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 havent started yet but will crack on tonight :)

HI Jenny, super jealous you get to work in a library, pretty sure I'd do it for free :D haha

Hi Amy!

I’ve got a few planned reads for February so I’ve added to the SS. Going forward I’ll be a lot more flexible as to what I’m reading, I’m taking part in a few buddy reads over on Instagram, not to mention I’m reading the whole game of thrones series over the course of this year with a group of about 60!
Will be hoping to complete everything I’m reading now before the end of the month ready to start :)

Ophélie wrote: "Hi everyone,

Greetings from Belgium. This will be my second year playing UNO and I'm really looking forward to it. I had so much fun last year and got to meet some lovely people. I'm positive this..."

Hi Ophelie.
I have a few karin slaughters on my shelf to read, maybe I can fit some into this challenge.

Please can you confirm this is the uno shelf you will be using for your books?
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Also if anyone wants to see how sad I am with my love of a spreadsheet, here's my proposed reads for this challenge.
Feel free to use this as a template but be sure to make a copy before you start amending mine :)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Hi everyone, Co-Captain here. I've played UNO twice before and its the most fun of all the challenges. I was excited when I saw our group name, Anne of green gables was one of my childhood favourites!

I'm from the UK and I love to read a wide range of genres but my faves are thrillers, horrors and crime.
I've persuaded my sister Klare to join in this year and I'm sure she'll introduce herself at some point.

Feel free to ask any questions regarding the challenge, especially if youve not played before. Its a super easy challenge to work on and the main thing is that we all have fun!

Reserve

IMPORTANT INFO:

◈ This is a 3 month team challenge starting 1 February 2022

◈ At the end of the challenge 30 April 2022 the team with the most points wins!

◈ At the start of each month each team is given a minimum 14 hands of 7 "UNO" cards

◈ The idea is to "play" each hand for points. It is up to the team how many "hands" they can get through in the month, but they must play one hand completely before being able to get points for the next

◈ The team can choose to skip an entire hand to get to the next one, but they are not given a replacement hand. (You can only skip one hand in a month)

◈ Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books, Graphic Novels, Manga, Cook Books, Plays and Poetry books can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com or more than 3 hours of audio using a reputable website (e.g. audible, overdrive)

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:
- has a 3 or Three in the title
- has a title starting with H
- has an author first name or surname starts with H
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with H
- is set in a place name starting with H
- 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:
- has a 5 or Five in the title
- has a title starting with I
- has an author first name or surname starts with I
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with I
- is set in a place name starting with I
- 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:
- has a 7 or Seven in the title
- has a title starting with V
- has an author first name or surname starts with V
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with V
- is set in a place name starting with V
- 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:
- has a title starting with K or P
- has an author first name or surname starts with K or P
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with K or P
- is set in a place name starting with K or P
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 for any of the cards in that SAME hand (i.e. you are duplicating one of the cards in that same hand)

Wild draw four
Read a book that can fit for any of the coloured cards you have that month (i.e. you are duplicating one of your coloured cards)

Coloured cards
Special coloured cards will be randomly provided each month. for these cards you need to read for the card number (as above) and the book must also have a coloured cover for the colour specified (blue, red, yellow or green)


"**The Draw Two card will automatucally be counted and your book can count for two other cards.
Although you don't get points for the 'draw 2' card, you have the benefit of having points for two cards with just one book, and you complete the hand faster :) "

PLAYERS UNO SHELVES:
❅ Michelle - Captain = x challenge
❅ Gem Co-Captain = UNO 2022
❅ Jackie Freeman = uno 2022
❅ Cindy Madrid = uno 2022
❅ Ophélie Depoortere = uno 2022
❅ Amy = 2022-ba-uno-challenge
❅ Klare = uno 2022
❅ Jenny = uno 2022

COUNTDOWN TO START:
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

TEAM SPREADSHEET:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

PLANNING SPREADSHEET:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

CURRENT POINTS:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

I had so much fun! Thanks for leading the way captains!!

I’m all finished. Just can’t jump on the SS this min if anyone can update for me please? Thank youuu

I’m on 80% of my mini book. I’ll be finished up in a couple of hours :)

I’ve just finished it!! Just powering up my laptop and I’ll update the SS

Daniela wrote: "Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "I'll deffo finish my coloured one and the one for the mini. I'm off on friday so trying to drag my books out until then as I cant start anything new coz, you know, ..."

I've just looked on my shelf, I have 61 pages or 153!

Daniela wrote: "I also signed up for TT in the end as I need a challenge to push me to read a bit more and not completely lay off reading for the next months haha I'm on team Granny Weatherwax"

Good idea. Having no clue about Discworld the names are absolutely baffling to me!!

I'll deffo finish my coloured one and the one for the mini. I'm off on friday so trying to drag my books out until then as I cant start anything new coz, you know, TT!

hahaha well at least it has its use! And thanks for getting me to read The Idea of You its really good. I should be finished up tonight!

Little fires will work for works late and goes dancing so if someone read a musical instrument that can be moved!

Yes I really want to read it! And it’s an ARC so I really should read it sooner rather than later. I started it this morning and it’s great so far!

I have spandex. I repeat I have SPANDEX!!! the idea of you by robinne Lee “eager puppies in sequins and spandex”