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UNO 2022 Pre Challenge Chat
Love UNO and looking forward to another fun team challenge:)Looking forward to…
…finishing this series…Fatal Identity
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Munro
OMG! UNO-time = happy-time! And I cannot wait! :D
I am Apoorv, currently live in Boston, MA and this will be my 6th time playing, starting in 2015! Feels ancient now! :O (It is one of the few team challenges that I have been on the winning team, so it certainly holds a special place. Haha! :P)
Last year, I had an absolute ball captaining the coolest team there was. We had so much fun reading so many different books. Can't wait to see the wonderful folks I get paired with this year! :)
I don't have any specific books that I want to read per say in 2022, but I do hope to finish up and continue on some of the series that I have ongoing, and what better challenge than this to do so. :)
I am already excited, and we haven't even entered 2022.
Thank you for bringing back UNO again this year, UNO Pixie. Let's do this! :D
So nice to see the veterans and the new suspects as well. :)
I think I played Uno for the first time in 2019(?) and am looking forward to not needing to refer to a printed list of directions every time I enter a book. I think I've finally got the system down. 😂
it really is the most wonderful time of the year! last year was my first UNO, but its already become my favorite part of goodreads. i CANNOT wait!!!
Yay, almost time for UNO! I've played for a few years now and UNO is definitely my favorite challenge aside from Wheel.I am primarily a romance reader (historical, contemporary, suspense, paranormal, I'll take it all). I also read mystery/thrillers a lot and the occasional urban fantasy.
Hi everyone! Excited to be here, I participated in 2020 and loved it and am back for more! Havent been great at reading throughout the year but now that its summer and I get some free time Im looking forward to removing some books from my TBR! Cant wait to play!!
Yay! I don't think I know how to pick books anymore if not in a team challenge. LOL. Where are the sign ups? If this is it, then I'm in. I've played before and countless other team challenges. It's easier to list what I don't read than what I do read: not big on YA unless it's along the lines of Harry Potter or Eragon, not a big reader of anything religious or self help.
Oh wow UNO time. That is my favourite time of the year. I´ve played before and have been co-captain and captain. Would play as such again. I have payed a lot of other teamchallenges before and love to have a chatty team. Like Mary I don´t like YA / NA and religious books. I also have some problems with historicals when it is mm but love regency romances like the books by Georgette Heyer.If possible I would like to have F and Janeylou on my team as I convinced them to give UNO a try.
📕 Name: Vicki📕 Team Challenge experience: I've been addicted to them for years!
📕 Have you joined UNO before? I've been on several UNO teams and loved every single one!
📕 Favourite genres: Historical fiction, romance, sports romance, mystery, thriller, psychological thriller.
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2022: OMG I definitely will be reading
which I pre-purchased back in June. LOL I also LOVE anything by Colleen HooverBrittainy C. Cherry, Amy Harmon, Jennifer Armentrout, J.A. Redmerski, Tijan and a few others.
Goodreads helped me keep my sanity this past two years, and in particular this year after losing 5 good friends within the past 6 months and my sister in November. I kind of went MIA for the most part this past 4-6 weeks with the exception of a couple challenges because I just needed to after my sister's passing. I also have a planned MIA for most of January and February because I'll be visiting family in Florida, but I will be doing a couple of my favorite challenges and UNO is definitely one of them. Therefore I will join and definitely contribute a lot of books!
I would really love to be on these two people's team, if possible: Apoorv and bamaace83 (if she signs up) :)
Carol wrote: "I just joined the group today so it will be my first time playing. I have a long TBR list so I'm excited to play!"You are going to LOVE this one! Welcome! :)
Denise wrote: "I think I played Uno for the first time in 2019(?) and am looking forward to not needing to refer to a printed list of directions every time I enter a book. I think I've finally got the system down. 😂"LOL I am right there with you! :)
Apoorv wrote: "OMG! UNO-time = happy-time! And I cannot wait! :D
I am Apoorv, currently live in Boston, MA and this will be my 6th time playing, starting in 2015! Feels ancient now! :O (It is one of the few te..."
Already bringing the fun to this challenge! LOL
I've been waiting for this since the last round ended, lol. This year was my first time doing UNO but I'm a challenge addict. Especially group challenges and I have at least one of them going on... always. I can't wait to meet my team and get started. I have tons of books I want to read (my gr shelfs are overflowing), so I can't really pinpoint what I'm looking forward to the most.
UNO Newbie here! a friend finally coaxed me to play this year . <>!📕 Name - BookishlyWise (you can call me Ash)
📕 Team Challenge experience - Newbie!
📕 Have you joined UNO before? Nope
📕 Favourite genres - Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2022 - So many!
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race - 2, 6, Blue
11/22/63 - 2, 6, 7, Red
The Lightning Thief - 2, Yellow
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World - 2, Orange, White
Klara and the Sun - Red
The Grand Design - 2, 6, 7, Black
Flesh and Blood - 4, 5, Red
I am soooooooo late to the party! Yay for the signups!Uno is fun, but inevitably the yellow books I have saved for years are never the ones I need to find, which leads to much cursing of the book gods chez Cat!
