Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~’s Comments (group member since Mar 19, 2019)

Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~’s comments from the The Perks Of Being A Book Addict group.

I've moved some bits around on the SS to complete another couple of hands.
I also spotted a couple of completed books on the main yesterday that werent added to the mini, so Ive done that. Please double check if youre adding any on that I havent done it already.
Sorry, I'll leave all you capable lovely humans to it from now on :)

Laura wrote: "Question - can I read a book with the word "fireworks" (plural) in the title to count for partial name of firework jellyfish?"

Someone in the captains chat asked if Devil's instead of Devil would work and the answer was yes.... so yes :D

The last weekend in August. Its coming round so fast!!!

On the tracking spreadsheet I have populated the tasks for part two. Feel free to have a think if anything more appropriate works whilst your reading and swap them out!!
Lots of brown books required

April Mini Challenge

This is an optional mini challenge for our UNO players.

Part one

Some animals have (seriously) unfortunate names. We therefore did not want to inflict them upon you as team names. They do deserve attention as well however and that's where the April mini challenge comes into play.

You will be reading books for tasks relating to some less than lucky beasties - you will also get some photos and details on them for your pleasure.

◈ 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.
◈ If your team completes all the tasks, you get 30 bonus points.

Part Two

All those extraordinary animals used for team names. If you haven't done any exploring of the lovely pictures posted for each team, now is your chance! You will be reading books for tasks relating to the beasties borrowed for fellow teams - have a browse through the teams, if you haven't already done so, to get a visual on these spectacular animals.

For each team name, you can read two books, choosing two of the following options:

◈ Read a book with the entire name of the animal in title or text.
◈ Read a book with a part of the animal's name in the title. (This obviously doesn't work for all team names.)
◈ Read a book with a cover representing (any of) the animal's colour(s).
◈ Get creative! Find a way to connect your book to the team name / animal in some way.

For example:
For Team Honduran White Bat, you could have the following options:
1. You find "Honduran White Bat" in either a book's title or somewhere in the text. The entire name, not just a part of it.
2. You read a book with "white" or with "bat" in the title. Not in the text.
3. You read a book with a white cover.
4. You read a book that is set in Honduras, for example, as it is a Honduran white bat, and not a Slovenian or Chinese white bat.

Another example:
For Team Boatbill, you could have the following options:
1. You find "Boatbill" in either a book's title or somewhere in the text.
2. You read a book with either "boat" or "bill" in the title, as both parts of the animal's name are an actual word.
3. You read a book with a blue cover or with a white cover, for example.
4. You find a fabulous other connection - i.e. you're being creative.

◈ 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.
◈ If your team completes all the tasks, you get 30 bonus points.


The rest of the usual fineprint

◈ 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 April 12, 9am UTC https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown... and before May 1 at 9am UTC (when UNO sadly comes to an end).

◈ 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

The mini is now live!!!!
Will post here the details incase you missed it.....

Hi Everyone!
Had a lovely extra-long weekend off work and I did very very little reading, Ive hand made our wedding invites and they took a bit longer than I thought!! Back at work today and can listen to my current read on Scribd. Loving the mini challenge, lots of scope to be creative again :)

Andrea wrote: "Also if you all agree that counts as being yellow enough then I could claim the Yellow 9 card for April"

Yep, definitely 👍🏼
I’ve also moved your ugly love to a WD4 slot for a blue 5 🤩

Brilliant!! Well done everyone!!!

Unfortunately, Elle didn't respond to the mods when they checked in to see if she was still playing, so she's been removed from the group. I hope she's okay and life has just got very busy for her.
We have the option to use 2 of the UNO Pixie books but as we dont really need them we'll stick with what we have on the SS with just Insiyah and I left to finish!!

You. Da. Best!!

I’ve removed elles twilight, Robin did you say you have a reverse in reserve? We now need one in hand five!

I like to keep you all on tenterhooks!!!🤩

I’ve only 120 mins or 160 pages left on my final yellow, will likely finish it Friday. Nothing like cutting it fine :)

As we haven't heard from Elle I have removed New Moon from hand 9. She has started Twilight as per her updates on her page so Ill leave that for today, but will remove tomorrow if we again don't hear from her.
Please have a look and see if anything you have read this week could fit in the gaps, bare in mind we do have a draw 2 to cover, but we can do some shifting around if needed.
Thanks all!!

*EDIT*
I've moved Robins card from the last hand to cover the Draw 2, so we now need a 9 (in H16) to complete the board.

Coundown to April:
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

I cannot quite believe its April this weekend :O

The red book I rolled over last month because I found it uninspiring I’ve found on audible. And it’s much better dual reading it. Also started my yellow one yesterday and I know I’ll fly through that!
How’s everyone else doing?

I did finish two books this week though which is a miracle.

Hey everyone, had a couple days away with work this week and I’ve just gotten home from an Ed Sheeran concert in London. Will catch up with everything tomorrow as it’s gone 1am here and I am POOPED!!!

When hovering over my yellow book in hand one its coming up that its linked to Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood but when you click on it, it takes you to the correct link..... GR has been so glitchy of late, it hurts my brain!