The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2020
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Team Spaceship Shortbread
Color/Specialty cards for March
2 Green - The Wedding - Anubha 3/25
5 Green - Dial P For Poison BarbaraAnn 3/20
7 Green - The Devil and Miss Prym Anubha 3/26
8 Green - Anne's House of Dreams (anne of green gables book 5) - Tiffany 3/14
8 Green - book:Vanishing Act: Mystery at the U.S. Open|75636] - Tiffany 3/15
9 Green - Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - BarbaraAnn 3/7
6 Yellow - Slade House Anubha 3/24
3 Red - Final Girls - Tiffany 3/1
7 Red - Night of the Living Dummy (Goosebumps) Anubha 3/25
Wild Draw 4 - You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life Elizabeth 3/7
Wild Draw 4 - Tea, Tiramisu, and Tough Guys - Cinthia
Wild Draw 4 - Tell the Wolves I'm Home Cinthia 3/24
Wild Draw 4 - King Mai - BarbaraAnn 3/15 8 green duplicate
Wild Draw 4 - Ensnared - Amar 3/10/10
reverse card - 6 - Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic 3/25
reverse card - 6 - Station Eleven - Tiffany 3/3
reverse card - 6 - Anne of Green Gables - Tiffany 3/2
reverse card - 6 - Magic Triumphs - Cinthia 3/7
reverse card - 6 - Burn for Me Cinthia 3/19
reverse card - 6 - The Starless Sea Anubha 3/23
DeceptionColor & Specialty cards for April0 Red - An Anonymous Girl Tiffany 4/13
6 Red - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Tiffany
2 Blue - China Rich Girlfriend - Anubha 4/6
9 Blue -
2 Green - Too Many Fairy Princes BarbaraAnn 4/8
3 Green - Rich People Problems Anubha 4/24
3 Green - Charms and Chocolate Chips Cinthia
4 Green
5 Green - Bayou Moon BarbaraAnn 4/25
7 Green - Deception BarbaraAnn 4/5
8 Green - Hard Luck Anubha 4/7
8 Green - Night Broken Cinthia 4/9
8 Yellow - Dragon Consultant Anubha 4/5
9 Yellow - Not Quite Mine BarbaraAnn 4/18
Wild Draw 4 - Go Set a Watchman Anubha (Blue 2)
Wild Draw 4 - Beloved Denise 4/13 (Red 0)
Wild Draw 4 - Saddled BarbaraAnn (Red 6)
Wild Draw 4 -
Wild Draw 4 - Augie and me
Reverse - Daughter of Smoke & Bone Tiffany
Reverse - The Rosie Project Tiffany
Reverse - Neanderthal Seeks Human Cinthia 4/2
Reverse - House of Salt and Sorrows Cinthia 4/4
Reverse - Drink Deep BarbaraAnn
Reverse - The Hangman's Daughter - Tiffany
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Hi Everybody! Welcome to Spaceship ShortbreadPlease introduce yourself and tell us where you are, if you've played UNO, what you like to read, etc.
My name is BarbaraAnn and I think this will be my 3rd year playing UNO. To me, this is one of best team, games because it's pretty low stress. I live in Illinois in the US, so currently stay indoors as much as possible until spring takes hold. I read a bit of everything - fantasy, mystery, science fiction, etc.
For the most part, I don't think there's any need to claim books to read ahead of time - most books will work for a number of cards. Color cards are the big exception. I've listed the color cards for February - feel free to claim those if you have any books that match. I've set up a team spreadsheet by the February color cards that everyone can access and use to enter books - if anyone isn't comfortable using a spreadsheet, just enter a tracking post in the thread and one of us can enter the book data into the thread.
My name is Tiffany. I've never played UNO or any other team reading challenge. I live in Ontario Canada. I like to read all different genres, and I have a major case of FOMO(fear of missing out) due to my addictions to Instagram book reviewers! I look forward to playing with you all!Here is my UNO Shelf
/review/list...
