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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2024
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Team Count Adhemar's Bourbon Lancer
Welcome Team Count Adhemar's Bourbon LancerYou will find a lot of helpful information in these first couple of posts and if you have questions I recommend you look there. If you aren't sure about something feel free to ask in the thread and we will be happy to help!
Team Uno Shelves
❅ Annalisa - Captain
❅ Suzanne - Co-Captain
❅ Ashley
❅ Ashley M. With flowers
❅ Louise
❅ Heather Moore
❅ Kylie
❅ Alla
Rules in a Nutshell- 100 pages (verify 25k words / 3hrs for Children's, Poetry, Plays etc MPG)
- rereads OK after 6 months
- Letters for cards use 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
Basic Expectations
-Check in once a week on the team thread, so that we know you are actively participating, even if you have not completed a book.
-Only books started after the challenge starts can count for this challenge.
-All finished books must be marked as read and must be on your Uno shelf.
Other Information
I prefer not to claim cards except for color cards. If you have a color card that you want to claim please post so we can make sure all our color cards are covered. All other cards will not be claimed as books will often be moved around to make everything fit. When you are posting your completion post please post all cards the book works for.
Important Links
Rules and Updates thread
Helpful Links
Arbook Finder to verify book length: https://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.a...
Children's Books that have verified length
Uno Blue Ideas Shelf
Uno Green Ideas Shelf
Uno Red Ideas Shelf
Uno Yellow Ideas Shelf
For the color covers please be aware that different editions have different color covers and you will need to post the color cover that you read.
Completion Post FormatCompletion Post
Title: It Happened One Autumn
Author: Lisa Kleypas
Date: January 19, 2021
Rating: 4 stars (optional though it does lead to interesting discussion).
Cards:
RED Cover
2 - Series Wallflowers #2
3 - Character Simon Hunt
5 - Title
6 - Character Simon Hunt
8 - Character Evie Jenner
Skip - Author
Does not have to be exactly like this but something similar is appreciated.
FebruaryCountdown to start of UNO!
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
Color Cards
Green 8
Green 8
Red Skip
Blue 5
Blue Skip - Kylie
March Countdown to start: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
Color Cards:
Green 6
Green 7
Green Skip
Red 1
Red 3
Red Skip
March Mini
Part One
This is your cocktail menu. To be able to drink these, you will need to perform two tasks per cocktail.
1. Read a book with a white cover.
2. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: something bloody takes place in the book, the author is called Mary...
3. Read a book with white writing on the cover.
4. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the cover features something white, someone drinks a (white) negroni in the book...
5. Read a book with a yellow cover.
6. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: a character wears a tuxedo, the cover features a tuxedo...
7. Read a book with yellow writing on the cover.
8. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the cover features a flower, a character is called Margerita...
9. Read a book with an orange cover.
10. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the book features a lion, someone's tail is important...
11. Read a book with orange writing on the cover.
12. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: someone likes their hanky panky, a character isn't very proper...
13. Read a book with a red cover.
14. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: a character is afraid of critters, the cover features something fluffy...
15. Read a book with red writing on the cover.
16. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the cover features a glass of red wine, a character likes to drink red wine...
17. Read a book with a pink cover.
18. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the cover features a stiletto, a stiletto is used as a murder weapon...
19. Read a book with pink writing on the cover.
20. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the word "last" is in the book or series title, words are important in the book...
21. Read a book with a turquoise cover.
22. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the book takes place at sea, the cover shows the sea...
23. Read a book with a green cover.
24. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the book features a monkey, the cover shows an item made of brass...
25. Read a book with green writing on the cover.
26. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the book shows a snake on the cover, a character is bitten by something (or someone)...
27. Read a book with a black cover.
28. Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: the book is about love, the cover shows a potion...
29. Read a book with black writing on the cover.
30 Read a book that relates to the cocktail - for example: someone dies, the word "afternoon" is in the book or series title...
