Team Dune

[Vanessa]

Perfect Veronica!!

[Corina]

Hello, we had a lovely weekend at the beach, enjoying summer here and managed to do some reading as well. How is everyone?
I think I put it Home Before Dark by Riley Sager. I checked the colour and it was more than 50% green and in the synopsis I read that it takes place in the Vermont woods. So hope that fits :-)
The plan sounds good to me.

[JoJo_theDodo]

Verónica wrote: "Hello everyone.

Just checking in, how is everybody doing? how was your weekend?

It seems Verity doesn't cut it for the green 7 so I'm taking that one off for that card, but I saw other book logg..."

Hi Veronica,

Just curious why doesn't the book Verity fulfill the green 7 card?
My weekend was okay, not much going on so I was able to focus on finishing up the book I had been reading. So I will take a little break until Feb 1st and start my reading for UNO!

I like the plan of waiting until week 3 to see what is left that we need to get done. I'm excited to get started!

[Verónica]

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "Verónica wrote: "Hello everyone.

Just checking in, how is everybody doing? how was your weekend?

It seems Verity doesn't cut it for the green 7 so I'm taking that one off for that card, but I sa..."

Too much dark that might or might not be green but black, and Tineye didn't help clarify, when it's too ambiguous it's a no for the mods, and they're very picky.

[Vanessa]

Hey guys! Are all of u excited n ready?

What are u all planning on reading first?

[Corina]

Hey Vanessa, definitely excited. I have to wait a bit longer cause of the timezone so it will be evening for me in NZ.
I think I will start with The Island of Missing Trees cause I just saw a great review of it.
How about you? What is everyone planning to read?

[Vanessa]

Oh yeah even for its going to be mid afternoon!

I'm going to start with Find Me by Alafair Burke.

[Corina]

Oh, I'm interested to hear if you like that one

[JoJo_theDodo]

Oh yes I'm excited! I will start the book Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

as soon as it is Feb. 1st! I might change up the books I added to the team list a little. I started a new series recently and I'd really like to read the next book in the series soon.

[Vanessa]

You can change it anytime Jojo! Do let us know how you like this.

It's always exciting to discover new books.

[Verónica]

Hello Everyone!

Challenge is around the corner.

UNO 2022 Challenge Countdown
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

I usually start at the same time a print (relax daytime), e-book (before sleep) and audio (doing chores). I think I'll start with all non-fiction: My Promised Land (about Israel), Minds made for Stories (language and writing) and Mating in Captivity (sexuality and relationships). Two of these are for color cards, Blue 6 and Red 8.

Just a reminder that only consecutive completed hands count for points. We cannot leave (at the end of the month) a hand incomplete and jump to the next. It's not necessary to finish color cards first, but if you feel like reading them, it's ok.

Happy reading to all!

[Corina]

I finished all the books I was reading so that I can start fresh with the challenge.
My list will probably change as well, but will let you know. I usually do the same with one print, one e-book and one audio.
Forgot to mention The Island of Missing Trees will work for Blue 6 and a few other prompts. Will also probably start The Soulmate Equation for Yellow 1,6. They are both on the spreadsheet.
I don't read that much non fiction but those sound interesting, Verónica!

[Verónica]

Corina wrote: "I finished all the books I was reading so that I can start fresh with the challenge.
My list will probably change as well, but will let you know. I usually do the same with one print, one e-book an..."

Another Blue 6 it's great, we have a WD4 card in the first hand, which is a duplicated color card.

[Corina]

Thats a good match then :-)

[Heli]

I'm wrapping up January right now. I'll add some books to the spreadsheet . Books that I know I will definitely read in February.

[JoJo_theDodo]

I typically do a print book and an audio book each day. I've tried an e-book before and I just couldn't seem to get into it in that format. I have a goal to read mostly print books that are on my physical shelves/stacks around my house and this UNO challenge is definitely going to help me with that. Also, one audiobook a month is the selection for my library book club that I attend with my husband so hopefully that selection can fit into the challenge as well. : )

[Corina]

I can relate to the physical books JoJo! Hopefully with UNO I can help me decrease the number of unread books on my shelves :-)

[Corina]

I've been patiently waiting to start the books for the challenge. Luckily Audible have The Invisible Life of Addie Larue as a free book for Feb so I'm rereading it via audio.

[Vanessa]

I have one book to finish from our Jan buddy read. After that I'll start.

[JoJo_theDodo]

I have the Invisible Life of Addie Larue on my hold for Libby, so I will be listening to that at some point. I really need to get involved in Buddy Reads, I haven't done a Buddy Read yet.

[Corina]

I really loved the Invisible Life of Addie Larue when I read it. And if you have the audio, the narrator is really good.
Buddy reads are a great way to share the reading experience of a book :-)

[Heli]

Completion Post

Book: Josh and Gemma Make a Baby
Author: Sarah Ready
Pages: 366
Date: 2/2/22

UNO Cards it fits:

0: Stand alone
4: Character F - Ian Fortune
5: Character I - Ian Fortune
6: Author S - Sarah
9: Place N- New York

[JoJo_theDodo]

Wow! Heli you finished that book in one day! That's awesome!

So, you can use the first or last name of a character? for author you can use the first or last name too? Correct?
Also, should we all do a completion post whenever we complete a book?

[Corina]

Well done, Heli!

[JoJo_theDodo]

I don't understand how 2 days into this challenge some of the teams already have over 100 points. I just can't believe they are being very honest...

[Corina]

To be honest, not sure where the other teams are at, I didn't really follow the other threads
Maybe they are reading shorter books...who knows...