Tracking Post 
Completed 02/01 (2 stars)
Possible Cards:
0- Stand Alone
5- Ireland (setting)
6-SALLY Rooney (author)
8-Eric (Character)
9-Normal (title)
Completed 02/06 (5 star)
0-Stand Alone
1-Outsider (Title)
2-Terry (Character)
3-Holly (Character)
4-Flint City (Setting)
6-Stephen (Author)
Skip-King (Author)
Completed 02/07 (3.5 star)
2-Book 2 in Men of Rapture series
4-Faye (Author)
8-Elle (Character)
9-Niko (Character)
Completed 02/10 (5 star)
0-Stand Alone
4-Fuentes(Character Surname)
6-Sebastian(Character)
9-Nikolas(Character)
Completed 02.11 (3 star)
0- Dr Zinchenko (Character Surname)
1- Ohio (setting)
3-Haley (Character)
4-4 in series
6-Sierra (Character)
Skip-Kyle Keeley (Character)
Completed 02/11 (3 star)
1-1 in series
4-French (Title)
5-Imani (character)
8-Elliott (character)
9-NYC (setting)
Skip-Patterson (author)
Completed 02/12 (4 star)
Green
2-Tod (character)
3-Harmony (character)
4-Farrah (character)
5-5 in series or Title
6-Sabine (character)
7-Vincent (author)
8-Emma (character)
9-Nash (character)
Skip-Kaylee (character)
Completed 02/16 (4.5 star)
0- Zelda (character)
2- Toucan (character)
3-Hendo (character)
9-Noah (character)
Skip- Pearl (character)
Completed 02/20
1- First in series
5- Iris (character)
6-Author
8-Emily (character)
9- Nate(character)
Skip-Kaye (character surname)
Completed 02/22 (4 stars)
0-Standalone
1-Orphan Annie (character)
2-Tim (character)
3-Herbert (character)
4-Farriday (characrer surname)
5-Iris (character)
6-Stephen (Author First name)
7-Veronica (character)
8-Eileen (character)
9-Nick (character)
Skip- King (Author Last Name)
Hi everyone! My name is Elizabeth, and I live in Ottawa, Canada. I'm excited to see another Canadian on the team! (Hi, Tiffany!)I've never played UNO before, but I've played other team reading games in the past. I'm excited to jump into this one!
I have pretty eclectic reading tastes, so I'll read just about anything. I love sci-fi, fantasy, thrillers, mysteries, nonfiction, self-help, biographies, etc. Two genres I don't enjoy are classics and young adult fiction, but just about everything else is fair game.
I'm boarding a cruise ship in a couple of days and I won't have internet access for a week, but I'll be back on February 1st ready to jump in!
Hope you have a great trip Elizabeth!
I'm Cinthia, and I live in Michigan, USA. This is either my 3rd or 4th time playing UNO. This is one of my favorite team challenges and I look forward to playing with all of you. I read almost anything, but my preference is towards YA and NA books, especially if there is romance involved. In the past few years I've also learned to enjoy fantasy and paranormal books. My least favorite genres are thrillers and mysteries, so it looks like we have a pretty rounded team with all sorts of preferences. :D
Thank you BarbaraAnn for setting up the spreadsheet. That's the format I think works best because we can all see the possibilities for the books. It makes it so much easier to switch things around. :)
Hello! I'm Denise and I currently live in Rhode Island. This is my 2nd time playing... I played a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to playing again and getting to know you all. I love to read almost anything, not a huge fan of romance novels, but if it has an actual plot and original story to it I'm game. Lately I have been focused on spiritual exploration and biography, but I also love to read fiction of all kinds. I agree, the spreadsheet is a great way to keep us organized and on track. Thank you BarbaraAnn!
My UNO Shelf: /review/list...
Hello everyone! I am from India, Asia. I haven't played Uno before and this is my first time playing this game. This is actually my first team challenge and am eager to participate! I can read any genre but my preferred ones are Fantasy, Historical fiction, Middle grade fiction, YA, Classics, and Mysteries. I don't usually pick up non-fiction by choice because I have to read a lot of non-fiction for my post grad. So yeah, hope you all are having a nice day/night. (Time difference I guess?)
Hello, I'm Amar from Lebanon, Asia. Haven't played UNO before so this is too my first time as well.I'd read any book genre, really, but fantasy is what hypes me best!
Hi everyone! I live in Pennsylvania, USA. This is my first UNO challenge along with being my first team challenge. I love to read pretty much anything that catches my eye. My least favorite categories are spy/espionage and romance with no plot. My favorites are fantasy and mysteries.
Hi all! I'm Raine! 've been sick with the flu this past week so I'm finally getting around to checking in with this group finally. I'm from Illinois. This is probably my 2nd or 3rd UNO challenge, though the last time was a few years ago. I pretty much read romance books, though I've just recently binge-watched Good Omens on Amazon Prime so I may add that book to my TBR.
