The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

for part 2 I decided to do my annual re-read of The Fault in Our Stars and link it to team Grus for same author

I hope everyone is having a great weekend :)

Just regarding the mini challenge: who can do /wants to do the last book for part 1? Team Musca? :) I didn't find a book within their recommendations I really want to read..

Daniela wrote: "I hope everyone is having a great weekend :)

Just regarding the mini challenge: who can do /wants to do the last book for part 1? Team Musca? :) I didn't find a book within their recommendations ..."

I have a few books that will work for the Musca slot, but knowing my speed of reading I don't want to claim the slot now if someone else can get to it sooner! (I am off work today, tomorrow & monday though so hoping to get through a book or two at least).

Sinful Empire by Meghan March
Finished 2/16/18

Cards:
1- Setting: New Orleans
2- Character: Temperance
3- Third book in the series
6- Title
7- Character V
8- Title
9- Setting: New Orleans
Skip - Character Keira Kilgore

Happy Saturday all.
I am starting They Both Die at the End from team Musca today, so we are covered on that one.

Dima wrote: "Sinful Empire by Meghan March
Finished 2/16/18"

Any connections we can make to the Mini Challenge for this book?
Also don't forget to add it to your uno shelf too! :)

Jenny wrote: "Happy Saturday all.
I am starting They Both Die at the End from team Musca today, so we are covered on that one."

awsome!

Kirsten, i already added a note on my phone for Dima's book when I saw she started reading it. Hold on!

Dima's Sinful Empire ➡️ Venus' Playing for Keeps (sort of similar cover)
          ➡️ Andromeda's January (lingerie)

Christina wrote: "Dima's Sinful Empire ➡️ Venus' Playing for Keeps (sort of similar cover)
          ➡️ Andromeda's January (lingerie)"

great! :)

Hi again,
I was looking over all of your "read" book lists to see if there were more books I would want to read for current and future reverse cards, and I found a few.

Then I looked at my "read" list, and realized that it is over two thousand books long. So, I made a new category called "books my team might like", and filled that list with books that many of you may enjoy. There are even some with the Uno colored covers as an added bonus.

So, use the list, or don't, but if you are looking for something wonderful that you haven't encountered yet, there are some really good ones there.

that's a great idea Jenny! will definitely check it out for next month :)

@Jenny, thanks for sharing! I usually use Goodreads "compare books" feature but its great to know where to go if I am looking for something completely new.

Dima wrote: "Sinful Empire by Meghan March
Finished 2/16/18

Cards:
1- Setting: New Orleans
2- Character: Temperance
3- Third book in the series
6- Title
7- Character V
8- Title..."

The character is just called V? :)

Other Part 2 connections for Dima's book:

-Mensa

man and woman on cover

-Pluto

also the third book in a series

-Milky Way
by
Madeline Miller
both authors' initials are MM

I'm not sure I'll get much reading in this weekend, but I'm hoping to get a couple hours of reading in on the train tomorrow as long my husband doesn't expect me to talk to him an hour each way. lol We are going into the city to see the Downton Abbey Exhibit and a Nat Geo Ocean Odyssey exhibit.

I have been trying to find a connection for among the 2nd challenge books. The main setting is in a natural history museum, the main character is a forensic anthropologist. Finally I realized that the story takes place in Georgia, and so does Gone with the Wind, which is on team Tucana's list. Think that will work?

Laura wrote: "I'm not sure I'll get much reading in this weekend, but I'm hoping to get a couple hours of reading in on the train tomorrow as long my husband doesn't expect me to talk to him an hour each way. lo..."
Way to mix pop culture and science! So wish I was going with you.

Jenny wrote: "I have been trying to find a connection for among the 2nd challenge books. The main setting is in a natural history museum, the main character is a forensic an..."

Yes that connection works!

OK, I've procrastinated way too much picking out an audiobook that wasn't super long but would still count! I figure that I should listen to something as I clean the house today and squeeze in another book.

I'm starting

which connects to Hydrus because

both involve knitting and have knitting needles on the cover.

COMPLETION
The Island of the Day Before
17/02/2019
Rating 5 stars
Number tasks

0 stand alone
2 character Monsieur de Toiras
4 chaarcter Ferrante
5 title
6 character Spinola
8 author
9 character Nevers

Can be related to The Rules of Magic recommended by Team Mercury both have MPG magical realism

Jenny wrote: "I have been trying to find a connection for among the 2nd challenge books. The main setting is in a natural history museum, the main character is a forensic an..."

