The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
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Team Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Thanks Anubha. I'll add the details. I read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore quite awhile ago and I don't remember a F character. But you can certainly read it anyway if you want to.
Allison Ann wrote: "Thanks Anubha. I'll add the details. I read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore quite awhile ago and I don't remember a F character. But you can certainly read it anyway if you want to."
It has 4 in title which fits 4 yellow card, one needs either the character 4 or the alphabet F. But anyway, there is a character named Fedorov
I'm afraid they don't count the 4 in the title because it isn't free standing. But Federov would work. :D
Allison Ann wrote: "Everyone still okay with reading the coloured covers they chose? Here's our list. Still need a few repeats for the Wild Draw 4. Any takers?I can read The Vegetarian by Han Kang for 6 Red. It takes place in Seoul, South Korea
Completion postFinish date - 09/02/2021 (Both books)
The Tales of Beedle The Bard: Kisah-Kisah Beedle Si Juru Cerita
Author- J.K. Rowling
2- Title
3- 3rd in Hogwarts Library series
8- Place- Europe
Skip- Kettleburn
The Rise & Fall of the Queen of SuburbiaAuthor Sarah May
0: Standalone
2: Title
4: Farrington
6: Author
7: Character- Valerie
9: Character: Nathan
Skip: Character- Paul
Completion Post 5 starsFinish Date: 02/08/21
The Midnight Library
2: Title
3: Author
9: CH Nora
Reverse: Anubha
Thanks Anubha. I'm afraid the Hogwarts book is too short to count for UNO, less than 13000 words, so I won't be adding it to the spreadsheet, but the other one will get added when I get home tonight.
Jennifer wrote: "Completion Post 5 starsFinish Date: 02/08/21
The Midnight Library
2: Title
3: Author
9: CH Nora
Reverse: Anubha"
Thanks Jennifer, you've got the hang of the cards now. :D I ended up quite liking the book, although it didn't start out great for me. :D Glad you loved it.
I literally read the Midnight Library just before this challenge! I agree with Alison, it was cool with the message but wasn’t great, felt like the ending was very predictable.
Jessamine wrote: "Allison Ann wrote: "Everyone still okay with reading the coloured covers they chose? Here's our list. Still need a few repeats for the Wild Draw 4. Any takers?I can read The Vegetarian by Han Kan..."
That would be great Jessamine. Thanks!
We've read 30 books and have 835 points after our first week (and a day). :D Doing great team. Hopefully we'll get details about the mini this week and be able to start next week. No idea what they will come up with for 80s Movies, but I'm sure it will be fun. Well past my bedtime now, so I'll see you all tomorrow.
Completion Post: 4 starsFinish Date: 02/09/21
Illuminae
1: Series
5: Title
8: Ch - Ezra
Skip: Ch - Kady
Just realised everyone has been putting their dates as MM/DD/YY, whereas, in Australia we do DD/MM/YY so I've been getting very confused HAHA
Allison Ann wrote: "Everyone still okay with reading the coloured covers they chose? Here's our list. Still need a few repeats for the Wild Draw 4. Any takers?6 Red - Allison
4 Yellow - Allison
1 Green - Celia
1 Gr..."
I'll still be reading A Man Called Ove! Just slowly making my way through my library books first before I get to it
Lindsay wrote: "Completion Post: 4 starsFinish Date: 02/09/21
Illuminae
1: Series
5: Title
8: Ch - Ezra
Skip: Ch - Kady
Just realised everyone has been putting their dates as MM/DD/YY, whereas, ..."
I've adapted to the American way on GR, therefore I tend to screw up on my accounting program. Should probably be the other way around. :D
Allison Ann wrote: "Thanks Anubha. I'm afraid the Hogwarts book is too short to count for UNO, less than 13000 words, so I won't be adding it to the spreadsheet, but the other one will get added when I get home tonight."Quoting the information on the official UNO page..
"5. Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books, Graphic Novels, Manga, Cook Books, Plays and Poetry books can not be used unless 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). Children's books checked in previous years can be seen on this shelf uno-childrens"
And according to Goodreads the Tale of the Bettle the Bard is for middle grade genre not in Children's. The word limit is for Children's. The book is 100+ pages.
That's why I picked the book but if it's still not included. That's ok.
The book has Childrens as a MPG, therefore it is considered a children's book. I will double check, but that is the rule I have always been given before.
Sorry Anubha, confirmed with the mods, middle grade is still considered a children's book. Although it is over 100 pages in length, AR Bookfinder shows it as 12,483 words. So we can't use it. The other children's series you read was more than long enough, so it's just this one book we can't use so far. Sorry.
