UNO 2023 Pre Challenge Chat

[Melindam]

I have to admit that I only saw Casino Royale & The Quantum of Solace.
I only read 1 JB book: Diamonds are forever.

[Sammy]

I've read all the original books, but none of the later ones written by other authors. Some are better than others, but they all entertained to some extent.

[Teddie]

Kat wrote: "Can I ask is it a struggle to find certain covers like yellow? Or is there something more to this discussion?"

People can also check these for ideas:
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(You can contribute to these by making the uno-red, uno-yellow, etc. shelves in your books.)

[Eldarwen]

Jenny wrote: "Elderwan, the most important question about the womanizing cad James Bond, is of course, which one of the actors who portrayed him would you allow to eat crackers in your bed."

Ah... well crackers in bed... the crumbs!! But other than that... well I do have to admit that I do have a bit of a thing for Timothy Dalton in "Licence to Kill" hehe. In truth though, I just don't like Lazenby and I'm not much of a Roger Moore fan. The others though.. ;-)

The books, like Sammy already said, are fun!

[Eldarwen]

Melindam wrote: "I have to admit that I only saw Casino Royale & The Quantum of Solace."

"Casino Royale" is probably my favourite for some reason.

And I really like "Licence to Kill".

I watched them all again last year with a friend who had never seen them. One per week, and then off to cinema for the latest one. :-)

[Lexi]

Sammy wrote: "And I recently read Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for the first time, which I would have adored as a kid."

That movie terrified me as a child. It is up there with "All Dogs go to Heaven" as deeply scarring.

[Melindam]

Licence to Kill is my favourite JB movie song. :)

[Sammy]

Lexi wrote: "Sammy wrote: "And I recently read Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for the first time, which I would have adored as a kid."

That movie terrified me as a child. It is up there with "All Dogs go to Heaven" a..."

I've never actually seen it! The only watchable things I was scared of as a kid were The Darkness from The Never-ending Story and the Daleks :D

[Sammy]

Melindam wrote: "Licence to Kill is my favourite JB movie song. :)"

Live and let Die! :D

[Sammy]

And my favourite JB movie is From Russia with Love.

[Jenny]

I think i had the most fun watching Octopussy, because it was soooo ridiculous, but Connery is my favorite Bond.

[Thirza]

📕 Name: Thirza

📕 Have you joined UNO before? No this is my first time

📕 Favourite genres: Sci fi and fantasy

📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2023: The way of kings from Brandon Sanderson. Bought the book already but wil start reading it in februari.

[Tammie]

Jenny wrote: "Elderwan, the most important question about the womanizing cad James Bond, is of course, which one of the actors who portrayed him would you allow to eat crackers in your bed.

I've actually never ..."

I've read 1 Ian Fleming (Dr. No) and in my view it was a poor 'procedural'. I made a mental note not to read others.

Sean Connery is my favorite bond...I'd eat crackers with any of the actors though.

[Melindam]

I remember that my very first Bond movie was "The Spy who loved me" when I was 13. :D

My favourite JB movie was The World is not enough

[Ashley]

Lexi wrote: "That movie terrified me as a child. It is up there with "All Dogs go to Heaven" as deeply scarring."

crying....

[Melindam]

Sammy I listened to "Bond on Bond" by Roger Moore prompted by your review. It was fun. :)

[Karolyn]

Mmmm… Sean Connery

[Denise]

Hi, everyone!

I'm Denise in California. I just recently finished my bachelor's degree after many years away from school. I plan on having time to read more now that I am not in school.

This is one of my favorite challenges and I'm excited to get started again.

This year, my goal is to reduce the number of books stacked by my bed. I plan on reading on paper more than I usually do, and I hope to pass books on before replacing them with new ones. Two books out before one comes in, I hope.

I look forward to getting to know you and working together.

[Jenny]

Sammy wrote: "I have a serious aversion to Daniel Craig... To the point that I actually stopped watching bond movies! :S"

If you can get over your aversion, Knives Out and Glass Onion are very fun movies.

[Sammy]

Jenny wrote: "I think i had the most fun watching Octopussy, because it was soooo ridiculous, but Connery is my favorite Bond."

I always knew you were a lady of good taste... :D

[Sammy]

Melindam wrote: "Sammy I listened to "Bond on Bond" by Roger Moore prompted by your review. It was fun. :)"

Glad you enjoyed it! I thought it was really nicely done in the way he was nice about all the other actors. It could have so easily become a "look at me I'm better than everyone" book instead.

[Denise]

Sammy wrote: "I have a serious aversion to Daniel Craig... To the point that I actually stopped watching bond movies! :S"

Sean Connery was my favorite. I'm fine with Daniel Craig, but didn't like Pierce Brosnan as Bond.

[Sammy]

Jenny wrote: "Sammy wrote: "I have a serious aversion to Daniel Craig... To the point that I actually stopped watching bond movies! :S"

If you can get over your aversion, Knives Out and Glass Onion are very fun..."

