Elise’s Comments (group member since Nov 02, 2019)

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

Ashley wrote: "

Completion Post

Title: Girl on The Train
Author: Paula Hawkins
Date: Feb 6th, 2021
Rating: 5 Stars

I've read this, as I'm sure others have, so it will count as a reverse too :)

Cards:
0- Stand-Alone
2 - Character: Tom Watson
3- C..."

Annalisa wrote: "Elise wrote: "I've read A is for Alibi and a few more in that series. I don't remember the details of the book itself, but I remember about the series in general...
- female private investigator
- ..."

No problems, I'll start it today.

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Title: The Moving Finger
Author: Agatha Christie
Date: 12 Feb

Cards
1 - character Owen Griffith
3 - character Megan Hunter
4 - 4th in series
6 - character Richard Symmington
8 - character Elsie Holland
9 - character Superintendent Nash

I've read A is for Alibi and a few more in that series. I don't remember the details of the book itself, but I remember about the series in general...
- female private investigator
- crime fiction series
- set on the West Coast of the USA (not LA, I think its a fictional small city a bit south of LA)
- set before mobile phones, DNA, etc.

Some ideas for linking books: a crime fiction series, books starring a female investigator, crime fiction books not involving forensic science, a LONG series of books (the author got up to "Y is for..."), an unfinished series of books (author passed away), books involving the alphabet...

I'm happy to read A is for Alibi again if thats helpful Annalisa, its been a few years since I read it.

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Title: The Nature of the Beast
Author: Louise Penny
Date: Feb 10, 2021

Cards:
0 - Character Ruth Zardo
1 - Character Olivier
2 - Character Therese Brunel
4 - Character Brian Fitzpatrick
5 - Character Isabelle Lacoste
6 - Character Sean Delorme
8 - Character Evie Lepage
Skip - Author Louise Penny

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Title: Fledgling
Author: Octavia Butler
Date: Feb 11, 2021

Cards:
0 - stand alone
1 - Author Octavia Butler
2 - Character Theodora Harden
3 - Character Wright Hamlin
4 - Title
5 - Character Iosif Petrescu
6 - Character Shori Matthews
7 - Character Vladimir Leontyvev
Skip - Character Iosif Petrescu

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Title: The Long Way Home
Author: Louise Penny
Date: Feb 9, 2021

Cards:
0 - Character Ruth Zardo
1 - Character Olivier
7 - Character Vincent Gilbert
Skip - Author Louise Penny

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Title: How the Light Gets In
Author: Louise Penny
Date: Feb 8, 2021

Cards:
0 - Character Ruth Zardo
1 - Character Constance Ouellet
2 - setting Three Pines
3 - Title
4 - Character Sylvain Francoeur
5 - Character Isabelle Lacoste
6 - Character Sylvain Francoeur
9 - Book 9 in series
Skip - Author Louise Penny

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Title: 17th Suspect
Author: James Patterson
Date: Feb 7, 2021

Cards:
0 - stand-alone
3 - Character Briana Hill
6 - setting San Francisco
Skip - Author James Patterson

Completion Post


Title: Shirley
Author: Charlotte Bronte
Date: Feb 6, 2021
Rating: 4 stars

Cards:
0 - stand-alone
3 - Character Caroline Helstone
6 - Title
Skip - Character Shirley Keeldar

I’ve gotten a little bogged down by reading a classic, but I should finish tonight - completion post coming tomorrow. I’ll move onto some crime fiction after that, I read those quickly so will get a few cards covered :)

I have my physical bookshelves organised by colour, so I can definitely help with the coloured cards. I’m a mood reader so I’m not sure what I’ll pick up first!

Hi team!
I'm Elise from Sydney, Australia. I haven't played UNO for a few years, but I've previously captained a few teams.
I read pretty widely, but not a lot of romance or horror.
I had a look through my reads for last year - I didn't read as much as normal as I had a baby! A lot of rereads! I loved House of Earth and Blood.

Here's my Uno shelf

Thank you everyone for your efforts in UNO this year!
Hope to see you all back for UNO in 2019 :)

Brandy wrote: "I don’t know how to get The Hangman’s Daughter to show up on my shelf. I have clicked the shelf but it’s not showing up. I can’t see a lot of the books that should be there."

When you're marking a book as read, you should be able to click on the drop down arrow to add it to additional shelves - does that work for you?

There is approx 10 hrs left, so please let me know asap if you add anything else before the end of the challenge!

I've added everything we have so far, and we are 5 books short of finishing the last hand, which is amazing.

Please also double check your UNO shelves to make sure everything you have read this month is on your shelf -there are a few books I haven't been able to use as they haven't been shelved.

Post if you finish anything :)

NerDeek wrote: "Hey Elise, I found several prompts which match for the books I have read. I don't know if any of the prompts are completed by anyone.

Saints and Misfits
* a book where a character ..."

I've used what I can - thanks for listing them for me!

Only a few days left of the challenge!

Can you please make sure you have added ALL your books to your UNO shelf so we can use them all.

If your book was started after april 12 and hasn't been used for the mini challenge (you can check the spreadsheet here) please let me know if it fits any prompt so we can get some bonus points.

Thank you in advance to everyone for your participation in UNO, both to those who have hung in from the start as well as our recent additions!

If you would like to, please share what your favourite read during UNO has been!

Looking back, I'd say The Perfect Nanny (I read it in 3 hours - couldn't put it down!) and The Cruel Prince were my favourite books of the last 3 months.

Jessica - I added Caraval to a card, but I wanted to see if it would fit the prompt "set in a different world (i.e. not Earth)" for the mini challenge?

Brandy wrote: "Elise, Valient has 2 estranged sisters (one thought the other was dead) who are reunited and sone runs a gladiatress school where the other is taught to be a gladiatress (a character is a teacher?)..."

Thanks Brandy!