The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2020
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Depends. You might have a different outlook on the books once you've been there and can visualise stories a little differently. Might be worth leaving one or two for after the visit just to see how your own perspective might have changed.
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which is the complete Ginger Gold series.
I think I'm also going to grab one of the 7 cards with Lean on Pete - the author's surname starts with V.I'm making plans now, and I'm terrible at sticking to them, so I'm curious to see if I'll actually read all the books I've mentioned so far, but I think I might be able to stick to it this time haha.
Good luck with the series! I struggle to read more than 2-3 of a series back to back without getting bored. Might explain why I have so many half read series around...
I was about to start a book with a main character whose name begins with V yesterday evening. Quickly decided to leave it a couple of days!
Cannot wait to start a new book, to be honest! But I really, really need to finish The Power before then. Since it looks like I'm never going to be able to finish both books, I at least want to have that one done ;-)I'll just read a few pages of The Wind in the Willows here and there while Uno is on, and hopefully by the end of February, I'll finally be done with it.
I'm reading a Karina Halle (Maverick) that should be done pretty quickly. The others I've got on the go are long term plans (War and Peace especially!)
Yeah, her books are usually pretty quick reads, even the longer ones. (Though I haven't read all that many.) Are you enjoying the one you're reading?War and Peace... I haven't even started that one yet :-(((
I'm still only half-way through Les Mis haha. But I really want to finish that one before I start on the next doorstop!
So far, so good. Nothing complicated to them which I need sometimes. This one is set in mountain search and rescue team which makes for an interesting plot round the romance.I somehow managed to get Les Mis finished in October. Finding the audio of War and Peace on the way to work the only way I stand a chance of getting through this one. Definitely worth finishing one before starting the next! For everyone confused as to why we're reading the same classic doorstops, NBRC has a chunkster buddy read going on all year for them. Last year Les Mis, this year War and Peace.
A little bit more than a day to go before UNO finally starts!
As a reminder: Countdown
Books can only be started once this countdown has gone down to 0! Any books started (or marked as "currently-reading") before the countdown has reached 0 cannot be counted for the challenge.
Once you have finished your book, mark it as read here on Goodreads, add a read date and add it to your Uno-shelf.
Then, please post a completion post in this thread providing the following information:
◈ Bookcover
◈ Book
◈ Author
◈ Date Read
◈ (Optional) Rating
◈ (Optional) Word Count - for Children's books, Graphic Novels, Manga, Cook Books, Plays and Poetry books
◈ All the UNO cards it works for (please provide full names of the characters, i.e. first and last name unless the information is unknown in the book)
Did I miss a discussion of a planning sheet so we can keep track of what we might need to fill in or do we not want one? I am generally pro-planning sheet but am happy to do whatever the will of the captains is!
Jessica wrote: "I also have books for number 6 (title starts with an S)
and Skip (author's surname starts with a P)
I also promised someone that I woul..."
yes you can read "A Monster Calls" , and claim that in reverse, as I have read it a few years ago.
Kate wrote: "Did I miss a discussion of a planning sheet so we can keep track of what we might need to fill in or do we not want one? I am generally pro-planning sheet but am happy to do whatever the will of th..."Sorry it's taken a bit of time to respond! You haven't missed anything, we haven't got a planning sheet this time round ( or a books read thread). You should all have access to the main sheet so you can see what E and I have filled in. Please include as much info as you can from E's post above.
A little over an hour to go until we start! I should have stayed asleep another hour so I could start the day reading!
20 minutes to go!!I'll only start reading this afternoon as I have plans this morning but I cannot wait!!
(Of course, I have finished neither of the two books I wanted to read this week. Somehow reading time was short and the books were not speedy reads hehe. Oh well!)
Sophie wrote: "A little over an hour to go until we start! I should have stayed asleep another hour so I could start the day reading!"That would definitely have been a nice start to the day!
And 5 minutes to go!!!Which is also my cue for turning off the laptop and get going hehe.
Which book are you going to dive into first?
"The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" will be my first book and "Sourcery" my first audio book <3
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening (Depending on where you are!) I'm ready to go with my first read:
I'm in work today, but plan on being sneaky and reading as much as I can, I finished The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz last night so I could be ready to go with the new book for the challenge! So excited to get going!
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Just finished
which I gave 4stars to. I read this for card 1 as it is the first in a series. Now on to
for card 2 for second in series.
Raven - does it cover any of the other letters as well? E and I might end up shuffling things round towards the end of the month and the more letter options we've got the better!
Hope everyone is enjoying their first books!I'm enjoying Splintered which is an Alice in Wonderland retelling
could count for cards:- 3- Character with a first name starting with H- Haley Higgins
6- Author surname starts with S- Lee Strauss
could count for cards:-2- 2nd in series
3- Character with a first name starting with H- Haley Higgins
6- Author surname starts with S- Lee Strauss
Skip- Character with a surname P- Mr Pippins the butler
Please do post proper completion posts though when you're done with a book and mark them clearly as such.It helps the captains to easily spot them amongst chatter and book selection or discussion posts.