As Laura said, yes it works :) The reasons just need to be plausible

Hello team Eris, I just finished reading for the first time in my life, it had been in my tbr since 2014 I think haha and I finally decided to read it because it was recommended by Daniela.
I really liked it, but I was spoiled a long time ago, so it didn't hit me as much as everyone say. Although I enjoyed the funny parts quite a lot it was a 3.5stars reading for me.

Laura wrote: "Other Part 2 connections for Dima's book:

-Mensa

man and woman on cover

-Pluto

also the third book in a series

-Milky Way
[bookco..."

Thanks for looking for more matches. Unfortunately sharing a series number &/or authors with the same initials were deemed not plausible enough. (I was sure so asked in the captains' group) Sorry.

Kirsten wrote: "Laura wrote: "Other Part 2 connections for Dima's book:

-Mensa

man and woman on cover

-Pluto

also the third book in a series

-Mil..."
OK,thanks for checking. That makes no sense to me with this example from the mini-challenge:

"For example: Someone on Team A has read A Man Called Ove. The cover has a man and a cat on the cover. Someone from Team B can then read a book with either of those two things on the cover (or both), like for example Storm Front, which also has a single man on the cover."

It really doesn't seem different to me. A man on the cover and a man on the cover. A man and woman on the cover, a man and woman on the cover.

Uh, The man & woman on the cover is fine.

Kirsten wrote: "Uh, The man & woman on the cover is fine."

Oh, I read that wrong. Sorry.

Completion Post

Chocolate Cake and Chaos
Date: 2/17/18
Cards:
2 -character Jeffrey Taylor
3 - character Bob Hopkins
4 - 4th in a series
6 - main character Julia South
8 - character Evelyn

Part 2 Connections:

- Jupiter - set in the Cotswolds, same as their recommended

Secrets of a Charmed Life

- Mensa - trees and countryside on cover, same as their recommended

Edenbrooke

- Andromeda - trees and countryside on cover, same as their recommended

The Nightingale: Bravery, Courage, Fear and Love in a Time of War

Laura wrote: "Completion Post

Chocolate Cake and Chaos
Date: 2/17/18
Cards:
2 -character Jeffrey Taylor
3 - character Bob Hopkins
4 - 4th in a series..."

Well Done! I've never heard of this series but they all sound yummy. heh

Starting

Shortbread and Sorrow

Part 2 Connections:
set in a Scottish castle, Ceres & Carina both mentioned Outlander, also set, at least partially, in a Scottish castle. Is in general, set in Scotland OK?

Laura wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Uh, The man & woman on the cover is fine."

Oh, I read that wrong. Sorry."

Hmm my previous reply to this seems to have vanished. I was using my phone so probably didn't help.

No worries, I wasn't probably as clear as I could have been. I am still trying to wrap my head around what works and doesn't for the mini challenge. It seems with matching pictures to pictures on covers we are pretty safe. When it comes to matching words it is more challenging. While matching a full title to another full title is fine, and matching an author to themselves, same first names and/or same surnames is also fine. Matching part of a title or part of a word is apparently where they draw the line. Then there is possibly something like matching settings need to be the same area, so we couldn't match Las Vegas with New York by saying they are both in the USA...but that gets into my foggy territory lol

So then is set in England OK? In Part 2, one of my books has that for a reason on our spreadsheet for Sculptor.

Wait, their example of Ove being set in Sweden and another book being set in Sweden is an example. Maybe it is because the U.S. is so large?

Laura wrote: "So then is set in England OK? in Part 2, one of my books has that for a reason on our spreadsheet for Sculptor."

Hmm, someone asked that, let me go back and check (in the Captain's group). This seems to be getting very nitpicky...

message 234: by Eldarwen 4 hours, 26 min ago
...states being the same would be a reasonable connection. Simply because the States as a whole are huge compared to other countries. Just as you could use England or Wales as a connection but not the United Kingdom (as it is a global term for the whole island, encompassing several countries). "

We are good with just plain set in England. Yay!

Thanks for checking!

Completion post!

The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin

Works for

1- first in a series
2- character named Tonkee
3- character named Hoa
4- title
5- character named Innon
6- character named Syenite
8- character named Essun
9- author name N.K.

Not for mini challenge
Started reading Feb. 9, finished Feb. 17

Daniela wrote: "for part 2 I decided to do my annual re-read of The Fault in Our Stars and link it to team Grus for same author"

switched it to Team Mercury and put my Looking for Alaska in instead since I couldn't find a book with smoke on the cover and didn't want to use the lame "same book" reason ;)

Jenny wrote: "I have been trying to find a connection for among the 2nd challenge books. The main setting is in a natural history museum, the main character is a forensic an..."

