The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team SpongeBob




Team Members:

Denise (captain)
maria helena (co-captain)
Ashley S.
Ora
Karla
Nicole

Jim

Team Spreadsheet

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CARDS:

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 any of the requirements for cards 0-9

Wild draw four
Read any book!


"**The Draw Two card will automatically 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 :) "

Denise's shelf
Maria Helena's shelf
Ora's shelf
Ashley's shelf
Karla's shelf
Nicole's shelf

MAY CARDS

Zero - 4 (4 filled)
One - 6 (5 filled)
Two - 6 (4 filled)
Three - 5 (5 filled)
Four - 6 (6 filled)
Five - 6 (6 filled)
Six - 7 (6 filled)
Seven - 8 (8 filled)
Eight - 7 (7 filled)
Nine - 6 (6 filled)
Skip - 8 (8 filled)
Reverse - 8 (8 filled)
Draw Two - 7 (7 filled)
Wild - 3 (0 filled)
Wild Draw Four - 4 (0 filled)

Color cards:

RED: 1, 6 (both filled)
BLUE: 3, 6, 7 (all filled)
GREEN: 4 (filled)
YELLOW: 3 (filled)

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Hi team!
My shelf

So excited for this to start! :D

Hi everyone! :)

Hello Team!!



Ashley reporting for duty. ;-)

HI team!!

I'm here too, but it's Jim, not Ji. ;)

All my shelves are public.

My shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Jim

Haha Jim, oops! I'll fix my post at least when I get on the computer tomorrow. :)

I also sent friend requests to those of you I wasn't already friends with, so all of your finished books and everything pop up in my news feed. ;)

Denise, you stole Ashley from me!! :-p

♦Ashley♦ wrote: "Hello Team!!

Ashley reporting for duty. ;-)"

Love it

*Sneaking in o wave hello* :-)

Good morning, team!

I think we need someone named Patrick. ;)

I will be away on vacation from February 20-March 2, 2016. I hope this isn't a problem.

I looked at our spreadsheet and own a book that will satisfy the Draw 2 in our first UNO hand.

Jim

Wow, I have no idea what I will be reading on the 1st yet.
How do you want to do tasks? Most of the time I have a list of books I would like to read and get sidetracked.
I have been reading trying to read longer books this year so it has been taking me longer to read books, however I can find shorter ones if necessary to make sure we finish as many hands as possible.

*Waves at Eldarwen and Annika

Hello ladies:)

I'm sure the rules will make sense once we start playing. I understand we can only play one hand at at time. Are we allowed to use a book for hand 2 or 3 that doesn't fit for hand 1, then turn in for points after hand 1 is done? Hope that question makes sense;)

Sure can Ashley. Your books aren't "locked in" until the end of the month

Karen wrote: "Sure can Ashley. Your books aren't "locked in" until the end of the month"

Thanks Karen:-)

Popping in to say hi to Maria Helena!!

Laura wrote: "Popping in to say hi to Maria Helena!!"

:-)

Hi everyone!

Here is my shelf

I have a book I can read for nine. I am not that far into it, so I will take it off of my currently reading shelf and start it over when the game begins.

Eldarwen wrote: "Denise, you stole Ashley from me!! :-p"

Mwahahaha! ;D

Ora wrote: "Wow, I have no idea what I will be reading on the 1st yet.
How do you want to do tasks? Most of the time I have a list of books I would like to read and get sidetracked.
I have been reading tryin..."

When I played last year, we all pretty much just posted what we were reading/planning to read along with whatever cards the books would fit. Some people would post just one book at a time, some posted several they were planning to get to during the month. Eldarwen and I were captains and we would generally fill in the more difficult cards first and go from there, leaving the wild cards for last since pretty much anything fits for those.

We didn't really worry about finishing the hands in order. As long as everything is done by the end of the month we're good, and Maria Helena and I can move books around at the end if we need to in order to finish up earlier hands and maximize our points. We'll have a sheet to keep track of all of the different options for each book, as well as extra books if we have any. :)

I'm a pretty fast reader and can look at some of the harder tasks, just let know if you want me to read for a specific card. I did put down around 250 books because I have been trying to read more books over 400 pages.

