The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team Daisy Dalrymple

Team Members:

❅ Caroline- Captain
❅ Jammin Jenny- Co-captain
❅ Nikk- Co-captain
❅ Megan Fitzgerald
❅ Preeti Sundaram
❅ Karla
❅ Aastha
❅ Tammie M

❅ desieree

♕ Team Spreadsheet

Uno Shelves

❅ Caroline
❅ Jammin Jenny
❅ Nikk
❅ Megan Fitzgerald
❅ Preeti Sundaram
❅ Karla
❅ Tammie
❅ Aastha

Posted for ease of reference:

◈ This is a 3 month team challenge starting 1 February 2019 and running until 30 April 2019.

◈ Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count. The challenge starts on Wednesday February 1, 2019 at 7pm AEDST (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time). To see when this is in your time zone, use this
Countdown Clock

◈ Books can be carried over into the next month, as long as they were started after your time on February first. So books started in February and finished in March WILL count for March.

◈ 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 add them to your shelf only after finishing the book. Make sure the dates are correct and within the time limit.

◈ If you want to reread a book you can not have read it within the last 6 months.

◈ Please make notes IN THIS THREAD of how your book may count. The more options we have the better!

◈ Jenny, Nikk, and I will keep track of all the possible options and shuffle around cards as needed so it's really important that you give us as much information as possible for each book you read.

◈ 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 make new friends :D

The UNO Cards
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O (Zero)
Read a book that:
- 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
- is a "stand-alone" book (i.e. not part of a series)

1 (One)
Read a book that:
- 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
- is book 1 in a series

2 (Two)
Read a book that:
- 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
- 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:
- 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
- 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:
- 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
- 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:
- 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
- is book 8 in a series

9 (Nine)
Read a book that:
- 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
- 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 have previously read this book

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. Each coloured card can only be duplicated once)

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)
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For book titles starting with an article (A/An/The), the article can be ignored or used. So The Hiding Place, for example, could be used as title starting with T or H

UNO FAQs. Please let your captains know if the answer to your question is not here.

Hello everyone! My name is Caroline and I'll be your UNO team captain this year. I am an American living in Japan and this is my fourth year playing.

Please let me, or either of our lovely co-captains, Nikk and Jenny, know if you have any questions or concerns at any time during the game.

My UNO shelf

Hi everyone! I'm so excited to be playing UNO again. This is my third year playing and I live in the U.S. on the east coast.

2019 Uno Shelf

Hi all, Nikk here and also excited to be playing again. I think this is my fourth year playing and I am an Aussie from Sydney.

shelf Uno2019

Hey team! This is my second year doing the Uno challenge and I’m excited for it to start! I live in central Illinois in the US and love getting to connect with team members from all over the world.

Here's the link to my UNO shelf:
Megan's 2019 UNO Shelf

Welcome everyone! I'm looking forward to playing with everyone.

That's no problem Karla :D Prettyi and Desieree look like they are going to be first time players as well. As soon as they check into the group we'll talk about how to start planning for February.

First though everyone has to have a dedicated bookshelf on their account to play UNO. You can see mine, Jenny's, and Nikk's linked above. So please make one and link it here for us :D Second, it is a good idea to go ahead and friend everyone on our team. This will make it easier to find out if your books work for reverse cards

Hi. My name is Preeti and I am from India. This is my first time playing Book UNO and I am looking forward to it as well as getting to meet readers from around the world.
My UNO bookshelf : UNO 2019

Hi all,

My name is Desieree, and Yes this is my 1st year playing the UNO.
Looking forward to the game :)

my-1st-uno-shelf-2019

Welcome everyone! Now that we have everyone here, lets get into the good stuff:

IMPORTANT: Our UNO strategy. PLEASE READ ME.

So this is how my team kept track of what everyone was reading last year and it was really helpful for putting the books into the spreadsheet. Basically everyone will post a comment with their "[insert month here] Reading Plan." You'll just say the books and all of the cards that work for each one (see my comment below).

The plan is not set in stone so don't worry if all you have is the first book you plan on reading. As the month progresses everyone will go back to their original comment to edit, add, and remove books. They will also post the date they finished the book (information we must have for the spreadsheet).

It is very important you list all of the cards your book can work for, not just for the one you've decided to read it for. The more information we have on each book the easier it is to shift and cover all the cards, especially during the end of the month scramble. It is perfectly fine if your book only has one or two cards as a "to-read" and then you add the rest when the book is completed.

