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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2020
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We have a little under 22 hours left until the start of the game! Here is an updated listing of the cover colors we need:
- 1 Red ~
Mia- 8 Red ~
MH- 3 Green ~
Michelle - 6 Green ~
Jodi- 9 Green ~
Cathy (or 6 Green)- 5 Blue ~
Ananya- 5 Yellow ~
JodiDuplicated Card (4 of any listed above):
- 3 Green ~
Alla- 6 Green ~
Ashita- 5 Yellow ~
Cathy
Hi all!!I´m Alla, just saw the message now that I made it into the challenge! Never played before so I´m brand new to this and might need some guidence from you all that are more experienced!! :)
Looking forward to playing and I love reading so finishing a book will not be difficult for me :)
So...I´m not 100% sure how this works and I might need some help in deciding what card to use (what I can read), what cards are left and so on... :D
If my understanding is right, does the list now mean that I choose one of the books that have been picked (since we have to dublicate 4 cards)?
Cathy M. wrote: "Michele wrote: "One of Us Is LyingYep, must comment from computer. Got it."
Don't see any edition that would qualify as being more than 50% unless its not listed on GR - [bookcov..."
Question for future choices: Does the dust jacket have to be 50% of a certain color or does the book itself (the front and back book covers in hardcover books) count as well? I ask as if you remove the dust jacket from this book the book itself is 100% red. I tend to read mostly hardcover editions so I'm curious. I am still going to read the book as I know you can use it somewhere :-)
Alla wrote: "Hi all!!I´m Alla, just saw the message now that I made it into the challenge! Never played before so I´m brand new to this and might need some guidence from you all that are more experienced!! :)
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Hi Alla! Welcome! I'm not a captain but have played before. My advice is to read what you want as this is just the first hand and virtually anything you read can be used somewhere. Have you looked at the spreadsheet? That gives you the entire month. Also, remember it's not simply book colors or titles that are used for UNO: so are author names, character names, location names, etc. Our captains will do the hard work of fitting the appropriate books to the needed cards. The idea is to read and read and read. So pick books you really want to read and enjoy!! It's actually really fun! Just my simple advice.
Excellent advice, Michele!Like Michele said, pick the books you are excited to read! 3 months will feel like a very long challenge if you read books you are not crazy about.
As long your book works for at least one type of card, it is enough. We captains will make sure we use the books so that we maximise our points and we will also make sure that there isn't a card type that we don't have enough books for. We will let you know if there is something special that we are lacking.
The only cards that we want people to claim in advance are the coloured covers. They are usually the most difficult to fill, so we want to make sure we have those covered.
Michele wrote: "Question for future choices: Does the dust jacket have to be 50% of a certain color or does the book itself (the front and back book covers in hardcover books) count as well? I ask as if you remove the dust jacket from this book the book itself is 100% red. I tend to read mostly hardcover editions so I'm curious. I am still going to read the book as I know you can use it somewhere :-)"For the colour cards, it is minimum 50% of the front cover (=cover image here on goodreads) that has to be the specified colour.
If you cannot find the edition you are reading here, or the cover image isn't the same as your book for the same isbn, let us know and we will do our best to get that edition added to the GR database.
Alla wrote: "If my understanding is right, does the list now mean that I choose one of the books that have been picked (since we have to dublicate 4 cards)? "Yes, you can choose to read for one of the colour cards that someone else has already picked, because we need to duplicate 4 of those cards.
Note that duplicating that card doesn't mean that you have to read the same book, just that we e.g. need to read 2 books that both work for "1 Red".
Ok, so it is book jacket cover we are looking at. Got it.
Ashita and Michele, remember to create a special shelf where you will put the books you read for UNO. :-)
Thanks all!!I think I have this figured out...for some parts at least. Lol!
I´ll browse through my tbr list and see what I can find there and will let you know soon.
Does this one work for my Green, either 3 or 6?
Welcome Alla! That would definitely fit for 3 Green.For the duplication, can only duplicate each card once.
We start when the countdown finishes, right?
Hope everyone is ready. We have 9 minutes & counting!!
It's Go time! Happy reading everyone :)
Decided to start with a short one since I had to finish one I started before the game & want to get some of these color ones out of the way.Completion Post
by Diana DuMontCompleted: 02.01.20
Cards it works for:
- Yellow cover (5)
- 2 - #2 in series
- 4 - Character: Frank
- 5 - Character: Izzy
- 6 - Place: Sunshine Springs
- Skip - Character: Peter
One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManusCards it works for:
1- One in title
1- First in series
6- S for character Simon
8- E for character Evan
9- N for character Nate
Michele wrote: "One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManusCards it works for:
1- One in title
1- First in series
6- S for character Simon
8- E for character Evan
9- N for character Nate"
Nice! How'd you like it Michele? Are you going to read the 2nd one?
It will also work for:
Skip - Author: Karen McManus
Reverse - Read by Cathy
Please make sure you create a shelf for Uno and shelve there.
Also Michele if you want the cover to show rather than link, just change "book" to "bookcover" for the link and it will show the cover instead.[ book:One of Us Is Lying|32571395] to [ bookcover:One of Us Is Lying|32571395]
(w/out the spaces after the 1st brackets)
Cathy M. wrote: "Decided to start with a short one since I had to finish one I started before the game & want to get some of these color ones out of the way."Awesome, Cathy!
Question for Captains-When listing cards a book works for:
How many listings for the same card do you want listed? More than 2? For example, the book I'm currently reading qualifies for 5 #8 cards. Will you want me to list them all?
Cathy M. wrote: "Michele wrote: "One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManusCards it works for:
1- One in title
1- First in series
6- S for character Simon
8- E for character Evan
9- N for character Nate"..."