Here's a few books I will wait until March for

0 - has an author first name or surname starts with Z
Mercury Striking Rebecca Zanetti

2 - has a title starting with T
This Girl Colleen Hoover

4 - has an author first name or surname starts with F
also works for 0 - has a title starting with O
Draw 2 Use the same book for two cards in this hand (and get points for both cards)**

Outtakes from the Grave Jeaniene Frost

6 - has an author first name or surname starts with S
UnBound Neal Shusterman

Skip - has an author first name or surname starts with K or P
Into the Fury Kat Martin

Hand 3

Draw 2 Use the same book for two cards in this hand (and get points for both cards)**

4 - has an author first name or surname starts with F
0 - has a title starting with O

Outtakes from the Grave Jeaniene Frost

I will make it priority to read this book the first week of March

I don't usually plan too far ahead, but here's what I have planned for March so far...

The 5th Wave
One Card: setting - Ohio, First in series
Two Card: Title starts with T
Five Card: 5 in title
Six Card: S character: Sammy Sullivan
Eight Card: E character: Evan Walker
Skip: P character: Ben Parish

♦Ashley♦ wrote: "I don't usually plan too far ahead, but here's what I have planned for March so far..."

I don't plan that far ahead either, but I read mostly series so I'm hoping that will work for our cards.

I have planned for March to at least read Fuzzy Nation for the Draw 2 Card; Four Card (title begins with F); Six Card author last name S John Scalzi.

Jim

I'm going to make us a new tab on the spreadsheet sometime tomorrow, for Maria Helena and I to keep track of all of the books being read/pledged, along with all of the cards they will fit for, and then I will start plugging the books you guys have posted so far into the tab for March!

I'm not usually much of a planner either, but last time I played this game I ended up planning a lot more than usual and pledging several books to try and help cover more difficult cards, etc. I will look through my upcoming books tomorrow and see what I can come up with. Of course, I will end up changing the schedule around half a dozen times, but I can usually just find a different book to fit in the same slot. :)

I'm also going to update one of the reserved posts near the top of the thread with all of the unclaimed cards that we have open. We're going to post that based on card types (for example, if we have 6 of the 5 cards to fill, 4 Reverses, or whatever). That way everyone can tell at a quick glance what we need to fill (and what we may have to find several books for!) ;)

Sounds like a good plan Denise:)
I went through everyone's read shelf and compared books. I have a list of books I could read for the Reverse cards.
Along with The 5th Wave I'm adding Shutter Island to my March reads.


Zero Card: Stand Alone
Two Card: T Character - Teddy Daniels
Six Card: S Title
Reverse: Read by Denise

I hope you like the 5th Wave. The 2nd book in the series is a POFM I still need to read this month.

Ora wrote: "I hope you like the 5th Wave. The 2nd book in the series is a POFM I still need to read this month."

Thanks Ora! I've been meaning to read it for months, but it keeps getting pushed back.

It's so quiet around here...

Quite quiet.

Jim

Jim wrote: "Quite quiet.

Jim"

LOL! sorry;) Must've been typing too fast.

What are everyone's favorite genres to read?

What was your favorite book of last year?

Good evening,

I read a lot of nonfiction, but I also like classics, children's and adult fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and the occasional horror.

There were several books that I rated 5 out of 5 stars in 2015:

The Pillars of Hercules
Gone with the Wind
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
The Pat Metheny Interviews: The Inner Workings of His Creativity Revealed
Frommer's EasyGuide to Las Vegas 2015
Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends
Driving Hungry: A Memoir
National Sunday Law
Only the Thought, of Helplessness
Life in a Whirlwind of Numbers: 26 Years of OCD

Jim

Popping in to say hi to Jim! *waves hello*

Hey Laura! What's up, besides what isn't down? *waves back*

Jim

I read mostly mysteries (especially Nordic and British crime) and thrillers, but trying to read more classics and non-fiction.

Some books that I rated 5 out of 5 stars last year are:

My favorite genres are horror, mystery/thriller and fantasy.

Some of my five star books from last year are
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Thanks Maria Helena. I added to my TBR shelf.

♦Ashley♦ wrote: "Thanks Maria Helena. I added to my TBR shelf."

Looking forward to hear what you think of them - especially The Hypnotist!

The first couple of weeks, I won't be able to read all that much. I am finishing up a really tough quarter and I have a lot of stuff due. I will make up for it as soon as I finish my last final.