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Team Challenge: UNO 2025
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UNO Pre Challenge Chat
Happy for Uno, it's my tax season distraction😀📕 Name - Bernadette
📕 Team Challenge experience - team member & co-captain
📕 Have you joined UNO before? this will be my 4th
📕 Favourite genres - Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
📕 Books from I've read in 2024 I recommend
This sounds so fun. How often is this played? Somewhere I saw three months, but someone else mentioned it goes all year. If it's three months, when does the next one usually start?Thanks!
It's an annual challenge, starts on 1 February and ends on 30 April.
We are happy to see both seasoned players and newcomers. :)Don't worry if the rules may seem confusing at first. Once teams are up and you can start communicate with captains and team members directly and planning will start for the cards, they will show you the ropes and you'll crack them in no time. 😊
Hi everyone!📕 Name: Melissa
📕 Team Challenge experience: None, but excited to start this year!
📕 Have you joined UNO before? No, I have not, but I read over the concept and the rules and it sounds very interesting
📕 Favourite genres: Contemporary Fiction, Romantasy and Science books are the ones I read most often, but I'm open to read any genre!
📕 Books from 2024 I'd recommend:
As for 2025: I've already read a few books I'd love to recommend:
And I am excited to read:
Hi everyone! 📕 My name is Shannon
📕 Team Challenges are my absolute favorite!
📕 This is my first UNO challenge
📕 My favorite genres are mystery, historical fiction, fantasy, and horror
📕 Some of my favorite reads from 2024 were:
📕 Name: Christina📕 Team Challenge experience: too many to even remember at this point
📕 Have you joined UNO before?: see above lol
📕 Favourite genres: mysteries, thrillers, lgbtqia+ contemporaries
📕 Books from 2024 you'd recommend or books you can't wait to read in 2025: I'm usually not up-to-date with new releases but I read the latest Wayward Children book each year, and some of my favourite reads from last year were
📕 Katie📕 I love team challenges!! They really challenge me to read outside of my comfort zone.
📕 This will be my first UNO. I've heard so many good things and can't wait to get started.
📕 Favourite genres - I'll read just about anything that is a romance. Spicy, clean, classic, Christian, smutty. I pretty much love them all.
Hi folks!📕 Name: Kelly
📕 Team Challenge experience: Many (addicted to them!)
📕 Have you joined UNO before? No, but I'm excited!
📕 Favourite genres: Mostly M/M. I also read cozy mysteries and UF.
📕 Books from 2024 I'd recommend: Not sure anyone would have the same taste I do. :)
Go aheas, Kelly, there are lots of M/M readers in the UNO Challenge.:)
Hi all!📕 Name: ChristinaT
📕 Team Challenge experience: Love team challenges. My favorites being Turf Wars, The MM Scavenger Hunt, and Team Towers
📕 Have you joined UNO before? Nope this is my first and like several other newbies I've had many GR friends rave about UNO until I caved. Joined another group and here I am!
📕 Favourite genres: I'm mainly reading MM romances and have been for the last 3 years. I am constantly discovering new to me MM authors and adding them to my TBR thanks to some great enabling GR friends.
📕 Books from 2024 you'd recommend or books you can't wait to read in 2025
My 5 🌟 reads from 2024....
Hi everyone!I'm Ashley. My sister, Keri (the first commenter here I believe) introduced me to UNO in 2020 and I've been playing ever since then. This is pretty much the only team challenge that I do and I look forward to it every year.
I mostly read thrillers and romcom type books... with a sprinkling in of contemporary fiction and celebrity memoirs. I'm willing to read out of my comfort zone though, and often do for my monthly challenge prompts.
Remarkably Bright Creatures was my favorite read of 2024!
📕 Tiffany Martin📕 Team challenges are so much fun!!
📕 This is my 2nd yr for Uno
📕I will read anything but truly love Thrillers & Southern Fiction.
📕 So many wonderful books -I learned I loved the following authors so much : Grady Hendrix, Joshilyn Jackson, Frieda McFadden, Mary Kubina, Jodi Picoult, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Lucy Foley, Jeneva Rose, Lucinda Berry, Lucy Score, Alice Feeney, Minka Kent, Lisa Jewell, Rachel Hawkins, Rita Mae Brown, Ashley Elston, Ruth Ware, B A Paris, & T Kingfisher, I know I am missing some but I read some really amazing work last year.
Hey, bookish friends! I’m Cris, and this is my 3rd (I think!) time joining the UNO Challenge! I read a ton of mystery, quite a bit of historical fiction and thrillers, and lately I’ve been into “women’s fiction” with older FMC’s. (Might have a little something to do with me turning 50 later this year, LOL!)
Looking forward to a fun time!
