The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2022
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Team Pemberley
I appear more organised this year than before because I've signed up for lots of annual challenges which dictate certain genres etc. One is a calendar challenge where we read a book starting with the letter of the month. We can do an author as well if we like. That explains my two books with F for February--The Freedom Trap and Red Gold by Alan Furst I've been meaning to reread Brave New World for ages and it also fits a genre challenge. I like the challenges because they make me read more widely and also the Australian based ones must include a minimum number of Aus authors which is great. And pretty much everything counts for UNO. Bonus!
Jax wrote: "Are we posting a completion post in this thread when we finish a book or just updating the spreadsheet? If we are posting here can people add a one sentence review like "amazing if you like mysteri..."Actually I like reading everyone's completion posts and the comment idea is great. It's easy to miss them on the SS.
I have 4 on the spreadsheet for now. I'll add more once I know what I need to read for 2 other team challenges. One is series # based which is awesome for working into Uno. My boss, aka my Mother is heading to Florida on Wed for a couple of months. That means more audio book time at the office for me. Or at home, winter is our slower time and I often work from home more.
Mary, every color card but the Green 7 is covered for now but we may need it by the end of the month if books end up moving around (as they often do).Draw 2 's allow one book to cover two sports, so they are basically free but also give us less points.
I'll see if I have anything for Green 7. The Red 4 book I have is on Hoopla so I can check it out any time.
Would
be green enough to be the green 7? I'm already reading it for another group?
Another suggestion I have for the green 7 is A Court of Mist and Fury with the setting of Velaris and green cover. I would be happy to reread it or if someone else wants they can read it!
There are links to lists of color cover books on the Read Me First page. Message 5.
Jax wrote: "Would be green enough to be the green 7? I'm already reading it for another group?"It is green enough but I don't see how it would fit for the 7 (letter V), esp as it is non-fiction. See Ella's example with Velaris and a green cover.
Ella wrote: "Another suggestion I have for the green 7 is A Court of Mist and Fury with the setting of Velaris and green cover. I would be happy to reread it or if someone else wants they can read it!"Great idea
Just a reminder for everyone that the cover you use must be the version you read so in this example, you would need to read the copy with the green cover
Elisabeth wrote: "There are links to lists of color cover books on the Read Me First page. Message 5."Yes, but these are more for ideas as anyone can add covers to the lists so some don't work
Lexi wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "There are links to lists of color cover books on the Read Me First page. Message 5."Yes, but these are more for ideas as anyone can add covers to the lists so some don't work"
True and a lot of them have many different covers so finding the right one is hard--and that fits the number. No telling if there are characters in there that fit.
I guess it helps if we're searching for something at the library. though.
"It is green enough but I don't see how it would fit for the 7 (letter V), esp as it is non-fiction. See Ella's example with Velaris and a green cover." The full title is: Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong so I was going to use the number 7 in the title.
Jax wrote: ""It is green enough but I don't see how it would fit for the 7 (letter V), esp as it is non-fiction. See Ella's example with Velaris and a green cover." The full title is: [book:Pandora's Lab: Se..."
That is perfect. Good call, I entirely missed that in the subtitle. My bad and thank you
Lexi wrote: "Jax wrote: ""It is green enough but I don't see how it would fit for the 7 (letter V), esp as it is non-fiction. See Ella's example with Velaris and a green cover." The full title is: [book:Pando..."
That book sounds really interesting!
Just also as a note:We still need:
3 more books related to something in the 7 column
3 more books related to something in the 8 column
And then I think we would have covered all our bases!
Jax wrote: ""It is green enough but I don't see how it would fit for the 7 (letter V), esp as it is non-fiction. See Ella's example with Velaris and a green cover." The full title is: [book:Pandora's Lab: Se..."
Okay! I hope you'll enjoy it! Sounds quite intriguing!
Since books can't be used in more than one place, we still need a lot of books, but Ella makes a good point that as people read, can you mark E and V characters as those can be harder to find. (I's as well even if we have fewer this round). Mostly, after the color cards, read whatever you want, as I have almost never had issues making books fit. It also helps if people mark all options.
Hello team Pemberly! Just popping in from Wuthering heights to say hi and bombard you with pictures of 
(and if any of you haven't yet seen the 1995 BBC adaptation, what have you been doing with your lives!? Honestly! ;) )
Dropping by from The Shire to ogle. :) Lovely pics, Sammy. :)I hope you'll be dropping by our thread as well one of these days to promote Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield. :D
Melindam wrote: "Dropping by from The Shire to ogle. :) Lovely pics, Sammy. :)I hope you'll be dropping by our thread as well one of these days to promote Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield. :D"
I may be persuaded... ;)
The fact that you'd be looking at RA pics yourself is persuasive enough in itself, I think. ;)
I have to confess that I am not a Jane Austin fan.
Does my Uno shelf need to be clear or can I leave my books from last year on there?
Please make your shelf specific to this year.
Sammy wrote: "Hello team Pemberly! Just popping in from Wuthering heights to say hi and bombard you with pictures of the only my favourite Mr Darcy!(and if any of you haven't yet seen the 1995 BBC adapta..."
Ooh yes! Definitely agree re the BBC version. Jennifer Ehle is perfect as Elizabeth, too.
Do the hands for February come out all at one time on February 1?
