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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2018
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As Karen mentioned, this is one of the most easiest competitive team challenge you'd come across. The bottomline is to really just read-read-read... we can always try and use that book somewhere in all our cards.So, two things!
One, READ!
Two, Note down every little detail from your book for the alphabets we have (so that we can move the books around as required)!
Simple! :)
Kunal wrote: "Hello, everyone :)A little bit overwhelmed with the planning going on.. But I thought I'd at least introduce myself.
I live in Kolkata, India and I'm a 20 year old medical student. I don't get a l..."
Hey! Finally a guy around here in these team challenges! :D
I was beginning to feel lonely :P
Welcome, Kunal! :)
Hi everyone! I'm Sreshtha. I reside in Kolkata (same as Kunal), India. I'm 21 and I'm a student. I'm expecting to be super busy this year but I'll try my best to read as much as possible.Also, this is my second time playing the UNO challenge. Last year, I pushed myself to read books that I wouldn't have read otherwise. And I discovered some great authors along the way. I'm already excited for the mini challenges.
Sass - I hate it when the temperature falls to 14℃ in here. Can't even imagine what -14℃ would feel like.
Hi Kunal and Sreshtha! Welcome.I usually just read a book and fill in where it fits as I go along. The only reason I'm looking for colors is because the yellow was such a struggle last year, but it looks like this year it's taken care of!
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Okey Doky. Scrap that one then. Boy, it sure looks yellow to me."We have the green light for your yellow book from the captains group - Yay!"
Woot!!
That means I don't have to read a yellow this time??? YAY! I think I'll keep in them the pot just in case we need them for other rounds.
Hi all!I'm Kaila, a software engineer hailing from US. This is my first time doing the UNO Challenge and I'm excited to be teaming up with y'all.
My books are all over the place, but I'd say I'm most partial to mystery/thriller and urban fantasy. I'm not a romance fan, and I'm picky about nonfiction/sci-fi reads, but anything else is pretty much fair game. And I'm always on the lookout for recommendations.
So nice to meet you all! Hopefully I'll have some time to think over my upcoming reads for the spreadsheet soon. Looking forward to working with you.
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Okey Doky. Scrap that one then. Boy, it sure looks yellow to me."We have the green light for your yellow book from the captains group - Yay!"
Wow, that's great. Great incentive to read it and get up to date in this series.
Sassafrass wrote: "Woot!!That means I don't have to read a yellow this time??? YAY! I think I'll keep in them the pot just in case we need them for other rounds. ..."
Good idea :)
Welcome Kaila and Sreshtha!Just yell out if you have any questions :)
Two more team mates to check in and then we have a full team. woot!
Hello, everyone! I’m Sara from the Philippines. 👋🏼This is my first time playing the UNO challenge so I might have a couple of questions once we start. 😅 I read mostly YA fantasy, dystopian, and contemporary. Though I also like historical fiction these days. So there. Nice to meet you all! 🤗
Welcome Sara!Sounds like we may read some similar books. :)
So, has everyone checked in. Hello all. Karen and Apoorv.... are we going to have a separate thread to record our finished books and where they might fit or do you just want us to mark off the spreadsheet?
I guess I never formally checked in on the thread. Off to a great start I see 😡 I will do my best to check in more often..
Diane Woods wrote: "I guess I never formally checked in on the thread. Off to a great start I see 😡 I will do my best to check in more often.."Hi Diane - welcome!
We've now all arrived. Yay! Now for the waiting :)
Do we want to play a mini game like bingo over the next few weeks while we are waiting for UNO?
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "So, has everyone checked in. Hello all. Karen and Apoorv.... are we going to have a separate thread to record our finished books and where they might fit or do you just want us to mark off the sp..."
No separate thread. If you can post here when you have finished and if you want to enter the details of how it fits into the tracking s/sheet that would be grand. If you aren't able to (out and about, on a phone etc.) then you can post the ways it may work onto the thread and we will enter it in for you :)
Thanks Karen. And yes to a mini game while we wait.. as long as it's not too much bother for you.
