The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

TEAM DEEP PURPLE

🟣🎸 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...



Team Members:
❅ Captain Angie ☯
❅ Co-Captain Jenny
❅ Vicki
❅ Tatiana D.
❅ Andy
❅ Ashley Karczewski
❅ Phœbe



🟣🎸 Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...


💹 Teams Current Points
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Reserved

Tracking Spreadsheet-

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

Team Shelves-
Angie-
Jenny-https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Vicki-https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Tatiana-https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Andy-https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Ashley-https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Phœbe-https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Rules-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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START of UNO ~ February 1 @ 9:00 pm UTC time
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

City References for times:
London (UTC) ~ 9am
New York (EST) ~ 4am
Phoenix (MST) ~ 2am
San Francisco (PST) ~ 1am

February Cards:
0️⃣ (3)
1️⃣ (6)
2️⃣ (7)
3️⃣ (6)
4️⃣ (12)
5️⃣ (6)
6️⃣ (6)
7️⃣ (7)
8️⃣ (5)
9️⃣ (8)

⏸️ Draw 2 (8)
⏭ Skip (10)
◀️ Reverse (9)
❓ Wild (2)
🌈 Wild Draw 4 (2)

📘- 2 Blue (1)
📘- 3 Blue (1)
📘- 4 Blue (1)
📕- 5 Red (1)
📕- 5 Red (1)
📗- 9 Green (1)
📒- 0 Yellow (1)
📒- 5 Yellow (1)

⚠️ According to the GR system message received yesterday, sending DMs privately will not be possible from next week onwards. We will have no easy way to contact anyone. If you aren't chatty then we won't know if you are around and/or still playing.⚠️

PLEASE check in at least once per week, by posting in this thread.

If you will be away for a bit, no problem!! Please just let us know ahead of time when you will be away.

Hello everyone!! Welcome to Uno!

I'm Angie, one of your captains for this round of Uno. I believe this is my 9th round of Uno.

I live in East Tennessee, (Eastern time zone). Currently it is 17°F here....the coldest day of the year so far and I'm already over winter!!!

I work in the accounting/finance field... since forever! I'm a Raiders gal, even when they don't remember how to play football! Not sure who I will be cheering for this year.

Of course, I will read pretty much anything for challenges....even if I hate the genre!

I think I have been on other team challenges with about half of you; so looking forward to making new friends and playing with you all!!

Let's have some UNO fun!!

If any of you are new to Uno, feel free to ask as many questions as you'd like.

There will be rules and other helpful information posted in messages #3-#7 above.

The team will have access to the Tracking Spreadsheet (posted in msg #3 above). This is where all our books will be entered. Everyone should already have editing access; if not, please let us know. Feel free to start claiming spots on the SS whenever you are ready. Important note - SS Tetris could be used to ensure we cover all our cards. PLEASE let us know if you prefer we don't move your books from the card you have claimed.

If any of you are uncomfortable using a spreadsheet, just shout, and we will have you submit completion posts in this thread.

hi everyone

I'm Andy, 6th time with UNO, but I always manage to forget half of the rules

I'm in Limerick , Ireland

if experience with UNO has taught me anything, it's that I will read almost anything for a team challenge, especially if it can be sourced in time through the library

I think Vicki is the only team member I've already met in a challenge team before, looking forward to meeting everyone and getting into the challenge

Hi all!
I am Jenny, the other captain for Deep Purple.

So, how many of you have "Smoke on the water" stuck in your head on repeat? Just me?

Anyway, I am in Phoenix, where it was 80 degrees yesterday. Yuck. Those of you who are too cold, feel free to send some of that weather my way.
I am a custom picture framer, have two lovely kitties (one of which woke me up this morning with the sounds of a hairball being, um, made), and I still love my Packers, even though they let those stupid Bears bet them in the playoffs. Sigh.

I will absolutely read anything for a challenge, and I have the scars to prove it.

Looking forward to good books and good company!

Hi Andy!
Nice to "meet" you!

Hello Deep Purple Teammates. I am SO excited to start this round of UNO with an amazing captain and co-captain! I am thrilled to be on this team! Just FYI purple is my favorite color too. :)

I will be in Hawaii for my birthday when the challenge starts, returning home on Feb. 4. So if I appear to be MIA those few days that's where I will be.

My first UNO challenge was in 2019 and I was hooked! This will be my 8th year playing it. I would be SO upset if I missed out on it.

Angie, OH NO! RAIDERS? We are 49ers fans. But, I love you anyway and I forgive you. lol

I live in the central valley California (PST zone). I am a retired high school teacher. I taught English for 25 years, yearbook for 18, and multicultural literature for 5. I also taught reading and writing proficiency in summer schools for about 8 or 9 years.

I am happily married, have 5 children (3 girls, 2 boys), 22 grandchildren (12 boys, 10 girls), and 8 great grandkids (5 boys, 3 girls). Yes, I have a busy life. Maybe that will help explain why I can't remember a thing anymore except my own name. lol And I can't forget to add our crazy Daisy! She's a 2 year-old Havanese dog. She keeps us in stitches! lol

I am excited to go see the SS now and begin adding my books! YIPPEE!

Andy, it's been a while, right? It's good to be on a team with you again. :)

I have known Angie and Jenny for quite some time and had the pleasure of meeting Jenny in person a couple months ago when we went to Phoenix to visit our granddaughter, her hubby, and their two children.

I don't know any of the rest of you on our team, but I am looking forward to getting to know you all. :)

Jenny wrote: "Hi all!
I am Jenny, the other captain for Deep Purple.

So, how many of you have "Smoke on the water" stuck in your head on repeat? Just me?

Anyway, I am in Phoenix, where it was 80 degrees yeste..."

