The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2020
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Team Celestial Baklava
- add book information here!
UNO Rules
- 100 pages ( 25k words / 3hrs for Childrens, Poetry, Plays etc MPG)
- rereads OK after 6 months
- Spell out using title / author name / speaking character name / location
- Letters to find Z O T H F I S V E N K P
- Numbers in title or #series
8am London UK
9am Austria & Denmark
10am Estonia
COLOUR COVERS
Need help? Check out these links for possibilities:
Red covers
Blue covers
Green covers
Yellow covers
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.
If you want to add your own suggestions, please do! Create shelves "uno-red", "uno-blue", "uno-green" and "uno-yellow" and add appropriate books to them :)
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Profile UNO Shelf Comments
�Cat uno2020 Comments
�Ingeborg uno-20 Comments
�Keely uno-2020 Comments
�Sarah uno-2020 Comments
�Camille uno-2020 Comments
�Alison uno_2020 Comments
�Skandia uno2020 Comments
�Rachael uno-challenge Comments
�Bernadette uno-2020 Comments
February CardsUpdated 26 Feb
Card #Remain
ALL DONE!!!
Feb Mini
Word possible book
orange The Horse and His Boy
FILLED
Word Reason Book
bananas word in text Me Before You
circle word in text Knight's Shadow
cold word in text Bellewether
dry word in text His Majesty's Dragon
eggs word in title Midnight Never Come
electric word in text Being Mortal
glass word in text Worst Case Scenario
gloves word in text Havisham
lady word in text Under the Tripoli Sky
limes cover colour False Value
moon item on cover Dark and Deepest Red
peaks word in text The Priory of the Orange Tree
pen word in text Undercover Bromance
plate word in text Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
pure word in text The Wind in the Willows
sharp item on cover Peter Pan and Peter Pan in Kensington Garden
spoon word in text The Queen of Nothing
stomach word in text A Study in Charlotte
sugar word in text Murder in Whistler
thicken word in text The Bloody Chamber
touch word in text The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
vanilla word in text Too Close to Home
white item on cover District VIII
1 series number The Crucifix Killer
2 series number Authority
3 series number The Titan's Curse
6 pub date Recursion
12 pub date Champagne Cream & Murder
24 series number Inspector Cadaver
120 page numbers The Pearl
270 page numbers One Night @ the Call Centre
300 page numbers Call Me Star Girl
airtight item on cover Victorious
cornflour word in text Liquid
diagonally item on cover The Wicked King
kiwifruit word in text Overkill
passionfruit cover colour The Witches
shredded item on cover The Royal Rogue
starfruit item on cover Mirage
March Cards: books finished after this ends (8am 1 March UK time) will work for March cards!
Card #Total
0 2
1 5
2 6
3 10
4 8
5 4
6 12
7 10
8 5
9 4
0Red 1
0Yellow 1
1Blue 1
3Blue 1
3Green 1
5Green 1
6Green 1
7Blue 1
7Green 1
Draw 2 8
Reverse 6
Skip 7
Wild 3
WD4 6
COLOUR CARDS
0 Red
0 Yellow - Keely
1 Blue - Ingeborg
3 Blue - Cat
3 Green
5 Green
6 Green & WD4
7 Blue - Sarah
7 Green - Ingeborg
WD4
WD4
WD4
WD4
WD4
Hello everyone! Welcome to the out-of-the-world delicious UNO 2020!
Celestial baklava sounds the perfect accompaniment to lots of reading to me, and I'm so looking forward to playing with you guys!
As a get-to-know each other, please let us all know where you are, if you've played UNO before, what books you like reading and what you are looking forward to most. Also, what book would you save in a fire or do you go around pushing on people?
For me: I'm Cat, living in London, UK. I've played UNO a couple of times now, and have been saving my colour covers for the last few months! I read most things - sci-fi & fantasy being my first go-tos (Terry Pratchett is my comfort and get-out-of-a-slump read), and horror being my least favourite - creature features in particular being least likely to be picked up! I've three niblings who I delight in buying books for, harking back to my childhood favourites, so I've been pushing titles like The Phantom Tollbooth and Ballet Shoes at them. I can't wait till they grow up a bit more so I can get the Dark is Rising series for them!