I'll bear that in mind... Been a long time since I made myself watch anything with him in. (I honestly have no idea why, he just makes my skin crawl for some reason.)

[Melindam]

I am reposting the bookish questions in case recently arrived players may consider them. :)

You can answer all or pick 1 or only a few. :)


📘 My earliest reading memory
📗 My favourite book growing up
📒 The book that changed me as a teenager
📕 The book I came back to
📘The book I could never read again
📗 The book I discovered later in life
📒The book I am currently reading
📕 My comfort read


📘 Favorite Fictional Relationship (Romantic or Otherwise)
📗 A book(s) everyone (including friends) seems to love, but you ended up disliking (hating) it
📒 A Book(s) You Feel Guilty About Liking
📕 Any books/authors that you feel you should really try, but have never got round to reading yet

[Chrissie]

Hi all, I'm Chrissie and pretty new to both Team Challenges and UNO in this case. I'm quite intrigued to give this a try but also a little nervous if I can be really helpful for the team. :s

Mostly I read by mood and pretty much always in my spare time (or lunch break for that matter). My favorite genres would be Thriller, LGBTQ+ novels of any kind (often Young Adult), Fantasy, Classics every now and then, and I love mangas.

It's safe to say that Oscar Wilde is my favorite author and I'm looking forward to read Collins' Complete Works of Oscar Wilde this year and the new thriller of Erik Axl Sund.

[Jenny]

I'll bear that in mind... Been a long time since I made myself watch anything with him in. (I honestly have no idea why, he just makes my skin crawl for some reason.)

I you end up giving Knives Out a try, remember that you will be able to see Chris Evans looking beautiful and acting like a complete jackass. Very fun.

[Kirsten]

Denise wrote: "Sammy wrote: "I have a serious aversion to Daniel Craig... To the point that I actually stopped watching bond movies! :S"

Sean Connery was my favorite. I'm fine with Daniel Craig, but didn't like ..."

And Pierce Brosnan is maybe my favorite!

[Sammy]

Poor Roger and George... no love for those guys, lol.

[Sammy]

Jenny wrote: "I you end up giving Knives Out a try, remember that you will be able to see Chris Evans looking beautiful and acting like a complete jackass. Very fun."

Good reasons! :D

[Roe]

📕 Name: Roe
📕 Team Challenge experience: This is my first challenge and im excite to start!
📕 Have you joined UNO before? nope!
📕 Favourite genres: Historical fiction and true crime
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2023: I am glad my mom died.

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[Angela]

Hello everyone!!
My name is Angela and this is my first UNO challenge and I am looking forward to it as I love reading challenges. My favorite genres are mystery/ thriller and romance. Currently reading The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware and Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. I am looking forward to The Winners by Fredrik Backman/ Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin and much, much more!

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Eldarwen wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Exactly! She was never meant to be a role model. She didn't care about anything or anyone besides herself."

I'm almost gutted that I missed this wonderful GWTW discussion last night ..."

haha I agree

When I first started the book I really disliked Scarlett, but as it went on I came to respect her, even though she was never actually likeable

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Well, there is one Alotta Fagina from Austin Powers which is a parody on Pussy Galore, I believe.. 🤣
..."

LOL
love this early Sunday morning reading

[Sara]

📕 Sara
📕 Been doing these challenges for roughly 3 years now!
📕 Yep! My first and favorite group challenge. I've co-captained and captained before too. UNO time is my favorite time of the year.
📕 Fantasy, sci-fi, mystery/thriller, horror (though I read everything those are my preferred)
📕 Can't wait to re-read Eragon and finally finish the Inheritance Cycle! I've been terrible about finishing the series. Only ever finish book one and stop.

[Sara]

And bonus questions!

📘 My earliest reading memory


📗 My favourite book growing up


📒 The book that changed me as a teenager


📕 The book I came back to

📘The book I could never read again


📗 The book I discovered later in life

📒The book I am currently reading


📕 My comfort read
Any Harry Dresden book

[JL]

📕 Name: Jillian
📕 Team Challenge experience: I love team challenges and so far I have been on great teams.
📕 Have you joined UNO before? YES, UNO is my favorite team challenge and this will be my third year playing.
📕 Favourite genre: Romance. Mostly any sub-genre of romance but not a fan of historical romance. Love suspense and thrillers also.
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2023: Free Me (WITSEC, #4)
by Ashley N. Rostek. Fell in love with this series in 2022.

SO excited for book UNO! I think my favorite part is that it's a challenge to find my next read. I love that I have to choose for the challenge and not just blindly plucking one off my TBR list.

[Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader]

Great questions, Mel!

📘 My earliest reading memory
- my grandmother had copies of Pollyanna and Anne of Green Gables from when she was a child and I used to love reading the books. For whatever reason the Pollyanna series was my favourite. I still have her copies.