Allison Ann wrote: "Sorry Anubha, confirmed with the mods, middle grade is still considered a children's book. Although it is over 100 pages in length, AR Bookfinder shows it as 12,483 words. So we can't use it. The o..."It's cool! I'll remove it from the shelf. In my country there is a huge difference between children's for primary, and middle grade for secondary, and then there is YA for senior secondary. I might have been oblivious to the American genres though. Anyway, am about to reach my reading potential for this month's uno challenge. Have read 8 books, will finish the claimed cards soon :)
I finished these 2 today so please let me know whether they can be added before I add the details
I am kind of already swamped with work for my Ph.D thesis so I will only look up the details if they were to be included. 😅
The Witching Place: A Fatal Folio is fine but The Willoughbys is 1000 words too short I'm afraid.If you want to check Childrens books before reading them, you can look here and look at the word count. It has to be more than 25,000. :D
Anubha wrote: "Allison Ann wrote: "Sorry Anubha, confirmed with the mods, middle grade is still considered a children's book. Although it is over 100 pages in length, AR Bookfinder shows it as 12,483 words. So we..."We only go by the GR classifications, so if enough people mark it as Childrens, it doesn't matter what the author intended, we have to treat it as a children's book.
Allison Ann wrote: "The Witching Place: A Fatal Folio is fine but The Willoughbys is 1000 pages too short I'm afraid.If you want to check Childrens books before reading them, you can l..."
Hahaha it's not that am picking children's books or I want to read them, am finishing books from my physical library. Am not a picky reader, so I read from every genre. XD But yes, I will keep up with 25,000 word count in future. I just can't read romance books other than that most books are random picks. Since, its feb I will force myself to pick some romance books tho x3
Anyway,
Completion post
The Witching Place: A Fatal Folio
Finish date- 02/10/21
3: Character- Hecate
5: Place- Incanton
6: Author- Sophie Love
9: Character- Noah
Skip: Karen
Allison Ann wrote: "Anubha wrote: "Allison Ann wrote: "Sorry Anubha, confirmed with the mods, middle grade is still considered a children's book. Although it is over 100 pages in length, AR Bookfinder shows it as 12,4..."I understand what you are saying. The best solution is I would ask here after reading whether I should add a book to uno shelf here or not. I will continue to read both short and long books cuz I honestly read what am in the mood for and I check with GR details for the book.
Please continue to read whatever you want Anubha. We won't have any trouble making our goals and I will always warn you if a book can't be used. :D I'm not much of a romance reader either, though I may throw something into the mix around Valentine's Day also.
Allison Ann wrote: "Lindsay wrote: "Completion Post: 4 starsFinish Date: 02/09/21
Illuminae
1: Series
5: Title
8: Ch - Ezra
Skip: Ch - Kady
Just realised everyone has been putting their dates as MM/..."
I do this too because both doing the American way for goodreads than than confusing myself by trying to do it with my end of month work reports LOL
Completion postSuch a Fun Age 4 stars
Finish date- 02/10/21
0: Ch - Zara
2: Ch- Tamra
4: Title
6: Title
8: Ch - Emira
Skip: Author - Kiley
We are definitely outnumbered by Americans on this site. :D Do whatever you want with the dates though, I'm sure I can figure them out.
Can you make sure you put Such a Fun Age on your UNO shelf when you have a minute, please Lindsay! Thanks.
Thanks Lindsay. We've been pretty quiet the last couple of days. How is everyone doing? Anything fun happening? Any good plans for the weekend?
Completion PostThe Four Winds 4.5 stars
2: CH Tony
4: Title The Four Winds
7: Place San Joaquin Valley
Skip Author Kristin Hanna
Allison Ann wrote: "Thanks Lindsay. We've been pretty quiet the last couple of days. How is everyone doing? Anything fun happening? Any good plans for the weekend?"Not many! Only celebrating Chinese New Year with the family and then just a bunch of reading!
Back to the 80s! February Mini ChallengeThis is an optional mini challenge for our UNO players. This month we are getting our 80s reading hat on!.
We have given each team a popular book from the 1980s.
As a team, you need to try and read as many books that you can connect with your 1980s book as possible. The ways the books "connect" is completely open to interpretation.
Creativity is the key to the challenge, not rules.
For example; Team XYZ is assigned The Handmaid's Tale.
They read books by Canadian authors, sci-fi MPG, books with something red on the cover, dystopian books, books where a young female is in an arranged relationship with an older male, a book where two characters do something in secret etc.
