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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2022
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Team Wuthering Heights
Team Vitals❅ Karen uno_2022 Read Currently Reading Comments
❅ Stacey uno2022 Read Currently Reading Comments
❅ Sammy uno22 Read Currently Reading Comments
❅ Sonia uno22 Read Currently Reading Comments
❅ Andrea uno-2022 Read Currently Reading Comments
❅ Lisa uno-2022 Read Currently Reading Comments
❅ Brittany uno-2022 Read Currently Reading Comments
❅ Sally 2022-uno Read Currently Reading Comments
❅ Ilsen uno-challenge-2022 Read Currently Reading Comments
April Coloured Cards
1 Yellow Lisa (also works for skip & 9)
3 Yellow Sammy (also works for 8)
6 Yellow Stacey (also works for 1)
8 Yellow Karen (also works for Skip and 1)
9 Yellow Sammy
Skip Yellow Karen
4 Blue Stacey
5 Blue Sonia
Skip Blue Lisa
2 Green Stacey
4 Green OPEN
8 Green Lisa
Skip Green Sammy
7 Red Lisa
9 Red Lisa
Skip Red Sammy
Overloads
1. Purple Sammy
2. Black Sammy
3. Brown Sonia
Our Team Tracking Spreadsheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
You don't have to use this, completely up to you.
Using the tracking sheet
Add in all the info you can and when you read a book, just let us know in this thread it is read, but you don't need to include any detail as it is in the sheet.
If you don't want to use the tracking sheet
Then when you finish a book, add into THIS thread the book, date read, and then all the letters it may work for and why.
Coloured covers
I will update our post above as you claim books for these
Welcome everyone!This is our 8th year of UNO and if you haven't played before, then the best way I can sum it up is that this is a challenge where you can mostly read what you like, but have more fun by getting to know other players and getting great book recommendations.
Our theme this year is famous literary places. Wuthering Heights I know can polarise people, but I have read it probably over 20 times, seen it adapted into TV, Movies and Plays and it remains one of my all time favourites. How about you?
I have sent you all friend requests and will PM you soon with the link to this thread so hopefully we will see you all soon.
I'll set up the tracking spreadsheet in the next few hours and post here also.
As an intro, I live in Sydney, Aus with my husband and 2 boys and run a HR consulting business . I read almost everything except Horror, and I'm not a massive Romance reader.
I look forward to playing with you all!
P.S Don't forget to create your UNO shelf if you haven't already
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Important
*Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count. The challenge starts on Tuesday 1 Feb, 2021 at 9am UTC (Countdown is here: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
Main cities, FYI:
Tuesday 1 February 2022
San Francisco 1am
London 9am
New York 4am
Mumbai 2.30pm
Tokyo 6pm
Sydney 8pm
*Books must be more than 100 pages in length. If it is a Childrens book or a graphic novel, we need to verify it is more than 25,000 words on arbookfind.com.
*Your finished books need to be on your Uno shelf AND marked as "read" for them to count.
* Please make notes of how your book may count. The more options we have the better! (Letters used in UNO are Z,O,T,H,F,I,V,E,S,N,K,P and of course if another team member has read the book before. Please friend our team members!)
*For coloured cards, the cover needs to be 50% or more of the colour. You can ask us in this thread for our opinion, or use this colour tool: https://labs.tineye.com/color/ to get an idea. If in doubt, ask me or a co-captain as we can check it and/or take to the captains group for another opinion. It is NOT required to use tineye
* This is a social challenge, not a competitive one. We'd love to get points, but the main aim of the game is to have fun, read lots and get to know each other :)
Hey everyone! This is my favorite challenge been doing it for years and always look forward to it. I am in Tampa, Fl. I love to read historicals, paranormal and sci-fi and some steamy reads.
I am so excited to be a part of this team. I am so reading for this challenge to start, and I am so motivated to read <3. My name is Andrea. I live in Florida right now, but I want to move to either the UK, New Zealand, or maybe somewhere in Europe. I have an embroidery/ t-shirt business and love to crochet.
I hope we can have lots of fun :D I haven't read Wuthering Heights but I have 5 different copies of it, so maybe I should lol
Hi everyone!! My name is Ilsen and I’m excited to be part of this team! I’m from Miami, Florida (a lot of people are from Florida on this team, wow) and I usually read a lot of fantasy and contemporary usually from the YA age group but I like to try to diversify my reading.Being on this team is kinda funny because I recently read Wuthering Heights for my last class. I wasn’t the biggest fan but I enjoyed analyzing it. I also watched one of the adaptations as well for class and I’ll be interested to see what everyone’s thoughts are.