[Corina]

Completion Post

Book: The Soulmate Equation
Author: Christina Lauren
Pages: 282
Date: 3rd February 202

UNO Cards it fits:
1: Standalone
2: Title starting with T
4: Character F - Fizzy
6: "Soulmate" Title and San Diego Location
Reverse: Vanessa and Kira read it

Cover Colour: Yellow
Also updated our Google spreadsheet and added the book to my UNO shelf

[Vanessa]

Yes Heli! You can use first or last name.

And leaving a completion Post is optional but do update the excel sheet!

[Verónica]

Thank you for updating guys!

I'll update the official spreadsheet on the weekend. In the meantime I'm placing the books for the cards in our spreadsheet (February Cards sheet) so you can check how things are going.

[Corina]

Just a brief completion post this time around as I did update the spreadsheet.
A book I absolutely loved:
The Island of Missing Trees
Author: Elif Shafak
Pages: 368
Date: 3rd Feb
Cover: blue
Just a question on this as I wasn't sure it would apply: one of the actual characters in the book is a fig tree, would this go under F character?

[Heli]

Vanessa wrote: "Yes Heli! You can use first or last name.

And leaving a completion Post is optional but do update the excel sheet!"

Great! I read a lot and the completion posts take a lot of time. Fortunately all the information is on the spread sheet.

[JoJo_theDodo]

Corina wrote: "To be honest, not sure where the other teams are at, I didn't really follow the other threads
Maybe they are reading shorter books...who knows..."

I happen to look at points spreadsheet that UNO Pixie had recently posted to the UNO chat thread. I'm not following any of the other groups threads though..

[JoJo_theDodo]

I just updated one of the books I completed to the spreadsheet. I expect I'll finish my print book tomorrow. I guess I'm just not a very fast reader, I'll focus on enjoying my reading time and helping the team however I can. I won't stress or focus on the points so much...

[Corina]

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "I just updated one of the books I completed to the spreadsheet. I expect I'll finish my print book tomorrow. I guess I'm just not a very fast reader, I'll focus on enjoying my reading time and help..."

Definitely Jojo, it's all about having fun and enjoying your reading experience, that's the most important thing!
I'm just wanting to focus on reading from my shelves and decrease the number of unread books I have there. :)

[Bella]

same here! I'll try to read books that cover cards we haven't gotten yet but if you guys have any suggestions, I'm happy to fill in whichever cards we need!

[Verónica]

Yeah this challenge sometimes excites my competitiveness, but I also remember that it's a challenge not a competition. It really helps to make my reading more focused, and my TBR less overwhelming. Shout out to all the book hoarders in da house! And it's social, it's fun :).

I'll be highlighting in green on our spreadsheet the books I am placing in the hands as I go. It's more for control purposes. You don't need to highlight them yourselves.

If you want to do a completion post it's fine. It helps to give me the heads up that a book has been finished, since I receive a notification. But it doesn't need to have all info, maybe just the book. But I'll be checking the spreadsheet regularly to look for books with finished date on them.

[Corina]

Thanks, Verónica, sounds good! I will keep updating the spreadsheet and just do the brief completion post.
Not sure if you notice my question about the fig tree? Would it count for F character? It is an actual character in the book with dedicated chapters.

[Verónica]

Corina wrote: "Thanks, Verónica, sounds good! I will keep updating the spreadsheet and just do the brief completion post.
Not sure if you notice my question about the fig tree? Would it count for F character? It ..."

Oh yes let me check that one out. I think it does count for a 4, but let me confirm.

[Corina]

Thank you, Verónica!

[Verónica]

Corina wrote: "Thank you, Verónica!"

Yes, it counts as a 4(F) card : ).

[Corina]

Great, will add it in :)

[JoJo_theDodo]

Hi All! Hope you are all well and enjoying your reading time! : )

I just finished Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout and updated it on the spreadsheet.

[JoJo_theDodo]

I'm going to start The Kite Runner next. I noticed a few have read this one before so it could be used for one of our Reverse cards.

[JoJo_theDodo]

Oh and even though it seems a lot of people liked the book, Olive Kitteridge I just didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped I would. I'm finding that I like stories with a good balance of likable characters and I didn't like most of the characters in this book. I have read another book by this author and I really enjoyed it. There is a second book in this series though and I think it would fit well into our UNO challenge, so I'm going to listen to that on audio next. Just to complete the series and get some points for the team!

[Verónica]

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "I'm going to start The Kite Runner next. I noticed a few have read this one before so it could be used for one of our Reverse cards."

Nice! I hope we'll finally be able to complete our first hand, hehe.

[Corina]

Well done, JoJo. Too bad you haven't enjoyed it as much as you hoped. Its on my TBR but not a priority at the moment. I really loved The Island of Missing Trees and enjoyed The Soulmate Equation. My current book is interesting so far.
I absolutely loved The Kite Runner, it is quite a sad book though. Hope you love it as well if you read it.

[Corina]

One of the books I finished, The Soulmate Equation, was read by Vanessa and Kira, so we can count one Reverse, right? :-)

[Verónica]

Corina wrote: "One of the books I finished, The Soulmate Equation, was read by Vanessa and Kira, so we can count one Reverse, right? :-)"

I had selected that one as a 6 yellow, but I saw two more books for that color card, so yes, now we have our first reverse ;-).

[Corina]

Got it, I thought we could select it for both haha :-)

[Vanessa]

I loved the Kite Runner too! in fact I loved all of his books.