As far as colour covers go, do the mods double and triple check which covers we've chosen to verify that they do indeed work?
HERES THE LINK FOR CHECKING COVER COLOURS!!
Hi Everybody - HAPPY MONDAY!re Colors - generally, if something looks like a color, it will work. the main thing is to make sure the color fits for the edition you're reading as another edition wouldn't count. It looks like our team will have a lot of different types of books read, which is great except that my TBR will probably grow by leaps and bounds as I see books others have read and need to add them. Less than a week to go before we start.
BarbaraAnn wrote: "Hi Everybody - HAPPY MONDAY!re Colors - generally, if something looks like a color, it will work. the main thing is to make sure the color fits for the edition you're reading as another edition w..."
I feel the same way! I love seeing what other people are reading, but that always leads to my TBR being hundreds of books long lol. I'm really loving figuring out where my current Feb tbr fits within our monthly hand.
Tiffany wrote: "BarbaraAnn wrote: "Hi Everybody - HAPPY MONDAY!re Colors - generally, if something looks like a color, it will work. the main thing is to make sure the color fits for the edition you're reading a..."
I've accepted the fact that my TBR will outlive me.
Only a few more days!The challenge starts on Saturday February 1, 2020 at 7pm AEDST (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time). To see when this is in your time zone, use this countdown
Main cities, FYI:
Mumbai: 1.30pm, 1st February
Tokyo: 5pm, 1st February
London: 8am, 1st February
New York: 3am, 1st February
San Francisco: Midnight, 1st February
Check out other cities here
I won't have to worry about start times! I fall under the 3am time here in Ontario Canada! (I'll be checking out the inside of my eyelids).
It will be 2 am my time so I’ll be sleeping as well
Tiffany wrote: "I won't have to worry about start times! I fall under the 3am time here in Ontario Canada! (I'll be checking out the inside of my eyelids)."Ditto here in Rhode Island!!!
Hi Karla - please either enter your book into the team tracking sheet with the options it will fit or if you're not comfortable with google sheets, please enter a tracking post when completed.
A misconception on my part, do we choose a hand to play? I could start any minute, but I don't know what to do..
Hi Amar - one of the great things about Uno is you can read just about anything you want and it will work. Please keep track of characters & locations to see what cards your book might work for. When you've finished a book, either mark the book/items in the tracking spreadsheet or enter a tracking post here. also, if your book matches any colors, please mark that as well.
Karla, I added a new tab to the tracking spreadsheet here: I'll also copy it here in case someone is unable to open the spreadsheet.
O (Zero)
Read a book that either:
- has a 0 or Zero in the title
- has a title starting with Z
- has an author first name or surname starts with Z
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with Z
- is set in a place name starting with Z ; or
- is a "stand-alone" book (i.e. not part of a series)
1 (One)
Read a book that either:
- has a 1 or One in the title
- has a title starting with O
- has an author first name or surname starts with O
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with O
- is set in a place name starting with O ; or
- is book 1 in a series
2 (Two)
Read a book that either:
- has a 2 or Two in the title
- has a title starting with T
- has an author first name or surname starts with T
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with T
- is set in a place name starting with T; or
- is book 2 in a series
3 (Three)
Read a book that:
- has a 3 or Three in the title
- has a title starting with H
- has an author first name or surname starts with H
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with H
- is set in a place name starting with H
- is book 3 in a series
4 (Four)
Read a book that either:
- has a 4 or Four in the title
- has a title starting with F
- has an author first name or surname starts with F
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with F
- is set in a place name starting with F ; or
- is book 4 in a series
5 (Five)
Read a book that:
- has a 5 or Five in the title
- has a title starting with I
- has an author first name or surname starts with I
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with I
- is set in a place name starting with I
- is book 5 in a series
6 (Six)
Read a book that either:
- has a 6 or Six in the title
- has a title starting with S
- has an author first name or surname starts with S
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with S
- is set in a place name starting with S; or
- is book 6 in a series
7 (Seven)
Read a book that:
- has a 7 or Seven in the title
- has a title starting with V
- has an author first name or surname starts with V
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with V
- is set in a place name starting with V
- is book 7 in a series
8 (Eight)
Read a book that either:
- has an 8 or Eight in the title
- has a title starting with E
- has an author first name or surname starts with E
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with E
- is set in a place name starting with E ; or
- is book 8 in a series
9 (Nine)
Read a book that either:
- has a 9 or Nine in the title
- has a title starting with N
- has an author first name or surname starts with N
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with N
- is set in a place name starting with N ; or
- is book 9 in a series
Skip
Read a book that:
- has a title starting with K or P
- has an author first name or surname starts with K or P
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with K or P
- is set in a place name starting with K or P
OR you can choose to "skip" reading a book for this cards (and get no points for this card)
Draw 2
Use the same book for two cards in this hand (and get points for both cards)**
Reverse
One member of your team must read a book another team member has already read
Wild
Read a book that can fit for any of the cards in that SAME hand (i.e. you are duplicating one of the cards in that same hand)
Wild draw four
Read a book that can fit for any of the coloured cards you have that month (i.e. you are duplicating one of your coloured cards)
Coloured cards
Special coloured cards will be randomly provided each month. for these cards you need to read for the card number (as above) and the book must also have a coloured cover for the colour specified (blue, red, yellow or green)
"**The Draw Two card will automatucally be counted and your book can count for two other cards.