I’m going to see if I can fit any of the colored cards but if not, I’m glad to be on the team. I hope once everyone is here, we can figure out how we would like to run UNO when it comes to the spreadsheet because all captains do things differently! I’m so excited for UNO to start!
Hi everyone, Lots of familiar faces in our team and a few new ones to get to know which is lovely. This is my 7th UNO challenge, it's such fun. I'm from Sydney, Australia and we also have a farming property in southern NSW. I'm a Mum to 3 and Nanna to 5 with another one on the way in April which is exciting. Other than my family my passions are reading and travelling which I'm hoping to resume towards the end of this year with a cruise through the Suez Canal and down the Red Sea.
So thrilled we are Team Wuthering Heights. I'm with Karen, my favourite book since I read it when I was 14 many moons ago, and in 2017 I had the privilege of visiting the Bronte Parsonage and seeing the table where they wrote their books and poems!! I have seen just about all the movies and series, and thinking the original movie with Lawrence Olivier and Merle Oberon is probably the best. And who doesn't love Kate Bush and her red dress, singing, "Heathcliff, It's me, Cathy I've come home..." 💕
Howdy!Hi everyone, I'm Sammy, and I'm a bookaholic. It's been approximately 3 minutes since I last read a page ;)
This is my first time playing Uno, but have done many other challenges.
I'm afraid I'm on the other side of the spectrum where our title book is concerned... I loved it as a teen, but when I re-read it about a year ago, I found myself thoroughly disliking Heathcliff, and didn't like Cathy all that much more.
It is however beautifully written, as I find so many Victorian novels are, which does help to off-set the fact I find Heathcliff a horrid bully, lol.
If there is one thing I seem to enjoy even more than reading books, it's planning what books to read! I already looked at the sheet earlier, and found that I have books to cover every colour card, plus spares to cover wild draw 4s!
I'm not a huge fan of YA or romance, but will generally read a bit of everything.
On an additional note, I live only a few miles from Haworth!
Sammy, great to playing on a team with you again. I re-read Wuthering Heights a few years ago after I visited the Parsonage and appreciated it a different light from when I was younger when it was all about the ill fated romance and the brooding hotness of Heathcliff. The language is so beautiful. And it's not really a love story at all, but how circumstances mold people and how two people who supposedly love each other really bring out the absolute worst in each other.
Sammy wrote: "On an additional note, I live only a few miles from Haworth!"Wow, Sammy, My best friend who I travelled there with, her maiden name is Keighley. Her Dad's family originally came from there about 7 generations ago. I loved the area although I went in September it's probably pretty brutal in winter.
Colour covers - I've got a Blue 1 or 3
and Green 1.
I can do more but I'll try not to get over excited and hog too many, LOL.
G’day AllNice to be on this team - and many of you I have been on teams with before - a couple of you are new to me so expect a friend request pretty soon 😀👍
So, about me, I’m a retired Aussie who lives in Queensland. I am mum to two and Nanna to 3. I thought when I retired I would have more time to read - but I am so busy I am actually reading less! I am an eclectic reader and will read most Genre, although my comfort books are paranormal romances and cosy mysteries.
Hmm Wuthering Heights? Not a favourite of mine, but I loved Kate Bush’s song. Kate and I shared a boarding school dormitory back in the late 60s - she was 2 years younger than me (I was 11) and she used to be constantly singing even then. In fact our Dorm Captain was always telling her to shut up as her voice was horrible and she’d never make it as a singer. LOL - how wrong was she 😀
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Sammy wrote: "On an additional note, I live only a few miles from Haworth!"Wow, Sammy, My best friend who I travelled there with, her maiden name is Keighley. Her Dad's family originally came fro..."
Hey Lisa, been a while!
I've been all over the UK, including living in the north-east of Scotland, and the weather in Yorkshire is the most consistently terrible I've ever experienced. and hubby wonders why I'm desperate to leave! lol. To an Aussie, I'll wager our winters are no fun at all. Cold, wet and miserable!
I'd also not want to try to climb the main street in Haworth when it's icy!!
