The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team Avonlea

Team Members:
❅ Michelle - Captain
❅ Gem Co-Captain
❅ Jackie Freeman
❅ Cindy Madrid
❅ Ophélie Depoortere
❅ Amy
❅ Klare
❅ Jenny



♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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PLAYERS UNO SHELVES:
❅ Michelle - Captain = x challenge
❅ Gem Co-Captain = UNO 2022
❅ Jackie Freeman = uno 2022
❅ Cindy Madrid = uno 2022
❅ Ophélie Depoortere = uno 2022
❅ Amy = 2022-ba-uno-challenge
❅ Klare = uno 2022
❅ Jenny = uno 2022

COUNTDOWN TO START:
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

TEAM SPREADSHEET:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

PLANNING SPREADSHEET:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

CURRENT POINTS:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

IMPORTANT INFO:

◈ This is a 3 month team challenge starting 1 February 2022

◈ At the end of the challenge 30 April 2022 the team with the most points wins!

◈ At the start of each month each team is given a minimum 14 hands of 7 "UNO" cards

◈ The idea is to "play" each hand for points. It is up to the team how many "hands" they can get through in the month, but they must play one hand completely before being able to get points for the next

◈ The team can choose to skip an entire hand to get to the next one, but they are not given a replacement hand. (You can only skip one hand in a month)

◈ Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books, Graphic Novels, Manga, Cook Books, Plays and Poetry books can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com or more than 3 hours of audio using a reputable website (e.g. audible, overdrive)

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 :) "

Reserve

Team Planning Sheet - use this to track your books!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Countdown to start!
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

IMPORTANT:
DON'T START READING YOUR UNO BOOKS UNTIL THIS TIME.

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So excited to get started! Sending friend requests to those of you I am not connected with.

Hi everyone, Co-Captain here. I've played UNO twice before and its the most fun of all the challenges. I was excited when I saw our group name, Anne of green gables was one of my childhood favourites!

I'm from the UK and I love to read a wide range of genres but my faves are thrillers, horrors and crime.
I've persuaded my sister Klare to join in this year and I'm sure she'll introduce herself at some point.

Feel free to ask any questions regarding the challenge, especially if youve not played before. Its a super easy challenge to work on and the main thing is that we all have fun!

I loved Anne growing up, too, Gem! Excited to be on team Avonlea.

This is my second round of captaining for UNO. I tend to read anything and everything, but my favorites are mysteries, historicals of all kinds, and non-fiction.
I live on a small farm in rural Oregon and will mostly be on nights and weekends. Sometimes my internet does not play well with others. The struggle is real out here in the middle of nowhere.

I am going to get us a planning spreadsheet to use. Ideally, you can all claim spots with your books and enter them into the spreadsheet yourselves. If anyone needs help, Gem & I are here for you, but it flows really well if you place your books and then mark them as read on the sheet. Please know that your books could get moved as we need to juggle the hands and maximize points each month. Gem & I will move them to the official spreadsheet for you.

Looking forward to reading with you all and finding great new books to explore. Let us know where you are from, how many times you have played UNO, and what are some of your favorite books and authors. I'm always looking for recommendations.

Gem, here is my challenge shelf link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...✓

And here is our planning sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

And our first set of "color cards":

7 Yellow
8 Green
9 Blue
4 Red
4 Red
5 Blue
3 Blue
0 Red

Hi everyone. I live in North Carolina and am retired from a career in IT management. I've played UNO a couple of times before and it's become one of my favorite team challenges.

I'll read just about anything but favorites are fantasy, mystery, and historical fiction. I really got into audiobooks a couple of years ago so I almost always having an audiobook and one or two ebooks going at a time.

Looking forward to this season of UNO and reading with everyone!

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

Hello all, I live in Colorado. I work as a pharmacy technician in a hospital although I am currently on maternity leave. I usually read anything and everything. I'm not really a big planner I usually just try to fit my book where it fits but I do plan the color cards when I can. I usually have an audiobook going at the same time as an ebook like Jackie, but I usually only listen to them on my drive too and from work and at work.

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

Me too, Cindy! I always have an audiobook going but it's mainly for my commute (45+ minutes each way).