Hello, team!Celestial baklava does sound interesting. This year sees a delicious UNO indeed.
I'm Ingeborg, I am from Norway and this is my fourth year playing UNO, but my first as co-captain. My main genre is fantasy. I branch out and read other things as well, mainy historical fiction and some contemporary, but fantasy is where I'm most comfortable. My go-to and comfort books is the Harry Potter series. I have discovered new favourites over the years, especially the last few, but there is something about going back to the old and familiar books.
I try not to push books on people, because I'm afraid they won't like them and will get mad at me (haha), but lately I have been recommending The Trials of Morrigan Crow and The Fifth Season because they deserve praise and attention and love!
Looking forward to playing with you all!
Hello everyone! My name is Keely, I live in Essex, UK (very close to London). I played UNO last year for the first time and now I am back for more. I will read pretty much anything and at the moment I am tackling some classics that I've had on my list forever. Last year I discovered a love for audiobooks so I have been listening to those a lot. I'm not sure what book I would save from a fire... there are so many to choose from!On a different note, I was offered a new job today which I accepted, so I will start that towards the end of February. I will be going from a part time to a full time job, so.... my reading might be a little compromised as I won't have as much time and may be very tired. I hope you will be forgiving and I will still try my best to read what I can.
Congratulations on the new job Keely! Totally understand that getting into a new routine is going to impact your reading - so long as you let us know what's going on that's all good!On which note, everyone: please make sure that you check in at least once a week so that Ingeborg & I know that you are still with us & reading.
Hello all, I'm Alison and I'm also from the UK, although just outside Glasgow so quite a bit further North. This is my fifth or sixth time playing Uno.I read pretty much anything although at the moment it seems to be mostly romcoms and crime. I'm probably less keen on historical but have found a few I love.
Recently I've been foisting Daisy Jones and the Six on just about everyone I meet. Definitely my fave book from last year.
Congratulations, Keely! That's exciting!
And hello Alison! We've got lot of Brits this year it seems
Hello team! I'm Skandia and I',m from Estonia.This is my second time paying UNO and I do love team challenges as they boost my reading a lot. I have a busy job schedule, lots of travelling and reading is my way of relaxing and switching a work brain off.
Very glad to see we have fantasy readers in this team as this might be my favorite go to genre although I usually read whatever I'm in the mood for -UF, PNR, contemporary, Sci-Fi. Historical not so much anymore.
I'm sure in case of emergency I would grab Harry Potters and my all time favorite Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. These are the only books I've read multiple times because I normally don't do re-reads ever.
Oh, can everyone confirm what their UNO shelf will be for this challenge?This is the info from sign ups:
Member Shelf Name
❅Bernadette uno-2020
❅Camille uno-2020
❅Rachael uno-challenge
❅Alison Uno_2020
❅Sarah uno-2020
❅Skandia uno2020
❅Cat uno2020
❅Ingeborg uno-20
❅Keely uno-2020
ETA: All shelves confirmed!
The name of my shelf is correct. It's ready and waiting for books. I'm currently working on finishing up a few books I have already started so hopefully I will be ready to go by the 1st Feb.
Alison - I really enjoyed Daisy Jones too! and her Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was also good - and excellent for UNO too! IIRC it almost manages to sweep all the card options! :)
Skandia - I'm impressed at your no rereads (and the exceptions are excellent ones too!). I try not to do too many rereads - my TBR pile (physical, e and audio) is too big for me to take time off from trying to reduce it, but sometimes the comfort of a familiar story and character is just what I need. Like a mental hug :)
Hello all! I'm Sarah, also from the UK. The very first Uno was my first ever team challenge, and I've been joining them ever since. Uno always brightens up the end of winter. :)In fact, I believe Alison was also on Team Shrek that very first year. Waves hello!