You don't need a unique reason for each book read and connected. So in the above example, we could read and connect more than one MPG Sci-Fi books (for example) to claim the mini challenge points.
For each book read and connected you will receive 10 points. As a team you can read a maximum of 40 books for this mini challenge.
If one of your team members also reads (and finishes) your assigned 80s book during the mini challenge, you will receive 30 bonus points. (There is only 30 points per team so although more than 1 team member is welcome to read the book, there are no extra points on offer)
◈ Books can be started at any point since the start of the UNO challenge (Feb 1)
◈ Books need to be finished after the start of this mini challenge on February 14, 9am UTC (countdown is here) and before March 1 at 9am UTC (when the March UNO month begins).
◈ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books for what you are claiming for your UNO hands
◈ The usual book length rules apply
◈ Team spreadsheets will be updated with a mini challenge tab so that you can track your books and claim your points
Our book is The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaAnyone interested in reading it for 30 points? I probably have a copy somewhere from my pretentious university days. It's really not a great book IMO. Ah well. At least I can think of a few links. Anyone a big fan of adultery in novels?
Works been pretty crazy this week and I have been spread pretty thin however audiobooks have been a lifesaver for when I am doing processing tasks so I have managed 3 this week
Allison Ann wrote: "Our book is The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaAnyone interested in reading it for 30 points? I probably have a copy somewhere from my pretentious univers..."
I need another book for book to movie so I can read it. BUT I've just ordered it from the library so I might not have it for at least another week as it is not in my local library. We are lucky though that my library is open for collecting and returns despite corona.
I've also ordered it in Danish but I would prefer to read it in English.
Nikk the Sapphired Book Dragon wrote: "Works been pretty crazy this week and I have been spread pretty thin however audiobooks have been a lifesaver for when I am doing processing tasks so I have managed 3 this week"Hope you have a nice relaxing weekend ahead of you. :D
Jane wrote: "Allison Ann wrote: "Our book is The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaAnyone interested in reading it for 30 points? I probably have a copy somewhere from my..."
As long as you think you can get it and read it by the end of February, that will work. Also, since it was originally written in Czech and translated, any translated books will work for points in this challenge. :D So whatever Danish books you've been saving up, now's the time for them. :D
Allison Ann wrote: "Our book is The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera"so would any romance work? It does have romance as MPG
I don't consider it a romance, but 420 people do. So.... yes? It can definitely be linked to a "romance" with infidelity.
Male authors
MPG of classics
Books made into movies
Hat on the cover. :D
Takes place in Europe
Character moves to new city/country
Banned books
Titles starting with U
Titles with 5 words
Titles with an adjective
I read the book almost 30 years ago, so I don't really remember much of the plot, so I'm sure there are more possibilities.
It won an award from the Los Angeles Times, here are other winners
Seems like a huge amount of books would work just on MPG Fiction, but is that too lame? lolI'm going to read a book that I've had on my list since 2014 by another Czech author: Mendelssohn is on the Roof.
I finished reading these two books, please let me know if they can fit the uno challenge, will add the details then.
Walden is written by a male author but an unsure it can fit the mini challenge or not
Anubha wrote: "I finished reading these two books, please let me know if they can fit the uno challenge, will add the details then."
Both of those books are good for UNO, but the mini-challenge doesn't start for another 17 1/2 hours, so they won't work for that. Just post the regular cards please. :)
Celia wrote: "Seems like a huge amount of books would work just on MPG Fiction, but is that too lame? lolI'm going to read a book that I've had on my list since 2014 by another Czech author: [book:Mendelssohn ..."
Sounds great Celia, please make sure you finish after the mini has officially started.
Allison Ann wrote: "Sounds great Celia, please make sure you finish after the mini has officially started."Good call! Thank you :D
Allison Ann wrote: "Anubha wrote: "I finished reading these two books, please let me know if they can fit the uno challenge, will add the details then."..."
Got it!
Completion post
1: 1 in series
2: Tawny (charac)
3: Hawke (")
4: From Blood and Ash
5: Ian (charac)
6: Sariah (")
7: Vikter (")
8: Eloana (")
9: Naill (")
Skip: Kieran (")
0: Standalone
2: John Thoreau (Charac)
3: Henry David Thoreau
4: John Field (")
8: Emerson (")
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Yes, I forgot it was 07/02/2021 and 3 stars. I read the whole day so I was able finish 3 books in 1 day.
Also I could read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Wild draw 4- 4 Yellow if it fits