The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
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Ok, here's a mistake. Nanci has put place: Tennessee (in Crying Days) to Three, but Three stands for the letter H. Not a big deal through :)For now it seems like the most popular categories (obviously) are 2 and 6, so Juan, if the book has several categories, try to sort it into less popular. Example: we have only one 3 in our personal spreadsheet, so I think Raine's book Caged must fill this 3 spot.
Also, if you scroll down a bit, you'll see Number of cards in March hand. It shows our most and less popular categories.
Sorry about that, Kierra. Thanks for catching that mistake. I forgot it had to be the second letter in three. There is a character in the book named Sheriff Hayes. Would that work for the "H"?
Question: I don't see Dark Places on the spreadsheet for March yet. Are you just waiting to add it with some others? I'm sure this can get confusing, but just wanted to make sure it was added. :)
Nanci, I have put Dark Places into Hand Three. But later it can be moved to Reverse, if we don't have enough of those.PS There was a little mistake earlier: there was "author Flynn", but letter F stands for Four (not Five). That was the reason I deleted the book and then I forgot to put it somewhere else :)
Awesome! Thanks, Kierra! I need to look more closely at the rules when I post. I keep forgetting that sometimes it's the second letter of the number word. You're doing a great job keeping us on track!
I finished reading Mystic River a day before Jamie did, so is it possible that one of ours could be used for a reverse even though they were both read in the same month?
Brianna, yes, I think, but I'll ask moderators just in case :)Nanci, :)
I finished The Orphan Master's Son. Great book!Also, I added To the Lighthouse to our spreadsheet. It looks like we still need card 5 to be satisfied in hand one. Do you want to use "Isle of Skye" for the place for hand one to satisfy the 5 card?
Let me know if there are other cards we especially need to satisfy and I'll see what I can find in my TBR list that works. :)
Hey everyone!I know that UNO is super fun and everyone is busy reading, but I hope you haven't forgotten to stop by and share your passion for books. You don't need to share anything profound or long. Your fellow book lovers are looking for any book memory you are willing to share with us!
Hey, guys. I'm a little busy these days, so I probably won't check anything till the weekends. So... co-caps, cover for me :)PS Nanci, yeah, sure, and search for names and places in the books, they cover some UNO positions too :)
Juan wrote: "Hi everyone. I just wanted to say sorry for not reading anything these past few days. I've been really busy, but I promise you that I'm gonna start reading this weekend :)"It's understandable. I've just finished my second book for the whole month and that was only like my 10th book for the whole year. Usually I read about anywhere from 9-12 books a month, but I just have been real busy. I just this week got back in the habit of reading and should be getting more books completed than I have been.
Kierra wrote: "Yep, Jamie's can be a Reverse :)"Yay great so that will give us 3 finished reverses because I just finished Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, which Nanci has already read.
I noticed that the books I put on my team uno shelf doesn't appear in the count on team spreadsheet and I was wondering if I did something wrong with it.
Thank you everyone who has shared your book memories with us. I decided they were so good we needed to make them into a mini challenge.This mini challenge is an optional part of uno and run March 14th to March 31st, check it out here
I love the mini challenge! I can read The Black Stallion, during March 14-March 31, from team Cars. Should I add it to our spreadsheet?
I love the mini challenge too. Trying to figure out what to read for it
Nanci, sure, add it! And even if you don't read it you can change it or delete it or switch it :)
Ok, Kierra. I added it to the spreadsheet. I didn't see a separate sheet for the mini challenge, so if you need to move it no worries.
Hey Team Scooby-doo! My book is for this memory: "I think the book that has always meant the most to me and has had the greatest significance is the first book I ever read. It was called Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. [....] So, one day my grandmother and I were at the Salvation Army just looking around. She was really one of those older ladies that loved finding weird antique things that I used to think were ugly or creepy looking. [...]"Hi, I'm Brianna. I read all about you."
The book I`m reading for it is Angelmaker. In it the main character repairs anqiues, some of which, like the Death Clock, are creepy.
Hi Caroline. I never would have thought of making that connection to my post. I hope you like the book you're choosing to read in relation to my book memory.
Hello Team Scooby Doo!I loved reading your memories. I chose this one:
I have loved books for as long as I can recall. I had a rather dysfunctional childhood and books were my escape and best friends. Reading was my strongest subject in school and I remember getting in trouble in reading group for reading ahead of the others in my group. So many childhood books that I loved...Harriet the Spy, The Cricket in Times Square, Misty of Chincoteague, The Secret Garden, Gone With the Wind, etc.
I too loved The Secret Garden, so I went with a garden-related secrets theme. The book I read is The Secret Life of Bees.
Thanks for the memories! :)
PS: Hi Nanci!