📗 My favourite book growing up

See above. haha. The other was Wuthering Heights - same reason, it was a copy from my grandmother's collection. There was also a French book I loved but I can't remember the name of it

📒 The book that changed me as a teenager

Tricky! I actually don't know... I don't feel like I read a lot as a teenager

📕 The book I came back to


took me a year to finish it originally. Then I ended up reading it two more times over the years. Love it


📘The book I could never read again
So many...! haha
comes immediately to mind.

📗 The book I discovered later in life
All of our weighty tomes! Including GWTW as discussed above

📒The book I am currently reading
joyous memoir

📕 My comfort read
Agatha Christie is an easy go to. Same with Phryne Fisher or Daisy Dalrymple!

[Kat]

Jenny wrote: "Sammy wrote: "I have a serious aversion to Daniel Craig... To the point that I actually stopped watching bond movies! :S"

If you can get over your aversion, Knives Out and Glass Onion are very fun..."

Loved knifes out but couldn’t get into glass onion

[Jhmingos]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Great questions, Mel!

📘 My earliest reading memory
- my grandmother had copies of Pollyanna and Anne of Green Gables from when she was a child and I used to love rea..."

Daisy Dalrymple is a great comfort read. It has been my go-to Uno book to fill in for book series. I'm kinda sad because I'm on book 9 this year so it will be the last one to count.

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hello, i’m grey! this will be my first time playing uno, i’m very excited haha! i really like romance, ya, fantasy, and mystery. i don’t really have any books that i’m looking forward to, mostly just working on my tbr :)

sorry if i don’t read as much as a lot of other members, i am still in school so i don’t have much free time. hoping that i can still have fun though!

[Melindam]

Karen,

Pollyanna is one of those books I have not read as a child (a Hungarian translation was not available at that time), but I may try it one of these days.

I read Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre at 13, I also came across them on my grandmother's shelf. :)

[Chrissie]

I really like these questions, so here is my go :)

📘 My earliest reading memory

I honestly can't recall all the books I must've read once I learned reading but according to my mom and elementary school teacher I read all the time.
📗 My favourite book growing up

📒 The book that changed me as a teenager

I think maybe this. I vividly remember the subtle LGBTQ+ scenes were my favorite.
📕 The book I came back to

Recently gave it another try. It wasn't as awful as when I first read it but it won't ever be my favorite.
📘The book I could never read again

📗 The book I discovered later in life

My greatest discovery really.
📒The book I am currently reading

📕 My comfort read



📘 Favorite Fictional Relationship (Romantic or Otherwise)

I just love Magnus and Alec so much.
📗 A book(s) everyone (including friends) seems to love, but you ended up disliking (hating) it

I just don't feel the hype at all.
📒 A Book(s) You Feel Guilty About Liking
I don't think there is any reason to feel ever guilty about the books one likes (or even dislikes for that matter).
📕 Any books/authors that you feel you should really try, but have never got round to reading yet
It's more like I feel the need to read a few more classics and thus some authors would be on the list as well. Like more works of Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the sisters Bronte and the Mann family.

[Melindam]

Chrissie,

Das Doppelte Lottchen was a favourite book of mine growing up (alongside Emil und die Detektive) and I still love them. :)
I recently read Emil to my 8-year-old son and he loved it too. :)

[Sammy]

One of my childhood favourites was a German one too! .
To this day remains one of the very few books I've actually read in German. And since I've not spoken/read German for a couple of decades now, it will probably stay that way, lol!

[Melindam]

I have read it, too, though in Hungarian. :D

Also The Neverending Story.

[Sammy]

I only read The Neverending story for the first time for the first time a couple of years ago. Insane really, considering how much I loved Momo and the movie! (I still want a luck dragon! lol)

[Eldarwen]

Melindam wrote: "Chrissie,

Das Doppelte Lottchen was a favourite book of mine growing up (alongside Emil und die Detektive) and I still love them. :)
I recently read Emil to my 8-year-old son and he loved it too. :)"

Ah that's awesome!
Das Doppelte Lottchen had a few well done German TV adaptations as well that I enjoyed watching. But Erich Kästner had a hand for childrens' books no matter how you look at it. :-)

He was also the one who said: "Nur wer erwachsen wird und Kind bleibt, ist ein Mensch." Not a bad motto to have actually!

[Eldarwen]

Sammy wrote: "One of my childhood favourites was a German one too! ."

I've never read it but I remember that I was scared shitless with the movie o.O

Loved "All Dogs go to Heaven" though! (Mentioned as a scarring movie above.) Cried my eyes out every time but loved it.

[Melindam]

Love the motto, E!

Kästner just knew how to write about children to children.
Even as an adult I find his style and attitude very refreshing and I am so glad my son also enjoyed Emil. :)

I think we will soon start reading Das Doppelte Lottchen together as well. Very conveniently my edition has a yellow cover ;), but it contains the original drawings which I love.

[Haylie]

Hi, I'm Haylie. I haven't done a team challenge on goodreads yet but have heard UNO is fun! I was wondering is there a way to create your own team for UNO or are you just randomly entered into a team? I read the rules, but I couldn't find anything on that.