April InformationApril removes WD4 cards and adds overload cards. Overload cards are also cover color cards, BUT they require different colors.
The colors you can use for Overload cards are the following:
- purple
- pink
- orange
- brown
- grey
- white
- black
You can only use each cover color once. They are worth 30 points and don't have to fit any letters, only colors.
April Color cards:
Overload
Overload
Blue 1
Blue 2
Blue 4
Blue 5
Blue Skip
Yellow 1
Yellow 2
Yellow 8
Yellow 9
Yellow Skip
Red 1
Red 7
Red 8
Red Skip
Green 1
Green 2
Green 5
Green 6
Green 6
Green 7
Green 9
Green Skip
Hello Team Count Adhemar's Bourbon Lancer! Welcome I can't wait to get to know you all and to play some UNO.Please introduce your self in your first post. Let us know if this is your first time playing UNO or if you have played before, where you are from, and what you genres you enjoy reading. You can also post a few favorite reads and if you feel like it the worst book you read last year. (I always find it really interesting to see what people hate.) Also, somewhere in that post please post a link to your Uno shelf.
I’m going to be sending out friend requests to all of you. Please accept those. It makes it a lot easier for me to check your books throughout the month. You may also want to send friend requests to the rest of the team as it will make it much easier to find reverse cards.
I'm so excited to for UNO to start and to get to know you all more. I'm Annalisa and this is my 8th year playing and my 4th year as a captain. Please feel free to ask any questions you have as I remember my first year was a little confusing.
I’m from the mountains of Western North Carolina in the US.
I enjoy reading historical romance scifi romance, fantasy romance, fantasy, and science fiction. I’m pretty much willing to read any genre although I’m not much for horror.
Some of my favorite recent reads coincidentally from this year:
I was surprised at how much I liked this but I think that was largely because of the horror tag. This was not in my mind horror. It was more of a fairytale with characters that felt real and had fears. It was refreshing. 
I just recently finished this and I had no idea I would enjoy a fantasy mystery, but it was just what I was looking for. This is a world that could easily kill you by breathing in at the wrong time. The setting was fantastic and the characters were such an interesting mix of likeable and not. My least favorite books from 2023:
This was a book I read for a BOM challenge and I still really want to know if a T-Rex can't back up.
As a non challenge related book I really didn't like Verity. I knew going in that there was about a 80% chance I'd dislike it. It gave me Jane Erye vibes and as such was predictable. My UNO shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Hi Team! I'm so glad to get to play Uno with all of you! It was my "gateway" challenge several years ago, and I am always excited to play.My name is Suzanne and I'm from eastern Idaho. It's cold and snowy here right now, but from looking at the weather, I believe that is pretty true of everywhere in the US at the moment.
I like most genres, and will read whatever I'm in the mood for. My favorites of the past few months:
I am tickled that Annalisa also listed this one. It was a good mystery AND a good fantasy, and I was engrossed from start to finish. And I loved the world!
from November. Romance with older adults (40s I think) and I just enjoyed it - I don't usually rate romance as highly as I did this one.My favorite book of last year was probably
- perhaps because I know my daughter-in-law related to it, and I just thought it was funny and interesting. But a close runner up was
, and I'm interested to see where that series will go!I didn't finish any stinkers, but that's because I've stopped reading books I dislike. :)
My Uno shelf is https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Hi everyone! My name is Heather. I am from Arkansas. This is my fifth year playing Uno. I read a lot of good books last year, so I don't know if I can pick any favorites, but I definitely have a least favorite:
I read it for UNO (the things you will read for a mini challenge, lol.)I like most genres, but fiction and historical fiction are my favorites.
Heather wrote: " I read it for UNO (the things you will read for a mini challenge, lol.)..."Indeed, it is 😂
G'day, I'm Kylie from Sydney, Australia. This is my 2nd year of Uno, I enjoyed it last year & have no doubt I will this year too.I read all sorts of genres, although the fictional criminal classes are my favourites, except romantic suspense, unless it's Mary Stewart, & I love a good Fantasy series. I do not like True Crime or Horror, & I'm not keen on Romance unless it's historical or humorous.
