Jen’s Comments (group member since Dec 31, 2017)

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

Completion Post:


Book: In the Time of Dragon Moon
Author: Janet Lee Carey
Pages: 480
Date Completed: Feb 22, 2023

UNO:
1 -C: Onadon
2 - C: Tanya
3 - 3 in series
4 - C: Filalden
5 - Title: In the Time of the Dragon Moon
7 - C: Vazan
Skip - C: Kahil

Mini:
# 5 - Read a book featuring a dragon (shapeshifter accepted) or with a dragon on the cover - Dragon on the cover - Vazan (is a dragon, and one of the main characters in the story)

COMPLETION POST:


Book: Daughter of Dusk
Author: Livia Blackburne
Pages:
Date Completed: Feb 20, 2023

UNO:

0 - C: Zora
1 - C: Orvin
2 - 2 in series/ C: Tristam
3 - C: Henril
4 - C: Flick
5 - C: Idalee
8 - Place: Edlan
Skip - C: Kyra

Mini:
37. Read a book with the word "NIGHT" or "MIDNIGHT" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points) - Second book in the Midnight Thief series

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Book:Death Marked
Author: Leah Cypess
Pages: 400
Date Completed: Feb 16, 2023

UNO:
2 - 2 in series
5 - C: Ileni
6 - C: Sorin
8 - C: Evin
Skip - C: Karyn

Mini:
this one is probably a stretch but it doesn't really fit into the other categories
31. Read a book with a black or grey cover
32. Read a book with a black or grey cover

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Book: Death Sworn
Author: Leah Cypess
Pages: 344
Date Completed: Feb 12, 2023

UNO:
1 - 1 in series
2 - C: Tellis
5 - C: Ileni
6 - C: Sorin
Skip - C: Karyn

Mini Challenge:
#10 - Sorin (an assassin) is assigned to guard and protect Ileni
#14 - Page count 344
#24 - Publication date March 4, 2014

So I am currently reading Death Sworn , I thought I was going to finish it earlier but I don't think I will finish it until tomorrow, because of that it can be used for the mini challenge.
So far it would cover the following numbers:
10. Read a book where a character is guarding somebody/something
24. Read a book with the publication date (the first publication date or that of your edition) containing the number 4 - March 4, 2014
14. Read a book with the page count containing the number 4 (344 pages)

So, I'm not sure about all my books but I was planning on reading Daughter of Dusk which is part of the The Midnight Thief series (#37)
This book could potentially cover other cards, but I'm not 100% sure at this point.
I also had this book on my list to read next: In the Time of Dragon Moon. I read the previous books and there are dragons featured throughout the story. And it has a dragon on the cover (this is for #5 I believe). That's all I got for now. I'll claim more later.

Completion Post:


Book: A Cold Dark Place
Author: Toni Anderson
Pages: 320
Date Completed: Feb 10, 2023

UNO cards:
1 - 1 in series
2 - A: Toni Anderson
3 - C: Hanrahan
4 - C: Frazer
6 - C: Sean Kennedy
Skip - C: Alex Parker

Completion Post:
1)

Book: The Echo of Broken Dreams
Author: C.J. Archer
Pages: 271
Date Completed: Feb 5, 2023

UNO CARDS:
0 - C: Zeke
2 - C: 2 in Series
3 - C: Hammer
5 - C: Ingrid
7 - C: Violette
8 - C: Erik / T: The Echo of Broken Dreams
9 - C: Ned Perkins
Skip - C: Kitty


2)

Book: The Whisper of Silenced Voices
Author: C.J. Archer
Pages: 303
Date Completed: Feb 8, 2023

UNO Cards:

0 - Place (P): Zemaya
1 - C: Olive
2- C: Theodore
3 - 3 in series
5 - C: Ivor
6 - C: Sara
7 - P: Vytill
8 - C: Erik
9: - C: Sheriff Nareem
Skip - C: Kitty

Book Completion Post:


Book: The Midnight Library
Author: Matt Haig
Pages: 271
Date Completed: Feb 2, 2023

UNO CARDS:
0 - Stand Alone
3 - A: Matt Haig
5 - C: Izzy
6- C: Joe Seed
8- C: Louise Elm
9 - C: Nora Seed

Book completion Post:


Book: Midnight Thief
Author: Livia Blackburne
Pages: 369
Completed: Feb 1, 2023

UNO Cards:
1 - 1 in series
2 - C: Tristam
4 - C: Flick
5 - C: Idalee
Skip - C: Kyra

So just to clarify, we only post our reads on this thread, and we don't have to add it to the spreadsheet?
Every year, it has changed from group to group, so I just wanted to make sure I was understanding correctly. (｡◕‿◕｡)

So, I think I was planning on starting with this book:
Not sure if there is enough blue in it. This is a re-read for me from years ago, I know the place the store takes place in starts with F, and I think one of the characters has a name that starts with F (It's been a while so I can't quite remember)

Also, I'm not always great at planning the books before I read them, I tend to be more of a mood reader.

She definitely tends to lean towards fantasy type of books, but if I had to recommend one it might be Vicious just because this one is more of a mix of genres.

Felicity wrote: "Hi Jen,

Welcome to the team. I just loved The Invisible Life of Addie Larue but have never read anything else by V. E. Schwab. I am not a big fantasy reader but the book just hooked me and I thoug..."

Hey All!

I started writing a post yesterday, and but then for some reason it wouldn't post so I'm trying again today.

So my name is Jen, I am from Edmonton, Alberta Canada. This is I think my 6th year doing this challenge, and I always enjoy it.

Let's see I work full time as a Quality Assurance Analyst, other than reading in my spare time I train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, so it all keeps me fairly busy.

I was trying to think of some of my favourite books that I read from last year and I think The Lunar Chronicles (series) ended up being a favourite, as well as Gallant by V.E. Schwab, was a great read but I generally love most of her books. There were several others but that's all I can think of for now.

Oh and here is a link to my shelf uno-2023

Thanks everyone!

Are all cards covered? Or are we still needing more?

Book Completion:

April 28, 2022


Book: Scarlet
Author: Marissa Meyer

Rating 4/5 Stars

Normally, I'm not the biggest fans of fairytale re-telling type of books, but this book does a good job of having aspects of the fairy tales without it over taking the story. A really good read.

I'll probably have my book Scarlet finished by tonight or tomorrow at the latest.

April 25, 2022


Book: House of Scepters
Author: Anne Zoelle

Rating: 4/5 Stars

A quick read, lot's of action. Not really any complaints.

April 22, 2022


Book: Daughter of the Burning City
Author: Amanda Foody

Rating: 2/5 Stars

I wanted to like this book I really did, but honestly I only felt frustrated by it. The MC was so easily manipulated and that alone annoyed me a lot, she really allowed people to tell her what to think and made that her opinion based on those things.
The world didn't really feel fleshed out, and neither did the characters, the MC has powers but those also felt inconsistent.
The plot twists while some being predictable also felt like they were being spoon fed to you, kind of like "oh the story is almost finished here's who did it"