The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2023
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Amy wrote: "Unfortunately, Las Vegas Public Libraries is discontinuing their out of state library card service on the 27th and this pretty much decides all my reading for the next couple weeks. I will be readi..."Amy, can you please go through the task list and verify if these fit anywhere? Note that the "characteristic" tasks that are there are just the first few I could think off - if you can come up with others that suit the book and fit the animal description, go for it.
Let's try and use as many books as we can.
Apoorv wrote: "Amy wrote: "Unfortunately, Las Vegas Public Libraries is discontinuing their out of state library card service on the 27th and this pretty much decides all my reading for the next couple weeks. I w..."I will do that this afternoon.
I found places for the following: - The White Cascade for #7 (snowy terrain)
- Virology for #16 (white cover)
- The Remedy for #50 (black cover)
- The Upright Thinkers for #87 (red cover)
- Cinderella Man for #100 (set in north america)
- Walk the Wild with Me for #74 (green cover)
- The Immortal Conquistador for #105 (character goes around the world)
I don't know enough the characters or plot points of The Extractionist or Shoggoths in Traffic to put them into a category yet, but I will add them where appropriate. They're both fiction, so they'll have more options than nonfiction would.
I feel like I haven't gotten to read anything yet this month! I have a big event for work that was supposed to happen today, but got rescheduled to Friday because of snow. When that's done, I should be able to get back into it.
And I have a book for the ace prompt! I won't be able to add it to the spreadsheet until tomorrow, though. Asexual Fairy Tales
Do collections of folk tales count as fiction or nonfiction? In that vein, most characters in folk tales don't really have names (like 'Sam' or 'Cassie') but are known in the story by some other designation (such as title, like 'Tailor' or 'Sultan') instead. Do those count as names for the purposes of Uno?
Amy wrote: "Do collections of folk tales count as fiction or nonfiction? In that vein, most characters in folk tales don't really have names (like 'Sam' or 'Cassie') but are known in the story by some other ..."
For question 1, it depends. Something like Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space is Non-Fiction Fairy Tales, but Cinder is a Fiction Fairy Tale. If the GoodReads shelf calls it out as Fiction, that is what we should be using it as, Same for Non-Fiction.
Titles or Designations are not considered as names.
Apoorv wrote: "For question 1, it depends. Something like Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space is Non-Fiction Fairy Tales, but Cinder is a Fiction Fairy Tale. If the GoodReads shelf calls it out as Fiction, that is what we should be using it as, Same for Non-Fiction.Titles or Designations are not considered as names.
So, Asexual Fairy Tales is the book I'm reading for the ace mini prompt. It isn't literary analysis the way Disfigured would be, but it's not a retelling in the fiction the way Cinder is; it's a collection of folktales with minimal 'rewrites' to include details from multiple versions of the story without changing the fundamental shape of the tale. I think it would count as fiction? But I'm not sure.
Okay, I will take note of actual names only, in case we can use for regular hands in addition to the mini prompt.
Hey team, didn't get any reading done on the weekend like I had planned. But will carry on and should have my two done in the next couple of days.
Hi all, for one of the characteristics of Cephalopods, can we use "camouflage" in the text instead? I may have a book for it :)
My current book works for the sweet potato task in the mini and the someone rebuilding their house..I have it under blue cover at the moment, but plan to move it to one of these rarer to find atasks...which one do you think I should put it under?
Alyana wrote: "Hi all, for one of the characteristics of Cephalopods, can we use "camouflage" in the text instead? I may have a book for it :)"This was literally the question asked by some other team. Here is the response.
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5Q: Would one option be to find 'word in text' like CAMOUFLAGE/D or ARCTIC or all letters in title, series or authors name?
5A: The problem I see with "word in text/title" is which words? The descriptions contain lots of words and it makes it a hard one to put guidelines around.
I would be ok with the name of the animal being in the text or title, though
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So, while I'd wish that - this would not work. :(
I even realized that for "spider", it can't be just that, it has to be the "flower spider"! Ugh!