This way everyone's books and cards are in one place (instead of scattered throughout our chatting) and this will make things super easy for the captains to fill in the spreadsheet. (I'm also a little bit of an organizational freak, sorry *^.^*)

Please let me know if you have any questions.

For February we have the following color cards:

3 Green - - Author: Helen - Preeti - Read: 20
5 green - - Author: Ian - Pretti - Read: 17
5 red - - Title: Indelible - Karla - Read: 18
6 blue - - Jenny - Location: Sweden - Read: 19
8 red - - Author: Eve - Preeti - read: 3
9 yellow - - Character: Natalia - Preeti - Read: 23
9 yellow - - Author: Natalie - Megan - Read: 10

Wild draw 4
1. 6 Blue - - Author: Sarah - Preeti - read: 14
2. 8 Red - - Character: Edward - Caroline - Read: 21
3. 3 green - - Character: Hugo - Megan - read: 21

For our new players this means that your book must have a cover that is >50% of the required color and works for the number.

We also have 3 Wild Draw 4 cards. This means that we have to do three of the above colored cards twice.

As I said above, your reading plan is not set in stone. However, if you have a book that works for a colored card, please keep in mind that finishing that book should be a reading priority as these are often our hardest cards to fill.

I will keep track of our color cards in this post.

Last thing for now, for our new players:

Mini-challenges are a part of UNO that start around the middle of each month as a way to pick up extra points. They take a variety of different forms. Books we read will be able to count for one UNO card and one mini-challenge point each. When they let captains know what the Feb one is I'll pass it along.

Also, mini-challenges usually have their own countdown start - generally 5PM AST between the 13th and 15th. So only books started after that will work for the mini-challenge

Mini-challenges are really the thing that sets teams apart so it is very important to be proactive about them. We will given a few days to plan in advance of the mini part starting, so its important to be checking in at least twice a week here while playing UNO. Thanks!

February Reading Plan

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Completed books


1 (first in a series), 4&5 (Character: Fintan O'Rourke), 6 (Character: Stewart), Skip (character: Paul)
8th


2 (author: Terry), 5 (character: Ironfounderson), 6&7 (character: Sam Vimes), Skip (author: Pratchett)
10th


1 (first in a series), 2 (Title), Skip (author: Patrick)
10th

Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking
0 (stand alone), 6 (author: Stuart), 9 (author: Neil), Skip (author: Keeley)
Mini-challenge spell it out: A
14th


0 (stand alone novel), 2 (author: Terry), 9 (author: Neil), Skip (character: Pulsifer), reverse (read by Jenny)
Mini-challenge spell it out: G
16th


1 (character Ogg), 2 (Author: Terry), 5 (character: Igor), 7 (character: Verence), 8 (character: Esme), 9 (character: Agnes Nitt), Skip (author: Pratchett)
17th
Mini-challenge task: 1 - Read a book with a housekeeper, maid or servant in the story


2 (Title starts with T), 4 (title starts with F), 6 (author: Sanders), 8 (character: Edward), 9 (location: NY)
Red
Mini-challenge task: 4 - Read a book where a murder occurs
21


2 (character: Temeraire), 5 (character: Iskierka), 7 (seventh in a series), 8 (character: Emily), 9 (author: Naomi), Skip (character: Kulingile)
Mini-challenge spell it out: I
28th

Jammin Jenny's February Books

Planned Books
Mini-task books
Letters Needed: E, G, I, N, O, R, S, T
- red
Letters: R - Author, S - Shahrzad, T - Title
1 (1st in series), 2 (T: The), 6 (C: Shahrzad), Skip (C: Kahlid), Reverse (read by Nikk)

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Letters: N - Author, R - Risa Ward,, S - Author
2 (2nd in series), 6 (A: Neal Shusterman), 9 (A: Neal Shusterman)

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Completed - Mini-Tasks

2/16
Letters: T (Title)
1 (1st in series), 7 (C: Vasilisa), Skip (A: Katherine)

2/17
Letters: D (C: Declan), E (C: Eoin), G (Grainne), N (C: Nathan), O (C: Octopus), R (C: Rory), S (C: Siobhan)
1 (A: O'Connor), 4 (4th in series). 6 (C: Siobhan), 8 (C: Eoin), 9 (C: Nathan), Skip (P: Kilbane)

2/17
Letters: D - Desi
0 (stand alone)

2/18
Letters: R - C: Richard
0 (C: Zeeman), 3 (A: Hamilton), 7 (7th in series), 8 (C: Elizabeth), Skip (C: Padma), Reverse (read by Caroline)

