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Jan 01, 2024 09:55AM
Nope. GR seems to be making more 'improvements'.
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Why does GR decide to make these changes right around team challenges??!
I am wondering who is coming up with these "brilliant ideas of improvements" and who is approving them?
I just can't believe GR dev team looks at their user base and thinks: boy, I bet holidays will be a great time to adjust code and update servers. No readers will be using the site then!
Ugh I know, I have been waiting 2 months for the new challenges to start, ending wrap up goals for December, but the site is trying my patience for DAYS. And you know this is when they will get more site activity for people updating for their yearly challenge and setting the new oneIt is scary is all day when on my home page, the "Update Progress" button is gone on all my currently reading books. I hope this is not a permanent change, as it was so easy before to update / end book / mark complete from there previously.
Teddie wrote: "I just can't believe GR dev team looks at their user base and thinks: boy, I bet holidays will be a great time to adjust code and update servers. No readers will be using the site then!"This is the same team the past few years who made challenge groups, especially for developers, annoying with removal of linsk outside goodreads, won't let me update my profile for over three years unless I remove images on it, did the new book design mobile page, and decided since they were adding the new category of Romantasy to the Awards, that they'd remove the categories for Children / Middle Grade, Poetry and Plays, and Graphic Novels.
Hardly any of their decisions make sense to me.
Everything they do seems to be going against GR user experience. And they seem to disregard us completely.
Melindam wrote: "Denise wrote: "Melindam wrote: "HAPPY NEW YEAR! πππ§¨β¨οΈππOnly 31 days, 1 hour and 53 minutes till UNO 2024 starts. ππ"
When I got this notification, I just saw the 1 hr and 53 minutes part and tho..."
I forgive you. π
Melindam wrote: "Everything they do seems to be going against GR user experience. And they seem to disregard us completely."Yes. I saw people on Twitter complaining to GR a lot about the awards changes, but I have been through this for years and know they do not change their minds even if it upsets most of the user base.
Melindam wrote: "Welcome to the Group and to UNO, Jennifer! π"Thanks!
π Name: Lunarπ Team Challenge experience: This will be my first time. Looking forward to it.
π Have you joined UNO before? No.
π Favourite genres: I'm beginning to love fantasy/scifi. I love historical fiction, and memoirs.
π Book you can't wait to read in 2024: Poppy War, Gideon the Ninth, Hope Ablaze
Quick question. For the Uno Shelf, do we move books that we complete there, or is it books that we want to read for the challenge?
Lunar wrote: "Quick question. For the Uno Shelf, do we move books that we complete there, or is it books that we want to read for the challenge?"People do it either way. I like to put them onto the UNO shelf as I start reading so that I don't forget when I mark it as read :)
Whatever works best for you
Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Ugh I know, I have been waiting 2 months for the new challenges to start, ending wrap up goals for December, but the site is trying my patience for DAYS. And you know this is when they will get mor..."It's not permanent thankfully! This actually happens most years at year-end as Goodreads does maintenance at that time (this year's maintenance is from Dec. 29th to Jan. 8th). So that's why the button disappeared and why the site is giving the error page so frequently.
Okay, good to know!
Goodreads definitely should be more open about the fact they're doing maintenance which would help. I only know since it's posted in the Librarians Group each year as they have to take down the combine/separate function during it.Thankfully there is a workaround to still update your progress, it's just annoying not being able to do it from the homepage.
Just seems like one of the worst times of the year to do it due to holidays, more time off from school/work, all the new yearly challenges --- but perhaps the timing is part of the new yearly challenges rolling out, but ugh.
OK Lisa - youβve persuaded me Iβll be joining in this year ππ
π Name - Sally (aka Sally906)
π Team Challenge experience - I play team games around the groups on Goodreads - always good to be able to work to a common goal as many hands really do make light work.
π Have you joined UNO before? - yes, have played for quite a few years with the odd break
π Favourite genres - I lean to the lighter end of literature have gone off deep and meaningful reading. Romance - fantasy, paranormal, mail order bride. Cosy mysteries.
π Book you can't wait to read in 2024 - these are preordered at my library. Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree, Emily Wildeβs Map Of The Otherlands by Heather Fawcett, Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich and two NF (a big thing as I donβt read much of it) Unruly by David Mitchell and Normal Women by Philippa Gregory
π Name: Trioπ Team Challenge experience: experienced
π Have you joined UNO before? Yes, I've played the last 3 or 4 rounds
π Favourite genres: Romance, Historical Romance, Biographies, Mystery
π Book you can't wait to read in 2024: Trouble, A Fragile Enchantment
Stacking and restacking possibilities.....