Jessica wrote: "My current book works for the sweet potato task in the mini and the someone rebuilding their house..I have it under blue cover at the moment, but plan to move it to one of these rarer to find atask..."I'd say sweet potato - that animal is slightly tougher to find tasks for.
Apoorv wrote: "Alyana wrote: "Hi all, for one of the characteristics of Cephalopods, can we use "camouflage" in the text instead? I may have a book for it :)"This was literally the question asked by some other ..."
So I have to change my fear street book because I put it in the spider task.. uugghh.. The animals are hard to find in a text 😭
Amy wrote: "Unfortunately, Las Vegas Public Libraries is discontinuing their out of state library card service on the 27th and this pretty much decides all my reading for the next couple weeks. I will be readi..."Amy, I think the 3 NY public libraries have the out of state library card service if I'm not mistaken. I work with Queens Library. If not, I'm happy to download audio/ebooks you prefer and put it in my cloud drive for you to access it.
Completed
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
Read - 3/22
Pages - 481
UNO:
0 - stand-alone
2 - Mr Tillingham (character)
3, 6 - author first and last name
4 - Mrs Fothergill (character)
8 - Lady Emily
9 - Beatrice Nash (character)
Skip - Agatha Kent (character)
Mini:
Character needs aid to move - Beatrice needs help when she falls off her bike and sprains her ankle
Character shows aggression or stress - Snout punches Daniel when his dog is threatened
Sharon wrote: "CompletedThe Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
Read - 3/22"
Sharon, when you get a chance, can you please check if this book fits any of the tasks for the mini in the spreadsheet? Thanks!
Apoorv wrote: "Sharon wrote: "CompletedThe Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
Read - 3/22"
Sharon, when you get a chance, can..."
Yes, I can do that today!
Apoorv wrote: "Sharon wrote: "CompletedThe Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
Read - 3/22"
Sharon, when you get a chance, can..."
I updated my post
Alyana wrote: Amy, I think the 3 NY public libraries have the out of state library card service if I'm not mistaken. I work with Queens Library. If not, I'm happy to download audio/ebooks you prefer and put it in my cloud drive for you to access it.I only have a couple more and five whole days to read them in, so I should be all good. Thank you so much for the offer, though; I really appreciate it! I will also look into the NY library cards; access to more collections is never a bad thing.
Amy wrote: "Alyana wrote: Amy, I think the 3 NY public libraries have the out of state library card service if I'm not mistaken. I work with Queens Library. If not, I'm happy to download audio/ebooks you prefe..."You're very welcome! :)
Captains, I think there was an error in the official sheet with Lessons in Chemistry? It's on hand 13.
Alyana wrote: "Amy wrote: "Alyana wrote: Amy, I think the 3 NY public libraries have the out of state library card service if I'm not mistaken. I work with Queens Library. If not, I'm happy to download audio/eboo..."Ummm? Yeah, it is on Hand 13!
Not sure I understand.
Apoorv wrote: "Alyana wrote: "Amy wrote: "Alyana wrote: Amy, I think the 3 NY public libraries have the out of state library card service if I'm not mistaken. I work with Queens Library. If not, I'm happy to down..."Sorry I wasn't clear. It was your name under read by instead of mine. I guessed you've changed it already.
Alyana wrote: "Apoorv wrote: "Alyana wrote: "Amy wrote: "Alyana wrote: Amy, I think the 3 NY public libraries have the out of state library card service if I'm not mistaken. I work with Queens Library. If not, I'..."Ah, yeah yeah caught that.
I haven't yet started reading it.
Thanks for catching it though! :)
UPDATE
We are in the last leg of the month and we are again very close to completing everything we have. Just one last push required!!
CARDS
We still have 19 open spaces.
I will shuffling things around to capture pending spaces as books get completed but, keep an eye out for O's in your books!
COLORED CARDS
Skip Yellow: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves | Lacey
MARCH MINI
All tasks have been claimed. These need completion.