- green 5 2/18
Letters: D - A: Davis, N - A: Nancy, S - Show (title)
5 (5th in series), 6 (T: Show), 7 (C: Vanessa), 9 (A: Nancy), Skip (C: Pete)

- MiniTask #6 (6 blue) 2/19
0 (C: Elisabeth Zackell), 1 (C: Benji Ovich), 2 (2nd in series), 3 (C: Richard Theo), 4 (A: Fredrik), 6 (P: Sweden), 7 (C: Vidar), 8 (C: Elisabeth Zackell), Skip (C: Kira)

- green 3 2/19
3 (C: Hamish Macbeth), 6 (P - Scotland)

2/20
Letters: O - Title, T - Author
1 (T: One), 2 (A: Tina Kashian), 3 (3rd in series), Skip (A: Tina Kashian)

2/22
Letters: G (Author), S (Author)
0 (stand alone), 3 (C: Halfmann), 4 (Title: Funny), 6 (A: Susan), Skip (C: Paltry)

- blue 2/22
Letters: R - Richard
0 (C: Zeeman), 2 (P: Tennessee) 3 (A: Hamilton), 8 (8th in series), Skip (C: Katherine), Reverse (read by Caroline)

2/23
Letters: R - Author, T - Title
0 (stand alone), 2 (title: the), 5 (place: India), 6 (character: Shere Kan), 9 (C: Naigaina) Skip (author: Kipling)

2/23
Letters: I (Title)
0 (stand alone), 4 (C: Free), 5 (Title: Into), 7 (A: Vroman)

2/24
Letters: S (Title), C (Author), H (C: Hal)
1 (1st in series), 3 (C: Hal), 4 (C: Floyd), 6 (T: Space), Skip (C: Poole), Reverse (read by Karla)
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Completed Books

read 2/2, 5 stars
0 (Stand alone novel), 1 (C: Odysseus), 2 (P: Troy), 3 (C: Hector), 6 (T: Song), Skip (C: Patroclus), Reverse (read by Caroline)

read 2/2, 4 stars
1 (1st in series), 2 (C: Tarraboti), 3 (C: Ivy Hisselpenny), 4 (C: Floote), 5 (C: Ivy), 6 (T: Soulless), Reverse (read by Nikk)

2/4, 4 stars
2 (2nd in series), 3 (T: Hide)

2/3, 3 stars - green cover
1 (1st in series)

2/8
0 (stand alone), 2 (C: Tess), 6 (A: Stephen), Skip (A: King)

- blue, 2/8
0 (C: Zara), 2 (C: Tiberius), 3 (third in series). 4 (C: Fergus), 5 (C: Isabelle), 6 (C: Simon) 8 (C: Emma), Skip (C: Kit)

- red 2/9
3 (T: The), 6 (A: Stephen), 7 (C: Vincent), Skip (A: King)

2/10
1 (Title: One), 2 (C: Taylor), 3 (3rd in series), 4 (C: Felicia), 5 (C: Ian), 8 (C: Estebe), 9 (C: Nancy)

read 2/10
0 (Stand Alone), 6 (A: Stephen), Skip (A: King)

read 2/11
0 (stand alone), 2 (C: Trisha), 6 (A: Stephen), Skip (A: King)

2/11
0 (stand alone), 2 (P: Tarker Mills), 6 (A: Stephen), Skip (A: King)

2/11
0 (stand alone), 2 (C: Richie Tozier), 3 (C: Henry), 4 (C: Frank), 5 (T: It), 6 (A: Stephen), 8 (C: Eddie), Skip (C: Pennywise), Reverse (read by Karla)

- green 2/13
0 (stand alone), 1 (C: Ollie), 2 (T: The), 3 (C: Mike Hatlen), 6 (A: Stephen), 7 (C: Hank Vannerman), 8 (C: Buddy Eagleton), 9 (C: Norton), Skip (A: King)

- red 2/13
0 ( stand alone), 6 (A: Stephen), Skip (C: Paul), Reverse (read by Karla)

- yellow 2/13
2 (C: Temperance), 7 (7th in series)

2/13
0 (stand alone), 6 (A: Stephen), 8 (T: Elevation), Skip (A: King)