Also if anyone wants to see how sad I am with my love of a spreadsheet, here's my proposed reads for this challenge.
Feel free to use this as a template but be sure to make a copy before you start amending mine :)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Great planning sheet, Gem! I love it.

I’m Klare from Berkshire uk. Ready to play. First time joining in.

Hi everyone,

Greetings from Belgium. This will be my second year playing UNO and I'm really looking forward to it. I had so much fun last year and got to meet some lovely people. I'm positive this year will be the same 😊.

I'm mostly active during my breaks at work and a little bit after work, so I'll probably won't be online a lot at the same time as you all.

Until a few years ago I was a mostly physical copy kind a girl, but I've discovered the advantages of an e-reader AND I discovered audiobooks. Going to the gym and doing chores around the house is suddenly very appealing if you can discover "what happens next"...

My most read genres are thrillers, fantasy, romance and general fiction. Either YA or adult. Mostly I read contemporary's, but I'm not averse to historical fiction and classics.

My favorite author for the last several years is Karin Slaughter. I discovered her work kind of late. I assumed her name was a pen-name. Also, she's very popular in Belgium and I usually don't like the works of the (in Belgium) popular ones - Boy was I wrong.

You can find my favorites shelf over here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Ophélie wrote: "Hi everyone,

Greetings from Belgium. This will be my second year playing UNO and I'm really looking forward to it. I had so much fun last year and got to meet some lovely people. I'm positive this..."

Hi Ophelie.
I have a few karin slaughters on my shelf to read, maybe I can fit some into this challenge.

Please can you confirm this is the uno shelf you will be using for your books?
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~ wrote: "Ophélie wrote: "Hi everyone,

Greetings from Belgium. This will be my second year playing UNO and I'm really looking forward to it. I had so much fun last year and got to meet some lovely people. I..."

Hi Gem, that is my shelf!

I prefer the Will Trent series (in order) by Karin Slaughter and her standalones. I did like the Grant County series, but I read them after the Will Trent.

I haven't read anything by Karin Slaughter. Must remedy that!

I like that planning spreadsheet too Gem. I have a bunch of Karin slaughter books on my tbr list also, maybe I’ll try to fit one in soon also!

Ophélie wrote: "Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~ wrote: "Ophélie wrote: "Hi everyone,

Greetings from Belgium. This will be my second year playing UNO and I'm really looking forward to it. I had so much fun last year and go..."

I love Karin Slaughter! My first one was The Good Daughter and then I discovered Will Trent. So good! I haven't started Grant County yet but it's on my list.

Hello, everyone! My name is Amy and I live in the northeast US. I read mostly nonfiction or SFF, but I've been on a Sherlock Holmes kick since finishing the canon last year.

This is my second time playing UNO, so if I mess up or get anything wrong, please tell me so I can fix and avoid doing it again. Also, it doesn't look like there's a link to my UNO shelf, so here it is: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'll be adding some books to the the planning sheet this afternoon. I know I plan on rereading the Illuminae Files (trilogy) and I'll sort out the rest at the same time.

Great! Welcome, Amy. Yes, if you all have planned reads please grab spots on the planning sheet. Just remember we can’t start reading until the games begin!

I plan on reading for blue 9 and one of the red 4’s and I marked it on the spreadsheet. If you need me to read more color cards just let me know. All my other reads I finish can just be put where needed

Hi Amy!

I’ve got a few planned reads for February so I’ve added to the SS. Going forward I’ll be a lot more flexible as to what I’m reading, I’m taking part in a few buddy reads over on Instagram, not to mention I’m reading the whole game of thrones series over the course of this year with a group of about 60!
Will be hoping to complete everything I’m reading now before the end of the month ready to start :)

Hi everyone, I am shreya from India. I would like to join this challenge and see how it works.

Hi Shreya! To join the challenge, you will need to first fill out the sign up form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...

Once you have signed up, one of the moderators of this group will reach out and let you know your team assignment. I think they are taking reserve players, so be patient and they will be able to find you a home as people don't check in.

Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~ wrote: "Hi Amy!

I’ve got a few planned reads for February so I’ve added to the SS. Going forward I’ll be a lot more flexible as to what I’m reading, I’m taking part in a few buddy reads over on Instagram..."