Alaska: The Smell of Other People's Houses | Apoorv
Solitary: The Secrets of Us | Jessica
Cover: Orange/Blue/Pink/Turquoise: Lessons in Chemistry | Apoorv
Forest: These Silent Woods | Alyana
Cover: Brown/Gold/Red: The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos | Amy
If any of your books fit any of these tasks, please drop in a word, so the readers who have claimed the tasks can reprioritize things.
We are aaaaaaaalmost done! Let's end March on a high! :)
I should finish my forest book in a day or two.
I just finished The Remedy and am working on The Upright Thinkers.
I finished the last of my mini challenge books!
Apoorv wrote: "UPDATEWe are in the last leg of the month and we are again very close to completing everything we have. Just one last push required!!
CARDS
We still have 19 open spaces.
I will shuffling things around to capture pending spaces as books get completed but, keep an eye out for O's in your books!
..."
If you're looking for Os in books, I've read a bunch so far that have had O names. They don't have a checkmark in the main March tab but do seem to be listed on the March Read tab, though, so I'm not sure if they've been counted.
I will finish my book for sure, likely today as have less than an hour ... fell asleep last night when making an effort (oops!) damn meds I take for seizures. I will have a look and see if I can do a low page book to fit one of the other tasks when done (I am a slow reader!)
I made a mistake for These Silent Woods, the skip is the author's name, Kimi Cunningham Grant. I updated my entry.
Finished my yellow book and have updated the spreadsheet
The laaaaaaaast 5 books.We got this!!
I just finished my last book for this month! :)
... AND WE ARE DONE!!!You folks are absolute troopers!
We finished everything that was given to us.
A whooping 3080 points!!
Woot woot!!
Quick question, I noticed that our mini points in the ranking are 470 instead of 480?
Nice spotting Alyana that would bump us up one more place if that can be changed. I just finished my first April book, have added to spreadsheet
Alyana wrote: "Quick question, I noticed that our mini points in the ranking are 470 instead of 480?"Good catch. It seems that the formula in that cell wasn't carried over and the Mods hand-wrote it there. Flagged it for them to fix.
ALL OF YOU DESERVE A MASSIVE PAT ON THE BACK!
Two months in and we have amassed every point we can and are doing really well on the leaderboard.
Massive hats-off of everybody for being flexible with your reading and going above and beyond to accommodate different books in your reading schedules.
Now, we just need to finish it with a bang!
April tracking sheet is already up, so feel free to log in all your prospective books.
Remember, the month starts only after the clock ticks to 0 here: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
Ah so the book that I finished this morning (my 1 April) can't be used? Should've left it the last chapter till tonight!
Lazy Days wrote: "Ah so the book that I finished this morning (my 1 April) can't be used? Should've left it the last chapter till tonight!"Re-read the last two chapters again tonight. LOL!
You guys rock! Sorry I wasn't able to be as active in March, but I think that will change in April.
Apoorv wrote: "Lazy Days wrote: "Ah so the book that I finished this morning (my 1 April) can't be used? Should've left it the last chapter till tonight!"Re-read the last two chapters again tonight. LOL!"
Done and dusted :)
Completed 
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Read - 4/6
Pages - 352
UNO
0 - stand-alone
2 - Trixie (character)
4 - author last name
9 - Nancy (character)
We're, like, ten days into April and I feel bad because I haven't read much of anything. *hides*I'm sorry! We just finished all the stuff necessary to start an office renovation at work (mostly cleaning and moving - there's way too much cleaning involved in renovating, it's ridiculous) while maintaining all the operations to oversee and run programs, and I'm a teeny bit burnt out. I do go on vacation soon though, so I will complete my books. I just wanted to let everyone know what was going on.
Completed
Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton
Read - 4/10
Pages - 336
UNO:
0 - stand-alone
Skip, 3 - author name
Completed
Undone by Karin Slaughter
Read - 4/9
Pages - 436
UNO:
2 - Will Trent (character)
3 - book #3
4 - Faith Mitchell (character)
6 - Sara Linton (character)
Skip - Pauline (character)
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Would this work for "pattern" for the mini?"
I think this should work. The red and yellow stripes are in a specific pattern from what I understand.