Amanda’s Comments (group member since Jan 13, 2021)

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

Trio wrote: "so my book Not for the Faint of Heart should work for HERO - the two MCs are in the Merry Men (as in Robin Hood). this author does a parallel universe thing, but the Merry Men are ..."

That works Trio!

Oh no worries at all!

Trio wrote: "for HERO character do you think an autobiography would work? I've got Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman"

No for Uno, NF books do not have characters, so they don't work for any character based mini

Just for future though, for uno it does always have to be the edition you read!

THank you Jackie!! I thought it was tomorrow

All done.

I don't really have much to fit the unclaimed in the next bunch so only have 1 for now. Hopefully can do more if needed

Okay! Here's our 6 choices! (I'll black out the ones we're not using on the mini)

Princess Leia
Han Solo
Darth Vader
Luke Skywalker
Sarlacc, the monster of the Dune Sea
Yoda


For the mini, you place it yourself! You can just copy paste the book straight onto the mini tab.

I’m reading it today!

It’s as a team! There’s a mini tab on the spreadsheet and once we have our 6 chosen (everyone but Kelly has filled it out already!) I’ll update the spreadsheet and we can claim tasks from there

Yes we could but I’m actually using it for red 7! However I’m buddy reading with Jackie so she can use the reverse.

And trio I think that should’ve just stopped you from giving any of the characters more than one ranking? Regardless five will still help since only 6 total get chosen!

Hey team! I'd love for everyone to rank the mini options so we can choose the ones that the most people love best.

I've made a google form to collect responses if that's an easy way for you: https://forms.gle/odVVm66W6BYSMae29 (no email required!)

Or if you'd prefer just post your ranking here! We want to have time to plan though so please post your ranking one of the two ways by Thursday 12 PM EST :)

WE HAVE OUR FIRST MINI!!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We have to pick SIX of the following. So please say which ones you would like to do, or which ones you don't want to do. We do not have to do all of them!

R2D2 & C3PO
1. Read a book with an author who identifies as LGBTQIA+.
2. Read a book with an awesome sidekick (your own interpretation).
3. Read a book with a character who speaks more than one language.
4. Read a book from the Shelf Artificial Intelligence (if a book is part of a series, any book from the series will be accepted).
5. Read a book with gold letters on the cover.


Luke Skywalker
6. Read a book where one or more characters have to go on a quest.
7. Read a book with a sky on the cover.
8. Read a book with a character who is a beginner at something.
9. Read a book with a sword on the cover.
10. Read a book with MPG Science Fiction or MPG Speculative Fiction.


Princess Leia
11. Read a book with a character who is royalty.
12. Read a book by a female author.
13. Read a book with a white cover.
14. Read a book where characters from different backgrounds fall in love.
15. Read a book from the Shelf Bad Ass Heroine (if a book is part of a series, any book from the series will be accepted).


Han Solo
16. Read a book with a hero or a character who is worshipped as a hero.
17. Read a book by a male author.
18. Read a book with a gun on cover.
19. Read a book where the title begins with a letter from MILLENNIUM FALCON.
20. Read a book where the characters have to pull off a heist.


Chewbacca
21. Read a book with a character who has a fabulous best friend.
22. Read a book with the word "carpet" in text. (Please give location and sentence.)
23. Read a book with a neuro-divergent character.
24. Read a book with a spaceship on the cover.
25. Read a book where the title and/or series title and/or author's name contains at least 2 Ys.


Yoda
26. Read a book with a character who is a teacher (of any kind).
27. Read a book with 500+ pages.
28. Read a book that has been published in or before 1977.
29. Read a book with a character who is retired or who is in hiding.
30. Read a book tagged "Magic" or "Magical Realism" (at least 10x).


Darth Vader
31. Read a book where one of the characters is considered a villain.
32. Read a book with a black cover.
33. Read a book with the letters MASK in title OR in author's name.
34. Read a book with MPG Romance.
35. Read a book where friends fall out.