Nikk's February Reading Plan

Planned

read:
0-c: Zoe 3 i series 8-Title 9-C: Nancy skip-c: Kelsey


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Spell Outs


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--Mini Task-----
Read a book tagged MPG mystery:
read: 2/14/19
Blue Cover 2-C: Tempus Sanders 3 in series 4-C: Jayne Frost 6-C: Tempus Sanders 8-C: Ellinora Ellingham 9-S: Nocturne Falls skip-A: Kristen Painter

Read a book with an alliterative title:
read: 2/20/19
2-c: Tammy 3-ALN: Last name 5-Ivy 7-c: Tammy Vickers-Masters 8-c: Ellen Woodbridge

V- read 2/19/19 - MC: Veronica Speedwell
1-c: Otillie 2 in series 3-c: Richard Havelock 6-c: Stoker 7-C: veronica 8- c: Emma Talbot skip - Title

Q - read 2/18/19
1 in series 6-C: Shari 8-c: Elizabeth Nichols 9-c: Elizabeth nichols skip-c: Charles pendergrast

I - - C; Imari Read 2/19/19 Also works for :
N - place: Nocturne Falls, G-C: Grayson, S-c: Sebastian
uno card:
0-c: Imari Zephara 3-c: hattie 4-c: farozza 5-c: Imari 6-c: Sebastian 8-c: Elenora 9 in series skip-A: Kristen Painter




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Read 2/3/19
2: Title 4 in series 6: ALN: Sands 7: c: Vincent 9: P:New york skip: c: Chris Keyes


read 2/4/19
2-c: Tessa 3-c: Hank 6-c: Sebastian 7-Title 8-8 in series 9-P: Nocturne Falls skip-Author: Kristen Painter

read 2/6/19
4: c: Mr Finch 6: Title 8-c: Ellie

read 2/7/19
0-c: Zoe 1 in series 2-c: Mayor Teague skip-c: Paris

read 2/8/19
4-c: Fin 5-c:Iona 6-title 9-AFN: Nora

read 2/9/19
1 in series 2-c: tate 3-c: haley 6-c: Haley stevenson skip-c: Keith Tanley

read 2/11/19
2 in series 3-c: Haley 4-c: Fletcher 6-c: Haley Stevenson skip-c: Kayla

read 2/11/19

6-c: Alicea Springer

read 2/21/19
0-c: Zoe 2-c: Tammie 3-c: Hayden 6-P: Savannah 8-c: Ellie Jordan 9-c: Nicholas skip-Title

read 2/21/19
2-c: Titus 3-c: Hugh 4-c: Jayne Frost 6-c: Sinclair 8-c: Hugh Ellingham 9-P: Nocturne Falls skip - A: Kristen Painter

read 2/23/19
0-c: Zoe 2 in series 6-c: Scott skip - c: Kelsey


read: 2/24/19
0-stand alone 1-c: Sawyer O'Halloran 4-c: Finn 6-Title 9-c: Nash skip: Sophie Petersen

February books

Completed books

The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris

0 (stand-alone), 2 (title: The Marrying of Chani Kaufman), 3 (author: Harris), 8 Red (author: Eve), Skip (character surname: Kaufman) Read : 3

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

0 (stand-alone), 2 (title: The Night Watch), 3 (character: Helen), 6 Blue (author: Sarah), 7 (character: Viv), 8 (place: England), 9 (title : Night Watch), Skip (character: Kay), Wild Draw Four (same colour card as one of Jenny's books - 6 Blue) Read : 14

Atonement by Ian McEwan

0 (stand-alone), 2 (character surname: Turner & Tallis), 3 (character: Hermione), 5 green (author: Ian), 8 (character: Emily), Skip (character: Pierrot), Reverse (Read by Jenny) Read : 17

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

0 (stand-alone), 1 (author: Oyeyemi), 2 (character: Ted), 3 green (author: Helen), 4 (character surname: Fletcher), 6 (character: Snow), 7 (character: Vivian), 9 (character surname: Novak), Reverse (read by Caroline), Skip (character: Kazim) Read : 21

The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

0 (stand-alone), 1 (author: Obreht), 2 (title: The Tiger's Wife, Tiger's Wife; author: Téa), 5 (character: Ivan), 6 (character: Stefanović), 9 Yellow (character: Natalia) Read : 23

Completed books - Mini-Challenges

Unpaved Surfaces by Joseph Souza

Mini-challenge - Spell-it-out U & Task: MPG Mystery (also works for A character: Auggie, B character surname: Battle, C character: Claire, D character: Dave, G character: Gundersson, J author: Joseph, M place: Maine, N character: Nils, T character: Tom)
0 (stand-alone), 4 (character name: Frances), 6 (author: Souza), 9 (character: Nils), Skip (character: Keith) Read : 14

