UNO 2020 Pre Challenge Chat

[Lau]

Hi everyone, I'm Lau and I'm from Portugal
This is my first UNO but I've been playing other team challenges and I know some of the players.
I'm trying to tackle by physical tbr so I hope this helps motivate me.
Looking forward to play and for the start not February :)

[bookswithpaulette]

Laura wrote: "I can’t wait to see what the theme is for the group names! I love the reveal of each little step! Getting excited!!!!

Oh, who am I kidding, I’m *already* excited!"

Hey Laura, Great to see you are playing again! Looking forward to it again, great motivator for the new year :)

Paulette

[Lauri]

Cat wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "She's up to #26 in the Plum series?! Wow o.O"

and I bet that hamster is still going strong!"

Yes he is AND she's still single, Morelli is still hot, Ranger even hotter and Grandma Mazur is still alive & kicking! I save these books for vacation treats now. It's almost time to start back at the beginning and reread the whole thing again!!

[Eldarwen]

How it that even possible?! She's still single, the guys are still around and both hamster and Grandma Mazur are still alive and kicking.

After all these years.... hahahaha.

[Cat]

We never managed to keep a hamster longer than 2yrs and that's assuming my parents have been honest about how many times they found an escaped hamster v how many times they just bought a replacement!
Escapist-fiction hamster for the win!

[Teresa]

Eldarwen wrote: "How it that even possible?! She's still single, the guys are still around and both hamster and Grandma Mazur are still alive and kicking.

After all these years.... hahahaha."

It seems as if the books dont age in years even though they come out like once a year, if that makes sense

books seems to be just one looooooooooooooooooooooooooong story of Step's life, I found the last few lackluster but have to catch up on the antics of this group of characters

I REALLY like the last one Grandma became a main character and I finally realized what her first name is LOL

[Chava]

Eww hamsters!
(sorry hamster lovers)

[Leah]

Hi I'm Leah, this will be my first time doing the UNO challenge. This challenge sounds really exciting. Really looking forward to it.

I LOVE Stephanie Plum!!! I think it would make an excellent television series.

[Amber M.]

Hello, I'm Amber. I have played quite a number of team reading challenges, but this will be my first time doing this particular one. I'm a pretty eclectic reader, with special leanings toward Sci-fi and Magical Realism... But as long as it is quality storytelling, I will read it and love it, whatever the genre.

Looking forward to the game and getting to know some other readers!

[Laura]

bookswithpaulette wrote: "Laura wrote: "I can’t wait to see what the theme is for the group names! I love the reveal of each little step! Getting excited!!!!

Oh, who am I kidding, I’m *already* excited!"

Hey Laura, Great..."

Hi Paulette!! Good to see you back again too! I’m holding on to one of your suggestions from last year’s Uno and reading it this year, The Woman in Cabin 10!

[Ashley]

Hey guys! I’m Ashley :) This is my first team challenge experience as well as my first UNO attempt but I am excited to see what’s in store for the next three months! I am addicted to thrillers but am really into anything! I can’t wait to dive into this challenge with everyone! 🤞🏻 I enjoy this challenge!

[Kay]

Name: Mikayla
📕 Team Challenge experience: none
📕 Have you joined UNO before? No
📕 Favourite genres: children's only: fantasy, sc-fi, paranormal, adventure
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2020: N/A

[Sarah]

IT'S UNO TIME!!! I am so so excited. This is my favorite challenge of the year :) I had such a blast for the last two years, particularly last year. Can't wait!!

[Madeline]

Ilsen wrote: "My name is Ilsen and this is my first time playing the Uno Challenge with you all! I can’t wait to start!"

My name is Madeline, my first time playing too.

[Kay]

I've messaged the profile but got no response, UNO Pixie

[UNO Pixie, Our UNO Helper]

Summertime wrote: "I've messaged the profile but got no response, UNO Pixie"

Just responded. Remember 2 of us are in Europe and 1 in Australia so timezones mean that we can't always respond immediately :)

[Kylie]

Name: Kylie
📕 Team Challenge experience: none
📕 Have you joined UNO before? No
📕 Favourite genres: historical fiction, mystery, contemporary fiction, dystopian.
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2020: too many to choose just one.

[Dane]

Dane here this is my first time doing the uno challenge! I would say my favorite genre would be sci-Fi, but I read almost every genre and love to mix it up! I have a bunch of series I’m in the middle of just started the gentleman bastard series and really liked Lies of Locke Lemora so excited to keep reading those!

[Lazy Days]

I loved Lies of Locke too Dane, sooo good!

[Jenny]

Yay! I notice there are more sci-fi readers signing up!!!! Maybe there will be a sci-fi mini-challenge? Please?

[Kay]

am I the only children's books only reader?

[Nancy from NJ]

Name: Nancy
Team Challenge
Experience none
Have you joined UNO before? No
Favorite Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Judaism

[UNO Pixie, Our UNO Helper]

Summertime (aka Mikayla) wrote: "am I the only children's books only reader?"

Please remember that as per the rules, Children's books are only accepted if by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com or more than 3 hours of audio using a reputable website (e.g. audible, overdrive).

You may wish to check your books and update your estimate for reading per month if your books may not count

[Nancy from NJ]

I thought the sign up period was through January 23rd. In another they mentioned a sign up firm but there wasn’t anything here or a link which brought he to a post saying the folder was closed.

