Team Manderley

[Denise]

Looks like we've started?

[Andy]

Denise wrote: "Looks like we've started?"


hi Denise,

yes!

[L]

Hi all!! So here are two of the books I definitely plan on reading this month, I’m just not sure where is best to put them on the spreadsheet.

I have the blue cover of Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover. And I have A Court of Mist and Fury (book two of the series) by Sarah J Maas. The book I own is the greenish one but on here it’s blue. So which colour would I go with?

Sorry, because it’s my first go I’m super confused 😅

[Angela]

Hi L! I have read both of those books so you could always use them as a Reverse card too.

[Stephanie]

I am so excited I have a book coming through Amazon today that I purchased last summer because I fell in love with the series. It's the fourth book of Tracy Wolff's series Crave.

It is a yellow cover and I know as soon as it arrives I will devour it immediately. If it will not work for this month hopefully it works for next month.

[Sara]

L wrote: "Hi all!! So here are two of the books I definitely plan on reading this month, I’m just not sure where is best to put them on the spreadsheet.

I have the blue cover of Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover..."

You don't always have to read based on color. We have a very limited selection of colored cards this round. And they've all been previously claimed. Of course, feel free to read books that can be used as a backups. Narsku and I will move books around as needed as the month goes. But, you can read basically anything you want. We'll find a space for it when the time comes. :) And if you have books you want to read that aren't any particular color, feel free to read them! The basic number cards, reverse, skip, and draw 2 don't require a color. Only the colored cards and the Draw 4 Wildcard need a solid colored cover of red, blue, yellow, or green.

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Yessssssss, time to start reading!!!!!!

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Sara wrote: "L wrote: "Hi all!! So here are two of the books I definitely plan on reading this month, I’m just not sure where is best to put them on the spreadsheet.

I have the blue cover of Ugly Love by Coll..."

I think I saw a couple of Wild Draw 4 spaces left on the sheet if that ends up working for you??

[Beth]

When in the working spreadsheet- if we see a book we’ve read should we add onto the additional tasks that it will work with reverse?

[Karolyn]

Beth wrote: "When in the working spreadsheet- if we see a book we’ve read should we add onto the additional tasks that it will work with reverse?"

I think that would be really helpful Beth! When I try to go through others "Read" lists I end up getting distracted and adding to my TBR pile...

[Sara]

Beth wrote: "When in the working spreadsheet- if we see a book we’ve read should we add onto the additional tasks that it will work with reverse?"

I second that. I think that is an excellent idea.

[Angela]

Karolyn wrote: "Beth wrote: "When in the working spreadsheet- if we see a book we’ve read should we add onto the additional tasks that it will work with reverse?"

I think that would be really helpful Beth! When I..."

All the shiny books! :)

[Andy]

hoping to have my first one read by the 3rd
just need to get motivated for a good reading session this evening
and have kids and dog cooperate ...

[Narsku]

Of course things have been crazy at work and I've got barely any reading done :D Nonetheless, it's UNO time!!

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Completion Post

Book - Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly DeVos
Date Finished - Feb.3

Cards - 0 (SA), 2 (CFN Theo), 4 (CLN Fannon), 6 (CFN Steve), 7 (CFN Vivian), 8 (CLN Ellenshaw), Skip (CFN Paul)

[Andy]

❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "Completion Post

Book - Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly DeVos
Date Finished - Feb.3

Cards - 0 (SA), 2 (CFN Theo), 4 (CLN Fannon), 6 (CFN Steve), 7 (CFN Vivian), 8 (CLN Ellenshaw), Skip..."

woohoo Ashley!