The Empty House by Ruskin Bond (Editor)

Mini-challenge - Spell-it-out T title: The Empty House

0 (stand-alone), 2 (title: The Empty House)) Read : 19

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

Mini-challenge - Spell-it-out S character: Stella

1 (1st of series), 2 (title: The Kiss Quotient), 3 (author: Helen Hoang), 6 (character: Stella), Skip (title: Kiss Quotient)

A Gathering of Friends by Ruskin Bond

Mini-challenge - Spell-it-out G title: Gathering of Friends

0 (stand-alone)

The Rage of Plum Blossoms by Christine M Whitehead

Mini-challenge - Spell-it-out R title: Rage of Plum Blossoms (also works for C author Christine, J character: Jones, N place: New York, Q character: Quinn, W author: Whitehead)

0 (stand-alone), 2 (title: The Rage of Plum Blossoms), 9 (place: New York)

Everyone Has a Story by Savi Sharma

Mini-challenge - Spell-it-out S author: Savi Sharma or E title: Everyone Has a Story

1 (1st of series), 6 (author: Savi Sharma), 7 (character: Vivaan), 8 (title: Everyone Has a Story), Skip (character: Kabir)

Yep Preeti thats perfect

Karla, no problems...
Here's your shelf


Karla KT's UNO Challenge 2019

I hope this helps.

Hi, I only have my first book for now. Please check if my description is correct. Thank you.



0 (stand alone); 5 (Title: I); 6 (Surname: Sher)
Yellow

Yes Desieree that looks great!

Here's my list of planned reading for February so far, I'll update it as we get closer.

Read 2/25
0 (Stand alone), 8 (Title: Eat), Reverse

Read 2/24
0 (Character: Zoe), 2 (Title: Titan), 3 (Book 3 in series), Skip (Character: Percy), Reverse

Read 2/21
Green, 2 (Author: Taylor), 3 (Character: Hugo), 6 (Title starts with S), 7 (Title: Seven),

Read 2/10
Yellow, 2 (Title: Tuck), 4 (Character: Foster), 9 (Author: Natalie), Reverse
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MINI TASK BOOKS

Read 2/18
Task #3- MPG Science
R- Title, 6: Author (Stephen)

Yes it's called tineye

http://labs.tineye.com/color/

If it's 50% or more it counts. If, however, you think tineye is wrong (which it sometimes is) post your cover in this thread. We can either agree or disagree in our group, or our captain can post in the captain's thread for comment.

Karla wrote: "I still need help knowing how to link things here then I’ll be set to add my books."

When you set up your February Month Books post, you can add books by clicking on the "add book/author" in the upper right hand corner of the post. Then enter the name of your book, and search for the cover you are reading.

Nikk/Caroline - any other tips?

Oh yea the app sucks. When I use GR on my phone I open up the real site via the web browser. The app is atrocious. On the real site you'll see the button Jenny is talking about really easily. That also explains why you couldnt link your shelf either as the app makes that impossible to do as well ><

Karla wrote: "Thank you, Preeti!! Also, I’ve read the Yellow book I Could Do Anything... So doesn’t that count as a reverse as well?"

Perfect pointing this out. Everyone needs to friend every one else in our group which will make finding the reverse cards easiest. Megan, all of your books so far work for reverse.

The poor reverse card gets so overlooked :O

Also a point about location: it is generally the hardest criteria to hit because the mods are so specific about it.

A good example would be Eat, Pray, Love. Megan listed it as working for 5: location - Italy. Which makes sense, and I think most reading groups would accept it, but it doesn't work for us for two reasons.

One, large parts of the book are also in India and Bali, which means that Italy is not the primary location of the book.

Two, the book summary clearly says that the author is specifically in Rome so the location would be Rome, not Italy.

You can only use the country/state/territory (etc) if it is completely unspecified where in that larger space the book actually is OR the book legitimately takes place in two smaller primary locations within a larger space. The Song of Achilles is a good example of that - Troy would not be the primary location because a good quarter of the book takes place in Phthia. This makes the location (for our purposes) Greece.

These things generally keep location from being as usable as it would otherwise be. Of course still look and list location when looking for cards, but just be careful about it. This is important because if we had used Eat, Pray, Love for card 5 and a mod decided they didn't like it we wouldn't know until AFTER points were done at the end of the month when the mods check the spreadsheet.

