The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2016
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Team SpongeBob
It's getting close team!! Has anyone played this before? I'm a first timer, but have played other games on Goodreads. What seams to be the more difficult cards to fill?
Ora wrote: "Its my first time too."Mine too, but I've done a lot of other team challenges.
My first book for March will be Inside Man
Works for:
Card 4 - 4th in a series
Card 6 - Character Sam Capra
Card 7 - Character members of the Varelas family
My plans for books to read in March have already changed. the only books I know I will read this week areHand 3
Draw 2 Use the same book for two cards in this hand (and get points for both cards)**
4 - has an author first name or surname starts with F
0 - has a title starting with O
Outtakes from the Grave Jeaniene Frost
Not quite sure yet where these would work best yet.
if the mods says it's okay. It's a beta book
My first books for March will be:
One Card: setting - Ohio, First in series
Two Card: Title starts with T
Five Card: 5 in title
Six Card: S character: Sammy Sullivan
Eight Card: E character: Evan Walker
Skip: P character: Ben Parish
Reverse: Denise
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Zero Card: Stand Alone
Two Card: Title T
Eight Card: E Setting - England
(Audio)
Zero Card: Stand Alone
Three Card: Starts with H
Six Card: S Setting - South Carolina
Skip: Charcter - Lynn Peirce
I will also be reading:
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
Card 0 - stand alone
Card 2 - Character Travis Parker
Card 3 - Character Gabby Holland
Card 6 - Author S
Card 9 - Author N
Skip - Character Travis Parker
The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
Card 0 - stand alone
Card 5 - Character Ira Levinson
Card 6 - Author S, character Sophia Danko
Card 9 - Author N
Woohoo! Can't wait to start. :)I played this last time but the tasks for the cards have changed quite a bit and made it a bit more challenging. Some of the letters like I and V aren't super common but we'll figure it out. I've been reading the In Death series and those all have an I character, and I have some books with V characters as well.
I'll get everyone's books added to the spreadsheet later this afternoon - I put some of them on our tracking sheet already but I'll finish that and start filling in the hands. I'll post in one of the first posts which cards are left open so we can see what's really needed. But basically we can fit all books somewhere so we'll just rearrange as needed. :)
I really did mean to do all of this over the weekend haha, but I had friends come in from out of town at the last minute and interrupt my GR time. :P
Denise wrote: "Woohoo! Can't wait to start. :)I played this last time but the tasks for the cards have changed quite a bit and made it a bit more challenging. Some of the letters like I and V aren't super commo..."
WTG Denise!! Visiting with friends sounds like more fun than spreadsheets ;)
♦Ashley♦ wrote: "Denise wrote: "Woohoo! Can't wait to start. :)I played this last time but the tasks for the cards have changed quite a bit and made it a bit more challenging. Some of the letters like I and V are..."
Definitely! I haven't seen them since last April so it was an awesome surprise, as well. :)
Okay guys, post #7 in this thread has the total number of each card that we have for the month. As we start filling in hands I'll edit in how many we've covered so we can tell at a glance what we need to be looking for. :) Our hands are actually pretty even, with around seven of each card. The only ones we don't have many of are 0 (only 3) and both of the wilds. The cards we have most of are One and Eight (8 each).