Not difficult, we can just add the bingo s/sheet template to our tracking sheet. :)There are already bingo cards here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I'm happy to do any of them. Any preferences?
I don't mind either. Make the Captain's executive decision, Karen.
How about we go with this one seeing that it is the new one so none of us would have done it before, and it has a good mix of things(click on the image for a larger version)
I've copied the BINGO s/sheet to our Tracking s/sheet
To play (optional)
Call out which square you are reading for and add in your details (except for the read date) into the tracking s/sheet bingo tab.
BingoI'm reading Practical Magic which works for the square "Someone recommended to you"
Oh and I'm also reading Bleak House which covers "classic"
Goody. I'll snaffle these two -Not in a series. Envy by Sandra Brown
Black Item on the cover - The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston
Hi...I was thinking I would do Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk for 4th in a series and Cover Up by LA Witt book 3 in a series
I think my post disappeared...I'm going to start Cover Up by LA Witt for 3rd in a series and
Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk for 4th in a series
I just finished Most Valuable Playboy (set in USA)and then I'm starting on #1 Player next (#2 in series)
I'm actually already reading the first in a series, Catharsis and I love it so far, so I can take that square.
Nice! We are covering the board well
I’m currently reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and it’s set in the UK. 😊
Bingo - Finished and posted
for black items on the cover.
Just finished my second book and updated on SS and now I'm reading Raven Cursed which fits the fantasy category
Hi, guys! I’ve started with The Hate U Give. This covers Goodreads Choice Award winner/nominee and white cover. 😊
Well done everyone!Squares still available:
Red dress on cover
Pink flower on cover
Cozy Mystery
Green cover
Any award nominee or winner
set in Asia or Australia
Already read by another team member
First published in a non-English language
Will 
work for a white cover? I have a BR tomorrow The color tool thingy says it's 53% solitude and has the white next to it, but says (blue) in the parenthesis for the color name, so I'm super confused
Teri wrote: "Will work for a white cover? I have a BR tomorrow The color tool thingy says it's 53% solitude and has the white next to it, but says (blue) in the parenthesis for the color name, so I'm super con..."That is a bit odd. Yes I think that works for white cover :)
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Teri wrote: "Will work for a white cover? I have a BR tomorrow The color tool thingy says it's 53% solitude and has the white next to it, but says (blue) in the parenthesis for the color name, so I..."Okay, great, I'll do the white cover then!
Teri wrote: "Will work for a white cover? I have a BR tomorrow The color tool thingy says it's 53% solitude and has the white next to it, but says (blue) in the parenthesis for the color name, so I'm super con..."Daayum! ^_^
Hard to stop looking, isn't it? lol!
Turns out, The Child Finder wasn't much of a thriller, but it works for green cover (juuust over 50%:
) so I swapped it over. I grabbed Artemis for my next read, which works as an any award winner/nominee.
Well done KailaMy husband just finished Artemis and it is now waiting for me ;)
How'd he like it? I've heard mixed reviews, but the plot just sounds so up-my-alley that I couldn't resist :)
Kaila wrote: "How'd he like it? I've heard mixed reviews, but the plot just sounds so up-my-alley that I couldn't resist :)"He really enjoyed it. I think when you have someone like this who has a MASSIVE hit with The Martian, it is hard to release your next book as everyone wants the "same".
This book is apparently very different, but my husband said it was easier to read (he read it in about 3 sittings) and he thought it was quite good
Barging In by Josephine Myles works for set in europe-I’m reading it now
Great!I'm still getting through mine. Bleak House is going to take a while. I just want to finish it before UNO! ;)
And I'm reading this..
slowly.. so won't be finished for UNO but still an interesting read.
Barging In is killing me slowly. SLOWLY. It's not working for me at all, but I'm going to keep at it. I have one for set in Australia, Imagines by NR Walker. I'm going to my happy place tomorrow though with PsyCops #9 by JCP, then I will get back to these. Wish me luck with Barging In....
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We have the green light for your yellow book from the captains group - Yay!