Hi everyone! My daughter got me a new computer but I am having a heck of a time trying to get my cover colors verified via tineye. So, I will do my best to "eye" them myself but if someone could please verify my colors if we are going to use any of my books to cover color cards that would be great!

Caroline wrote: "Also a point about location: it is generally the hardest criteria to hit because the mods are so specific about it.

A good example would be Eat, Pray, Love. Megan listed it as workin..."

Thanks for letting me know, I hadn't realized it needed to be so specific! I'll make the edits from my original reading post

Sorry I have been a little quiet this week. Work has been crazy busy as I was away last week and I also have a house inspection on Saturday so I am madly cleaning when I get home from work. Thank goodness for audio books so I am getting some reading done whilst working and cleaning. I will be back on deck by Saturday afternoon and well in time for the challenge start

Hi Karla. Here's a link to your shelf - go ahead and click on it and then you can copy/paste the link yourself in a new message and see if that works.

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

I have a house inspection too Nikk! I feel your pain.

Hi,
I have edited my original list (above) and added some more colour covers.
Nikk and Jenny, I hope all goes well with your inspections.

Karla wrote: "Do my books work so far?"

Yep Karla your books look good. I just need to know the reason your yellow cover works for 9

Preeti wrote: "Hi,
I have edited my original list (above) and added some more colour covers.
Nikk and Jenny, I hope all goes well with your inspections."

I see your update and I'll update our color tracking in a couple hours when Im on my laptop - nice job grabbing some more of those difficult cards :D

thanks Preeti. just spent the day at my mom's house going through her stuff. she passed away in December

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Hi everyone! My daughter got me a new computer but I am having a heck of a time trying to get my cover colors verified via tineye. So, I will do my best to "eye" them myself but if someone could pl..."

I verify everyone's colors before adding to the tracking post, so breath easy. I'd add a comment here about "just liking to double check things," but we both know that you've done enough challenges with me to figure out that I'm just controlling xD

Jammin Jenny wrote: "thanks Preeti. just spent the day at my mom's house going through her stuff. she passed away in December"

:( Im really sorry to hear that Jenny. Let us know if you need anything over the coming weeks/months

Karla wrote: "I didn’t see a reference to 9 needing a color reason. It just said 9 yellow. If it doesn’t it’s okay."

9 yellow means that the book must work for card number 9 AND have a primarily yellow cover. So my book is okay for 8 red because it is red AND the main character's name is Edward. But my book wouldnt work for 5 red because it doesn't fit the 5 card

Jammin Jenny wrote: "thanks Preeti. just spent the day at my mom's house going through her stuff. she passed away in December"

I'm so sorry to hear the sad news, Jenny. My deepest condolences to you and your family.

Caroline wrote: "Preeti wrote: "Hi,
I have edited my original list (above) and added some more colour covers.
Nikk and Jenny, I hope all goes well with your inspections."

I see your update and I'll update our colo..."

Thanks, Caroline. I was very lucky as I have a membership at the British Library in my hometown and I spent a good couple of hours searching the shelves for the book covers I wanted and then checking them to see if they fit the colour card rules.

Karla wrote: "I I need to change the yellow book cover to a blue, I can. They have both copies available."

That would be fine, except the 6 Blue has already been covered twice so we cannot use it again. Right now the 5 red and one of the 9 yellow cards are still free.

We also need to double one more of our colored cards, which can be any of the ones we have except the 6 blue and 8 red.

Preeti wrote: "Thanks, Caroline. I was very lucky as I have a membership at the British Library in my hometown and I spent a good couple of hours searching the shelves for the book covers I wanted and then checking them to see if they fit the colour card rules."

I've got your books all updated :) If anything changes with those cards, as they are our most difficult, please let use know ASAP if you do need to drop one (or more) in February. The dropping of books due to Life is generally fine as long as the communication about it is good and fast :D

Are we still needing another Wild Draw 4 card? If so I'll add this to my February list


Green 3 (Character last name: Hugo)


I'm searching for a yellow book too

Megan wrote: "Are we still needing another Wild Draw 4 card? If so I'll add this to my February list


Green 3 (Character last name: Hugo)"

Yep and that will work.

Karla wrote: "Do we still need a 5 RED? If so, I have one picked."

We do still need the 5 red. What book did you have in mind?

I'll read for the second 9 Yellow card we need as well, I believe this should work but if not let me know.


Yellow 9 (Author: Natalie)