Lexi’s Comments (group member since Dec 08, 2018)

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

Thank you, UNO mini books are also used for the main hand cards and usually have very specific prompts. There is no way to guess what ahead of time.

Mary C wrote: "Once the game starts it gets easier to understand.

We can read the cards in any order, ,we just have to have them all done by the end of the month to get credit for all. For example If we finish ..."

This is correct. Thank you, Mary and Elisabeth

See here in the rules:

◈ Note: . Just remember, you can only get points if a hand is completed, and in order.
So, if you complete all of hand 1, some of hand 2, and all of hand 3, you will only get points for hand 1 and the books read of hand 2.

Mary C wrote: "I wish this started today or tomorrow. We're about to be snowed in for the weekend if that Nor'easter hits us like we're expecting. We're supposed to get a minimum of 7" of snow and possibly 15" wi..."

I saw that. Where is I lived last winter in MA is getting ~17 inches. Sounds like a good weekend to stay inside and warm. I have two books I need to finish up so I can start fresh for UNO but otherwise, excited to start too.

Shannon wrote: "Do the hands for February come out all at one time on February 1?"

The cards for the entire month of Feb are in message 6: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please make your shelf specific to this year.

Since books can't be used in more than one place, we still need a lot of books, but Ella makes a good point that as people read, can you mark E and V characters as those can be harder to find. (I's as well even if we have fewer this round).

Mostly, after the color cards, read whatever you want, as I have almost never had issues making books fit. It also helps if people mark all options.

Jax wrote: ""It is green enough but I don't see how it would fit for the 7 (letter V), esp as it is non-fiction. See Ella's example with Velaris and a green cover."

The full title is: [book:Pandora's Lab: Se..."

That is perfect. Good call, I entirely missed that in the subtitle. My bad and thank you

In the past, I have read by Carrie Vaughn for Green 7 (green cover, A: Vaughn).

Elisabeth wrote: "There are links to lists of color cover books on the Read Me First page. Message 5."

Yes, but these are more for ideas as anyone can add covers to the lists so some don't work

Ella wrote: "Another suggestion I have for the green 7 is A Court of Mist and Fury with the setting of Velaris and green cover. I would be happy to reread it or if someone else wants they can read it!"

Great idea

Just a reminder for everyone that the cover you use must be the version you read so in this example, you would need to read the copy with the green cover

Jax wrote: "Would be green enough to be the green 7? I'm already reading it for another group?"

It is green enough but I don't see how it would fit for the 7 (letter V), esp as it is non-fiction. See Ella's example with Velaris and a green cover.

Mary, every color card but the Green 7 is covered for now but we may need it by the end of the month if books end up moving around (as they often do).

Draw 2 's allow one book to cover two sports, so they are basically free but also give us less points.

Welcome, everyone is here.

I am excited to get started in just over a week. Remember that all books must be started after the challenge starts.

Please post in the spreadsheet if you can and completion posts are not needed unless you cannot access the spreadsheet for some reason

Jax,

That sound like fun and I would encourage people to post fun and especially less well-known books in the thread with a sentence about who may or may not like it.

Mary C wrote: "I've read The Plot, Brave New World, It's in His Kiss and On the Way to the Wedding. Marked it on the spreadsheet."

Great, thank you, Mary

Shannon wrote: "Gotcha, thanks for clarifying that. I can do Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff then, I think that one works.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..."

That works great, thank you

Sadly, it needs to be first and last name and not middle name but otherwise, yes, a cover that is more than 50% blue and a F char/title/author is what we are looking for.

Elisabeth wrote: "While I was delving into your read list, Lexi, I saw a list of Agatha Christies, some of which I haven't read. My Mum collected all her books so I can easily read one of those for a quick read reve..."

Good idea, Agatha Christie is always fun to read.

That is a very good idea, Elisabeth.

I put my name next to The Gilded Wolves on the planning sheet in the reverse column as I had read it.

Ella,

The color cards have both numbers and colors. A Red 9 needs to have a red cover and an N title/author/ character, such as by Nita Prose.
For each color card, we have 1 each and then three will be duplicated by a Wild Draw 4.

Here are the rules: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Jax wrote: "I can take the red 4 with (assuming that's red enough?)"

It has been used in the past so you are good