Beth ’s Comments (group member since Oct 14, 2014)

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

For the "Wild Draw Four" card, can four people in a group read four different books and it fit there? Or does one person have to read all four books for it to count?

Welcome, Kirsten!

How about you and Laura decide who is going to read which 8 book and then the book that is left over can be used for the wild draw four? If you guys would want to do that?

When you're giving me the books, can you give me the reason for it as well? There is a place on the spreadsheet for it!

I'm assuming it's because of the author name starting with an E, though. And card 5 for French. But just remember to let me know in case I don't have time to run through all the examples :D

Are you a Tana French fan as well?

I can the reverse for The Secret Place

We have our first month's numbers! If you want to start thinking about what books you're going to read then feel free to do that so I can update the spreadsheet.

I love those spreadsheets! I will ask someone that knows how to work them. Right now I have an idea of how to set them up that won't be too confusing for me but it might be weird for other people.

I really like the name Speed Racers, btw! Hopefully we can be SPEEDER readers :D

I will probably tinker a little with the spreadsheet but for now it looks fine!

Hi Apoorv! I believe I've seen you around in other groups so it's nice to finally meet you!

If you guys ever want me to try something different or do something differently as captain, let me know! I'm still learning. :)

Thanks Laura! Does the spreadsheet work fine for you?

Hi, Laura! Could you make a shelf on Goodreads specifically for books read during the challenge? Something like UNO or Team Challenge or something like that? Then link it here so I can easily find it. Thanks!!

Hi, team! Bear with me- this is my first game as a captain.

The first thing we should do is introduce ourselves. And get to know each other!

I'm Beth. I'm 21 years old and I live in Michigan, USA. I love books, sports, and organizing. My favourite genre is mystery but I also enjoy chick lit and YA.

Reserved

Team spreadsheet: Spreadsheet

Team Shelves:
Beth
Laura
Apoorv
Alexa
June
Teddie

Cards:

UNO Cards
From Wikipedia
The deck consists of 108 cards, of which there are twenty-five of each color (red, green, blue, and yellow), each color having two of each rank except zero. The ranks in each color are zero to nine, "Skip", "Draw Two" and "Reverse" (the last three of these being classified as "action cards"). In addition, the deck contains four each of "Wild" and "Wild Draw Four" cards.

◈◈◈Perks UNO cards◈◈◈
O (Zero)
Read a book that either:
- has a 0 or Zero in the title
- has a title starting with Z
- has an author first name or surname starts with Z
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with Z
- is set in a place name starting with Z ; or
- is a "stand-alone" book (i.e. not part of a series)

1 (One)
Read a book that either:
- has a 1 or One in the title
- has a title starting with O
- has an author first name or surname starts with O
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with O
- is set in a place name starting with O ; or
- is book 1 in a series

2 (Two)
Read a book that either:
- has a 2 or Two in the title
- has a title starting with T
- has an author first name or surname starts with T
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with T
- is set in a place name starting with T; or
- is book 2 in a series

3 (Three)
Read a book that either:
- has a 2 or Three in the title
- has a title starting with T
- has an author first name or surname starts with T
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with T
- is set in a place name starting with T ; or
- is book 3 in a series

4 (Four)
Read a book that either:
- has a 4 or Four in the title
- has a title starting with F
- has an author first name or surname starts with F
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with F
- is set in a place name starting with F ; or
- is book 4 in a series

5 (Five)
Read a book that either:
- has a 5 or Five in the title
- has a title starting with F
- has an author first name or surname starts with F
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with F
- is set in a place name starting with F; or
- is book 5 in a series

6 (Six)
Read a book that either:
- has a 6 or Six in the title
- has a title starting with S
- has an author first name or surname starts with S
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with S
- is set in a place name starting with S; or
- is book 6 in a series

7 (Seven)
Read a book that either:
- has a 7 or Seven in the title
- has a title starting with S
- has an author first name or surname starts with S
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with S
- is set in a place name starting with S ; or
- is book 7 in a series

8 (Eight)
Read a book that either:
- has an 8 or Eight in the title
- has a title starting with E
- has an author first name or surname starts with E
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with E
- is set in a place name starting with E ; or
- is book 8 in a series

9 (Nine)
Read a book that either:
- has a 9 or Nine in the title
- has a title starting with N
- has an author first name or surname starts with N
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with N
- is set in a place name starting with N ; or
- is book 9 in a series

Skip
Read a book that either:
- has a title starting with S,K,I or P
- has an author first name or surname starts with S,K,I or P
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with S,K,I or P
- is set in a place name starting with S,K,I or P; or
OR you can choose to "skip" reading a book for this cards (and get no points for this card)

Draw 2
Use the same book for two cards in this hand (and get points for both cards)

Reverse
One member of your team must read a book another team member has already read

Wild
Read a book that can fit any of the requirements for cards 0-9

Wild draw four
Read any book!

◈◈◈Points◈◈◈
For each book read to match a 0-9 card, the team gets 20 points
For each book read to match a Skip, Reverse, Draw two card, the team gets 25 points
For each book read to match a Wild or Wild draw four card the team gets 30 points
For each hand completed, the team gets a bonus 15 points

IMPORTANT
Books must be more than 160 pages in length and Children's books and Graphic Novels can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 40,000 words using arbookfind.com

◈ Note: it is up to the teams how they divide up the cards to read across the team players. 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.

I read about 5-7 books a month.

I live in Eastern Standard Time in the US

I can be a captain or co captain but may make minor mistakes for the first few weeks since this is only my second team challenge