The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

How are we doing so far? Looks like the main challenge is looking good? :)

I'll get an update posted later this evening. :)

Louise wrote: "I'll get an update posted later this evening. :)"

Thanks! :D

One question: What are our thoughts about the March Mini Challenge? Do we want to plan the remaining tasks to make sure all the tasks will be fulfilled? The reason I ask is I'm planning what to read next and was thinking about doing task 40, is that "taken"? In that case maybe I should focus on another task.

I think if you want to read for a certain task, you can post here and we could make a remark on the spreadsheet that you are reading for this task.

As far as I know task 40 is not taken yet.

Ok, then I'll read Birthday Suit, read by Ora in Sally Lockhart in February.

Tina wrote: "Ok, then I'll read Birthday Suit, read by Ora in Sally Lockhart in February."

Great, I marked it in the spreadsheet :-)

With 11 days to go, this is where we are at.

Current Standing
Points: 5290
Ranking: 1
Hands Complete: 14

Cards to be filled:
6 Yellow

March Mini:
Gather a Team
1. Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover
2. Read a book with a person with black hair on the cover
3. Read a book with a person wearing glasses (not sunglasses) on the cover
"4. Read a book with the word ""team"" in the text or title"
"5. Read a book with the word ""ruthless"" in the text or title"
6. Read a book with the letters T-E-A-M in the title (doesn't need to be in that order)

Plan The Crime
7. Read a book with the letters C-R-I-M-E in the title (doesn't need to be in that order)
"8. Read a book with the word ""plan"" in the text (no variations)"
9. Read a book with a map on the cover or inside the book
10. Read a book with a door on the cover
11. Read a book where characters have an argument or heated discussion
"12. Read a book with the word ""exit"" in the text or title"
13. Read a book where a character is waiting for something or someone
14. Read a book with a group of friends

Gathering Supplies
"15. Read a book with the word ""sword"" in the text or title"16. Read a book where someone goes shopping
17. Read a book with a main character who works in a shop
"18. Read a book with the word ""order"" in the text or title"
19. Read a book with a car or similar vehicle on the cover
20. Read a book with a blanket on the cover
21. Read a book with a weapon on the cover

Commit The Crime
22. C
23. O
24. M
25. M
26. C
27. R
28. M

Hide From The Detectives
29. W
30. D
31. R
32. M
33. D
34. C

Go on the Run
35. Read a book with a black cover
36. Read a book with a white cover
38. Read a book with G-O in the title (doesn't need to be in that order)
38. Read a book with R-U-N in the title (doesn't need to be in that order)
39. Read a book with H-I-D-E in the title (doesn't need to be in that order)

Evade Arrest
40. Read a book that someone on a DETECTIVE team has read since UNO began - Tina

DETECTIVE TEAMS ☟
Alex Cross
Hannah Swensen
Harry Bosch
Inspector Maigret
Kurt Wallander
Maisie Dobbs
Miss Marple
Nancy Drew
Sally Lockhart
Stephanie Plum

We're doing great team. if anyone can read for any of the open tasks in the mini, let us know and we can mark it on the Spreadsheet

Can we use this book for task 2 - black hair on cover?

Otherwise we can use it for task 16 - Charlotte goes shopping.

I don't think it works for black hair. I'll put it for task 16.

Can this work for black hair?

I'll ask in the captains group.

Rina wrote: "I'll ask in the captains group."

Thanks!

Yes it works for black hair :-)

1 week to go!

Current Standing
Points: 5390
Ranking: 3
Hands Complete: 14

Cards to be filled:
6 Yellow

March Mini:
Gather a Team
1. Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover
2. Read a book with a person with black hair on the cover DoodlePanda
3. Read a book with a person wearing glasses (not sunglasses) on the cover Louise


✔️Plan The Crime

Gathering Supplies
16. Read a book where someone goes shopping - Tina
20. Read a book with a blanket on the cover - Louise

✔️Commit The Crime

Hide From The Detectives
31. R
33. D

✔️Go on the Run

Evade Arrest
40. Read a book that someone on a DETECTIVE team has read since UNO began - Tina

DETECTIVE TEAMS ☟
Alex Cross
Hannah Swensen
Harry Bosch
Inspector Maigret
Kurt Wallander
Maisie Dobbs
Miss Marple
Nancy Drew
Sally Lockhart
Stephanie Plum

What is needed
•Yellow cover card 6:
S - Title
#6 in series
S - Author
S - Character
S - Location

• Book with 3 or more people on cover

Is anyone reading to cover the last few books we need?
I'm not quite done with Hand In Glove yet for the mini challenge, but should be done in the next couple of days! :)

I can read for yellow if nobody else is reading for it.

The book I’m reading now, The Winter of the Witch, should count for yellow! According to TinEye it’s 70.1%.

Just posted a yellow book, checking with Captains group for confirmation.

To complete the mini we need a book with 3 or more people on the covet

3 days to go

Current Standing
Points: 5555
Ranking: 9
Hands Complete: 15


March Mini:
Gather a Team
1. Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover Louise
2. Read a book with a person with black hair on the cover DoodlePanda

✔️Plan The Crime

Gathering Supplies
16. Read a book where someone goes shopping - Tina

✔️Commit The Crime

✔️Hide From The Detectives

✔️Go on the Run

✔️Evade Arrest


DETECTIVE TEAMS ☟
Alex Cross
Hannah Swensen
Harry Bosch
Inspector Maigret
Kurt Wallander
Maisie Dobbs
Miss Marple
Nancy Drew
Sally Lockhart
Stephanie Plum

April hands are up, will update msg 5 shortly. As a priorit we need to fill:

1 Red
5 Red
9 Red

2 Blue
4 Blue
5 Blue
8 Blue

0 Green
3 Green
9 Green

0 Yellow
3 Yellow
4 Yellow
9 Yellow

Wild Draw 4 - 2
Reverse - 3
Skip - 7

Can cover:
2 Blue
4 or 9 Yellow
5 or 9 Red

Woah that is a lot of coloured cards! :O

I know, right? :/

Yes, 16 altogether!

