The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Team Lily Bard

Team Members:
❅ Veronica Jackson (Captain)
❅ Poongothai (Co-captain)
❅ Petra
❅ Andrea
❅ Sha
❅ Camilla
❅ Andrea
❅ Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)
❅ Komal
❅ Amani Bouzouita
❅ Denise




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ALL ABOUT UNO

◈ This is a 3 month team challenge starting 1 February 2019

◈ At the end of the challenge 30 April 2019 the team with the most points wins!

◈ At the start of each month each team is given a minimum 13 hands of 7 "UNO" cards

◈ The idea is to "play" each hand for points. It is up to the team how many "hands" they can get through in the month, but they must play one hand completely before being able to get points for the next

◈ The team can choose to skip an entire hand to get to the next one, but they are not given a replacement hand. (You can only skip one hand in a month)

THE CARDS
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 read a book another team member has already read

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)

Reserve

Hello Everyone,

As you know I am Veronica and I am you captain. This is my 3rd year as an Uno Player. However, this is my 1st time as a captain. So please bear with me.

I am from the NYC...Queens, NY. I am a mother of 2 daughters ( 25 and 19) and still Fab! LOL.. Little humor. I work full time but love to read.

I would love to get know everyone. So feel free to introduce yourselves. And lets have fun!

Lily Bard BOOKS READ

Color Extractor

UNO - 2019 > Team Lily Bard - Tracking

Leaderboard

Skip - 3
Reverse - 2
Wild - 1
1 Yellow - 1
6 Yellow - 1
9 Red - 1
8 Yellow - 1 (Sha)

Hi everybody

I'm Poongothai from Chennai, India
I'm a Civil Engineer by profession. I'm happily married with two sons, 3 and 6 year olds.

I read romances, mysteries and general fiction.

I have played UNO since the game began.

I have created a tracking sheet UNO - 2019 > Team Lily Bard - Tracking

Thank You.. We should make a great time. Looking forward to it.

Hey everyone I’m Andrea :) I can’t wait to play UNO this year. Every time I’m in a slump UNO always gets me in the reading mood :-)

Hi everyone! I’m Petra, 20 and from Sweden. Also proud cat mom haha! I love reading (a mix but mostly fantasy), gaming and tv shows. I’m super excited to join since it’ll be my first year doing this challenge, but I’ve heard amazing things from my friend! :)

Hi everyone. I’m Sallie. I live is Southern Illinois close to Evansville Indiana. I’m proud dog momma to our 3 year old Basenji Hailie. & proud kitty momma to our rescue kitties Hootie & Dottie Kat....this is my first time playing & im super excited

Hi everyone! I'm Amani,22 from Tunisia this is my first year joining the challenge and I'm really excited to be part of it

Hi! Looking forward to playing together and getting to know you (although I also see some familiar faces here). I'm Camilla from Finland, married, daughters 20 and 22 years, I work full-time as a school psychologist. Spend most of my free time reading, but also love travelling and do some gardening in the summer (not now though, we have about half a meter of snow and currently -10 C, expected to go down at least to -20 C tomorrow. Brr, hate the cold!

I've played Uno maybe, hmmm, three times? Not sure. Uno is one of my favourite group challenges.

Hello Team Lily Bard! Dropping in from Team Miss Marple to say hi! And *waving to Camilla* who is a ferocious reader & awesome player! :))

LOL Melinda, I hope your praise isn't premature! But thank you anyway. Enjoy the game!

Oh, I just realised I have no idea who Lily Bard is *scurries off to find out*

Hi I'm Sha. I'm new and I have no idea what I'm doing,but I'm excited nevertheless. :D

hey, I'm Komal, this is my second year in UNO. Last year was a warm up for me. I am super excited as I know the rules this time. Happy to make more friends, and play together, Let's have fun reading!!

Visit my shelf to pick a Reverse Card : https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Let me give some great books that I 've recently read, highly recommend and be useful in Reverse Cards or Color Cards :

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavende

OR
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
Wonder
The Green Room
The Night Games
Our Souls at Night

I took a quick look at our first hands. Four reverses, which is not too bad. We got two blues, one green and four yucky yellows. So if any of you want to start planning, finding a yellow cover would be great.

Welcome everyone. This seems like a very lively and enthusiastic group. I love a lot of interaction. We a few more days before the challenge start. I am anxious to start LOL

I love, love, love to read. Also it is frigid in NYC, 24 degrees but feels like 10 degrees. And I have to make a trek to Westchester. Wish me luck..

Poongothai, I notice we are in couple groups together.

Well it's not much warmer in Southern Illinois...supposedly due to warm up some today with rain in the forecast & by Monday due to be in the high 40s oh but wait the bottom falls out & we are back in the single digits with wind chill - have no idea because my brain does not compute negative numbers....I HATE WINTER!!! im ready for my 80-90 degree days soon!!!!

just looking over my books - I have one that will fit YELLOW cover & Im making a library run later today so I will scour the shelves to see what I may find....

I just finished ...I do not hand out 5 stars to very many books - it really has to wow me to get me there & this book was amazing. I loved it. I hope that I will find a copy of the book at a library sale or as close to a discount I can find without having to pay full price but it is definitely worth the time to read.

Sallie(GeorgiaGirl) wrote: "I just finished ...I do not hand out 5 stars to very many books - it really has to wow me to get me there & this book was amazing. I loved it. I hope tha..."