Edit: Everything up to here has been added to the book tracking tab, with whatever information has been posted or that I could find on the GR page. Once you guys have actually read the books and post that you're finished, just let us know if there are any additional categories that they might work for (since you probably won't know all of the settings/characters before reading :)) That way Maria Helena or I can add that info to the spreadsheet and we'll have it if we end up needing to move things around later in the month! I'll get everything added to the hands in the morning. :)
I also added a few of the books I know I'll be reading this month:
I'll have some more to add tomorrow once I look through my books, and will figure out more as I go depending on other challenges and what we need to fill in here. :)
I am starting with: 
by Janet EvanovichCard 2- has a title starting with T
Card 6- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with S (Stephanie)
Card 7- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with V (Vinnie)
Card 9- is book 9 in a series
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Got sucked into my first book and neglected the spreadsheet, lol. I'm adding all of our books into hands now! Trying to cover the more difficult cards like the Draw 2's and Reverse first. Also finished my first book,
, and read a decent chunk of my second book,
so I will probably finish that one tomorrow. :)Edit: I entered about half of the books we have listed so far, and updated post #7. I'll get the rest in tomorrow! We have all of the Draw 2 cards covered already, at least! :)
Competition PostBook Highland Spitfire Mary Wine
Completed March 1
Rating 3 stars
Card it works for
1 (One)
- is book 1 in a series
3 (Three)
Read a book that:
- has a title starting with H
6 (Six)
- is set in a place name starting with S
Completion PostBook Better Off Undead Cynthia Eden
Completed Mar 3
Rating 4 stars
Cards it works for
2 (Two)
- is book 2 in a series
3 (Three)
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with H
Jane Hart
8 (Eight)
- has an author first name or surname starts with E
Cynthia Eden
9 (Nine)
- is set in a place name starting with N
New Orleans
I was curious what cards are going to be the hardest to do? I will start looking for books that fit those cards. I really don't have a lot of books that I need to read this month, so I can hunt for a few hard to fill cards.
Ora wrote: "I was curious what cards are going to be the hardest to do? I will start looking for books that fit those cards. I really don't have a lot of books that I need to read this month, so I can hunt for..."I didn't play last year, but I remember someone mentioning the 5 (I) and 7 (V) cards were usually hardest.
BTW...way to go on 2 books down already! :)
Thanks. After I finish the two book I already committed to I will look to see what I can read next week.
Completion PostBook Tactical Strike Kaylea Cross
Completed March 3
Rating 4 stars
Tasks it works for
2 (Two)
- is book 2 in a series
Skip
- has an author first name or surname starts with K or P
Kaylea Cross
Here's a few of my POFMs in other groups that I will be reading this month that will work for 9Into the Fury Kat Martin character name Valentine (Val for short)
Never Fade Alexandra Bracken Vida
Dark Lover J.R. Ward Vishous
Bone Crossed Patricia Briggs Elizaveta Arkanedyevna Vyshnentskaya
Updated to here, though I need to add the books from post 74 to the book tracking tab and then the hands. I completed two more books,
and
. :) As for which cards are the most difficult...I don't really know, to be honest. The tasks aren't the same as the last time we played this game - they were changed up quite a bit to make it a bit more challenging. I mentioned I and V because I thought they'd be the more difficult letters for me to find personally, but then I found several books that would work for each, lol! Post #7 shows what we've filled in for the hands so far and what we still need, if you just want to take a look there to see what is open. So far we have multiple options for every card and seem to be doing very well! We also have the draw 2 and reverse cards completely covered for the month. :D
I'll finish updating the spreadsheet tomorrow with Ora's POFM books and then finally post some more of my planned books for the month!
If I am reading the spreadsheet correctly, it looks like I have read three books. Why is that?
Hmm. Okay, I checked the sheet and no, we don't have you reading three books yet. I have To the Nines on there since you mentioned you were reading that as your first book, so that's on the book tracking tab and I've also put it into a spot in hand 10. I'm using that book to cover the Draw 2 card in that hand so it is listed 3 times - for the 9 (ninth in series) and reverse (I've read it) and then the draw 2 spot.
I still have some books to add in yet, but basically as people post that they will be reading books I put them into the book tracking tab and a spot in the hands as well. That way we can see what's covered and what's still open. Once you post that you've finished a book I will mark the completed date and add the points. Nothing is locked in until after the end of the month, so if we don't finish all of the hands (or if anyone ends up not finishing or changing something they had planned to read) I can move around or delete books as needed up through the end of March. :)
I have one of the 0 cards covered. I plan on reading Moonwalk by Michael Jackson, which is a stand-alone.
Awesome! I'll get it added when I update the spreadsheet this morning. :)
Completion PostHand 3
Draw 2 Use the same book for two cards in this hand (and get points for both cards)**
4 - has an author first name or surname starts with F
0 - has a title starting with O
Outtakes from the Grave Jeaniene Frost
Completed March 4
Rating 3 stars
Denise wrote: "Hmm. Okay, I checked the sheet and no, we don't have you reading three books yet. I have To the Nines on there since you mentioned you were reading that as your first book, so that's on the book tr..."Under the members tab, in the March book column, it has a three for me. But, I think that is because my first book will cover three of the cards in the hand, now that I think about it.
