The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2023
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Team Casper Octopus
Elisabeth wrote: "Haunting Adeline's cover looks black so would fit that final empty slot in the Black Turtle mini section. And we seem to be short on those Mini text slots for South/ southern or West / western an..."
New Orleans count as south?
Also, I will finish Haunting Adeline then for the mini :)
Double-checking:Do books we use for the mini also need to be in the regular month? That is, do they have to fit both a specific card and a task? Or can we just read for the mini?
Mary wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Haunting Adeline's cover looks black so would fit that final empty slot in the Black Turtle mini section. And we seem to be short on those Mini text slots for South/ southern or..."
The words have to be in the text, title or series title.
Jackie wrote: "I got the tiger task covered."♥️
Mary wrote: "just mini is fine"Okay then. That helps.
Depending on how other things go, I can cover constellations and royalty for the mini.
Would Frankenstein’s monster count as an alien species?
Also! We have been given our cards for March!Our colored cards
Skip Red
1 Green
5 Green
Skip Green
1 Blue
Skip Blue
5 Blue
8 Green
7 Blue
2 Blue
6 Blue
7 Green
9 Yellow
Way more colored cards than last month! I have Skip Red and Skip Green covered. We also have a TON of 8's (11 in total!) and 7 Reverses. The spreadsheet has been updated with the March Tab for you guys to start picking and planning your reads :)
Elisabeth wrote: "Would Frankenstein’s monster count as an alien species?"I went to the captain's group and the consensus seems to be that since he was created on Earth, he is not alien
Kylie wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Would Frankenstein’s monster count as an alien species?"I went to the captain's group and the consensus seems to be that since he was created on Earth, he is not alien"
Haha Thought it was a longshot. Thanks Kylie.
Thanks to a raid on our local and brilliant secondhand bookshop I filled the final slot in the regular hands. Wild 4 duplicating Blue 6 CLN Sabatino. I'll easily finish it in time.
Oh and I also picked up a Harlen Coben which will cover the Martial arts in the Extras. If we need it I’ll push to finish it in time or it may fit a green cover slot for March. Don’t know the characters yet.
Boy, that is a lot of colored cards this month. I'll start going through my upcoming reads to see what fits the colors first.
Hello all! Hope you all are doing well.
I apologise for being MIA.
Had a few hectic weeks - and hence couldn't post. It's like a year's worth of activities are to be done in a month or so.
I haven't been able to update the books I've read -
The Maid - By Nita Prose
Stuck with You - By Ali Hazelwood
Haven't updated the same on the worksheet or Goodreads. Will update the same by EOD tomorrow.
Also, I have just seen March's cards. Will also slot in books.
Apologies again.
Elisabeth wrote: "Oh and I also picked up a Harlen Coben which will cover the Martial arts in the Extras. If we need it I’ll push to finish it in time or it may fit a green cover slot for March. Don’t know the chara..."I think we’re going to make it! I just finished my last regular mini and regular February book, so I’ll start on the bonus. I’m reading those for other challenges, so if we don’t use them, it’s no big deal to me.
One of those books is The Night Visitor. Fantastic! Twisty, academia/feminism, well-written, unreliable narrators—basically all my favorite things. Even though I hate bugs, I loved this.
Dung beetles 🪲 are a major plot point. I’m imagining a mashup of this and Boyfriend Material!
a Contradiction wrote: "Hello all! Hope you all are doing well.
I apologise for being MIA.
Had a few hectic weeks - and hence couldn't post. It's like a year's worth of activities are to be done in a month or so.
I ..."
Please don’t apologize for having a busy month. I think this is a great team. We’re all reading and chatting, and that’s what I’m here for. I have so many good reads for this challenge already!
Kirsten wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Oh and I also picked up a Harlen Coben which will cover the Martial arts in the Extras. If we need it I’ll push to finish it in time or it may fit a green cover slot for March. Do..."The Night Visitor looks good. Added it to my TBR.
Jackie wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Oh and I also picked up a Harlen Coben which will cover the Martial arts in the Extras. If we need it I’ll push to finish it in time or it may fit a green cover sl..."So good! And now you can use it for a reverse?
Kirsten wrote: "Jackie wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Oh and I also picked up a Harlen Coben which will cover the Martial arts in the Extras. If we need it I’ll push to finish it in time or it may fit a..."Yep!