Emperor Palpatine
36. Read a book with an elderly character.
37. Read a book with red writing on the cover.
38. Read a book revolving around some kind of political intrigue.
39. Read a book where a character is hiding their true identity.
40. Read a book tagged "Space Opera" (at least 10x).


Jabba the Hutt
41. Read a book with a character from another species.
42. Read a book with MPG Crime.
43. Read a book where the author initials can be found in BOUNTYHUNTER.
44. Read a book with the word "gangster" in text. (Please provide location and sentence.)
45. Read a book with a character who is enslaved or held in captivity.


Fleet Admiral Piett
46. Read a book with MPG War or MPG Military or MPG Military Romance.
47. Read a book with a character who has a difficult/demanding boss.
48. Read a book with the word "uniform" in text. (Please provide location and sentence.)
49. Read a book from the Shelf Space (if a book is part of a series, any book from the series will be accepted).
50. Read a book where the title begins with a letter from FIRMUS.


Sarlacc, the monster of the Dune Sea
51. Read a book tagged "Adventure" (at least 10x).
52. Read a book with a brown cover.
53. Read a book with the word "hopeless" in text. (Please give location and sentence.)
54. Read a book with MPG Horror.
55. Read a book with a title starting with a letter from DIGESTION.


Grand Moff Tarkin
56. Read a book with a character who has one of the following specific honorifics to their name: occupational, military, academic or title. (Familial honorifics - Aunt, Grandma, etc. - or Mr/Mrs, etc are not accepted.)
57. Read a book with the letters DEATH STAR in title and/or author's name.
58. Read a book with a grey cover.
59. Read a book from the Shelf Boss (if a book is part of a series, any book from the series will be accepted).
60. Read a book where a character gets imprisoned/locked up.

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◈ Every book read, i.e. every task completed, is worth 10 points. Each book can be used for one task only.
◈ Books for tasks can be finished in any order. No need to complete blocks to get the 10 points/book.
◈ Completing six sets of tasks (ie six characters) will award your team a completion bonus of 30 points.

◈ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books from what you are claiming for your UNO hands.
◈ The usual book length rules apply.
◈ Team spreadsheets will be updated with a mini challenge tab so that you can track your books and claim your points.

◈ Books can be started at any point since the start of the UNO challenge (Feb 1).
◈ Books need to be finished after the start of this mini challenge on 14 February, 9am UTC (Countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...) and before 1 March, 9am UTC

Hello team!

We're almost to halfway through the month! (HOW?!). I know I'm quiet (sorry about that), but just a reminder we do have to check in once a week. I'll be sending out messages tomorrow. As a prompt, what is everyone's favorite book they've read so far for Uno??

Mine is but that's not surprising since it's book 7 and I've rated every one 5 stars lol

Trio wrote: "Hi Amanda, so I did a re-listen of So This is Christmas. Here on GR they call it book 5.5. I'm just asking for the SS... should I add it under column 5, or just leave it out? thanks..."

Only whole numbers count so can't be used for 5.5 just for the other numbers it works for!

...I can't believe you're willingly subjecting yourself to Jake Riordan again 🤣

Joyce wrote: "I am just checking with you that the book has to have been started on feb 1st and not before. Also thank you for adding the corresponding letters to each section. So much easier than going back and..."

Yes for the first month it has to be started on or after February 1st. For the rest of the challenge it is finish dates that matter!

No narrator for this one! It's hard because it runs concurrent with MMRG spell which DOES allow it and I get so lost

Trio wrote: "Amanda, the edition I read... even if it is an audiobook? thanks again!"

Yup! Use the default page count to decide if it has enough pages but the audiobook link. Whichever one you put on your shelves.

I made a key which has the full info and then for quick reference put the letter associated with the card at the top of the spreadsheet

Trio wrote: "also, do you want us to link the edition we actually read, or the default edtion? thanks :)"

The edition you actually read for this one, especially if you're doing a color cover :)

Trio wrote: "sorry to be lazy, or if I'm just not seeing it on the Planning SS if it already there... but could we add the codes for each number somewhere while I'm still learning them?"

Do you mean just a like 0=Zero, Standalone, etc? I can add a "key" tab for sure!