Thank you!!
I decided to pick up The Sweetest Burn as my first book, just something fun that I'll probably get through quickly, even more so as I intend to spend the day reading tomorrow. Lazy Sunday :-)
◈ Flight Risk: The Highs and Lows of Life as a Doctor at Heathrow Airport
◈ Dr Stephanie Green
◈ 01/02/20
◈ 3 Stars
◈ UNO Cards: 0 Blue, Draw 2 (Hand 8), Wild Draw 4 (Blue), '4' (Flight Risk), '6' (Author: Dr Stephanie Green)
I think that's everything! haha
Yep, looks like that's everything :-)
Ink & Bone
◈ Rachel Caine
◈ 02/02/20
◈4 Stars
◈ UNO Card: Reverse
RavenclawLibraryBooks wrote: "Ink & Bone
◈ Rachel Caine"
4 stars, yay. So you enjoyed it?
Eldarwen wrote: "RavenclawLibraryBooks wrote: "Ink & Bone
◈ Rachel Caine"
4 stars, yay. So you enjoyed it?"
I really did cannot wait to continue the 2nd book.
COMPLETION POST◈ Bookcover
◈ Book Splintered
◈ Author A.G. Howard
◈ Date Read 2/2
3*
Green 2 - Taelor Tremont (instead of the in death I had here...)
1 1st in series
2 as above
3 Herman Hattington
5 Ivory Queen
6 Title
Completion Post◈Bookcover
◈Book: Cursed
◈Author: Thomas Wheeler
◈ Date read:2/1-2/2
◈ 2 stars
◈ Red-red cover
2 - Author name T
9 -Nimue
Skip- Pym
** Characters were called by first names. **
Let me know if I’m missing something
Well, it would help if you actually mentioned which cards they are - rather than just listing a few things.And full names for the characters are preferable.
Eldarwen wrote: "Well, it would help if you actually mentioned which cards they are - rather than just listing a few things.And full names for the characters are preferable."
The characters were called by their first names.
Long post coming up!1st thanks for a wonderful weekend of reading - we're off to a very good start.
I know it seems like we're making a big deal out of little details with the completion posts but by the end of the challenge we should have around 300 completion posts (if the mods don't add mini-challenges needing more books). For each of those E and I need to be able to quickly and easily see where they might fit on the cards and to double check that you have them marked as read and on your Uno shelf.
The quick things you can do to make this easy for us are:
1. completion post with tags where possible - if you are using the app please say!
2. Card number and full names where possible when saying how a book will work
3. Please only have books you have completed on your Uno shelf. I know it's tempting to have everything you have planned on there too but it makes it much harder for us to check things. If you want a planning shelf feel free, but name it something slightly different.
Sophie wrote: "Long post coming up!1st thanks for a wonderful weekend of reading - we're off to a very good start.
I know it seems like we're making a big deal out of little details with the completion posts b..."
1. I'm using both the app and the website so there are somethings the app won't let me post.
2. If only first names are mentioned, do we just mention that?
3. I will update my shelf now.
I know! I find the app a complete nuisance in that it won't let me tag books (or copy and paste and a multitude of other things).If only first names are mentioned that's fine, a quick note would be fab so we know. I found the perks of being a wallflower tricky for challenges as his siblings were just referred to as brother and sister
Bookcover:
Book: The Seven Husbands of Every Hugo
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Date: 2/1 - 2/2
Rating: 5 Stars
Cards:
- Reverse (Sophie read it)
- 3 (character's surname starts with H: Evelyn Hugo)
- 6 (Title starts with S)
- 8 (character's first name starts with a E: Evelyn Hugo)
I hope I didn't forget anything (-:
Hehe, you'll get used to hunting down all the information for the cards after a while! Keep those books coming, guys! This was a great first weekend already :-)
Angel From Hell
Christopher Nicole
5 Stars
Cards:
1- 1st in series
3- Character - Heinrich Himmler
4- Character- Anna Fehrbach
7- Place- Vienna
8- Character- Elsa
9- Author- Christopher Nicole
Murder at Hartigan House
Lee Strauss
4 Stars
Cards:
2- 2nd in Series
3- Character - Haley Higgins
4- Character- Felicia Gold
6- Character- Scout
Skip- Character- Pippins
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Also 3 days to go!! Currently trying to finish The Boy Who Followed His Father To Auschwitz ..."
I'll have tissues at the ready, I'm a big crier.
I've got 5 are so Auschwitz related books at home which I want to read before I go, I'm not sure I'll be able to pick them up was I've been. We'll see.