UNO shelf created- thank you for the reminder.
Cathy M. wrote: "Also Michele if you want the cover to show rather than link, just change "book" to "bookcover" for the link and it will show the cover instead.[ book:One of Us Is Lying|32571395] to [ bookcover:O..."
Thank you! Will try that!
Cathy M. wrote: "Michele wrote: "One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManusCards it works for:
1- One in title
1- First in series
6- S for character Simon
8- E for character Evan
9- N for character Nate"..."
Yes I did like it- overall 4 stars. A bit sophomoric but entertaining. I will read the next 2 in the series. Quick read if anyone else interested.
Completion Post
by Alan BradleyCompleted: 02.02.20
Cards it works for:
- Green Cover (9)
- 1 - #1 in series
- 2- Character: Tilda Mountjoy
- 3- Character: Inspector Hewitt
- 4 - Character: Flavia
- 6 - T: Sweetness
- 8 - Place: England
- 9 - Character: Ned
- Skip - Character: Frank Pemberton
- Reverse - Read by MH
Michele wrote: "Question for Captains-When listing cards a book works for:
How many listings for the same card do you want listed? More than 2? For example, the book I'm currently reading qualifies for 5 #8 car..."
You only need to list 1.
Michele wrote: "Cathy M. wrote: "Michele wrote: "One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManusCards it works for:
1- One in title
1- First in series
6- S for character Simon
8- E for character Evan
9- N fo..."
I didn't realize there was going to be a 3rd. Agree about the 1st one, but it was interesting enough that I want to read the 2nd one. Since it works so perfectly for Red Cover, I might wait until we have Red come up again.
Ananya wrote: "Completed: 
By Oscar Wilde
Completed: 2 Feburary 2020
Cards it works for:
5. Title- I
0. Author name starts with O and standalone ..."
Sorry Ananya, we can't use this one. Books must be at least 100 pages.
That sucks but at least it was really short!Also for future reference, if you read a book that is tagged as Childrens, we will need to make sure it has at least 25k words.
If ever in doubt, please shout out and MH or I can see if the book will work!
by Maureen JohnsonCards this will work for:
2-T Second in Series
3- H (Hayes) Character
4- F (Francis) Character
5- I (Iris) Character
6- S (Stair) Title
6- S (Stevie) Character
7- V (Vanishing) Title
7- V (Vermont) Location
8- E (Element/Ellie) Character
9- N (Nate) Character
Skip- P (Pittsburgh) Location
Skip- K (Kyoko) Character
Draw 2
Wild
Wild Draw 4
Great, that one works for 8 Red so we have all out color covers covered!
Just noticed, for Title, only the 1st letter can work unless it's an article.The Vanishing Stair - only works for T or V / S would not work
Talk about dark book! Not at all what I expected...Completion Post
by Colleen HooverCompleted: 02.03.20
Cards it works for:
- 0 - Stand alone
- 3 - A: Colleen Hoover
- 7 - T: Verity
Cathy M. wrote: "Just noticed, for Title, only the 1st letter can work unless it's an article.The Vanishing Stair - only works for T or V / S would not work"
I realize that- just giving you options for filling card spaces.
We really only need 1 option per #/card, so if you have multiple options for each #, only list the more important ones. For instance, for characters, I would list whoever was a bigger character. But the reason why I wrote that above was because you had listed:
6- S (Stair) Title
which is not a correct option. S for Stevie is fine though.
Cathy M. wrote: "We really only need 1 option per #/card, so if you have multiple options for each #, only list the more important ones. For instance, for characters, I would list whoever was a bigger character. ..."
Oops- sorry. Thanks for pointing that out.
by Maureen JohnsonCards this will work for:
Green 3- H (Hand) Title; 3rd in series
2-T (Tomo) Character surname
4-F (Flora) Character
5-I (Irene) Character
6-S (Stevie) Character
7-V (Vermont) Location
8-E (Ellingham) Character surname
9-N (Nelson) Character surname
Skip K/P (King; Philby) Character surnames
Completion post:
by Mia Sheridan.02.03.20
Might have been wise to chose something shorter to begin with, but I didn´t realise it was that long, but I really enjoyed it.
Now...I'm not fully into the cards yet, I don' t know what we have finished and what we have left.
If I'm understanding the cards right, I think I finished:
Green 3 - Both the main character and the location starts with H.
0 - Standalone
5-I (Isaac) character
6-S (Sheridan) author´s last name
I might be way off here, just let me know ;)
So now I need to figure out what cards we have left...can someone post that (if it hasn´t already been done and I can´t see it). :D
Alla wrote: "Completion post: by Mia Sheridan.02.03.20
Might have been wise to chose something shorter to begin with, but I didn´t realise it was that long, but I really enjoyed it..."
Great job Alla! I'm not a captain and am certain one of them will reply but I struggled with the cards my first year as well. It's still early in the month so typically the spreadsheets don't start getting filled in until later as the captains get more data for filling in the spreadsheet. We reader-bees don't need to worry about the number cards- just keep reading. Apparently all colored cards are accounted for so now it's just covering numbers which we do by reading, reading, reading. I recommend not worrying about much else. Happy to have you on the team!
Thank you Michele! Happy to be a part of this team and participating in the challenge. I will just keep on reading then :D
Alla wrote: "Thank you Michele! Happy to be a part of this team and participating in the challenge. I will just keep on reading then :D"Read what you feel like! Maybe a favourite author or a series you have been waiting to catch up on?
We captains will keep track and let everyone know if there is something special we are lacking. Until then, just keep reading :)
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That looks like it would work!