Hi everyone!! UNO Challenge is really my favourite time of the year, I always look forward to it! 📕 Name = Andrea
📕 This will be my 6th year playing this challenge
📕 Romance, fantasy, literary, thriller...I love a good variety of genres
📕 My top 3 from 2024 were:
The Women Just for the Summer & We Used to Live Here
MOST looking forward to Onyx Storm this year!
📕 I have a bookish Instagram account, if anyone else does too and wants to be friends on there please add me @deckle.edged.dre ♥
📕 Name: Gwen📕 Team Challenge experience: I only play this group challenge
📕 Have you joined UNO before? Yes, this will be my 6th year
📕 Favourite genres: Cozy fantasy, horror, thriller, magical realism, some sci-fi, anything post-apocalyptic or dystopian.
📕 Books from 2024 you'd recommend or books you can't wait to read in 2025: My top two books in 2024 were Nettle & Bone and Bookshops & Bonedust.
I'm not sure what I'm looking forward to reading in 2025 because I'm a mood-reader... and I don't know what mood I'll be in!
First round sign ups are closed .Sign ups from now will go into our reserves.
📕 Name: Eunice📕 Team Challenge experience: I love team challenges. I find them a good motivation to read.
📕 Have you joined UNO before? Nope, first time! I'm excited about it.
📕 Favourite genres: Mystery, thriller, and fantasy
📕 Books from 2024 you'd recommend or books you can't wait to read in 2025: The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep was a surprise fave for me. I read the first book of the Bloodsworn saga and loved that too.
Hi everyone! I’m new to this, but excited! I read almost anything. But really love a good historical fiction or mystery. Can’t wait to get going.
unfortunately the 'weird'/fun and mostly unknown animal theme already happened a few years ago but do yourself a favour and look up SEA SQUIRTS, some of them constantly look like they're surprised little blobs and I love that about them
📕 Name: Saar the Book Owl📕 Team Challenge experience: I enjoy team challenges, because they give you an extra boost to read and it's always fun to chat with everyone.
📕 Have you joined UNO before? Yes, I think 4 or 5 times.
📕 Favourite genres: fantasy
📕 Books from 2024 you'd recommend or books you can't wait to read in 2025: the series of Gobbelino London, PI. This was my most favorite series of 2024.
📕 Name: Laura Crumpets📕 Team Challenge experience: Yes Lots!!!!
📕 Have you joined UNO before? Yes!! I joined my First time Playing i was on Team Labyrinth, ever since then im addicted!!!
📕 Favourite genres: Fantasy, Romance - Although i have started on thrillers this year which i loved
📕 Books from 2024 you'd recommend or books you can't wait to read in 2025:
Eagerly awaiting
pre orderd!!!!Books since Last years Uno that i couldn't shut up about
📕 Hi, I'm Suzanne!📕 I have absolutely no experience with any reading challenges, so I'm excited for this.
📕 Nope, I've never played UNO before.
📕 Honestly, how do I pick? I'd say horror/suspense, Xianxia, and romance are my big top 3.
📕 My biggest goal is to read books I've bought over the years, prioritizing them over buying more and my library books :)
But I'd say I'd really love to read some memoirs this year!
Suzanne wrote: "📕 Hi, I'm Suzanne!📕 I have absolutely no experience with any reading challenges, so I'm excited for this.
📕 Nope, I've never played UNO before.
📕 Honestly, how do I pick? I'd say horror/suspense, ..."
Hi Suzanne - very good memoir from a few years back that also has nice blue cover for Uno!
The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
Suzanne wrote: "📕 Hi, I'm Suzanne!📕 I have absolutely no experience with any reading challenges, so I'm excited for this.
📕 Nope, I've never played UNO before.
📕 Honestly, how do I pick? I'd say horror/suspense, ..."
Wow, you've introduced me to a new genre I've never heard about. I had to look up Xianxia and now I'm intrigued!
I know tons of people read it, but I really enjoyed Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood. I'm usually leary of celebrity memoirs, but it surprised me how much I liked it. That man had a crazy childhood.
Andy wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "📕 Hi, I'm Suzanne!📕 I have absolutely no experience with any reading challenges, so I'm excited for this.
📕 Nope, I've never played UNO before.
📕 Honestly, how do I pick? I'd say h..."
Thank you very much! I will check this book out and add it to my list!
Jhmingos wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "📕 Hi, I'm Suzanne!📕 I have absolutely no experience with any reading challenges, so I'm excited for this.
📕 Nope, I've never played UNO before.
📕 Honestly, how do I pick? I'd say h..."
It's not a common genre but I've really enjoyed all of the series I've read thus far!
And thank you for the recommendation. I'll check it out!
Vicki wrote: "I'm excited to the teams posted!"Where are they? I jusf seen the teams but no assigned people attached,
We need a little more time, real life getting in the way. But we are working on them. :)
Melindam wrote: "We need a little more time, real life getting in the way. But we are working on them. :)"But I haaaaaate waiting! Seriously, no worries RL happens. This last year RL was a bit stressful for me and my fam. We just finished closing on the last house of 2 for my parents. We are all in the new house now with a million boxes to unpack and stuff to find a spot for. My dad, aka The Hoarder, is currently and probably continually until he leaves this earth, complaining about all he lost in the Move. The stuff he chose to bring has us all shaking our heads.