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Hi everyone, Lots of familiar faces in our team and a few new ones to get to know which is lovely. This is my 7th UNO challenge, it's such fun. I'm from Sydney, Australia and we also have a farmi..."
The Suez Canal!!!? Wow.
Apparently I did that with my parents when I was about 8 but don’t have any memories of it. Would love to do it now I’m older.
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "2017 I had the privilege of visiting the Bronte Parsonage and seeing the table where they wrote their books and poems!! .."Ah! That seriously gives me goosebumps. I love visiting important literary places.
Tolstoy's summer house was a highlight for me
OMG... Sally what a great story. There's a few WH connections in this group, it's positively gothic!
Sammy wrote: "On an additional note, I live only a few miles from Haworth!"Cool!
I understand what you mean about Heathcliff. It is actually one of the things I love about the book... every time I read it I go back and forth with my feelings for Heathcliff. Sometimes I hate him. Sometimes I feel sorry for him. Sometimes I even begrudgingly respect him :o
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "it's not really a love story at all, but how circumstances mold people and how two people who supposedly love each other really bring out the absolute worst in each other..."Great way to put it
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Sammy wrote: "On an additional note, I live only a few miles from Haworth!"Cool!
I understand what you mean about Heathcliff. It is actually one of the things I love about the book... every time..."
I actually think Catherine was worse. One part of me understands she was a woman of a certain class in a certain time and had to marry for her advantage. Yes she was headstrong, emotional and over dramatic but so very cruel at times.
Welcome everyone!As we all get comfy, here is our
Our Team Tracking Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
You don't have to use this, completely up to you.
Using the tracking sheet
Add in all the info you can and when you read a book, just let us know in this thread it is read, but you don't need to include any detail as it is in the sheet.
If you don't want to use the tracking sheet
Then when you finish a book, add into THIS thread the book, date read, and then all the letters it may work for and why.
Coloured covers
I will update our post above as you claim books for these
I'll post the books I found tomorrow for confirmation, as a couple may be borderline, but need to head to bed now, as past my bed time!However
... Blue or Green? It looks more blue-ish on my screen, but when I look at the physical copy, it's more green, lol.
Sammy wrote: "I'll post the books I found tomorrow for confirmation, as a couple may be borderline, but need to head to bed now, as past my bed time!However
... Blue or Green? It look..."No worries, sleep well!
I would say green. And we usually go with the colour that it seems more like on the physical copy if you have one ;)
Awesome. definitely would like to bagsie green 8 then, because I'm itching to get back to my discworld in-order re-read, lol.
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I would say green. And we usually go with the colour that it seems more like on the physical copy if you have one ;)"And if in doubt we ask Mr Karen..? ;)
Sammy wrote: "Awesome. definitely would like to bagsie green 8 then, because I'm itching to get back to my discworld in-order re-read, lol."All yours!
I understand. I am going through the citywatch series in order. Where's a challenge requiring an elephant on the cover when you need one....!!
Sally906 wrote: "Kate and I shared a boarding school dormitory back in the late 60s - she was 2 years younger than me (I was 11) and she used to be constantly singing even then. In fact our Dorm Captain was always telling her to shut up as her voice was horrible and she’d never make it as a singer. LOL - how wrong was she 😀..."omg love this! haha
Great connections we have as a team to our team name!
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I understand. I am going through the citywatch series in order. Where's a challenge requiring an elephant on the cover when you need one....!!"We had that one over the summer! lol. Also, the first challenge after you read the book will have that as a task. guaranteed! :D
Definitely sleeping now, lol.
Andrea wrote: "I hope we can have lots of fun :D I haven't read Wuthering Heights but I have 5 different copies of it, so maybe I should lol..."Sounds like you now have the perfect excuse!
Brittany wrote: "Hey everyone! This is my favorite challenge been doing it for years and always look forward to it. I am in Tampa, Fl. I love to read historicals, paranormal and sci-fi and some steamy reads."Welcome! There are a couple on this team who love a bit of steam.
A few space-porn generally come out in UNO too (not looking at anyone in particular...Lisa.... teehee)
Ilsen wrote: "Being on this team is kinda funny because I recently read Wuthering Heights for my last class. I wasn’t the biggest fan but I enjoyed analyzing it..."Welcome! Yes it is a great book for analysing. :)
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "I'm hoping to resume towards the end of this year with a cruise through the Suez Canal and down the Red Sea..."Amazing!