Jackie wrote: "Boy, that is a lot of colored cards this month. I'll start going through my upcoming reads to see what fits the colors first."Exactly what Kirsten said! Do not apologize! This is for fun most of all!! Life (including work) and your mental health are super important so always keep those a priority!
The Night Visitor does look good. So many books, so little time!!
Done! Finished my last book for the mini.
Incredible work everyone! I will finish my last book of the month by tonight or tomorrow, which will complete the main mini tasks. I think we have one more book that needs to be read by Mary on the main sheet and 2 extra mini tasks books, and then we will have successfully completed the entire first month of UNO! :)
YAY! LET'S GO EVERYONE! WE ARE DOING AMAZING!
I will finish mine by tonight as well.
Wow, what a great job! Re reading speeds. Every team I've been on has a mix of reading speeds and every year the readers who manage one or two books feel guilty which is completely unnecessary. Every book added to the sheet helps the team and means one book fewer for someone else to cover.
When does February end and March begin?
Elisabeth wrote: "Wow, what a great job! Re reading speeds. Every team I've been on has a mix of reading speeds and every year the readers who manage one or two books feel guilty which is completely unnecessary. E..."
Thanks for this comment. I'm loving UNO for the way it sets up the teams so that there's a mix of big and little readers. I'm thrilled that we completed all our hands and the mini and the mini bonus. But even if we didn't, I'm loving this challenge.
Also, bc UNO, I read 7 4+ star books (my average rating is 3.36) and 11 not-MM books this month.
Yay us!
Jackie wrote: "When does February end and March begin?"March starts on Wednesday March 1, 2023 at 9am UTC time!
Hello everyone! March is officially upon us, which means it's time to tackle another month of UNO!We have successfully completed all of our cards for February and we were also able to complete all of the mini-tasks for February. GO TEAM!
Let's keep up the amazing work heading into the second month :)
WHOOOP WHOOP! Go everyone!! Great job! So excited to take on another month with ya'll!
Does anyone mind if I hide the February books on the book tracking tab? Then we can scroll less.
just a quick check in as I know i have been quiet - Life's been a little chaotic lately. Got one book read so far for March ( which i will put on the tracking tab shortlt and about three on the go. Looking to get two of them done this week. I will update tracking spreadsheet as soon as I can
When I entered my Wild 4 red cover book as read in Hand 1 on the sheet it came up as 30 points but Kylie's red cover book came up as 25. Is that right? Seems odd to me.
My 8 green book isn't getting points. Error on the cell.
I have to edit colored cards manually. Don’t worry about it for now :)
Should have known you'd have it covered, Kylie.
Haha i’m trying this month! Got bombarded by tons of school this past week but i should have time this weekend to go over the spreadsheet!
If this is Green it will fit the Green 7 card. Tineye thinks it's grey.
Elisabeth wrote: "If this is Green it will fit the Green 7 card. Tineye thinks it's grey."I think it’s green.
definitely green. hows everyone doing? enjoying their books?
Eh... I'm doing some heavy reading to finish another challenge and so I've read a few things that have been languishing on my TBR for awhile. BUT I love Samantha Wayland's hockey books and I re-read 2 old ones in order to read her latest and they were all excellent.Also, Nikki, thanks for catching my inability to distinguish between Hs and Fs, or between 3s and 4s. I combed through my books for Hand 3 and was able to see that one of the MCs agent (in several scenes) has a last name and that last name is Fernandez, so I didn't have to mess up that whole (finished!) hand, including the draw 2. Pheww... I took the other book out (which I hadn't yet started).
Has anyone read Ishmael? It was an interesting discussion about how homo sapiens have systematically gone about conquering and plundering nature thus causing our own inevitable destruction through overpopulation outstripping resources. I had a few issues with some of his points but it made for uncomfortable reading. Came out in 1992.I’m enjoying my current book, The Book Thief. It’s one I’ve wanted to read since I saw the movie ages ago. It’s 580 pages so will take a while to get through but isn’t heavy going style wise. I like Australian author Markus Zusak as a writer. Read his Bridge of Clay last year and really liked it.
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So if we can replace trees on cover and east /eastern in text we have 2 Extras covered. I have quite a few short books I can check for those things or someone may have something on the go.