I read most genres, but not really horror or romance. I do love fantasy but don't read it as much as I find it I need a palate cleanser in between books to stop things all feeling a bit too samey. In fact I don't usually like reading from the same series (in any genre) back to back for that reason.
My shelf name is correct - I always make the shelf when I sign up so I don't forget what I said it'd be called (it would totally happen).
Some more admin info....I'm a spreadsheet fan. I'm also moderately lazy, so I'm a fan of everyone adding their planned / finished books into a tracking sheet themselves*. I have therefore made us a planning sheet (credit: UNO Mod template) to use.
It's pretty easy - bung in the book title (and I'll love it if you could link to the edition on your shelf too!), pick your name, and add in the relevant details of which cards it will fit and why. When you finish the book, add the finish date and pop on here to let us know that you have finished :)
*if you don't get on with sheets that's of course fine, and I'll add the books if you prefer. In which case you need to post a completion note, with a link to the edition you read and the cards if fits with reasons why.
In terms of planning, I'd like to nail down who is reading for the colour covers & WD4s, who is reading for Reverses, and also books to fit hand 10. So, shout out with the coloured cover books you've been hoarding all year and want to read! Our February colour cards are:
0 Blue 1
2 Blue 1
2 Green 1
3Yellow 1
7 Green 1 - Sarah
8 Green 2 - Cat & ???
WD4 4 (2B,??,??,??)
One of the WD4s will be filled by 2 Blue, using a Draw 2.
I *may* perhaps save colour covers for a long time ready for uno, so I'm jumping in early early to say I've been saving a 7 Green book for years! I'd like to grab that one please! 
And wouldn't you know it, as soon as I say I don't read horror, what does this book have as an MPG? Rolls eyes at self.
It's weird rather than horror. Like super weird!7 Green all yours!
Cat wrote: "It's weird rather than horror. Like super weird!7 Green all yours!"Yeah, I don't think of it as horror (I've read the first one). MPGs are weird.
Hey Sarah *waves* Great to be teamies again. Cat, I have yet to set up my Uno shelf but I'll call it whatever I've said :P
I'm planning to read A Heart So Fierce and Broken which I'm pretty sure will fit a Green. I get a bit demented trying to figure out if books are green enough but it looks pretty green to me.
It'll fit a 2 (2nd in series), 3 (title) or maybe an 8 (assuming it stays set in Emberfall)
Oops, have just realised there is no Green 3I could also cover off a Blue. I have One in A Million by Lindsay Kelk which will definitely fit the 0.
It's a shame we don't have any red ones this month as a lot of the books I had planned to read this year have red covers, but I guess I could wait. I have plenty of other books I want to read anyway (too many really :P).
I'm not sure if this is blue enough to count as a blue cover, but if it is, I can read it. I've been meaning to for years anyway so it would help get that one ticked of the list. It could work as a 2 Blue (second in series). I don't know if there is a character or place that starts with a Z so I don't know yet if it would work for 0 Blue ...
Alison,
looks green to me :) and yay for it covering several of our green card options - we like a flexible book :)Keely, I'm not sure it's blue enough either so, unless other team members shout that it's so OBVS blue, I think we won't use it for a colour card :( BUT, Alison has read it, so it's perfect for a reverse! (I'm sure I've read it, but for some reason I've not marked it as such in GR, so I'm very confused!)
I might change my mine about reading City of Ashes as there are other books im more excited to read and therefore would read them quicker. I just looked through my library app and more specifically their audiobooks and there are a few options for colours and they are an appropriate length. So I could use a couple of those if we struggle for colours. I'll have a proper look either tomorrow or on my next day off which is sunday and get a little list going (I like lists)
Hello everyone, I'm Rachael and I'm from Birmingham UK. I've been playing UNO for a few years and have been a Captain for the last two years. I now work two jobs so unfortunately don't have the time to put into captaincy but will be a willing participant this year instead. I like seeing all the different books people read as it gives me ideas for what to add to my TBR pile. I read any genre and attend a book club so push a lot of books onto people! The last one was Adele by Leila Slimani which proved to be a very interesting discussion! My shelf name is correct. I'll have a look and see what colours I could read.
