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Team The Breakfast Club
Team threads will be opened once the captain has a chance to come and reserve some posts
RULES of the Game
♕ Team Spreadsheet
♕ Current Points
♕ Lizzie's fabulous sheet for Owen Meany
Countdown to End of Challenge
Team Shelves
❅ Eldarwen
❅ Mary
❅ Denise
❅ Natasha
❅ Lizzie
❅ Carlie
❅ Federica
❅ Tina
❅ Raven
Completion Post Sample
Book cover
Book: Title + Author
Date Read:
Rating: (optional)
Add verified word count where applicable:
Cards the book works for:
- Number: Character (name + surname)
- Number: #... in series
- and so forth
Please add name and surname for characters every time, no matter which part works for the card.
Please add ALL possibilities for every book you complete in case we have to switch things around. (This will most likely not be necessary for colour cards.)
Cards for April(a summary table is on the spreadsheet as well)
0 4
1 4
2 7
3 9
4 5
5 11
6 8
7 8
8 5
9 6
Skip 7
Reverse 10
Wild 2
April Mini Challenge
Hello and welcome to Team The Breakfast Club!
It this the time of year again... UNO is here!
For those of you who are new to this challenge, do not worry. It may look like it is a lot to take in at first sight, but you'll see that it is a very easy game. It merely involves some crazy colours and keeping an eye on character names while reading.
I will be your captain this year and I admit, I have a gif issue at times. And this movie has so many iconic scenes.... I want to post them all haha. Who here has seen the movie? If you haven't, go watch it, seriously, it's good fun! :-D
First things first though!
Please read the RULES. Yes, I know, it involves reading. The horror ;-) If you're uncertain, it usually helps to go over them again. And then have a look at the spreadsheet to make it all more visual. And if you still have questions, I am all ears!
When you arrive in the thread, please post a link to your Uno shelf!
Most important of all: HAVE FUN!
Hello to everyone! I am your co-captain this year. I am super excited to get started with the challenge! 2 weeks is going to drag on! hahaI already have 15 books that I am thinking about and piled on my coffee table...and 2 more weeks to add more! :) ...my poor coffee table...
Mary wrote: "Hello to everyone! I am your co-captain this year. I am super excited to get started with the challenge! 2 weeks is going to drag on! hahaI already have 15 books that I am thinking about and pile..."
Hi Mary I know what you mean about the weeks dragging on as I have been holding back reading certain books because they work for this challenge.
I've made shelves and have been saving books for this challenge too. Can't wait to get started.
Some make piles, some make shelves.Hopefully there are enough colour cards everywhere to cover all of ours! :-D
There will be quite a few hehe.
Since it's never too early to start planning a little and since the people who are already on the thread have piles or shelves of books prepared for Uno... ;-)Here are our colour cards for February:
- 5 Red
- 4 Yellow
- 2 Red - Federica Targeted: My Inside Story of Cambridge Analytica and How Trump and Facebook Broke Democracy
- 9 Green
- 3 Blue - Raven The Mystery of Three Quarters
- 8 Green - Eldarwen By a Thread
- 6 Yellow - Lizzie The Scapegoat
- 4 Green
- Wild Draw 4 - duplicating 3 Blue - Mary The Nightingale
- Wild Draw 4
And I'm going to immediately call dibs on the 8 Green! So I can continue with the Elemental Assassin series by reading
:-D
I am going to sort through my books and see what color covers I can possibly match :)
Hi team! This is my first time doing the UNO challenge and I'm really excited about it!I had a couple of questions before starting, maybe you might know the answers given your experience with the challenge:
- I have a few titles is mind already as well, will we be sharing these with the team? If yes, when and how will we do it?
- Do books in languages that aren't English count?
- How does it work to decide who gets each card?
Sorry if these questions are obvious but I just wanted to make sure I had everything clear before starting.
Looking forward to this and I'm already planning a rewatch of the Breakfast Club before Feb 1st :)
Hey Federica!Ok, first off, anything non-English will of course count! The first letter of the title will be used in whatever language you're going to be reading in. Same goes for character names, though those generally do not change all that much from one language to another.
If you already have a few titles in mind that you are certain you want to read, share away!! Just post them here in the thread, and if you already know which cards they could potentially work for, please let us know. No need to wait :-)
Also, we do not decide who reads for which cards until we get towards the end of the month maybe (if needed), EXCEPT for the colour cards since those are more difficult and so we don't read colour books we may not be able to use for a colour card this month - because there are three months total with a lot of colour cards.
I'd like to claim red 2 if that's okay! I think this would work perfectly as long as The Vampire Diaries counts as part of the title. And I've been dying to read it.
"The" can count. But in the case of this book the title is done a little weirdly. What counts is the title mentioned on the GR page, which for this one is "Phantom". How odd that the original title mentions the entire series and subseries before getting to the actual title o.OThink there might be a T character in there somewhere? Or maybe one with I? (For the 5 Red).
Otherwise, keep it for next month! It may work then!
I like to claim 3Blue please. The Mystery Of Three Quarters
Eldarwen wrote: ""The" can count. But in the case of this book the title is done a little weirdly. What counts is the title mentioned on the GR page, which for this one is "Phantom". How odd that the original title..."That's what I was wondering. Such a weird title. No I or T for characters. I shall save it for next month. :)
I have these two on my to-read list that possibly work for 3 Blue/Wild Draw 4. Exit West I am a little worried because it fades to purple.