So, how many of you have "Smoke on the water" stuck in your head on repeat? Just me? No, not just you! What a great old song! I loved hearing it again. :)

Hi Vicki!
Hi Andy!

Looking forward to this one!

*Waves* back at Jenny. :)

For the color books, do you want us to give a TinEye % or just post them under the color and then you caps will check?

That second one. I would say to only use TinEye if your book is borderline 50% by sight.

Okay, thanks.

Well, Vicki....
I've been a Raiders gal for a really long time...I even remember when they knew how to play and win...they were in Oakland then! LOL

Angie, LOL one of my daughters is a HUGE Raiders fan and her husband is a 49ers fan. They have a flag outside their home that says, "House Divided" and 1/2 is the Raiders and 1/2 is the Niners. It's all good. lol

Hello everyone! It’s been a few years since I’ve played UNO. I recognize Angie, Jenny and Ashley from previous years. Hello again! I am a social worker and located in New York outside of NYC. We are currently experiencing a very snowy weekend. Hoping to go tubing/snowboarding with my 4 kids tomorrow. Looking forward to getting started!

Snow! I sometimes miss snow.

Hi again Tatiana!

Hi everyone! I’m Ashley, 31, and I live in Newcastle in the North East of England. I’ve played UNO a few times before, but I think the last time was back in 2019, so I’m really excited to get back into it and get to know you all.

I work in the NHS as a Fraud Assistant, which is a relatively new role for me, but I’m finding it really interesting and enjoying it so far.

For the challenge, I’m always happy to pick up and try any genre needed and I’m always open to recommendations, so feel free to send any my way! I’m definitely a mood reader, so you’ll often see me reading multiple books at once, across different genres!

Hi Ashley!

This is going to be fun.

It seems that we have quite a few adventurous readers amongst us! We will crush whatever tasks they throw our way.

It looks like we are only waiting on Phœbe to complete our team.

Hi Tatiana and Ashley!

Hi everyone! Sorry for checking in a little late :) I'm Phœbe, 26, and I'm German/British, currently living in the U.K. I have participated in the UNO challenge a couple of years ago and also found myself reading a lot of genres I wouldn't typically reach for. I love being able to discuss books and pick up recommendations from other group members :) My favourite genres are typically dystopian, speculative fiction and modern literature, with authors like Donna Tartt and Ted Chiang among my favourites, but I have been convinced to pick up a fantasy book here and there.

I look forward to getting started with you guys! :)

Hi Phœbe!
It sounds like we might have some books in common on our read shelves. We need to exchange recommendations for sure.

And we are all here!!!!!!

Anyone have any issue accessing or using the tracking spreadsheet?

Link is in message 3.

Since there are not a lot of us on the team, and there are no book caps, any of us can go on a reading tear if we want to.

If anyone is particularly attached to keeping their books where they put them on the spreadsheet, please speak up now. We captains tend to play a lot of book Tetris towards the end of a round to make sure all the books can get used, and we don't want to make people upset if we move stuff around.

Remember to check your shelves for those lovely color covers!!!

◀️ Reverse (9)
that feels like a lot.

if anyone has recommendations of books they loved recently?

I will make a list today of books of different genres that I loved recently. And then maybe a list of books that I just love overall.

Anyone else who wants to add to our collective TBRs by listing recommendations, have at it!!!!

I need coffee first though. Good morning, and good afternoon to you all!

Hi Jenny, I can access the spreadsheet and I’m all good for you to move anything of mine that I add as required! :)

I was planning to just add as I go once I’ve finished or close to finishing a book, is that okay? Or is it preferred to claim spots ahead of time?

I’ll also look to compile a list of some recommendations to make things easier :)

And good afternoon to you too Jenny! It’s 1:35pm where I am so I’m already on my third coffee hehe

Hello Team Deep Purple,

For some aside-chatting you are welcome to visit this thread: 50 Shades of UNO Playlists 😉 🎼

Andy wrote: "◀️ Reverse (9)
that feels like a lot.

if anyone has recommendations of books they loved recently?"

Alright then. I have a list of books I loved from last year, and after that, a list of ones that are not terribly well known, but worthy.



Worthy ones-



And just in case you all haven't read these yet, get on it!!!-

Now I want recommendations from you guys, as I am greedy!!!!

(Please.)

Ashley wrote: "I was planning to just add as I go once I’ve finished or close to finishing a book, is that okay? Or is it preferred to claim spots ahead of time?..."

Ashley, that is perfectly okay!

The color cards and reverse cards require a little extra planning, so we try to claim those.

If anyone adds a book that you have read - let us know or add a note on the SS that you've read.

Also, you can let us know when you start a book that would fit a color cover. This way we have some options, if we need to move things around.

Andy wrote: "◀️ Reverse (9)
that feels like a lot."

I agree! These will likely be a work in progress.

In addition to recommendations, every one give a shout out if you see a book on the SS that you have previously read or plan to read during the round!

I will be stalking shelves as we go, too. 😄

best for me in 2025:

Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Regeneration by Pat Barker
Playground by Richard Powers

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior
Raising Hare: A Memoir by Chloe Dalton
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
When the Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

I loved Regeneration. I have a hard time recommending it to people due to that one scene, which has stayed with me for over a decade now. But the setting, the characters, the reality of it all just moved me. Pat Barker is no slouch. I have liked her other books as well, but none of them got to me as much as that one did.

Jenny wrote: "I loved Regeneration. I have a hard time recommending it to people due to that one scene, which has stayed with me for over a decade now. But the setting, the characters, the reality of it all just..."

it certainly strips any romanticism from soldiers experience of war - do recall one visceral scene

Yup. That's the one.
I did read some of the poetry that was written by those guys as well. Some of it is just beautiful.