The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2018
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Team Carina
I've had a wonderful family weekend. Not much reading going on, but lots of time outside. You have to take advantage of the nice days.
For sure! It was snowing here last week and it got above 80°F here this weekend. Crazy weather!
I also had a great family weekend! I will hopefully be done with My Heart and Other Black Holes today! Happy Monday everyone!
Do you think this book works for "predominant sky on the cover" for the mini-challenge?
JanEyre9 wrote: "Do you think this book works for "predominant sky on the cover" for the mini-challenge?"
I think it does.
I am going to a booksale on saturday. I am looking for Inkheart (500 plus pages). I can read that for the mini unless someone has something else on their tbr they can read faster.
Rachel wrote: "I am going to a booksale on saturday. I am looking for Inkheart (500 plus pages). I can read that for the mini unless someone has something else on their tbr they can read faster."Nice! Hope you find it :)
Do you guys think Stars Above can be used for a book set in space? It's a compilation of 9 stories related to The Lunar Chronicles and some of the stories take place on the moon and in space but some take place on earth.
Honestly Im not sure. Would you like me to take it to the captains chat? I assume it fits
Thanks Kaylee, if you could check that'd be great!
JanEyre9 wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I am going to a booksale on saturday. I am looking for Inkheart (500 plus pages). I can read that for the mini unless someone has something else on their tbr they can read faster."..."
Me too. I kind of half watched the movie and really liked it.
Do the covers need to be identical for the silly two books with the same cover task? Can they be similar? I'm stumped with that one.
Rachel wrote: "Do the covers need to be identical for the silly two books with the same cover task? Can they be similar? I'm stumped with that one."That one is tough!
Yeah that's a little obscure. I would think similar, like both have someone standing so we only see their backs or both have a plate of food, etc.
Anyone have a two back suggestion to go with Before We Were Yours?
This was harder than I expected - so many book covers have one person standing with their back to us but two isn't an common. I found 3 covers but two of them include a dog -not sure they'd apply
Oh I just found a list under the Browse menu called With Their Backs to the Reader. Maybe check that?
sounds interesting and is only 125 pages!
Kaylee do you think this is ok? Similar cover? I can get my grandmother... from the library. So if that works I will read it next.
Check out these GR lists:https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/23614.COVER_CLONES_
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/13369.Same_Cover_Different_Book_
upon investigation, the "read two books with the same cover" Have to be identical. The lists Marte linked are good lists to find those. I didn't realize people do that?
There are lists for all sorts of things! Best of in genres, covers, new releases, settings etc. You can make your own lists or look at others. You can vote for books in a list too. Lists can be great way to find your next read.
Haha, sorry Marte, I meant use the same picture in different book covers. You’re right though, lists are super useful!!!
Ok I can take one of the same cover tasks with
(which I recently bought) and
(which my library has).
I'm shocked there are so many with the same cover! Hopefully the books are good.
Rachel wrote: "I'm shocked there are so many with the same cover! Hopefully the books are good."So am I! I never would have noticed it without those lists!
I added Stars Above on the spreadsheet for the book that takes place in space - I'll take it out if Kaylee finds out it doesn't apply.
Kaylee wrote: "Haha, sorry Marte, I meant use the same picture in different book covers. You’re right though, lists are super useful!!!"Oh right! Lol
Authors can by cover rights for these photos and use them for their books. I don't think they're too expensive either. So the pictures get used again and again.
Rachel I dont know that those are the same picture :((
Kaylee wrote: "Rachel I dont know that those are the same picture :(("Not close enough? It resembles a picture from a scanning electron microscope. Can we ask the powers that be?
Rachel wrote: "Ok I can take one of the same cover tasks with (which I recently bought) and (which my library has)."We’re there two of those? I thought it was one line for each book.
Are you comfortable reading those? I saw the second one was over 500 which can be a pain if you're not into the book.
I’m sorry I’m a bit absent. My allergies are hitting me hard. I eat, work, read and sleep.... I’ll try to update my books during the day tomorrow.
Myzan I feel you there lol. I had to take the day off because theyre so bad today. Feel better!
MyzanM wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Ok I can take one of the same cover tasks with (which I recently bought) and (which my library has)."We’re ther..."
Oh awesome, I misunderstood. Supposedly its a good book? I can do it unless someone sees something up their alley.
Rachel, they have to be the same picture :(((. I saw some on those lists Id be willing to read but the pair to it wasnt in my access! Ugh!
I could do half of the task with
if someone can do
. I read that one last year and it was good. Nothing gory, but still had my heart beating hard. It’s by the author of Let the Right One In.
Eek, only 10 days left in the month!! I'm trying to look now to see how we're doing with the colored cards - we definitely need some yellow and I think red and blue. I'm going to look up yellow books right now.
Not to date myself but were any of you guys fans of Christopher Pike's late 80s and 90s YA books? I don't know what brought him to mind but I loved his books. I think I may try to tackle a few for the end of the reading challenge. ::nostalgia::
Hmm, I don't remember Christopher Pike, was he similar to RL Stine?I am going to read
for one of the Yellow 6 cards we still need
JanEyre9 wrote: "Hmm, I don't remember Christopher Pike, was he similar to RL Stine?I am going to read
for one of the Yellow 6 cards we still need"Yes their books were popular at the same time, but Christopher Pike's were more science fiction-y than R.L. Stine's.
I went through our colored cards and paired them up with the books we've read so far. The colored cards we still need are:
Yellow 6 - JanEyre9 - Swing Time
Yellow 6 - MyzanM - Stuff I've Been Reading
Red 0 or 5 or 9 JanEyre9 - Ginny Moon
Red 6
Red 7
I'm going to read
. It can apply to red 0 or I'll see if it can apply to another red number card.
Kaylee - did you find out yet if Stars Above works for a book set in space? I think it applies but don't want to take time to read it now if it won't help the mini challenge.
Im sorry I spaced that!! I’ll ask now.
Kaylee wrote: "Im sorry I spaced that!! I’ll ask now."Oh no worries, thanks for checking :)
When will the books go into the team spread sheet? I'll be much easier to see what cards we're missing.
The spreadsheet is partially updated; we had some power issues in my house yesterday so I wasn't able to finish it all lol. Doing that now.Im also highlighting all of the cards that we have done in the "April UNO cards" tab of the spreadsheet a bright green. :)
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I've been enjoying the sun, reading on my kindle. Also doing house work while listening to audio books. :D