[Beth]

Completion Post

Book: Knot My Type
Author: Evie Mitchell
Date finished: 2/2
Cards: 1 (1st in series), 4 (CFN Frankie), 8 (AFN- Evie), Skip (Title)

[Kylie]

Completion Post

Book: It Ends With Us
Author: Colleen Hoover
Date completed: Feb 1
Cards: 0 (SA), 3 (ALN - Hoover), 5 (Title), Skip (CLN - Kincaid), Reverse (Beth)

[Andy]

Completion Post


Book: The Electricity of Every Living Thing
Author: Katherine May
Date completed: Feb 3
Cards: Skip (AFN - Katherine) 8 (Title - E), 0 (Standalone)

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Oh wow, look at all of us go. Good job everyone, hope you're enjoying what you're reading!!

[Denise]

Completion post

Book: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Author: Frederick Douglass
Date completed: 2/2
Cards: 0 - Standalone, 3 - ch - Hester, 4 - Author, 9 - Title

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Completion Post

Book - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Date Finished - Feb.3

Cards - Blue Cover, 0 (SA), 2 (AFN Taylor), 3 (CFN Hud), 7 (CLN Vorhees), 9 (CFN Nina), Skip (CFN Kit), Reverse (Angela)

[Denise]

❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "Completion Post

Book - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Date Finished - Feb.3

Cards - Blue Cover, 0 (SA), 2 (AFN Taylor), 3 (CFN Hud), 7 (CLN Vorhees), 9 (CFN Nina), Skip (CFN..."

This one has been on my list for a while. How was it?

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Denise wrote: "❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "This one has been on my list for a while. How was it?..."

This is an 'it's not you, it's me' kind of book. I didn't realize how strong the family drama element was going to be in this, and it's not something I like to read about...

If you do like family dramas, then you're probably gonna enjoy it more than I did.

[Denise]

Thanks! That helped me move my next few books around.

[Karolyn]

Completion Post

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Finished Feb 3, 2022

Reverse - Denise has Read; 1 - O - Place Oswiecim; 2 - T - Title; 3- H - AFN; 6 - S - Char Name Lale Sokolov; 7 - V - Char Name Victor; Skip - Char Pepan

[Karolyn]

Completion Post

Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert
Finished Feb 3, 2022

Reverse - Narsku has read; Skip - K - ALN; 3 - H - Place Hawaii; 5 - I - Place Iceland; 8 - E - AFN

[Beth]

❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "Denise wrote: "❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "This one has been on my list for a while. How was it?..."

This is an 'it's not you, it's me' kind of book. I didn't realize how strong the family drama elem..."

I'm so glad you said this! That is actually a trope I quite enjoy in books so I think I'll bump it up on my TBR

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Beth wrote: "❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "Denise wrote: "❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "This one has been on my list for a while. How was it?..."

This is an 'it's not you, it's me' kind of book. I didn't realize how str..."

I hope you have a lot more success than I did! Messy relationships sure are not for me sadly.

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Completion Post

Book - Dagger Hill by Devon Taylor
Date Finished - Feb.4

Cards - 0 (SA), 2 (ALN Taylor), 3 (CLN Higgins), 6 (CFN Sonya), 7 (CFN Valerie), Skip (CFN Kimberly)

[Beth]

❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "Beth wrote: "❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "Denise wrote: "❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "This one has been on my list for a while. How was it?..."

This is an 'it's not you, it's me' kind of book. I didn't re..."

totally understandable! I'm holding out until next month in case we get a colored card that works and if not, we have the reverse

[Sara]

Glad to see everyone getting into their reading! Also interesting to hear about what Ashley thought about Malibu Rising since that book is on my to-read list. Might put it off now since I'm not a family drama person.

My week has been nuts work wise, I've barely had any time to do anything fun, hence my being fairly quiet. But, looking forward to finally getting to a book today, and I'll be updating the official sheet this weekend with our completed books.

[Denise]

Completion Post

Murder on the Orient Express
read 2/5
3 - ch Hercule,
Other options:
6 - ch Hildegarde Schmidt, skip - ch Poirot,

[Denise]

I have two questions.

In hand two, can anything go into that Wild slot?

Also, are we supposed to be choosing another slot as we finish books?

[Kylie]

Denise wrote: "I have two questions.