Name: KatTeam challenge experience: Been in other challenges
Have you joined uno before: I joined last year
Favourite genres: thriller, crime and romance
Books you canβt wait to read in 2024: New Chris carter out in June
π Name - Tammieπ Team Challenge experience - off the charts addicted to team challenges
π Have you joined UNO before? - I haveβ¦I think this is my sixth time ?
π Favourite genres - romance (any sub-genre)
π Book/s you can't wait to read in 2024 -
Looking forward to another round of UNO!
Happy New Year! I'm Annalisa and I've been playing Uno 2017. It is one of my favorite challenges of the year. I'll read just about anything. Uno has pushed me to read books I might not have otherwise which is great.
I'm looking forward to the next book in the Millennial Mage series.
Uno Book virgin in the house! Iβm excited, where can I find out more???
So excited UNO is back! This year, I hope to be fully back with challenges. Whoohoo!!π Name: Chava
π Team Challenge experience: few years back, focused on studies in last 3 yrs, back with a vengeance now
π Have you joined UNO before? Yes, few years ago
π Favourite genres: mystery/thriller
π Book you can't wait to read in 2024: so many books, so little time.
π Name: Kelly π Team challenge experience: Iβve been doing various team challenges since 2019 I think?
π Have you joined UNO before? Yes! I think this might be my 6th year but I lost count π
π Book you canβt wait to read in 2024? It WAS Bookshops and Bonedust but my library hold came through so Iβm reading it now!
Very excited for another round of UNO but Iβm currently laying low with Covid, which isnβt the best way to start the new year.
πHello, my name is Anna and I live in Florida. πthis will be my first UNO challenge
πI love Fantasy, dystopia, romance, YA, basically anything that holds my attention.
I look forward to this challenge though I know nothing about it yet.
Anna wrote: "Uno Book virgin in the house! Iβm excited, where can I find out more???"Hi Anna, Uno is my favorite. The best place to start is the All About Uno 2024 thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Once you have a team your team captains will be able to answer any questions.
happy new year!what's everyone reading? im starting with The Guest List by Lucy Foley...it works for some challenges I'm doing in conjuction with Team Challenges...
π Name : Smridhiπ Team challenge experience: None
πFavourite genres: Crime- mysteries, Thriller, self help, Fiction, Fantasy, Women centric.
π Books you canβt wait to read : Erotic stories for Punjabi widows.
Hi All Iβm Abbi! I donβt know much about the UNO team challenge but I love teams and I love challenges and I love UNO so Iβm in! (Not to mention I love readingπ€)
Name: Emily in Portland Or, Grandmother and mother to two girls. Love to read, cook, craft, play games π Team Challenge experience: Tons did the HP, in a few now, bachelor etc
π Have you joined UNO before? I did at some point not sure when I did
π Favorite genres: Romance, Suspense, Thriller, New Adult, Contemporary, Fantasy, Paranormal
π Book you can't wait to read in 2024: Rogue - Amelia Shea, Next in the Wicked in Me series - Suzanne Wright
π Name: Vickiπ Team Challenge experience: OMG All I need is a 12-step program and I MIGHT stop being an addict but I wouldn't count on it!
π Have you joined UNO before? 1st played 2019. This will be my 6th one and I can hardly stand the wait!
π Favourite genres: Mystery, thriller, psychological thriller, historical fiction (probably favorite), historical romance, sports romance, some fantasy.
π Book you can't wait to read in 2024: I have a goal to catch up as much as possible on my NetGalley books as well as read 100 of the Goodreads Choice Awards nominees and winners. Really looking forward to reading
and
What is everyone reading on this New Yearβs Day? Iβm busy trying to finish up my Christmas books! Then Iβll be finishing Happy Place and some good olβ James Herriotβ¦ Happy reading, everyone!
πName: Tiffany πChallenges: my first on here
πUNO?! Nope canβt wait to play and meet folks
πGeneres: Thrillers, Fiction, Historial Fiction, memoirs, Southern fictions, horror, some fantasy, romance
πBook I am counting down to Release - Rich Justice, Robert Bailey
Sally906 wrote: "OK Lisa - youβve persuaded me Iβll be joining in this year ππ
π Name - Sally (aka Sally906)
π Team Challenge experience - I play team games around the groups on Goodreads - always good to be abl..."
Yay.. so glad you're playing. It would be great if all of us Aussie's get on a Super Aus team. Like getting the band back together. π
PS - I've been eyeing off those 2 NF books also - I've got the Phillipa Gregory on order from my library too - but I think I'll keep the David Mitchell on the TBR for when I need a letter U!
π Name - Deannaπ Team Challenge experience - Lots!
