UNO 2022 Pre Challenge Chat

[Melindam]

Reading colour covers before UNO starts? Very irresponsible! :D

[Melindam]

And a bad example to us all. ;p

[Vicki]

Lol guilt trip?

[Jammin Jenny]

I know!!!

[Jammin Jenny]

I moved two books from my January plan to my Feb plan because they have red covers, and those challenges can wait...I'm trying to be responsible :)

[Melindam]

Very proper and responsible behaviour. ;)

[Lauri]

I regret nothing! I just finished a green cover -- but I had already started it BEFORE 2021 and it was a Christmas story...

So many books, so little time. I just want to play already!

[Sonia]

I am currently on a re-read kick. I usually get one of those a few times a year. This time, it is in between challenges. I couldn’t be happier

[Melindam]

I am indulging in an absolutely disgraceful, but delicious reading slump (no great wonder, after Wheel :). But I know my reading gears will totally kick in at the start of UNO, so it's all right. :)

[Audrey Jane]

Melindam wrote: "I am indulging in an absolutely disgraceful, but delicious reading slump (no great wonder, after Wheel :). But I know my reading gears will totally kick in at the start of UNO, so it's all right. :)"

Haha, same here, Melinda ;) Indulged reading slumps are quite nice, it's the unplanned ones that are the worst...

[Kaley]

I read an I title green cover book and an I title blue cover book just a month or two ago....it felt so sacrilegious!! I just know it's going to come back and bite me.

[Melindam]

FEAR THE REVENGE OF THE COLOUR CARDS! :D

[Preeti]

Melindam wrote: "FEAR THE REVENGE OF THE COLOUR CARDS! :D"
🤣 🤣 🤣

[Christina]

Ok Kaley now tell us what that green I book was please! *eye emoji*

[Christina]

I always kinda take a reading break mid-Dec /January, and mainly read short books or graphic novels in-between the big team challenges x)

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

Christina wrote: "Ok Kaley now tell us what that green I book was please! *eye emoji*"

I'm going to guess lol


I also have a yellow N book for anyone that enjoys a bit of nonfiction - by James Nestor

[Vicki]

I like to look on the positive side, so those of you (us) who’ve read color books can post the ones they read when color/letter books are needed. That could save some of us time searching plus we’d get recommendations of good books or not so good lol

[Jammin Jenny]

I'd recommend both of these books:

- Blue 5
- Red 6

[BookishlyWise]

I'd like to recommend some of my fav reads! I've already read these so maybe some team can benefit :) (hopefully mine!!) -

[Kaley]

Kristie wrote: "Christina wrote: "Ok Kaley now tell us what that green I book was please! *eye emoji*"

I'm going to guess lol"

It was indeed that :)

[Kaley]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "I'd recommend both of these books:

- Blue 5
- Red 6"

I'd like to add that A Court of Thorns and Roses can fit a few other numbers aside from 6! At least 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9 that I can think of off the top of my head! (I am very likely going to be rereading that one this year)

[Jammin Jenny]

Kaley wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Christina wrote: "Ok Kaley now tell us what that green I book was please! *eye emoji*"

I'm going to guess lol"

It was indeed that :)"

I really enjoyed In a Holidaze if you're looking for a green 5

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

]Oh so generous with sharing the colour covers. It is a competition bwahahahahahah..

Just joking, here are some of mine..

[Jammin Jenny]

That's a lot of Harlan Coben :)

[⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚]

Hello Everyone! I just signed up and I am excited to start. I have participated in some team challenges before and I can see many familiar names but this is actually my first time playing UNO. I got the rec during Wheels and as a fan of team challenges, here I am!

I have gone for a conservative book # after not doing great for Wheels (learned my lesson!). The situation should be better though as my new job and apartment are now 100% sorted, yay! Just wanted to play safe in case something comes up.

For 2022, my goal is to finish as many of my ongoing series as I can and any book on my TBR shelf added before 2018.

Looking forward to meeting my teammates!

[Sammy]

Also a good list for coloured covers...

https://www.listchallenges.com/a-riot...

[Ravenclaw Library Books]

Hi I am Raven and this will be my third year of taking part in Uno.

I am most looking forward to:-

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Kaley wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Christina wrote: "Ok Kaley now tell us what that green I book was please! *eye emoji*"

I'm going to guess lol"

It was indeed that ..."

I also really enjoyed this one recently. :)

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I feel like I've read a lot of good colored covers recently. A couple others that I enjoyed that can be used for "T" (2).



for "H" (3).

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚ wrote: "Hello Everyone! I just signed up and I am excited to start. ... For 2022, my goal is to finish as many of my ongoing series as I can and any book on my TBR shelf added before 2018...."

Welcome, Cynthia! That is a good goal. I'm still working on 2012. *smh* I only have four books left though, then it's on to 2013.