Hi Rachael! A willing participant is a good place to be :)I'm waiting patiently for my library to get a copy of è - it had her first book really quickly after it was published, which I really enjoyed (the writing if not the characters!) and so I hoped that they'd get this one in too, especially as it got more promotion too. Sadly I'm still waiting... :(
I try to get to a couple of book clubs, but for one reason or another have missed the last meetings. I agree that having discussions about books that create divisive opinions is good, but generally better in face-to-face conversation, not online where people can misconstrue words and end in a massive flame war!
oh, also I meant to say that I am grabbing one of the 8 Greens, with
, which comes out at the end of February and which I shall be dumping everything for to read!I've put some other colour cover books I have on the planning sheet, but I'm easy about when (if) I read them:
Ha ha, I got so excited at finally having a green 7 I haven't really looked for anything else. I'm sure I can find anything but thought I really should let everyone else have a crack at the colour cards if they want to. ;)
Hey, Rachael! I think we were on the same UNO team a year or two ago. :)Does this look yellow to you guys?
Hello team!I'm a little bit late, but now I'm here :) This is the 3rd time playing the UNO challenge.
My name is Bernadette and I live in Austria. I like to read different genres and if it's sounds interesting I'm open to new things. I love to read thrillers and after reading Six of Crows a few weeks ago I plan to read more fantasy, because I really liked it :)
A book from from last year which really impressed me was A Handmaid's Tale.
Oh and I am also Harry Potter Fan ;)
It's funny to be in a team with several people from UK. I would like to do a trip this year to UK by train and maybe will start to plan it in the next weeks.
My shelf is correct.Cat wrote: "Oh, can everyone confirm what their UNO shelf will be for this challenge?
This is the info from sign ups:
Member Shelf Name
Bernadette uno-2020
Camille uno-2020
❅Rachael uno-challenge
❅Alison Uno..."
Hi Bernadette :)A train journey to visit the UK sounds fun. At least until you get to the UK and discover the fun that is our rail system :-/
Hey Team!I'm Camille, I'm 19 and from Denmark.
I have played Uno two times before and had a blast both times. I just started school again after a three year break, so I might not read all that fast, but I will do my best!
I read all genres, but I love some good fantasy with dragons or scifi
Hi Camille! back to school is exciting! what are you studying?
I'm studying agriculture. I want to work with cattle or goats xD
At least you know what you want to do Camille, I struggled for a long time to work out what I wanted to do. :)
I added a few books with coloured covers to the spreadsheet. From what I can tell, they won't work for anything that hasn't already been covered, but I can wait until March or April to read them if needed.
I have two colour covers, but I am not sure what they could work for yet. Peter Pan and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
and
The Wind in the Willows
Peter Pan could work for blue 2 maybe, with Tinkerbell
Might get to The Evidence Of Ghosts as well, which also has a blue cover
Seeing you just finished Pawn of Prophecy, Cat, reminded me that I was up to Magician's Gambit in my reread of the (two) series, and look at that green cover! I think it hits the 50% just about.
E's sometimes appear unexpectedly as characters so we might not need another 8 green, but I'll keep it ready just in case.
Looking green to me! :)and whilst the primary 8Greens have been covered, we do have some WD4s that need to be covered, so we can have up to two more :)
Cat, I've added a couple of books to the sheet but just wanted to check how you want us to mark a completion. Do you want a full completion post in this thread with all the cards it works for or if it's on the planning sheet are you happy for us just to post that we've finished a book and refer you back to the sheet for the details?
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Team Members:
� Cat - Captain
� Ingeborg - Co-captain
� Rachael Hewison
� Bernadette
� Keely
� Sarah
� Camille
� Alison
� Skandia
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