Karla wrote: "Under the members tab, in the March book column, it has a three for me. But, I think that is because my first book will cover three of the cards in the hand, now that I think about it. "You're right. It's because the same book is listed 3 times (the formula is just counting how may times your name is in column C).
Ora wrote: "Completion PostHand 3
Draw 2 Use the same book for two cards in this hand (and get points for both cards)**
4 - has an author first name or surname starts with F
0 - has a title starting with O..."
Hey Ora! I have this filling in a draw 2 in another hand (same cards!), but just in case we end up having to move things around later in the month would it fit for any other cards? Just figured I'd check since I know some of the characters in this series would cover some of the more difficult letters but I have no idea if they actually make an appearance in this book! (Vlad, Ian, etc...) :)
Do whatever you need, I just copied and pasted a post I did earlier.
Completion PostBook Into the Fury Kat Martin
Completed Mar 5
Rating 4 1/2 stars
Works for 9
How it Fits character name Valerie Hartman (stage name Valentine Hart, nickname Val)
FINISHED3/5/16
by Robin Cook
✔0: Stand Alone
1: O
2: T
✔3: Title - Host
✔4: F Character - Dr. Fletcher
5: I
✔6: Setting - South Carolina
✔7: V Character - Carl Vandermeer
✔8: E character - Dr. Erikson
9: N
✔Skip: Charcter - Lynn Peirce
Ora wrote: "Do whatever you need, I just copied and pasted a post I did earlier."That's what I figured! :) I was just asking if the book would fit for any other cards? We're keeping track of all cards each book will work for in a separate tab, for when we have to rearrange books/cards a bit later in the month. I am not this far into the series so I don't know which characters make an appearance in the book, I just know that there are characters in the world that would cover some of the more difficult letters if we end up needing it. :) (Basically, I know Cat/Bones won't work anywhere but wasn't sure if Ian and/or Vlad showed up in the book at some point. ;))
Denise wrote: "Ora wrote: "Do whatever you need, I just copied and pasted a post I did earlier."That's what I figured! :) I was just asking if the book would fit for any other cards? We're keeping track of all ..."
Sorry I guess I'm a bit slow today. Yes both Ian and Vlad are in the book
Finished
3 - character K.T. Harris
4 - character Feeney
5 - character Ian
6 - character Joel Steinberger
7 - character Valerie
8 - character Eve
9 - setting New York
Skip - character Peabody
I've finished:
The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks (already in spreadsheet)
Card 0 - stand alone
Card 5 - Character Ira Levinson
Card 6 - Author S, character Sophia Danko
Card 9 - Author N
My next book will be 
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Card 0 - stand alone
Card 1 - character Oliver
Card 3 - character Hadley
Card 6 - title starting with S, author Jennifer E. Smith, character Hadley Sullivan
Card 9 - setting New York
Finished
0 - character Zhaoji Li
1 - character Kate O'Hare
2 - book 2 in a series
4 - character Nick Fox
8 - author surname starts with E
9 - character Nick Fox
Skip - character Kate O'Hare
Completion PostBook My American Duchess Eloisa James
Completed Mar 6
Rating 4 stars
Cards it works for
O (Zero)
- is a "stand-alone" book (i.e. not part of a series)
2 (Two)
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with T
Thaddeus and Duke of Trent (goes by Trent)
8 (Eight)
- has an author first name or surname starts with E
Eloisa James
Finished two more: 
1 - character Kate O'Hare
4 - character Nick Fox
8 - author surname starts with E
9 - character Nick Fox
Skip - character Kate O'Hare
2 - character Tom Landers
4 - book 4 in a series
6 - character Saira Elian
8 - character Saira Elian
9 - character Nancy
Spreadsheet is updated to here
I've finished
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Card 0 - stand alone
Card 1 - character Oliver
Card 3 - character Hadley
Card 6 - title starting with S, author Jennifer E. Smith, character Hadley Sullivan
Finished
2 - character Mercy Thompson
3 - character Adam Hauptman
8 - book 8 in series
Skip - author first name starts with P
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No problem Karla, we have all month to catch up;)