Hey Mods / UNO Pixie - Newbie here. Can I please be put on the same team as Alyana? I forgot to add that in comments section on the form.
Hi I have no idea how to play UNO with books I will be wanting to try this as this will be my first time doing this. Please send me information and instructions on this thanks so much.
yayy!! It's my second time playing UNO. I loved it last year!. It is time to start looking for color covers! =)
Stefanie wrote: "Hi I have no idea how to play UNO with books I will be wanting to try this as this will be my first time doing this. Please send me information and instructions on this thanks so much."All the info is in the All About post thread in this folder 🙂
BookishlyWise wrote: "Hey Mods / UNO Pixie - Newbie here. Can I please be put on the same team as Alyana? I forgot to add that in comments section on the form."Another thing - the first time I played UNO I was overwhelmed by the description at first, but the team was there to help out and answer all my questions, and it was so much fun. If you communicate with your team, read books, and most importantly enjoy yourself, it's a success!
Sonia wrote: "Hi all!!!!So, I have been hearing about UNO since 2016 *waves to Karen* but never joined. I wasn't even a perks member - that changed today!
So, yeah, the team challenge addicted is playing newb..."
Welcome! I can't believe you and Sammy have not played before.
Glad you could make it :)
Judith wrote: "Looking forward to playing this again, though I'm stepping back from captaining because captaining does not go well with buying, selling, and moving house.Wheel was brutal so I'm giving myself a ..."
Fair enough! Buying, selling and moving house is one of the most stressful processes.
Vicki wrote: "Goodreads helped me keep my sanity this past two years, and in particular this year after losing 5 good friends within the past 6 months and my sister in November. ..."So sorry to hear that Vicki. Here's to 2022 being a bit brighter
Welcome everyone!This chat thread is just for chat and we can't monitor it for player/team requests as it becomes too difficult and we will miss things!
If you have a request you can put it in your comment in the sign-up form. We can't always put people in the same team but we do try. You will need to give their goodreads username (not just a first name).
If you already signed up and forgot to add in a comment, Google will let you edit your form if you signed in before you filled it out. If you can't, then you can direct message this account and we will add it in your sign-up for you.
All the info on UNO and the sign up form is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Thanks all!
My first UNO challenge was this year and I loved it so much I am definitely looking forward to 2022 UNO! My favorite genre is Romance and most sub-genre attached to that. Some thrillers and Suspense will get thrown in the mix form time to time. Quite a few books look amazing for 2022 but I also have a TBR pile that I will never finish so it's usually just what ever strikes my fancy at the time.
Hi everyone,I look forward to this every year since my first time a few years back. I get most of my reading done during the winter/spring months and this challenge is always excellent for getting me out of a reading slump. Can't wait for this years one (or rather next years :P)
Carol wrote: "I just joined the group today so it will be my first time playing. I have a long TBR list so I'm excited to play!"Yay Carol!! Glad to see you here! <3 Can we be on the same team please?
Tips to prepare for sign up* Think about how many books you can read in a month.
There is no benefit in UNO to under-estimate because each team has a fixed number of books to read each month. It is best to be as accurate as you can so that your team doesn't finish the month early and then is bored for a week!. Have a look at what you read over the last 3 months, or for previous players what you read over last UNO.
* Do you want to be in a "chatty" team?
Consider your interaction on Goodreads. Do you want to log in at least every other day? If so you may want to select your preference for a "chatty team".
If you can only commit to checking the team once per week, a chatty team is not for you.
If you don't think you can make it onto Goodreads once per week (even if you haven't read anything) then UNO is not for you.
* Set up your UNO Shelf.
This helps your team captains check your books, and is also quite cool later when you want to see what you have read in UNO over the years. Goodreads help explains how to add a new shelf if you haven't done it before here
YOUR USER NAME IS VERY IMPORTANT
every year we have sign-ups that don't get this right. If you do not enter it correctly, we can not find you, which means you won't be placed on a team.
To find your user name:,
1. go to the desktop version of Goodreads. This means use a web browser on your tablet/phone/computer to go to www.goodeads.com
2. (sign in if required) Look at the top right hand side and you will see the far right circle that is your profile picture. Click on it, and then select "profile"
3. What you now see in the URL bar is not www.goodeads.com but instead your profile name. For example, this Pixie account shows www.goodreads.com/user/show/52624155-...
This means my user name is 52624155-uno-pixie
4. In the sign up form you will be asked to enter the number and the name separately (this helps with our formulas and to make sure people enter this information correctly). So my number would be 52624155 and my name would be uno-pixie
Carol wrote: "I just joined the group today so it will be my first time playing. I have a long TBR list so I'm excited to play!"Good timing! Welcome!
I would like to participate. When I joined goodreads back in April of this year and joined this group I saw all the posts about Uno Teams and wondered what exactly it was and how can I get involved?📕 Name - Jojo
📕 Team Challenge experience - Zero Experience, Level Noob
📕 Have you joined UNO before? - Uno Virgin
📕 Favorite genres - Mystery, Suspense, Fantasy, Historical
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2022 - All the books on my 2022 TBR Spreadsheet! ; )
Hi everyone!! I’m Kaley and this will be my… I’m not even sure which Uno this is for me. I want to say my fifth time 🤣Uno was my first ever team challenge, but I’ve done several more since then! Most recently the Wheel in the NBRC group — and I see several of my recent teammates in this thread already!!