Hi Scooby Doo,I'm trying to assign some reserve players, but I'm not sure if your spreadsheet is up to date. If you could let me know? Thanks
(I've just add in some of your points column as some of them weren't filled in so you look better for the leaderboard ;))
Glad you found something in my memories to choose. I really liked The Secret Life of Bees! Hope you like it too!
Nanci wrote: "Glad you found something in my memories to choose. I really liked The Secret Life of Bees! Hope you like it too!"I loved it Nanci. Beautiful story. :)
New team member! Yay, what a wonderful news!Juan, thanks for the great work, I am back now, so I can help you to keep the work updated :) By the way, I did few changes: the dates (I hope it's ok, because I use european style and it made me confused) and I switched some of the books to fill more rear cards (like fives).
Glad to have you on our team, Matthew!Kierra, welcome back! The spreadsheet is really filling in now. I just started reading The Nightingale, so that will work for the 9 card when I finish it. I added it to the spreadsheet.
Hi Scoobies! I'm Stacie from TMNT.The memory I'm connecting to: My favorite genre is historical fiction, but I also love well-written fiction, non-fiction, and anything that makes me think, or helps me to learn more about a subject. I do not like horror, sci-fi, or fantasy.
I just finished The Golem and the Jinni which is considered a blend of one thing this memory likes and one it doesn't! Historical Fiction AND Fantasy. It was actually a great book. Long but great.
Welcome to the group Matthew. It's nice to have you
Stacie wrote: "Hi Scoobies! I'm Stacie from TMNT.The memory I'm connecting to: My favorite genre is historical fiction, but I also love well-written fiction, non-fiction, and anything that makes me think, or he..."
Hi Stacie! Glad you found a way to use my memories that worked both for you and me. :) Very clever!
Kierra and Juan, I finished reading Crying Days. I'll add it to my UNO shelf. The author is a neighbor of my in-laws and this is her first book. I highly recommend it!
Team Simpsons here for Team Scooby Doo Memory:♥ I think the book that has always meant the most to me and has had the greatest significance is the first book I ever read. It was called Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. This book has such a significance to me because I was only about 6 or 7 when I read it and I felt like I completely understood what was going on. I have never re-read the book and anytime anyone asks me about it I tell them exactly my thoughts on it when I was just a little kid. I think the most shocking retelling of what I thought it meant was when I was in high school and we had to read it, but I chose not to read it because I had already read it. I sat down and typed the whole paper based on those really young thoughts of mine. What shocked me is that I actually got an A on the paper and the teacher said that I had come the closest to the moral of the story. And that made me think about how as a kid I could even to some extent comprehend what was going on. But let me tell you guys how I ended up with this book and how I became to love reading after this book.
So, one day my grandmother and I were at the Salvation Army just looking around. She was really one of those older ladies that loved finding weird antique things that I used to think were ugly or creepy looking. Anyways, I would always roam around and try to see if I could find something I liked. Well one day I was walking around and seen this really velvety type of cloth. I went to grab it and it was pretty heavy. And that's when I realized it was attached to something else. So I'm down all on the ground getting my stockings all dirty (I got in trouble for that later on, but it was worth it) trying to rummage through this box to try to find what it was attached to. Finally I figured out it was attached to a book; it was a velvety bookmark for this book. So I was sitting there opening and closing it trying to figure out if I could get the cloth to come out without having to keep the book too. I really didn't want the book at all. After about 5 minutes I realized that wasn't possible. So I just went to find my granny so I could tell her I wanted the book. Once I found her, she said I could get it. I was excited and walked around behind her slapping the cloth across my face.
So we get to the checkout and the guy says I can get the book for free as long as I read it and tell him all about it next week. Granny and I went in there once I week after I got out of school. I thought okay, I'll read this book and get the little velvety cloth for free. I was so eager that when I got home I opened the book and began to try to read it. My granny never helped with reading because she didn't finish school herself, so she just gave me a dictionary to help me with words I didn't know. So I was reading and then next thing I know I was all into this thing. I was so worried about this poor seagull with no family and he couldn't find a family or friends because he couldn't fly. And I remember sitting there like I really hope learns to fly or he might never find a family and be stuck on ground forever. I eventually finished the book before we had to go back to the Salvation Army the following week. The guy was just so impressed that I actually kept my word and started to become a thing that I could get a free book every week as long as I told him about the book I read. At first, I was just ecstatic about getting free things. But eventually I became caught up in the stories of these people that I felt had to live somewhere and I might happen to past them one day and I could be like, "Hi, I'm Brianna. I read all about you."
Connection:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3/15/16
Reason: Required reading for high school.
Read by: Kamilah
Hello Team Scooby Doo from Team Happy FeetThis Post is for the March Mini Challenge
The book I am using for the memory below is Assumption by Aurora Rose Reynolds
In this book the MC grows up in a dysfunctional home.
