Denise’s Comments (group member since Mar 28, 2018)

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

Melindam wrote: "Denise wrote: "Melindam wrote: "It is Draw 2 that can cover 2 cards in the same hand and unfortunately for the colour cards, we can use only 1 Draw 2 in the current arrangements to cover the 2 x 6 ..."

Thank you! I'll wait until the 1st to finish it then. I haven't gotten very far in it, so it won't be very hard to delay it.

Melindam wrote: "It is Draw 2 that can cover 2 cards in the same hand and unfortunately for the colour cards, we can use only 1 Draw 2 in the current arrangements to cover the 2 x 6 Reds in the same hand.

Wild me..."

So could you use a wild to duplicate a color card (with a different book)?

I can't remember exactly how this works...if a wild is in the same hand as a color card, can we use a second blue book there? Or does one book count for two cards? I get confused between Wild/Draw 2

Anyway...I just started a blue book tonight. It works for 3, but not seven (or at least nothing in the first few chapters)

I'm just catching up, so let me check the other colors still available.

That sounds like an amazing trip!

Just finished both of my "currently reading" books. I'll try to get on tomorrow and make them GR official! Heading to bed now, but let me know if there's anything we're looking to wrap up this week that's still unclaimed.

Melindam wrote: "Just a heads up that I will be travelling from tomorrow to Sunday. I will check the thread, just won't be around that much."

Have fun!

Aww...sorry to hear about Michael. :(

I have added The Lost Ticket to my uno shelf. It will not save as read. Is anyone else experiencing this? I'm not sure how I fixed it last time. I think I just kept trying until it saved. Oh Goodreads... I'll keep trying.

Jhmingos wrote: "Denise, how did you like Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982? Would you recommend it?"

It was almost a little too short, but a very quick read! I learned a little about Korean culture. If you read it, I'll DM you a discussion thing that's a little spoilery. I would probably recommend it. It's under 200 pages, so pretty low risk!

Ok, it might be fixed. I have no idea what worked. Does it look fixed to you now?

Oh my goodness. If I look at the book, it shows as read. If I go into my read shelf, I don't see it there. I tried tagging and untagging. I'm going to suggest waiting a few hours to see if this gets cleared up and then I'll try again. I even tried changing the read date again.

I wonder if trying to change the Edition made something glitchy? I will go back in later today and completely delete the book and try to re-add it. Maybe that will work?

Melindam wrote: "It does, but it appears as unread."

It says read for me! Really! It shows my shelves as read, Uno 2025, and 2025 reads. I'm not sure what else to do. Maybe if I mark it unread and switch it back to read? I'll try that.

Melindam wrote: "Denise,

I hope your Mum is doing well.

Possibly it's this super annoying GR glitch, but Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 does not show as read on your UNO shelf. Could you please fix this?..."

I'll check. What IS a super annoying glitch for me lately is trying to change the edition. It usually defaults to hardcover, and if I try to change it to Kindle, the next time I come back it's gone back to hardcover. It doesn't matter quite as much for this challenge since we don't track page numbers closely, but it's really annoying.

P.S. It does show up on my uno shelf.

Can I just say one more time how handy it would have been for Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man to come out a few days early? 😂😂

We've had a bit of a rough week as my mom was unexpectedly hospitalized. She is still in, but starting to show some improvements, so we are grateful for that. I think my favorite read from Feb was probably Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera. It's about a woman who is trying to recover memories of a past trauma and teams up with a true-crime podcaster to try to solve the mystery.

I am also very glad I read What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella. She calls it autobiographical fiction because the story contains many details of her own journey fighting an incurable brain tumor. It wasn't a happy read, but she did an amazing job of not letting it become an overly depressing read either. I like stories that help me gain a bit of empathy for things I haven't been through myself and this one certainly did that.

Thanks for your patience as I mostly disappeared last week. I hope everyone has a great week ahead!

Dominomaj wrote: "Hello,

I will The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for March. It will work for Reverse and 1. 😊"

🎉🎉

I was so excited when I remembered that I'd pre-ordered

but the release date is April 1st. 😢😂

But if we need a red 7 in April, hit me up!

Melindam wrote: "It's more purplish-looking to me."

What's crazy about this cover is that there are multiple Kindle versions listed and one of them looks more red than the others.

Melindam wrote: "Denise wrote: "I'm tempted to read this, even though we don't need the blue cover because WOW we need a lot of "V" books. I own it, so I'll just keep it in mind if we're struggling to find enough V..."

I'll start The God of the Woods on Wednesday. It's a longer book and the characters at the center of it are named Van Laar. I think I have to go do real-life stuff for a while now. I'll pop back on later to make sure we don't need a short book later this week. I found a short cozy audio that I could do Wednesday if we need it.

Have a great week, everyone!

Get well soon, Chrissie!

I'm tempted to read this, even though we don't need the blue cover because WOW we need a lot of "V" books. I own it, so I'll just keep it in mind if we're struggling to find enough Vs or if either teammate ends up DNFing their blue 7.