Shannon wrote: "Do the hands for February come out all at one time on February 1?"The cards for the entire month of Feb are in message 6: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
And we get a Mini Challenge mid month which is always fun. Don't these last few days before we're allowed to start our Feb reads go slowly? I just finished a book I thought would take me through nicely to Feb so now I'm reading an Agatha Christie, which doesn't suit any cards, and trying to pace myself. hahaha I'm also reading Anna Karenina on my Kobo but that's a long project. Really enjoying it though.
Ah, okay, thank you! I have read the instructions a few times, but am still a little confused about how we move through the hands. We have to finish each one before moving on to the next, right? Just want to make sure I order and structure reading correctly to contribute the best I can. Thanks!
The distribution of cards in the hands is Lexi's domain so we just read our planned books as we like and add the info to the planning sheet.I don't think we have to finish each hand before reading books to fit the next but we can't claim points at the end of the month for hands that come after an incomplete one . eg Lexi can put the colour cover books in where they fit as people read them rather than wait for that hand to come up.
That all makes sense, thanks for explaining!
It's all confusing at first and I'm sure Lexi will explain it better and correct me if I'm wrong. But it's great fun which is why I love UNO time each year.
Once the game starts it gets easier to understand. We can read the cards in any order, ,we just have to have them all done by the end of the month to get credit for all. For example If we finish hands 1-8 and 10, 11 and 12 but don't finish hand #9, then we only get credit for hands 1-9. That's why it's helpful to list list everything a book works for so the captains can move books around if needed.
I wish this started today or tomorrow. We're about to be snowed in for the weekend if that Nor'easter hits us like we're expecting. We're supposed to get a minimum of 7" of snow and possibly 15" with 45mph winds. We're used to that here in Massachusetts so we're all prepped and ready. I'll have lots of reading time this weekend if I want. We probably won't leave the house again until Monday morning. I'm working from home today.
Mary C wrote: "I wish this started today or tomorrow. We're about to be snowed in for the weekend if that Nor'easter hits us like we're expecting. We're supposed to get a minimum of 7" of snow and possibly 15" wi..."I saw that. Where is I lived last winter in MA is getting ~17 inches. Sounds like a good weekend to stay inside and warm. I have two books I need to finish up so I can start fresh for UNO but otherwise, excited to start too.
Mary C wrote: "Once the game starts it gets easier to understand. We can read the cards in any order, ,we just have to have them all done by the end of the month to get credit for all. For example If we finish ..."
This is correct. Thank you, Mary and Elisabeth
See here in the rules:
◈ Note: . Just remember, you can only get points if a hand is completed, and in order.
So, if you complete all of hand 1, some of hand 2, and all of hand 3, you will only get points for hand 1 and the books read of hand 2.
For the minis....would those need the same books as the regular UNO or would some of my oddball reads maybe slot in better there? (I know all books fit into standby but for some books that's the only thing they fit into.)Also I made a new UNO shelf for this year, sorry for the confusion.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Thank you, UNO mini books are also used for the main hand cards and usually have very specific prompts. There is no way to guess what ahead of time.
Seeing as we're team Pemberley I'd hazard a guess that one of the mini prompts will involve books with a link in some way to Jane Austen/her books, romance, historicals, families or sisters, grand houses/ estates, England etc. Sometimes there are cover pictures to find too. eg last year I read "a book with a beautiful dress on the cover". But who knows? Sometimes I find I have a most unlikely book in my TBR pile that fits.
Mary C wrote: "I wish this started today or tomorrow. We're about to be snowed in for the weekend if that Nor'easter hits us like we're expecting. We're supposed to get a minimum of 7" of snow and possibly 15" wi..."Good grief, Mary! We're finally getting some summer weather here in Aus but I can't imagine coping with that sort of snow. We have friends in Gloucester MA who live in a big old house right on the water and send us news of dreadful storms etc. as well as beautiful photos of the coast.
Are there challenges that we have to complete as well? I thought all we had to do was find books that matched our set of cards and aim to reads those before the end of the month. I didn't realise that there were going to be challenges to do during the month
You don't have to take part in the minis, Ella, but you'll probably find a book you're reading fits anyway. Sometimes it's as simple as finding a particular word in the text. And the books count for regular UNO as well so you don't have to change anything. Don't worry. We're a team so we all contribute in our own way.
Yes for the second half of the month each month is the mini challenge. They are my favorite part. They tend to be very creative. Each team is a fictional place so that will likely effect the theme. I’m excited to see what the mods have planned.
We go on a group couples' trip to Gloucester every September. They are probably getting the wind bad. We live in a valley and sometimes snow storms get stuck over us. But we're usually spared the brunt of hurricanes.
Hey team,Just checking in. I’ve been in isolation due to getting sick with the bug that’s going on all around the world.
I probably won’t be active for the rest of the week and haven’t been reading much either
I’m feeling a bit better so I’ll try to get the reading up this week and get some books on the list!
Tina, I hope you feel better soon and no worries on reading, take care of yourself.
Almost time to start, I hope everyone is excited. Countdown:
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count. The challenge starts on Tuesday February 1, 2022 at 9am UTC time.
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Looks like we have the Red 4 and all the Wild cards covered. Or is this helpful for something else? I'm still a little vague on how the draw 2 cards work. Is that basically a free spot?