[Jammin Jenny]

Okay you win. But, I joined GR in 2014 so maybe not...my oldest book on my TBR was added in Dec 2015, then I have a bunch from 2016 and each year after that. Right now my TBR mountain (like K2) is 9,247 books...

[⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚]

Kristie wrote: "⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚ wrote: "Hello Everyone! I just signed up and I am excited to start. ... For 2022, my goal is to finish as many of my ongoing series as I can and any book on my TBR shelf added before ..."

Thank you!! I joined GR in 2016 but I was not very active until 2019 so that's why I don't have anything older. If not...I would be pretty much like you. This year I said, Cynthia you either read them or remove them from your TBR, let's see how it goes!

[Jammin Jenny]

I moved another book to February to have a red UNO card

- Red 0, 2, 3, 9

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

That's where I'm at with my last four from 2012, Cynthia. It's been 10 years! I need to either read them or remove them from the shelf.

[UNO Pixie, Our UNO Helper]

Great recommendations everyone!

Just a reminder, that if you are looking for colour covers for books we have four uno shelves.

Here are the links to our uno coloured shelves. It would be great if you can add any books you find to these shelves, or "recommend" the book to the pixie and we can add it.
This helps keep our own little database of cover colours for UNO :)

red covers
blue covers
green covers
yellow covers

Important note
Some books on this list may not seem like the colour cover. This is because GR will show the default version. There may be a specific version that has been shelved that is the actual colour. The version you read is what you should shelve, and is what counts, for UNO

Note: If you also like to shelve coloured covers, you can shelve coloured books as these shelf names:
uno-yellow
uno-green
uno-red
uno-blue

:)

[Robynne]

My name is Robynne and this will be my 3rd time playing UNO.

UNO is the only team challenge that I do.

My favourite genres are memoirs/biographies, adventure/mystery, history and historical fiction.

I live in Canada.

[Lauri]

Kaley wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Christina wrote: "Ok Kaley now tell us what that green I book was please! *eye emoji*"

I'm going to guess lol"

It was indeed that :)"

Me, too, Kaley! Slow to launch, but good and funny!

[JoJo_theDodo]

UNO Pixie wrote: "Great recommendations everyone!

Just a reminder, that if you are looking for colour covers for books we have four uno shelves.

Here are the links to our uno coloured shelves. It would be great if..."

Thank you Pixie for this info. I was a bit confused about the colors and numbers, so I went back and read the directions/rules post again. I created shelves of the different colors so at least as I come across different color covers that I want to read I can organize them into those shelves for future Uno choices.

Since this will be my first time participating in Uno I'm hoping whichever group I'm placed in will be able to help me with any the questions I may have along the way.

[JoJo_theDodo]

I just want to confirm that book that contains essay/stories are okay to use for Uno. I have this book that I think could be shelved as Uno-Yellow
The Souvenir Museum

[JoJo_theDodo]

Also, just to confirm that this book can be used for Uno-Green. It is a mystery, but contains some recipes. Not sure if that would slightly fall into the category of cookbook?

[Amanda]

I'm excited about this challenge! I've never joined UNO before, but it looks really fun!

[Melindam]

JoJo

1. Yes to the collection of essays as long as they meet the necessary page requirement (over 100)

2. It's green all right and not a cookbook

[BookishlyWise]

haha yeah with that logic all Dan Brown books would fall under History :P

[Gunit Kaur]

Hey everyone...
I joined the Uno challenge last year and I am back for more this year. I can't tell you how much I have been waiting for this!!!!

I am hooked to team challenges after I played Uno last year and now my life feels empty without them. :P

So excited to start!!

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "UNO Pixie wrote: "Great recommendations everyone!

Just a reminder, that if you are looking for colour covers for books we have four uno shelves.

Here are the links to our uno coloured shelves. It..."

Welcome! Although the rules look long, it is actually a simple challenge to play. It will make more sense once you are in a team and no doubt the team members and captains will help you out :)

[Carly]

I did the UNO challenge last year for the first time. As someone who is consistently paralyzed by the overwhelming number of books there are to be read, I enjoyed the little bit of guidance the cards give me as I pick books from the endless "to read" shelf! :D

[JoJo_theDodo]

Thank you so much for the clarification and encouragement! I'm really looking forward to this and it seems like it's going to be a great way to get some books read from my physical TBR shelves! Reading books from my book shelves at home is my only real reading goal this year! ❤️📚❤️

[Rosina]

Here is a book for yellow, i didnt see it on the shelf and then I couldnt figure out how to add to the shelf...



Do any of you know how to determine a kindle that only shows by location to amount of pages?

[Jhmingos]

Gunit Kaur wrote: "Hey everyone...
I joined the Uno challenge last year and I am back for more this year. I can't tell you how much I have been waiting for this!!!!

I am hooked to team challenges after I played Uno ..."

Same thing happened to me. Team challenges, beginning with Uno, really jump-started my reading habit after I discovered them a few years ago.

[Suzanne]

Me too! Uno was my gateway challenge :)