Melindam wrote: "We need a little more time, real life getting in the way. But we are working on them. :)"No worries just thought I’d missed something as someone a I've said that they were up
oh wow Christina... I hear you! we've been looking and looking for a new house, dying to move after almsot 28 years - but I am NOT looking forward to packing and unpacking 🤯Congrats on your new home though!!
Kat wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I'm excited to the teams posted!"Where are they? I jusf seen the teams but no assigned people attached,"
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mislead you. I just meant that I am excited to see the teams once they're posted. I know it takes some time for the MODs to set it all up. I am just excited to see them! :)
Melindam wrote: "We need a little more time, real life getting in the way. But we are working on them. :)"I just meant I am excited to see them when they're posted. I wasn't meaning to sound like I was trying to say hurry up! lol I know it takes time.
📕 Name: Christene Paula 📕 Team Challenge experience: Yes!!!!
📕 Have you joined UNO before? Yes!! Last year
📕 Favourite genres: Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
📕 Books from 2024 you'd recommend or books you can't wait to read in 2025:
Patiently waiting for Onyx Storm
Vicki wrote: "Melindam wrote: "We need a little more time, real life getting in the way. But we are working on them. :)"I just meant I am excited to see them when they're posted. I wasn't meaning to sound like..."
All your enthusiasm is very much appreciated. 😊
Suzanne wrote: "📕 Hi, I'm Suzanne!📕 I have absolutely no experience with any reading challenges, so I'm excited for this.
📕 Nope, I've never played UNO before.
📕 Honestly, how do I pick? I'd say horror/suspense, ..."
Suzanne, could you please recommend some xanxia books (and wuxia if you read this genre as well) for people like me who are wanting to try out new genres and have no clue where to start. Thanks in advance!
📕 Name Vikki📕 Team Challenge experience This will be my 3rd UNO. I've taken part in lots of team challenges in another group - I've lost count of how many.
📕 Have you joined UNO before? Yes, this will be my 3rd UNO
📕 Favourite genres Crime/thriller but I aslo enjoy historical ficion and fantasy. In recent years I've been trying to read more non-fiction too.
📕Books you'd recommend from 2024
📕Books you can't wait to read in 2025
Denise wrote: "Nazifa Ahmed wrote: "Hi everyone!📕 Moumi
📕 Never participated in a team challenge before!
📕 Nope! Can somebody teach me how UNO works?
📕 Sci-fi, adult fantasy, mystery-thrillers, horror, romance...."
Awesome!
Does UNO work well with other challenges or is it best to just do this one and leave The Bachelor alone this round?
Christina T wrote: "Does UNO work well with other challenges or is it best to just do this one and leave The Bachelor alone this round?"I’d say it can work. As your mainly doing certain letters but I’ve just went through another challenge and majority fit uno
Trio wrote: "oh wow Christina... I hear you! we've been looking and looking for a new house, dying to move after almsot 28 years - but I am NOT looking forward to packing and unpacking 🤯Congrats on your new ho..."
Trio good luck in your house hunt. 28 years is about as long as mom and dad were in their home we just sold and the rental 25 years before that. Since they rented to us (their kids) they didn't feel they had to move everything almost 30 years ago. At least The Hoarder didn't feel he needed to.
I'm amazed that some people willingly move every couple of years because TBH it sucks rocks. Actually they probably have it down to a science and don't live with a hoarder. 😒 🤔
Preeti wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "📕 Hi, I'm Suzanne!📕 I have absolutely no experience with any reading challenges, so I'm excited for this.
📕 Nope, I've never played UNO before.
📕 Honestly, how do I pick? I'd say h..."
Yes, of course, I'd love to share some recommendations! I haven't read a huge selection yet (it's a little hard to find English translations) but the series I have read I 've really enjoyed. From the ones I've read my top two series would be Heaven Official's Blessing (8 books) and the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (7 books). As a heads up, the latter does get a little spicy (mainly in book 7), just in case that's not for you.
Christina T wrote: "Does UNO work well with other challenges or is it best to just do this one and leave The Bachelor alone this round?"UNO fits in great with other challenges!!!
Suzanne wrote: "Preeti wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "📕 Hi, I'm Suzanne!📕 I have absolutely no experience with any reading challenges, so I'm excited for this.
📕 Nope, I've never played UNO before.
📕 Honestly, how do I ..."
Thanks, Suzanne!
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My name is Jillian and I am from Michigan. This will be my 5th year doing UNO. I have also done Tower Teams and Pass the Parcel. I read mostly romance but do enjoy a good thriller here and there. My fave read of last year was