Colleen ’s Comments (group member since Jan 08, 2014)

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

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read 2/23/21 - just realized I did not log.
5 STARS - a must read! :)
I was so into this concept, and written so well from a boy's point of view.

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3 stars - hardly
2/21/21

Mini:
a book where someone is planning to escape/escapes (the Jewish people being persecuted by Germany)

So sorry to hear about the COVID troubles!

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2/20/21
4 stars

Mini: a book where a character is searching for someone (Police officer Perdant tracking down Jewish people in hiding and Polish people helping them)

2/15/21
5 stars
Added to mini challenge also

Melinda - I also really appreciate you listing out some of the potential tie-ins with the mini read. I'm totally not creative and can't come up with stuff like that. :)

2/14/21
4 stars - great story about brew masters and sister/family relationships.
I added to the mini challenge as well.

So, it wound up being too cold to go up north and ice fish (-30-40 degrees below zero) so we nixed that idea. Don't want to risk things not working right in the Ice Castle and not being able to go outside. I managed to finish a book anyway.

The End Games
2/6/21
2 stars - ideal for a teenage boy or other zombie story lovers - just not my style.

So glad to start! This is always super fun. I just finished my 2 books I was reading before so am starting fresh tonight with a print book and an audio book for tomorrow. Phew! Hopefully I can finish at least one of them by the weekend - and if we go up north 5 hours to ice fish for a long weekend I'll get extra reading time in. :)

I'm going to finish a book tomorrow for a brand new one on Monday! :)

I'll need to finish up my current print and audio book - then not sure if I should start another or not right away after because it will be before 2/1 but I can't go without a book for even a day. My heart says yes....but I'm sure I'll go over the deadline before I can then start a new one.

Heather wrote: "Hmmmm. I don't know what my first book will be. The one I just finished was a fantasy/supernatural/suspense kind of book, and I'm listening to one now that is the same type. So I'm feeling a little..."

Agree Heather - I like to mix up my genres too.

Melindam wrote: "Colleen, I would say it's not 50% blue, so it's safer not to use it for a colour card.

I also double checked the rules considering non-fiction: we can only use title/author."

OK - good to know!

The book covers are so intimidating - I would say is at least 50% blue - but the tineye only says 46.7% lol. I could use it for Blue 0 or 6. Is this close enough or no??

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "*ahem* wrong challenge 😂

The only things you can use for each letter are spelled out in the rules. It does not include narrators."

LOL - maybe I am thinking of the Tower Teams challenge. :)

Can we count narrators names for audio books?

I went ahead and added my name to those Reverse cards that I have read in the past. Feel free to do the same for me when I add my books. Makes it much easier then looking at everyone's read lists!

Melinda/Heather - can you remind me about the non-fiction book rules? I seem to remember characters can only be the very main ones written about in the book - and not sure what else is particular about the non-fiction books.

And can we include the narrator's name on audio books?

My shelf:

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I'm here! Just got back from a long road trip with the family to look at colleges for my senior daughter. I'm in Minnesota, USA and looking forward to reading UNO with you all! It's my 4th year and super fun. I can't believe it's already here! :)

I have never seen Labyrinth and it doesn't even sound familiar lol.

Way to kick off 2021 with some Uno! This is a great and well-run challenge that all can participate in and feel welcome. This is my fourth year, and certainly not my last. Thanks for keeping up this amazing tradition.

📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2021- The House in the Cerulean Sea, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Diesel Heart: An Autobiography
📕 Your recommendation for book with the best yellow, red, blue, or green cover -

This book was worth it. I can never guess thrillers like this and was surprised and couldn't really figure it out and all the psychology behind it. very interesting and well done I thought.