You always had the most amazing holidays. I've missed hearing about your ability to travel over the last two years. (I live vicariously! haha)
Sammy wrote: "Also, the first challenge after you read the book will have that as a task. guaranteed! :D..."So true!
Sleep well. I need to actually do some work :o
Hi all! Look forward to reading with you! This is my third or fourth year playing and my second as co-captain. I'm in the US, currently in Ohio (midwest) but still think of myself as an east coast girl. I have one teen, a husband, dog, and a crazy job which sometimes interferes with reading (at least reading as much as I might like).I read Wuthering Heights as a teen. I think it was one summer when I read like crazy any romance or classic I could find. I may have to reread this one as I honestly don't remember much. It didn't stick with me the way some of the others did.
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "2017 I had the privilege of visiting the Bronte Parsonage and seeing the table where they wrote their books and poems!! .."Ah! That seriously gives me goosebumps. I l..."
Oh me too. Tolstoy's would be amazing, although I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Anna Karenina. Love the BBC adaption, the book not so much. The other places I've visited which I loved are Louisa May Alcott's house and Beatrix Potter's Hill Top. Museums now, all set up how they lived in them. And my biggest miss was trying to go to PEI to see the Anne of Green Gables house. The weather was so bad the cruise ship I was on had to sail right past.. with me crying ( and puking) in the cabin. But it's still on the list someday.
I team!!Karen we haven't been in a team in what? 8 years? More? Lol
Anyway, please don't kick me out of the team, but Wuthering Heights it's pretty much the reason I started hating classics.
Once it started being mentioned on twilight I considered reading it again, because it couldn't be the same book but then... It was the book that made me hate classics.
Who knows, maybe I end up reading it.
Anyway, I have some blankets, and crackers and bottles water and some flashlights to ensure we can read. Plus a stash of yarn to knit/crochet more warm stuff if needed be.
I'm also pretty sure I have a NR Walker that we can use for red. I'll confirm tomorrow, since I'm all snuggled in bed and almost asleep, but I remember grabbing it on KU, and then realized it could be used for uno.I forgot to tell, I'm from near Lisbon, Portugal, and our climate is awesome. Lol. Even if it's a bit colder than what I prefer at the moment
It’s ok Sonia. I also don’t really like Wuthering Heights but I had to read it for class XD It’s still interesting to see everyone’s opinions though!I also took a look on the spreadsheet and I think I’m just going to put things primarily in here but I will still look at the spreadsheet.
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "nd my biggest miss was trying to go to PEI to see the Anne of Green Gables house. ..."oh no, what a shame!!
I did make a trip there in 2000 and it was fantastic. what an Island! Loved the house too ;)
Sonia wrote: "I team!!Karen we haven't been in a team in what? 8 years? More? Lol
Anyway, please don't kick me out of the team, but Wuthering Heights it's pretty much the reason I started hating classics.
On..."
Yes I stole you *mod powers* haha! We were never able to be on a team together because of being mods, so I'm not even sure we were way-back-when.
Anyway, I have you here now. And sorry about Wuthering Heights. I had a feeling you and I had discussed your opinion at some point... but that is the great thing about the book - it creates a lot of discussion! lol
wow we are all checked in! *high five team*Lisa and Sonia if you could create your UNO shelves when you are able.
And then we are all good to go.
Grab your blankets, candles and a weapon. Let's head inside :o
All done. Here's the link to my shelf imaginatively titled - Uno - 2022 - 😜
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
The BOM for February over at NBRC is
which I'll be reading and can be used for a duplicate 0 Red if needed.
Hobbits from the Shire creeping by to say a tentative hellooo... This place would be a nice drill for the Mordor trip. :D
I am also one of those readers who have a great respect for Emily Brontë, but judge Heathcliff to be a byronic-bulls**t-hero. :)
But looking at the bright side, Sammy, I guess you can always post some pics of HC-actors and hold the competition on who is the hottest/horridest of the. ;)
Melindam wrote: "Hobbits from the Shire creeping by to say a tentative hellooo... This place would be a nice drill for the Mordor trip. :D
I am also one of those readers who have a great respect for Emily Brontë,..."
*waves*
Yes it would be a good stop over on the way to Mordor ;)
And that is a great way to describe Heathcliff haha
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