Laura wrote: "Starting

Shortbread and Sorrow

Part 2 Connections:
set in a Scottish castle, Ceres & Carina both mentioned Outlander, also set, at least ..."

should work, yes :)


updated the Mini Feb spreadsheet with both books so we have a better overview.
so far we've got covered (although many books can still be switched around):

PART 1 (2 books per team; total of 6 possible books - 3 read, 3 claimed):

Team Musca - Kirsten & Jenny
Team Neptune - Christina ✓ & Jenny ✓
Team Pluto - Daniela ✓ & Nikki

PART 2 (2 books per team; total of 36 possible books - 8 read, 7 claimed)

Andromeda - Christina
Betelgeuse - Laura ✓
Carina - Laura
Ceres -
Grus - Christina
Haumea - Christina & Daniela
Hydrus - Laura
Jupiter -
Kuiper -
Mensa - Christina ✓ & Laura ✓
Mercury - Marie ✓ & Daniela ✓
Milky Way -
Pyxis -
Saturn -
Sculptor - Marie ✓ & Laura ✓
Triangulum -
Tucana - Jenny
Venus - Dima ✓

Christina wrote: "Jenny wrote: "I have been trying to find a connection for among the 2nd challenge books. The main setting is in a natural history museum, the main character is..."

Thanks, Christina! Looks like we are doing well!

Completion Post


Shortbread and Sorrow
Date: 2/18/18
Cards:
3 - character Henry McLaughlin
4 - character Jay Fletcher
5 - 5th in series
6 - Title

Part 2 Connections:
Ceres and Carina - both mentioned
Outlander

which takes places in Scotland

Completion Post
Finished In the Hand of the Goddess
date: 2/18/18
updated spreadsheet with cards

Now to figure out what's next...

Daniela wrote: "Dima wrote: "Sinful Empire by Meghan March
Finished 2/16/18

Cards:
1- Setting: New Orleans
2- Character: Temperance
3- Third book in the series
6- Title
7- Character V"

Yes the Character is just called V which they explained is the first letter of his last name. It's like a mafia and they use the first letter of last name as a pseudo name.

Finished reading Better Off Dead in Deadwood by Ann Charles finished 2/18/18

Cards:

0- Character: Zoe
1- Title
3- Willis Harvey - Charecter
4- 4th book in the series
6- Setting in South Dakota
7- Character Violet Parker
9- Character Doc Nyce
Skip - Character Violet Parker

COMPLETION
Dead Pretty
18/02/2018
Author David Mark

Cards
1 - character O'neill
2 and SKIP character Trish Pharaoh
3 Character Helen Tremborg
4 chatacter Foley
5 number 5 in series
6 character Sophia
7 Character Vicki

Mini Challenge

Could link to Team SculptorThe Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life Sheldon Solomon

Both authors have surnames that could be used as forenames i.e Mark and Solomon

Dima wrote: "Finished reading Better Off Dead in Deadwood by Ann Charles finished 2/18/18

Cards:
0- Character: Zo..."

Dima, there are 2 books on your uno shelf that we never got any information about. can you please let us know what cards the books fit?

Completion Post

Book: The Secret Circus of Pain and Degradation
Author: Fulani
Page Count: 255 pages
Date Completed: 02/19/18
All cards it works for:
0 - Standalone
4 - Authors Name is Fulani
6 - Title Secret Circus of Pain and Degradation starts with "S"
Skip - Character named Paula

Since I started it on the 5th I don't believe I can use it for part 2 of the mini challenge. If that is incorrect though and I misunderstood I'll see if I can connect it.

Nikki (Nyx) wrote: "Completion Post

Book: The Secret Circus of Pain and Degradation
Author: Fulani
Page Count: 255 pages
Date Completed: 02/19/18
All cards it works for:
0 - Standalon..."


no you're right, we can't use books started before the mini challenge :)

Completion Post


Espresso and Evil
Date: 2/19/18
Cards:
2 - character Timothy Edwards
6 - 6th in series
Skip - character Anthony Kennedy

Part 2 Connections:
-Mensa recommended

both books deal with poisonings, have poison bottles on the cover, and characters named Yelena - that's a lot for one book!

-Andromeda recommended

Right Ho, Jeeves
both books set in England

Starting

Macarons and Mayhem
which will link to Milky Way I think, but I have to read it first to be sure.

Laura wrote: "Completion Post


Espresso and Evil
Date: 2/19/18
Cards:
2 - character Timothy Edwards
6 - 6th in series
Skip - character Anthony Kennedy

Part..."

well done! You're reading a lot :D did the series pull you in now?