♥ I have loved books for as long as I can recall. I had a rather dysfunctional childhood and books were my escape and best friends. Reading was my strongest subject in school and I remember getting in trouble in reading group for reading ahead of the others in my group. So many childhood books that I loved...Harriet the Spy, The Cricket in Times Square, Misty of Chincoteague, The Secret Garden, Gone With the Wind, etc.
As an adult I continue to be a big patron of the library, but I have learned to read ebooks too and like the ease of reading them in bed at night on my ipad without a lamp that would disturb my husband. My favorite genre is historical fiction, but I also love well-written fiction, non-fiction, and anything that makes me think, or helps me to learn more about a subject. I do not like horror, sci-fi, or fantasy. As a retired educator, my favorite season has always been summer, because I can just read and read to my heart's content!
Hey team! Don't forget to put your books to UNO shelves!Co-caps, check in the Members list players' UNO shelves (once a week will do I suppose)
Hi Team Scooby Doo, a quick visit from Team Peanuts with a post for the March mini challenge:♥ I have loved books for as long as I can recall. I had a rather dysfunctional childhood and books were my escape and best friends. Reading was my strongest subject in school and I remember getting in trouble in reading group for reading ahead of the others in my group. So many childhood books that I loved...Harriet the Spy, The Cricket in Times Square, Misty of Chincoteague, The Secret Garden, Gone With the Wind, etc.
As an adult I continue to be a big patron of the library, but I have learned to read ebooks too and like the ease of reading them in bed at night on my ipad without a lamp that would disturb my husband. My favorite genre is historical fiction, but I also love well-written fiction, non-fiction, and anything that makes me think, or helps me to learn more about a subject. I do not like horror, sci-fi, or fantasy. As a retired educator, my favorite season has always been summer, because I can just read and read to my heart's content!
I absolutely love historical fiction too, that is why I decided to read Memoirs of a Geisha, which is tagged as Historical Fiction=)
Greetings to other teams' members!Now, let me grumble a little xD
Raine, you have only 3 books in your UNO shelf. Please update :)
Juan, about the tracking spreadsheet: what does the green color mean? Does it look acid on my screen only? Maybe we could change it to something less bright? Also, I suggest we bold the used cards for each book, when we move the book from one spreadsheet to another... I think it'll be easier that way to switch them at the end of the month if necessary.
Jennifer wrote: "Hello Team Scooby Doo from Team Happy FeetThis Post is for the March Mini Challenge
The book I am using for the memory below is Assumption by [author:Aurora Rose Reynolds|7215619..."
Hi Jennifer, Glad you could find a book to read with my post. Something good always comes out of something bad. :)
Silje wrote: "Hi Team Scooby Doo, a quick visit from Team Peanuts with a post for the March mini challenge:♥ I have loved books for as long as I can recall. I had a rather dysfunctional childhood and books wer..."
Hi Silje,
I loved Memoirs of a Geisha!
Juan wrote: "Oh sorry. The Green color means that the book has been read and added to the main spreadsheet. I didn't realized it was too bright until now (by the way, I'm about to finish some books ☺️☺️)"Nice :) I am about to finish some books too, I have only read one :(
Hi Team Scooby Doo, Christina from Team Princesses here!last night I started reading Das Puppenkind (German) on my ipad which connects to one of your memories. I usually prefer to read physical books, but a lot of times I just don't get around buying ebooks on amazon and such. hope you're all having a great day :)
As an adult I continue to be a big patron of the library, but I have learned to read ebooks too and like the ease of reading them in bed at night on my ipad without a lamp that would disturb my husband. My favorite genre is historical fiction, but I also love well-written fiction, non-fiction, and anything that makes me think, or helps me to learn more about a subject. I do not like horror, sci-fi, or fantasy. As a retired educator, my favorite season has always been summer, because I can just read and read to my heart's content!
I've updated my uno shelf. It should have 24 books now.
I just finished Dark Places, which can work for the reverse card for Hand Three if we don't get any more reverses.
Brianna wrote: "I just finished Dark Places, which can work for the reverse card for Hand Three if we don't get any more reverses."How did you like Dark Places?
Christina wrote: "Hi Team Scooby Doo, Christina from Team Princesses here!last night I started reading Das Puppenkind (German) on my ipad which connects to one of your memories. I usually prefer to ..."
Hi Christina, Glad you found one of my memories to work for you!
Kierra and Juan,I changed my mini challenge book from the Black Stallion to Whispers. I changed it on our spreadsheet.
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Looking over the spreadsheet everything seems to be in order, but I do want to have our Captain look it over as well before I tell you it is good.
One thing I did notice though is that you did not add those books to your UNO bookshelf."
Thanks for the reminder about adding to my UNO shelf. I knew I forgot something! LOL!