My favorite romance is genre.
For books I'm excited to read… there are a LOT, but I’ll just pick this one:
My sister bought it for me for Christmas, and since it’s a color cover (looks much more blue in person) I’ll be saving it for Uno!
I am so excited that Uno has come around again. I have a pile of new books just waiting to be read.
Looking forward to this challenge. First time player.
hey everyone....great to see so many familiar names....I am looking forward to this challenge... i played once beforeI read lots of different genres....depends on my mood I guess.......I m looking forward to just relaxing and enjoying the game
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Hi all!!!!So, I have been hearing about UNO since 2016 *waves to Karen* but never joined. I wasn't even a perks member - that changed today!
So, yeah, the team challenge addicted i..."
Right?
Sheer insanity on my book
Yay for uno. Looking forward to playing again.
This will be my fourth? uno. Maybe third. I've lost count. Anyway, I have a quick question. I'm due to start a new job in the beginning of January and I might be able to listen to audiobooks while I work. If this ends up being the case then I would be able to read a lot more than otherwise. If I sign up now, can I change my predicted amount of books later if I put it here or contact a mod? Or would it be easier if I just waited till I'm more sure? I dont really want to risk forgetting to sign up amongst everything else, but I can leave myself a note somewhere or something.
Waves, hey everyone! I'm back.📕 Name: Anna
📕 Team Challenge experience: I've been on tons of different team challenges and Uno is one of my favorites.
📕 Have you joined UNO before? 4th year this year
📕 Favourite genres: Romance, Suspense
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2022: I've been hoarding some color covers that I need to check off my TBR.
Keely wrote: "This will be my fourth? uno. Maybe third. I've lost count. Anyway, I have a quick question. I'm due to start a new job in the beginning of January and I might be able to listen to audiobooks while ..."Hi Keely,
I suggest you sign-up with a lower number estimate.
If you end up being able to read more, you can work it out later with your captains and team.
Thank you. I was thinking of doing that anyway. I have some longer books I would like to get off my TBR so if I am able to read more, I could focus more on longer books. Everybody wins that way. I'll sign up at some point over the next couple of days
I just signed up - so excited to play again!📕 Name: Gwen
📕 Team Challenge experience: I've done a few challenges but this one is my favorite
📕 Have you joined UNO before? Yes, I've played twice before, this will be my third year.
📕 Favorite genres: Thriller, mystery, YA, fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal, travel memoirs, horror, I'm all over the place.
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2022: I have a long TBR list but I'm a mood reader - I never know what I'll be in the mood to read next!
Preeti wrote: "Hi, all. 👋🏻I have taken part in UNO before (Team Pretty in Pink last year) and it is, without doubt, one of my favourite challenges on GR.
I read anything and everything though romance tends to b..."
Hi Preeti!
We meet again! Yes, Pretty in Pink was fun, wasn’t it? I was just looking at your books read this year. I am amazed at your numbers, and in awe. You are a Super Reader!
Here’s to another fun UNO this year.
Uno, UNo, UNO!!! I love me some UNO! Welcome to the newbies, especially former co-captain partner in crime from Wheel, Sonia! You all are going to love UNO. I believe Lauri was on my team my first year team and I'm starting on my year 7 also. Lauri, hope we get matched up again this year, but looking at the number of teams that might be a long stretch.
I have captained and then co-captained with the infamous Judith the past few times. I don't know how we'll do it without you this year, Judith, but you deserve a break, even if you are gnashing your teeth on the sidelines and have itchy fingers to edit the spreadsheet!
Excited for the start!
Vicki wrote: "📕 Name: Vicki📕 Team Challenge experience: I've been addicted to them for years!
📕 Have you joined UNO before? I've been on several UNO teams and loved every single one!
📕 Favourite genres: Histori..."
Vicki, my heart goes out to you with all those losses of loved ones in such a short time. I can relate to the loss of a sister. Mine was 13 years older than me, but still way too young. She was a huge reader and inspired me to do the same. It's been 21 years since she's been gone, but thankfully I can still hear her gorgeous laugh in my head just like it was yesterday and it always brings me a smile. My hope for you is that your memories will bring you comfort in time. XO
Last year was my first year and I had so much fun with my team. They were great and we read som awesome books. Looking forward to another round of it.
Suzanne wrote: "BookishlyWise wrote: "Hey Mods / UNO Pixie - Newbie here. Can I please be put on the same team as Alyana? I forgot to add that in comments section on the form."Another thing - the first time I pl..."
Excellent advice. It is overwhelming at first. But SOO fun!
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This will be my 5th or 6th Uno, I think? It was my very first team challenge, and it turned me into a challenge junkie.
I always have a little pile of books with color covers that work for Uno just sitting there staring at me wondering why they are not higher on the general reading pile. Not that I anthropomorphize books or anything.