I usually just read whatever naturally leads from one to the next, but I know I have holds coming in from my library so I'm trying to plan around those. They'll be there and I have to read them, so why not read them for this challenge?

Book Update: I added the books of the Illuminae trilogy and the Winterknight trilogy to the planning sheet. Illuminae is a reread (it's a great series; I highly recommend it!) so I know I'll read all of those, but Winterknight seems to have some really negative reviews and I've DNFed super popular series that have looked solid before when they've turned out to be not to my taste. (Outlander comes to mind; by the time I slogged to the end of book one, I actively hated everything about it.) If I quit that series, I plan to remove the books and substitute in the last books of the Warlock Holmes series, which are currently not on the sheet.

So excited to be here! My name is Jenny and I am from Ohio. I love reading all kinds of books and I work at a library so books surround me everywhere! My uno shelf is https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Also, this is my first time with this challenge so there will be questions :-)

Jenny! So glad to have you on the team. I think enough of us have played that we can get you through it. :) It's so much fun, you will want to play every year now.

HI Jenny, super jealous you get to work in a library, pretty sure I'd do it for free :D haha

I found a book of mine that should work on the 8 Green on Hand 5 The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes

It certainly looks green enough to me, but if not please remove it.

How about I plan to read The Cactus by Sarah Haywood for the Three Card? Reason would be the H in Haywood. Just checking if I am getting this right :-)

Jenny wrote: "How about I plan to read The Cactus by Sarah Haywood for the Three Card? Reason would be the H in Haywood. Just checking if I am getting this right :-)"

If the reason is really clear cut like that, you can probably just add it to the planning sheet. Pick a 3 - there are eight left on various hands, at the time of this comment - and put the book there. Make sure you pick your name off the Read By drop down menu and in the Reason column put something like 'Author Name (Sarah Haywood)'.

Then, because books are still might be moved around to fill hands, list where else the book could go in Other Possible Cards column. The Cactus is a standalone/not part of a series so it could be a 0 or it could be a 6 due to the MC's name (Sarah Green) if needed.

I hope this was helpful.

Looks green enough to me, Amy! And yes, Jenny, that's exactly right. Adding what else it works for helps Gem & I move books around to fill spots at the end.

Link to the start. Don't start your books until then!
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

I'm being a moody reader, so I haven't claimed anything yet. I'll probably take a look at your shelves and start with a reverse or something.

Michelle wrote: "I'm being a moody reader, so I haven't claimed anything yet. I'll probably take a look at your shelves and start with a reverse or something."

I'm also a mood-reader and I love to plan. Two things that don't go to well together for reading 🤣. I like making lists for my TBR, and then I end up reading other books....

Last year I planned a lot for the uno-challenge. Some of the time it felt more like a chore to read the books on the spreadsheet (which is kind of dumb, cause I could have switched them, but anyway...).

So this year I'll just add to the spreadsheet while I'm reading.

During the first lock-down (back in 2020 😞) the app I used for my personal library crashed. I think I added to many books....🤣
I then used the extra time during lock-down to upload all my books in https://www.librarything.com. You can make collections, add tags.... So I have added tags to my books (for ex. uno1, uno2, unoRed,....) and then added them to a separate collection for UNO. This way I have a nice spread of books to choose from. All kinds of genres, ready to fit my mood at the time.
PS: you can also export from LibraryThing to Excel.... and make spreadsheets.

I've already seen a nice spreadsheet by Gem to organize books for uno. How do you all look for your next great read?

Jackie wrote: "I haven't read anything by Karin Slaughter. Must remedy that!"

You won't regret it 👌

I keep a shelf of recommendations that I collect during other challenges! I take a look at that shelf from time to time, then work my way through them.

Team, are you getting your pre-planned books on our sheet? Claim your spots, and be sure to list what else it works for (once you know) so Gem & I can move them around on the official team sheet.

Remember not to start them until this time:
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Can't wait to get started! Waiting to start my books is killing me.

I can’t wait to start. Trying to finish all my books for my other challenges before the 1st

I'm ready to go! Got several books on the spreadsheet.

Only 13 hours and 46 minutes to go 🥳