In hand two, can anything go into that Wild slot?

Also, are we supposed to be choosing another slot as we finish books?"


From what I know, for a Wild card, you can duplicate any card in that particular hand. Yes, add new books once you are finished!

[Narsku]

Completion post

The Sittaford Mystery
read 5/2

7 - CFN Violet

Other options:
0 SA
2 CLN Trefusis
6 Title
8 CFN Emily
9 CLN Narracott
Skip CLN Pearson

[Narsku]

Sara wrote: "My week has been nuts work wise, I've barely had any time to do anything fun, hence my being fairly quiet.."

Exactly this for me as well. It was really therapeutic to binge an entire book today. I should really have done some work today as well but I just couldn't after the the week it's been. Oh well.

[Angela]

Quick question....are we to put our completion post here and fill out the spreadsheet? Or would just the spreadsheet work?

[Kylie]

Completion Post

Book: Fahrenheit 451
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date completed: Feb 5
Cards: 0 (SA), 1 (1 in title), 4 (4 in title), 5 (5 in title)

[Sara]

Angela wrote: "Quick question....are we to put our completion post here and fill out the spreadsheet? Or would just the spreadsheet work?"

You can do both or just the spreadsheet. I think it's cool that some of you guys are doing both. That seems to be sparking some discussions about the books read seeing it in the thread. But it's also perfectly fine if it only goes in the spreadsheet. Just make sure it's in the spreadsheet because that's what I'm using to fill the official one.

[Narsku]

Angela wrote: "Quick question....are we to put our completion post here and fill out the spreadsheet? Or would just the spreadsheet work?"

I could add to Sara's comment that posting here makes it more likely that others will notice if the book would work for reverse, for example, and that's been missed by the reader, but it's just a bonus.

[Narsku]

Since I always forget to put my books on the UNO shelf after finishing them, a friendly reminder to others, too :D I just went back and added my first book there, after forgetting to do it last night.

[Angela]

Completion Post


By: Kimberly McCreight
Completed on: February 5th

Z - stand alone, 2 - Thomas, 6 - Sarah, 7 - Victoria, 9 CLN Novak, Skip - AFN Kimberly, Reverse - Beth has read


by Q.B. Tyler
Completed on: February 6th

0 - standalone, 1 - CFN Olivia, 2 - ALN Tyler, 3 - CLN Hamilton, 4 - title, Skip - CLN Kline

[Karolyn]

Completion Post

Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris

3 - H - AFN; 6 - S - Place Siberia; 7 - V - Place Vorkuta; 8 - E - Char Elena; 9 - N - Char Natia

[Karolyn]

Started the month with a lot of reading time between the winter storm and the weekend... tomorrow will be back to work and probably slow me down a bit. Hope you all had a lovely weekend!

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Completion Post

Book - A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft
Date Finished - Feb.6

Cards - 0 (SA), 3 (CLN Halanan), 6 (ALN Saft), 7 (CFN Vivien), 8 (CFN Evelyn)

[Andy]

Completion Post


Book: The Other Name: Septology I-II
Author: Jon Fosse
Date completed: Feb 7
Cards: 1 (Title - Other), 9 (Location - Norway)

[Stephanie]

Finished Feb 8, 2022

Book 1 of series
O - Oak (CFN) T - Taryn (CFN) H- Holly Black (AFN)
F - Fand (CFN) S - Severin (CFN) V - Vivienne (CFN)
E - Elowyn (CFN) N- Nicasia (CFN) K - Kaye (CFN)

[Angela]

Completion Post


By: Rachel Lynn Solomon
Completed on: February 8th

0 - standalone, 1 - CFN Orion, 2 - CFN Torrance, 3 - CLN Hale, 4 - CFN Fred, 6 - ALN Solomon, 8 - CFN Elodie, 9 - CFN Nate

[L]

Completion Post

Book: Ugly Love
Author- Colleen Hoover
Date finished- feb 8th
Cards: honestly what do i put here 😅 pls help