π Have you joined UNO before? This will be my 6th year
π Favourite genres - Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Mystery
π Book you can't wait to read in 2024 -
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Yay.. so glad you're playing. It would be great if all of us Aussie's get on a Super Aus team. Like getting the band back together. πPS - I've been eyeing off those 2 NF books also - I've got the Phillipa Gregory on order from my library too - but I think I'll keep the David Mitchell on the TBR for when I need a letter U!..."
Sadly, as he is a library reserve I wonβt have the opportunity to save him for a βUβ - but as I am 27th on the list UNO will be probably be over by the time I get it ππ
π Name - Ilsenπ Team Challenge experience - I have joined in mostly UNO but I have done some other team challenges in other groups and itβs super fun!
π Have you joined UNO before? - This will be my fourth year in UNO! I was doing it consistently since 2020 but didnβt join last year because of school. So Iβm excited to be back!
π Favourite genres - Fantasy, Contemporary, and Mystery but I love exploring new genres!
π Book you can't wait to read in 2024 - I donβt really have anticipated releases so far. I just would like to get through my owned TBR!
Looking for colour covers for books?Here are the links to our uno coloured shelves. It would be great if you can add any books you find to these shelves, or "recommend" the book to the pixie and we can add it.
This helps keep our own little database of cover colours for UNO :)
red covers
blue covers
green covers
yellow covers
Important note
Some books on this list may not seem like the colour cover. This is because GR will show the default version. There may be a specific version that has been shelved that is the actual colour. The version you read is what you should shelve, and is what counts, for UNO
Note: If you also like to shelve coloured covers, you can shelve coloured books as these shelf names:
uno-yellow
uno-green
uno-red
uno-blue
:)
π Name: DJπ Team Challenge experience: UNO, Turf Wars
π Have you joined UNO before? yes
π Favorite genres: cozy mystery, fantasy, ya, sci-fi
π Book you can't wait to read in 2024: The Spy Coast because I'm in a book club with my MIL and SIL, and my MIL sent this to me for Christmas. π
Hi, all! I am signed up and raring to go!π©π»βπ« Name: Preeti
π Team Challenge experience: UNO, Turf Wars, Wheels, Tower Teams, and a few more
π Have you joined UNO before? Yes (2021 - Pretty in Pink, 2022 - Panem Capitol, 2023 - Echidna)
π Favorite Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
π Book you can't wait to read in 2024: Too many to list here. MY TBR list is a never-ending one π
By the way, I started saving books that work for the uno colours on separate shelves a while back. I am listing them here in case they are of use to anyone. Please do keep in mind that the colours are specific to the editions I read so you may want to check the editions you plan on reading first.
Uno Blue (Preeti)
Uno Green (Preeti)
Uno Red (Preeti)
Uno Yellow (Preeti)
Melindam wrote: "I am wondering who is coming up with these "brilliant ideas of improvements" and who is approving them?"And who's testing them. Because I have a few issues I would like to open.
Fun to see so many former UNO enthusiasts again and a big welcome to those of you experiencing UNO for the first time. I am an UNO original player. It was the first challenge I joined and it got me hooked on challenges. Guaranteed fun!
Hi everyone! Super excited to be back for UNO soon!π Kaley
π Lots of UNO and lots of challenges in the NBRC group β wheel, tower teams, my restaurant rocks, etc.
π Yes! I couldn't even tell you what number UNO this is for me, but I've been around since I think around the third/fourth year of it?
π romance, romantasy, fantasy
π Of new releases β House of Flame and Shadow, Funny Story, Born of Blood and Ash, Just for the Summer, Bride, Not in Love. Of books that I just haven't gotten to on my TBR yet β The Serpent and the Wings of Night, One Dark Window, The Seven Year Slip, The Friend Zone
Users: weβre begging you to make a friendlier user interface and the ability to give half starsGoodreads: makes everything infinitely more difficult >
Frida wrote: "Users: weβre begging you to make a friendlier user interface and the ability to give half starsGoodreads: makes everything infinitely more difficult >"
Exactly.
Frida wrote: "Users: weβre begging you to make a friendlier user interface and the ability to give half starsGoodreads: makes everything infinitely more difficult >"
Precisely!
π Name: Fantasiaπ Team Challenge experience: Tons! (And I've had fun every time!)
π Have you joined UNO before?: Yup, last year was my first year.
π Favourite genres: Technically I love Gothics the most, but I'm super picky on them. I read a lot of romances and cozy mysteries though.
π Book you can't wait to read in 2024: Hmm...well, to list a few: The Last Murder at the End of the World, A Death in Venice, The Women, Somewhere Beyond the Sea, The Fury, and many others!
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