[[deleted user]]

hiii
my name is Paula and this is my first time participating in the challenge and im veryy excited!!
I would say my favourite genre is fantasy and the book I'm really excited to read is Elantris by Brandon Sanderson(its been on mt tbr for ages)!!

[UNO Pixie, Our UNO Helper]

We are going to start putting the teams together ; so sign ups received from now may not make it into the first round of sign ups, but instead be considered reserves.

Around the 21st we will have the teams together and team threads posted and will send a broadcast message

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Nancy from NJ wrote: "I thought the sign up period was through January 23rd. In another they mentioned a sign up firm but there wasn’t anything here or a link which brought he to a post saying the folder was closed."

The sign up form is linked under the rules in this post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Kay]

how do I know if a kids book has 25,000 words or more?

[Chava]

Summertime (aka Mikayla) wrote: "how do I know if a kids book has 25,000 words or more?"

Check Ar bookfinder: https://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.a...
You put the title in and it will give you the number of words.

[Chava]

Chava wrote: "Summertime (aka Mikayla) wrote: "how do I know if a kids book has 25,000 words or more?"

Check Ar bookfinder: https://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.a...
You put the title..."

For instance, here is the link to Harry Potter and the Scorcerer's Stone: https://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail...

It shows you the word count being 77508

[Kay]

right but if I'm in the middle of picking out library books, I can't do that. I'm talking about, like is there a certain amount of pages that equals that word count?

[Chelsey]

Summertime (aka Mikayla) wrote: "right but if I'm in the middle of picking out library books, I can't do that. I'm talking about, like is there a certain amount of pages that equals that word count?"

You will have to plan ahead and look them up before you go, most libraries have an online catalog. You can also guess and check when you get home. Most books with 100 pages or more will work.

[Sunny]

Hi guys! I'm Sunny and this is my first time doing UNO. I've done Wheelathon two times in the NBRC group but I'm super excited to be doing something different this time!

I mostly read fantasy and sci-fi, but love a good thriller or contemporary too.

[Melindam]

Mikayla, once you are assigned to a team, your captains & co-captains can help you sort out some of the page-count issues. However, there is no exact "interpretation" between pages & word count, because most kids' books tend to have pics/drawings in them & that would make it difficult.
You can also check the audiobook versions for kids books (if they exist) as according to UNO rules, audiobooks above 3-hours length get accepted as having 100+ pages.

[Kay]

oh right! I'll do that then

[Kay]

I wanted to know when we'll find out our teams.

[Laura]

Summertime (aka Mikayla) wrote: "I wanted to know when we'll find out our teams."

Scroll back up to post #176....information is there!

[Robynne]

Summertime (aka Mikayla) wrote: "I wanted to know when we'll find out our teams."


Be patient - hopefully we will know by tomorrow - they did say by the 21st which is tomorrow.

[Bailey]

Hi everyone! I'm Bailey from Alberta, Canada.

This is my first goodreads challenge. This year I resolved to use my downtime in way that was more fulfilling than staring at the TV. I'm looking forward to digging into some great reads with you all! I love drama and lit, especially things set in the early 1900's in North America. I'm also on a no book buy this year, so hopefully my library has enough to cover my team!

I am most excited to read Ali Wong's memoir, Dear Girls.

[Melindam]

No-book-buy... WOW... Bailey, you are some TOUGH WOMAN. ;)

[Annalisa]

I’ve been not buying books unless I can use credit at the used book store for the past six or seven years. I sold them a lot of the books I had I knew I would never read again. It hasn’t been perfect but my library has most books I want to read. Hopefully yours does too.

Somehow after not buying books for years I still have close to 140 books on my shelves I haven’t read. I should note about 30 of them are loans from friends and family.

[Kay]

I'm excited and nervous. I wonder if I'd get points for Percy Jackson series. ....

[Robynne]

Summertime (aka Mikayla) wrote: "I'm excited and nervous. I wonder if I'd get points for Percy Jackson series. ...."


If we need an authors with a name starting with R or with dragons or whatever monster or a certain colour on the front cover, they should be OK

[Robynne]

Bailey wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Bailey from Alberta, Canada.

This is my first goodreads challenge. This year I resolved to use my downtime in way that was more fulfilling than staring at the TV. I'm looking for..."

Hi Bailey.

I am also in Canada - I live in Toronto.

[Melindam]

Percy Jacksons work very well for colour covers. :)

[BarbaraAnn]

Melindam wrote: "Percy Jacksons work very well for colour covers. :)"

There's also a lot of characters so they could count for many of the cards.

[Bailey]

Melindam wrote: "No-book-buy... WOW... Bailey, you are some TOUGH WOMAN. ;)"

Hahahah! I promise you I am getting FULL value out of my library card this year.

[Chava]

Library is my friend too. I am a member of 8 libraries in my city and one of them does loans from other libraries in the state for free. It’s awesome. I still have overflowing bookcases with books I haven’t read yet though

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

I just re-joined our local library after about 20 years. Buying books has just got too expensive. I used to be able to buy second hand books for a couple of dollars or kindle books but the prices have increased a lot lately.

I'm really enjoying perusing the shelves and the on line catalogue. Great for Challenges. And yes, Chava, I'm the same. Still oodles of unread books on my shelves and kindle. But I'm trying to cut down.

[Nanci]

I love our library! It's only a 15 minute drive and I'm usually there twice a week. I use the online service to reserve and we have a fairly decent ebook and audiobook selection also. I rarely buy paper books, but I do occasionally pay for "air" for my Kindle/iPad, when necessary.