I don't have the best eye for picking colors haha
RavenclawLibraryBooks wrote: "I like to claim 3Blue please. The Mystery Of Three Quarters"All yours! I may match your blue 3 with a wild draw 4. :) if my covers work...The colored cards give me so much trouble!
RavenclawLibraryBooks wrote: "I like to claim 3Blue please. The Mystery Of Three Quarters"It's yours!
Mary wrote: "I have these two on my to-read list that possibly work for 3 Blue/Wild Draw 4. Exit West I am a little worried because it fades to purple.
I don't have the best eye for picking colors haha
[bo..."
Hmm, yes, Exit West is a little too much on the faded blue, purple side, I'd say. Odd book, btw. If you want to read it, you can use it for a Reverse as I've read it. :-)
One of the Wild Draw 4 cards is yours, duplicating the 3 Blue!
Eldarwen wrote: "Mary wrote: "I have these two on my to-read list that possibly work for 3 Blue/Wild Draw 4. Exit West I am a little worried because it fades to purple.
I don't have the best eye for picking col..."
I shall use it for a reverse! It seems like a short read...hopefully.
Federica wrote: "Would Anxious People by Fredrick Backman be ok for 4 Yellow? Anxious People"Hmmm, I'm tempted to say no for that one unfortunately. The yellow sticks out but it isn't >50% of that colour. Sorry!
Mary wrote: "I shall use it for a reverse! It seems like a short read...hopefully."It IS short. But sometimes short books can be rather long haha. Hopefully you'll enjoy it more than I did :-)
Eldarwen wrote: "Federica wrote: "Would Anxious People by Fredrick Backman be ok for 4 Yellow? Anxious People"Hmmm, I'm tempted to say no for that one unfortunately. The yellow sticks out but it i..."
No problem! What about
for 2 Red?Thanks!
Boah, that burns my eyes hahah.2 Red it is!
Eldarwen wrote: "Boah, that burns my eyes hahah.2 Red it is!"
I wanted to make sure it would pass the colour test! haha
All the books you guys are choosing are just adding to my to-read list! I'm never going to finish it! haha
Was that the goal? Finishing the TBR??Then I am totally failing hahahah.
A TBR list is not meant to be finished, where's the fun in that? hahaha
Federica wrote: "A TBR list is not meant to be finished, where's the fun in that? hahaha"Exactly!! ;-))
Btw, for Hand One, I'm happy to take any card that remains free. On my list I have:- 0:
- It's a standalone book- 4:
- Author Name with F- Skip:
- Author Surname with K
Federica wrote: "Btw, for Hand One, I'm happy to take any card that remains free. On my list I have:- 0:
- It's a standalone book- 4:
- Author Name ..."They shall be added to the spreadsheet!
(Not necessarily Hand One, just so you know.)
Federica, do you have a hardcopy of Febbre? Because that background looks suspiciously yellow to me. A very light yellow but yellow. And there's more background than on the Backman book.
I have the hardcopy and it's more ivory than yellow, it's a very very light colour
If we need a Yellow book I'm happy to read this for 6 Yellow
, author starts with an S
Aah ok, thanks for clarifying!Do keep that 6 Yellow book in mind in case nobody else has anything for it, but quite a few more people still need to pop in and we want to leave them a chance as well to snag a colour card :-)
(And 2 more months to come with lots of colour cards!)
I'm off to bed now. Will be back in the morning to answer questions etc etc.Please remember to link your Uno shelves, thank you! :-)
Good night!
I think
will work for 5 Red. One of the settings is in Indiana. If we need a yellow cover,
will fit for 6 (Title: Scapegoat) or 4 (Place: France)
Here's the link to my Uno Shelf
Hello all! I'm super excited for Uno. This is my second time participating. I'm planning on picking out some of my books for next month tonight so hopefully I'll be able to help with some of the color cards!
Also, I love the 80s theme!
Shelf link- UNO 2021
Eldarwen wrote: "Federica wrote: "A TBR list is not meant to be finished, where's the fun in that? hahaha"Exactly!! ;-))"
It was my goal when my list was like 30...then I found goodreads and challenges ;)
Jhmingos wrote: "I think will work for 5 Red. One of the settings is in Indiana. If we need a yellow cover,
will fit for 6 (Title: ..."
Both of those should be fine! They will be added to the spreadsheet tomorrow. :) I had to request access and our wonderful captain has gone to bed.
Natasha wrote: "Hello all! I'm super excited for Uno. This is my second time participating. I'm planning on picking out some of my books for next month tonight so hopefully I'll be able to help with some of the c..."
Welcome! I had a lot of fun picking out my books today, even though I know that I am going to change my mind about 50 times.
Hello team!! This is my third time doing uno and I’m so excited to get started. I’ll take a look through my bookshelves this week to see if I can find any matches for color cards that haven’t been claimed yet.
Here is the link to my uno-2021 shelf.
I’m loving this theme, too. The Breakfast Club is such a great movie!
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Team Members:
❅ Eldarwen - Captain
❅ Mary Hangen Co-captain
❅ Denise R
❅ Natasha LeTourneau
❅ Lizzie
❅ Carlie
❅ Federica Giacometti
❅ Tina
❅ Raven
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