Although you don't get points for the 'draw 2' card, you have the benefit of having points for two cards with just one book, and you complete the hand faster :) "
Also, if someone is not planning on using the spreadsheet, just create a completion post here in the thread and one of us can add it to the spreadsheet. This is a good format:Book title:
Author:
Date read:
Uno cards this fits:
Here's an example with one of my books that's already on the spreadsheet, so anyone who's playing for the first time can have a better idea:
Book title: Blood Vow
Author: J.R. Ward
Date read: 2/1
Uno cards this fits:
0 - character Zhadist
2 - 2nd in series
4 - character Fritz
7- character Vishous
8- character Elise
9- setting - New York
SKIP - character Peyton
Something else that occurred to me is that we should all occasionally look at other people's books on the spreadsheet, and if it's something you've read before you should add your name to the 'reverse' section. This would be much easier than going through everyone's threads to see if something has been read before! :)
Karla wrote: "I can’t get onto the spreadsheet yet, but you can add me to REVERSE for Beloved
Far From the Madding Crowd"
I added your name. :)
My library app has purged a bunch of titles! So, I'm waiting to see if Jungle Book audio (just over 3 hours long) comes back soon!! I hate planning ahead with this app lol they do this to me all the time!
I added your books., Karla. You actually only need to list one item for each number, just so we know that the book qualifies for it. So just one name under SKIP is enough. :)Also, tin eye didn't verify those colors for me. It claims the first book is gray and the second is grey and blue (but it totally looks green to me!). Does anyone else get a different result? I'm pretty sure the colors have to be verified by tineye for this challenge, right?
Karla wrote: "And I’m sorry! Our Captain last year just wanted everything listed that the book could be used for just in case. Just a habit. ☺️🤓"No worries! And it is a good idea to list everything the book could be used for, but we can only use each thing once, so no need to list a P and K character, for example. But if there are characters with other letters that fit then those should be listed. :)
Karla wrote: "What percent of the book has to be the intended color? I have other I can work on for colors sake if we are most worried about the color."Usually it's more than 50%. I'll try to hunt down the official rules tomorrow to be sure. And we're doing very well with the colors. We only need 3 more yellow books. :)
Hi - we don't necessarily need to use tineye, but in this case, I'd say the cover is about 50% green and 50% blue so i don't think we can count it for green - to count, it has to be more than 50%.I'll check and see why you can't access the spreadsheet Karla.
Good morning - I'm terrible at reading the spreadsheet and figuring out what we need... can someone tell me what we may still need for the hand and I'll use that to pick out my 2nd book from my TBR pile... I don't think any of my other book club books fit... Thanks!!!
Hi Denise - if you have anything that matches one of the colors, that would be great - in addition to the colors listed, we have 2 wild draw 4 cards which will match one of the other colors. Otherwise, we're still early enough in the month that anything you read that counts for any of the card will work fine.
Also, I'm wondering if some of you may be trying to access the wrong spreadsheet. There's a team one that only the captain has access to, and then the tracking one where we post all of our options.
The Perks Of Being A Book Addict
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Team Members:
� BarbaraAnn - Captain
� Cinthia - Co-captain
� Tiffany Hebor - Co-captain
� Denise Allain
� Elizabeth Cooper
� Amar
� Raine
� Anubha Ghoshal
� Lisa LeBoutillier
� megan
� Karla Kissiah Teal