According to TinEye, is 91,7% Green. In that case, I can cover 3 Green (author Helen Hoang)

I can also cover
0 Yellow

All cards and tasks for march are complete. Great job everyone

Woohoo, wonderful work all!

Yay that’s awesome!! Great job all :)

Nicely done, team!!

Great job all!

Yay! One more month to go team:)

Question: Can we use the books that I read at the end of March for the April hands?

They have to have a finish date of April 1st or later

Louise wrote: "They have to have a finish date of April 1st or later"
Thank you :)

Dima, could you please add The Keeper of Lost Things to your uno shelf? Thank you :-)

Just to let you know I'll be away from Fri-Monday with limited internet access. I will post an update Monday pm with how we are doing. 😊

I think 4 Blue is covered - the book I just posted is 79.9% blue according to TinEye!

Back from my weekend away, I didn't get as much chance to Read as I'd hoped. Once I've got myself settled back into RL I'll get an update posted. Thanks Rina for holding the reigns. :)

Welcome back, hope you had a good time!

I've been super busy the last couple of weeks, trying to read as much as i can though!

I have some questions about the spreadsheet. I know how easy it is to miss something, so I just wanted to bring it up right away, I hope that's ok and you think it's helpful:)

- I thought the card Wild gave 30points? In both Hand One and Three it says 20points?
- Hand One, card 9 says the reason is "set in Ohio" but that doesn't work with the criteria for that card.
- Hand Seven, card Eight doesn't have any Points.
- Hand Eight, card Two doesn't have a book but it says 20points.

Tina wrote: "I have some questions about the spreadsheet. I know how easy it is to miss something, so I just wanted to bring it up right away, I hope that's ok and you think it's helpful:)

- I thought the car..."

It is very helpful, thank you for checking :-)
I think most of the errors come from copying books from one card to another; I corrected them all.

April Mini Challenge is up
APRIL - CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

This is an optional mini challenge for our UNO players.

◈ Books with a read date between April 15 - April 30 count. (countdown to the start of the mini challenge is here)
◈ Books can be started at any point since the start of the UNO challenge (Feb 1)
◈ As a team, you will have a mixture of tasks to complete. These include spell-it-outs, cover items, words in text, and words in title. All of the tasks you need to complete are on your team spreadsheet

How to Choose your own adventure

As you are out on a walk, a pedestrian is hit by a car that then drives away! :o
Do you...
A) Stick around to see if you can help
B) You are too engrossed in your book while walking through the park to notice anything amiss until you hear shouts.

…..

First your team will decide if you are going down stream A or stream B. From there you are given two choices at each point. We have shown these choices on this image: (Click on the image to make it larger)



IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU FOLLOW THE STREAM CORRECTLY We have given lots of prompts in the spreadsheet and also have a sheet that shows the different combinations. NOT FOLLOWING CORRECTLY WILL RESULT IN NOT RECEIVING POINTS FOR THE TASKS INCORRECTLY COMPLETED.

◈ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books for what you are claiming for your UNO hands
◈ The usual book length rules apply
◈ Team spreadsheets will be updated with a mini challenge tab so that you can track your books and claim your points
◈ Each task completed will give you 10 points. Once your stream is complete, you can also complete 10 duplicate tasks for 20 points each.
◈ You can read for your tasks and bonus tasks concurrently, but the bonus points won't be given until your stream is completed.
◈ If you read concurrently, but don't complete a branch of your stream, you won't get points for later parts. For example, if you choose A - A1 -A1a - A1aa ; and you read books for A1aa, but don't complete A1a.... you won't get those points for A1aa


Spell-it-out rules
For this mini-challenge, you are using the same rules that apply for UNO. So a letter needs to be the first letter in the book title, author first name or surname, character name or nickname, or setting. Articles (a/an/the) can be ignored in the book titles. For this spell-it-out, you can also use the first letter in the series name.

First job is to choose:
How to Choose your own adventure

As you are out on a walk, a pedestrian is hit by a car that then drives away! :o
Do you...
A) Stick around to see if you can help
1A* read a book with a phone on the cover
2A* read a book with a police car, officer, or station on the cover
3A* read a book with phone, telephone, call, or police in the title
4A* read a book with H-A-T in the title (doesn't need to be in that order)
5A* read a book where the first word in the text starts with H
6A* read a book where the title starts with A
7A* read a book with an author name (first or last) starts with T


B) You are too engrossed in your book while walking through the park to notice anything amiss until you hear shouts.
1B* read a book with a street on the cover
2B* read a book by a new to you author
3B* read a book where the main character end up in the hospital
4B* read a book with S-H-O-E in the title (doesn't need to be in that order)
5B* read a book where the first word in the text starts with T
6B* read a book where the title starts with M
7B* read a book with an author name (first or last) starts with W

Tasks for option B look easier to me, but I'll still vote A :-)

I’m fine with either, but I’ll vote option A too :)

I agree with Rina, B "looks" easier but I prefer A

A is fine with me