Shelf: uno24 https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Suzanne wrote: " Romance with older adults (40s I think) and I just enjoyed it - I don't usually rate romance as highly as I did this one. ..."I'm enjoying a lot of the books with older MCs that are being released, mystery & contemporary. I just finished
which is a lovely tale. I know, I know, I should have held onto it for the yellow cover, but it was a Christmas present & has been burning a hole in Mt. TBR.
Welcome Heather and Kylie.Suzanne, I've been seeing The Will of the Many all over recently and it looks really good. I have a hold on it at my library, but it says "several months" so I might be waiting a while.
I have a blue skip (King) & green 8 (Ella)
Hi all!I´m Alla, from Iceland and I think this is my 4th time playing. Took a break last year because of a hectic personal life at the time, but back in it now :)
My favorite genre are probably romance, historical romance, paranormal romance, fantasy and fiction (a little murder mystery is always fun to read).
My favorite books that I´ve read recently is the Sunshine Vicram series, by Darynda Jones. Loved it!
My least favorite one was for sure
- so disappointed with that one :(My UNO shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Looking forward to playing with you :D
It was fun to wake up to some team posts! Heather, the worst books I've read have been for challenges. The things we do....
Catsalive - I put that Mrs. WInterbottom book on my TBR - I really like the idea of that one (and even the title). Thanks for the suggestion!
Alla, I love Sunshine Vicram too - it's funny but also good mysteries. I keep hoping there will be another :)
Suzanne wrote: "It was fun to wake up to some team posts! Heather, the worst books I've read have been for challenges. The things we do....
Catsalive - I put that Mrs. WInterbottom book on my TBR - I really lik..."
I hoped so too, but I think I read somewhere that there won´t be more, unfortunately :(
I´m planning on reading the Throne of glass series in the coming weeks. I did start it a couple of years ago, then after book 3 I got sidetracked by other challenges I was in at the time and they never fit in that for me so I dropped it. Now I´m planning on beginning again from the start, so I should be able to cover some colors with those books :)
I got stuck on that series too - I'll be interested to see how it goes for you, and probably inspired to pick it up again!
Hi All,I’m Louise from South Wales and this is one of my favorite team challenges. I’ve taken a step back from captaining this year . RL really messed up my reading the latter half of last year and left me nearing challenge burnout
I enjoy reading most genres, not sci-fi or horror though and have a large library of reading materials to hand.
My shelf: Uno 24
Welcome Louise and Alla. It can be nice to step back from being a captain sometimes, Louise.
Alla and Suzanne, I read the Throne of Glass series many years ago. I felt like it got a little slow for a bit but then picked back up again and I thought the last book was one of the strongest in the series. (I'm pretty sure it works for a yellow 7 too.)
Will we have a tracking spreadsheet?
Hey everyone! I haven't played uno in years but I'm thinking this might be my forth time?? I went back to uni so really haven't read much in the last 4 years but now I'm finished I have some free time again! Ps. I've added my shelf now: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Hi Ashley! I'm glad you returned to Uno when you could! I hope you have lots of fun this year.
Hi everyone!My name is Ashley and this is my fourth year participating in UNO. I'm from the GTA (Greater Toronto Area), Canada. I'm not too picky when it comes to what I read but I do tend to stick to fantasy whether it be a novel or a manga/manhwa (even though those sadly don't count for this challenge).
The last books I read that I really enjoyed were Penpal, The Raven Boys and Wolfsong. I also did read through the entirety of the Throne of Glass series (and all SJM books) as well.
I look forward to playing with all of you!
Here is my UNO shelf - UNO 2024 Reads
I am loving how we have people all over the world on our team!Ashley I really loved the first Wolfsong book and really need to continue!!
I'm heading for San Diego for the week to spend time with my hubby and enjoy above freezing temperatures! I'll for sure check in this coming week though.
