Verónica’s Comments (group member since May 14, 2020)

Verónica’s comments from the The Perks Of Being A Book Addict group.

Hey guys!

We're almost done with the 5's, just one more to go. But we need more 7's and reverse. As for the color cards, we don't have a Blue 4 logged, in case someone wants to look for it.

How's everybody doing? How many amazing books read so far?
Next week we'll have the mini challenge to spice things up. Hope you're ready 😉.

Hello everyone.

I just updated our spreadsheet, 5 days in and looks good. I picked Green 3 and Blue 2 for two of the WD4, so the ones reading those color books the color card is waiting for you. We have Red 0 also duplicated so that's the next WD4. Once we've gone further I'll start pointing which ones are getting behind, but for now, it's an open and fertile field.

Hope you're having a nice weekend!

Yes! Thanks Mary, book links and shelf checking would be great, I tend to drag in that area. I can keep up with the log and card placing, but be my guest if you want to take a look at the cards every now and then, you may see a master move by shuffling around.

Any formatting you see on the log is made by me, for control purposes. So you don't need to worry about that, only logging the finished date.

Hannah, you have a Blue 2 right now, I finished mine it was very short, but we still need yours for a WD4 card, so no worries. Same for the Red 0, I started one, but I think Ashely has one on the log, still needed, although it is also a reverse, but we'll see where they will be placed as we go along.

We got a lot of reverse cards, so maybe if you take a look at Compare books with any teammate, you might find a book of your Want to read list you are ready for. Other option would be to look for 7(V) and 5(I), which tend to be the hardest to find.

I decided to put aside both books I started on the weekend, I'm not going to be able to finish them, they are long and didn't even work for UNO. The problem with non-fiction.

I'm ready and excited to start, this game always keeps me motivated. Hope you have fun too!

Any questions you may have, we're here to help.

Hello everyone!

We're almost there, here's the countdown:

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

About your questions.

- You have to start your books on Feb 1st to count for UNO.

- You only have to fill in the February log tab, the February cards tab will be filled by Mary and me.

- All books finished have to be in your UNO shelf to be counted and verified. You can have your to-read books in there, but try not to have too many, it's easier for us captains to work with a neat shelf.

Ashley wrote: "Verónica wrote: "Ashley wrote: "I'm so sorry about the sciatica. That's no fun at all.

I now have my February prompts for my monthly challenge, so I'm starting to do a little bit of planning while..."

Oh yes, you are right. I'm doing two 2023 reading challenges and I got confused. They always have prompts like that. That's a problem I have when playing UNO since I tend to read more non-fiction, but the upside is that it makes me read a lot more novels.

I just went looking for the bell hooks book in my ebooks library and it has a big red cover 😁, so I might use it for a Red 3 if we get one.

Ashley wrote: "I'm so sorry about the sciatica. That's no fun at all.

I now have my February prompts for my monthly challenge, so I'm starting to do a little bit of planning while hopefully finishing my last 2 r..."

I don't know what it means to use or not characters in non-fiction. I also do challenges and when I've found this prompt I usually go for memoirs, just like the one you mentioned. I would recommend "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou and "In the Dream House" by Carmen Maria Machado. For non memoirs (and maybe that's what you mean with not characters?) "All About Love: New Visions" by bell hooks is one I have my eye on to read this year.

Hi! I'm desperately trying to finish my last three books of this month, but I'm struggling with one which is a read for a book club. I usually just DNF a book that drags but I kind of want to finish this one. Is not that bad, just too slow.

I have a few reads ready to start the challenge. Making sure they're not that long and that I've been really looking forward to read.

Also I have a bad case of sciatica, so I'm having trouble finding a comfortable position to read, the worst!

Sarah wrote: "I could read for Blue 2 if everyone thinks the cover is blue enough.

I was also planning to read for a book club that I am..."

I do have TrueBiz in my TBR, I might give it a go.

Hannah wrote: "I see there are a few reverse cards for February too. Anyone have any favorite books they'd like to suggest?

Here are some of my favorites:
-Book Lovers - Emily Henry
-Kaikeyi - Vaishnavi Patel
-I..."

This is the countdown:

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

February 1st is the day books start to count.

For the next two months, March and April, books can be started the prior month.

LucyReads wrote: "Just to check before I start adding things to the spreadsheet- do we add in the books we plan to read (filling the rest of the columns) in the 'feb log' tab and then captains will sort these into t..."

That's right, the Feb cards tab will be managed by Mary and me. Just fill in the log.

Mary C wrote: "I have a 9 Blue. I put it on the tracking sheet. I ran the cover through tineye color extractor and it says it's 53% blue.



I think Veronica's plan works we..."

Yes, we have 4 Wild Draw, so they'll be put to good use anyway.

Hannah wrote: "Not sure how far out we are planning, but I could cover the 4 Blue if needed.

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No problem claiming it, but I don't think it's blue enough 🤔. Let me ask the other captains if it goes. One tool we can use is Tineye

https://labs.tineye.com/color/

It's not 100% reliable, but it gives you a hint. It has to be at least 50% the color.

I have one for Yellow 4. I'll start Feb with that.

I'm totally on board on claiming color cards, just let us know and I'll reserve it on the cards tab.

I've found that one fine strategy is to tackle first the color, reverse and 5(I), 7(V) and 9(N) cards, and planners can be on it, while mood readers finish off the others as they go. And for the ones that are a little bit of both, hunt when you want, or read what you want and we'll find it a place. So, a laidback approach.

What do you think?

I'll try to post at least once on weekends with an update to see how we are doing and if something needs our attention.

Ashley wrote: "I know this might be a little early for this, and I'm not sure how this team will do things as every team I've been on has done things slightly differently... but I just at the took a peek at the s..."

Sorry I responded you with a brain fart, hahaha, I was tired. Let me try again.