


Uno shelf: Uno-2025
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Hailey wrote: "Welcome everyone!

I'm Hailey and I'm for Utah. I have an almost nine year old daughter who is my favorite book buddy! I work in Human Resources and I'm in my company's monthly book club, which pus..."

oooo I didn't know about the new Fredrik Backman book coming out this year! I LOVED Anxious People and Beartown and have been wanting to read everything else by him as well.

Hi All - Sorry for the delay! I was checking in all last week waiting for the thread to open, but somehow missed when it did! Looking forward to Uno starting later this week!

I live in Georgetown, TX with my small dog. I mainly read romance, but will occasionally branch out.

Here is my shelf: Uno

Welcome everyone! With less than 5 days to go, I'm sure some of you are already gathering books. Here's your chance to claim colored covers or reverses (let's limit to 2 claims at a time). We need:

💛 1 Yellow
💚 3 Green (Andrea)
💚 3 Green
💛 5 Yellow (Deanna)
💛 5 Yellow (Denise)
💖 8 Red (Ann)
💛 8 Yellow
💙 9 Blue (Andrea)
Wild Draw 4 (3 needed matching different cards above)
9 Blue (Hailey)

10 Reverses (a book read by another team member)


Post here in the thread to let us know if you have a book for any of these.

If you'd like to add books to the tracking spreadsheet, it is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Happy book hunting!

I have two 9 Blues that I can work on this month to start. I can also look through my books to see what else would fit after everyone has the chance to claim the cards they want.

I can take the other 5 yellow

I'm in a couple of other challenges, so I tend to decide as we go along. Plus whenever I decide on books, I seem to gravitate to books that leave me thinking, what is this fresh pile of garbage? It's a curse, lol.

I'll just slot myself in as we go and find something from my never-ending TBR list.

I can take red 8

I don't tend to plan very far ahead in what I'll be reading next, so I'll add as I go. I'm looking for a yellow or green that works, but nothing so far.

Darn I also have a Blue 9 I'm planning on reading in Feb. I will take a look to see if I have any of the other colours!

Okay I can do one of the Green 3s!

Andrea, feel free to use the Blue 9, we can always use it for one of the Wild Draw 4.

Hailey wrote: "Andrea, feel free to use the Blue 9, we can always use it for one of the Wild Draw 4."

We can have use multiple WD4s for Blue 9?
If so I will use one for

You can take one of my Blue 9s and I can use my other one for March if needed :)

Hailey wrote: "You can take one of my Blue 9s and I can use my other one for March if needed :)"

Okay, thank you Hailey! Mine is a library book so I don't think I could keep it for the March cards lol

I’m new and may have misread the directions: does 5yellow mean a prompt from 5 AND it has to be yellow? If so how yellow? I thought I was signing on for prompt 5. I’ll do my best to find a yellow if needed
Thank you

Denise wrote: "I’m new and may have misread the directions: does 5yellow mean a prompt from 5 AND it has to be yellow? If so how yellow? I thought I was signing on for prompt 5. I’ll do my best to find a yellow i..."

Yes, both 5 and a yellow cover. Color needs to be 50% or more yellow. Here a list the mods started a couple of years ago to give you some ideas. If you don't find anything, that's fine also just let us know. Yellow is always the hardest I think. Hopefully we won't have as many next month.

Deanna wrote: "Denise wrote: "I’m new and may have misread the directions: does 5yellow mean a prompt from 5 AND it has to be yellow? If so how yellow? I thought I was signing on for prompt 5. I’ll do my best to ..."

I am pretty sure I have In Five Years

Denise wrote: "Deanna wrote: "Denise wrote: "I’m new and may have misread the directions: does 5yellow mean a prompt from 5 AND it has to be yellow? If so how yellow? I thought I was signing on for prompt 5. I’ll..."

Yes, that will work.

Happy reading all! UNO has begun!

Deanna -- do you prefer links for books in the tracking sheet? Or is just title okay?

Stacey wrote: "Deanna -- do you prefer links for books in the tracking sheet? Or is just title okay?"

Just the title is fine

I'm trying to madly finish Onyx Storm from January so I can get started on my books! Hope to finish this weekend.

So excited that Uno is finally started back up!

I added my book In Five Years to the spreadsheet but I'm not sure it's right. I put the title words In (I title) five (5 title) both in one box under the 5 column

Denise, that is correct!

Color and Reverse Update

💛 1 Yellow
💚 3 Green (Andrea)
💚 3 Green (Ann)
💛 5 Yellow (Deanna)
💛 5 Yellow (Denise)
💖 8 Red (Ann)
💛 8 Yellow (Ann)
💙 9 Blue (Andrea)
Wild Draw 4 (3 needed matching different cards above)
9 Blue (Hailey)

Reverses (a book read by another team member)
2 done, 8 to go

Finished my first book for the challenge today! Added the date to the tracking spreadsheet :)

Started my second one!

Deanna wrote: "Color and Reverse Update

💛 1 Yellow
💚 3 Green (Andrea)
💚 3 Green (Ann)
💛 5 Yellow (Deanna)
💛 5 Yellow (Denise)
💖 8 Red (Ann)
💛 8 Yellow (Ann)
💙 9 Blue (Andrea)
Wild Draw 4 (3 needed matching diffe..."

Just found another reverse on the tracking sheet FYI. Hello Stranger read by Ann, I have also read!

How do reverses work?

Reverse is a book that another team member previously read at any point in time,

I'm going to start the Picture of Dorian Gray this weekend, that will count as a reverse

Color and Reverse Update

💛 1 Yellow (Ann)
💚 3 Green (Andrea)
💚 3 Green (Ann)
💛 5 Yellow (Deanna)
💛 5 Yellow (Denise)
💖 8 Red (Ann)
💛 8 Yellow (Ann)
💙 9 Blue (Andrea)
Wild Draw 4 (3 needed matching different cards above)
9 Blue (Hailey)
3 Green (Deanna)

Reverses (a book read by another team member)
3 done, 3 in progress, 4 to go

Overall, we are about 22% of the way through our February cards. We should have the first mini to add into the mix by the end of next week.

Looking good everyone!

I will take the last color card - 1 Yellow