Welcome Ashley and Ashley! I typically do not use a tracking sheet for Uno as I find the conversation around completed books is fun. If the minis need a tracking sheet we might have one then.
My work is currently a bit chaotic so I’ll be checking in daily to answer questions and chat but I might not be as quick to respond.
I have a feeling my TBR will be growing. Good problem to have!
Suzanne wrote: "I am loving how we have people all over the world on our team!Ashley I really loved the first Wolfsong book and really need to continue!!
I'm heading for San Diego for the week to spend time with ..."
Same, I only read the first book so far but am hoping to get through the rest of the series this year.
I'm having lots of fun in lovely (and rainy today) San Diego. We went to the zoo yesterday and the Safari Park Thursday- both were amazing! I finished the last book of the Jane Yellowrock series and am currently reading the second book in the Nightfall Saga (Peter Brett)- it's good so far. What is everyone else reading right now?
Suzanne wrote: "I'm having lots of fun in lovely (and rainy today) San Diego. We went to the zoo yesterday and the Safari Park Thursday- both were amazing! I finished the last book of the Jane Yellowrock series an..."I'm really curious about this. I read the Demon Cycle and really loved the series, but for some reason have not started this next series by Peter Brett.
I'm currently trying to read all of the ACRs I have that are published in February. So I'm currently reading
. It is really good but a book I prefer to read in small bits. I'm also listening to
, which I'm not really liking all that much. However, it is a listen while doing other things so for that it is alright. I'm guessing it will be a 2 star read if I finish it. I might get annoyed soon and decide I'm done. I'm trying to be better about stopping and not continuing a book if I don't like it.
I just finished
which I quite enjoyed and now I´m on to
... a summer read at winter! Well it looks to be more of a mystery read than summer read so far.
I somehow missed that the color cards have posted.I can read
for yellow skip. ALN Kuang.I can read
for Yellow 4 (ALN Foley)
Heather wrote: "I somehow missed that the color cards have posted.I can read
for yellow skip. ALN Kuang.I can read
for Yellow 4 (ALN Foley)"It’s always good to have yellow covers covered. Thank you!
Heather wrote: "I somehow missed that the color cards have posted.I can read
for yellow skip. ALN Kuang.I can read
for Yellow 4 (ALN Foley)"I missed that too!
I can do Green - skip with
and Blue -3 with
Yay for getting some color covers planned! I think I have some I could do - I'll look for sure when I get home. Traveling most of today which is ok as I'm really enjoying my book.
Added your books Alla. This is tentative so please make sure you track all the cards it could work for so that we can move if we find it fits for a harder to find cover.
I really love that almost every book fits for a ton of options. Freedom!
I'll be reading
which would work for the other green 8, or of course other things if we need.It's getting closer!
Annalisa wrote: "Added your books Alla. This is tentative so please make sure you track all the cards it could work for so that we can move if we find it fits for a harder to find cover."
I´ll do that :)
4 days to the start of UNO. I finished the books I was reading and started an easy read for my rainy cold weekend. Here is the countdown to the start of UNO: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
Remember only books started after the countdown reaches zero will count towards UNO books.
Yay - it's getting close! I have 2 books (audio and print) that I'll finish, then maybe take a short reading break (gasp!) before Uno starts.
Yay! I finished both of my books, so I'm more than ready now. I'm so excited to Uno with all of you!
We are getting so close to the start of UNO. I of course couldn't stop myself and started both a new audiobook and book. I'm close with the book but the audiobook still has a ways to go.Here is the countdown again for the start of UNO. Remember books started before the countdown ends in about 9 hours will not count towards uno.
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
I'm so excited to start playing with everyone!
The Perks Of Being A Book Addict
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Team Members:
❅ Annalisa - Captain
❅ Suzanne - Co-Captain
❅ Ashley M.
❅ Louise
❅ Heather Moore
❅ Kylie
❅ Alla
♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
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Ashley