Looks like a reverse book for me. This is on my tbr list and cant wait to start reading it

A 6 Yellow book would have to qualify for both Yellow Cover and a 6 Card, yes?

... also, how yellow does a cover have to be for it to be yellow?

Okay; genres might be a problem (a lot of my shelf is SFF or Romance) but here are a few recs for the yellows;

1. . One of the main characters is named Stone. So 6 Yellow.
2. . 2nd book in a series (It still can be read as a standalone). 2-Yellow?
3. . Same as the last one. 2-Yellow?
4. . Possibly a 7-yellow? Future references?
5. . 0-Yellow? Standalone.
6. . 6-Yellow (Authors Name starts with S). 0-Yellow (Standalone).

Also, are the hands supposed to be completed in order? Hand 1 first and then hand 2 and so on?

Sorry for all the questions. I'm still trying to find my uno legs.

Sha wrote: "A 6 Yellow book would have to qualify for both Yellow Cover and a 6 Card, yes?"

Correct.

... also, how yellow does a cover have to be for it to be yellow?"

Well, it's not actually mentioned - or at least I couldn't find it - in the current rules, but if I remember correctly, >50%. Veronica, can you confirm this?

Does everybody know how to use TinEye?

Sha wrote: "Also, are the hands supposed to be completed in order? Hand 1 first and then hand 2 and so on?

Sorry for all the questions. I'm still trying to find my uno legs."

We don't need to read exactly in order, but we will get points only for completed hands plus the books in the next uncompleted hand. I.e. we must play one hand completely before being able to get points for the next.

No need to apologise, this may seem a bit chaotic at first, but once we get going, it will be much clearer.

Sha wrote: "Okay; genres might be a problem (a lot of my shelf is SFF or Romance) but here are a few recs for the yellows;"

I checked the books you recommended and the covers have yellow:
1. Only 21.7% yellow, will not work
2. 23.9%, will not work
3. No yellow at all, will not work
4. Only 0.4% yellow, will not work
5. 68.2%, this one works
6. 57.4% yellow, this one works as well

Camilla wrote: "Sha wrote: "A 6 Yellow book would have to qualify for both Yellow Cover and a 6 Card, yes?"

Correct.

... also, how yellow does a cover have to be for it to be yellow?"

Well, it's not actually me..."

Looks like Camilla was able to figure out how Tineye works. Well, for the benefits of others, here is the link : https://labs.tineye.com/color/

This is what I do : On a book page on GR, I click "Enlarge Cover", then right click the image and click "Copy image address". Then on Tineye page, paste that URL on the "Enter Image URL" textfield and press "Extract color" button. Bingo! This gets me the color extracts of the book cover with highest percentages on top.

This way I decide if a book cover is yellow-heavy or not and read it for Yellow card.

Thanks for the updates. :) I'll use tineye before I give any more recs.

Komal wrote: "Looks like Camilla was able to figure out how Tineye works."

LOL, I've been using it for ages, so I didn't exactly figure it out now.

One addition to the instructions Komal posted: remember to removed the tag from "Exclude background color from extracted colors", otherwise the result will be erroneous, i.e. not take into account the background color.

Hello,

How is everyone doing?

I sent friend request to everyone so we can have easy access to each others uno shelves.

Andrea wrote: "Hey everyone I’m Andrea :) I can’t wait to play UNO this year. Every time I’m in a slump UNO always gets me in the reading mood :-)"

Hi Andrea. Welcome. Hopefully we can pull you out the slump and have some fun with our reading

Petra wrote: "Hi everyone! I’m Petra, 20 and from Sweden. Also proud cat mom haha! I love reading (a mix but mostly fantasy), gaming and tv shows. I’m super excited to join since it’ll be my first year doing thi..."

SWEDEN!!! I gifted a trip to Sweden for my oldest daughter when she graduated college. She loved it! And they loved her. Planning to go back this year when my youngest is on her summer bream.

But welcome. Looking forward to interacting with everyone

Sallie(GeorgiaGirl) wrote: "Hi everyone. I’m Sallie. I live is Southern Illinois close to Evansville Indiana. I’m proud dog momma to our 3 year old Basenji Hailie. & proud kitty momma to our rescue kitties Hootie & Dottie Kat..."

Hi Sallie.. I have a moody cat myself. It's my youngest daughter's cat. Of course she's away in college and who has the honor of taking care of her. ME!. She's so lucky I am a cat person.

Welcome!!!!

Amani-Bz wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Amani,22 from Tunisia this is my first year joining the challenge and I'm really excited to be part of it"

Hi Amani-Bz

Tunisia here!! LOL. Thank you for friending me. I look forward to interacting with you.

Camilla wrote: "Hi! Looking forward to playing together and getting to know you (although I also see some familiar faces here). I'm Camilla from Finland, married, daughters 20 and 22 years, I work full-time as a s..."

Hi Camilla

We have a few things in common I see.. Finland is a place I want to visit during Xmas time - on my bucket list.

Welcome..Look forward to reading with you.

Melindam wrote: "Hello Team Lily Bard! Dropping in from Team Miss Marple to say hi! And *waving to Camilla* who is a ferocious reader & awesome player! :))"

Hello Melinda,

Yes thats what we need, but fun competeition. Look forward to reading with you

Camilla wrote: "LOL Melinda, I hope your praise isn't premature! But thank you anyway. Enjoy the game!

Oh, I just realised I have no idea who Lily Bard is *scurries off to find out*"

Ohhh!!! The author of the True Blood series

Sha wrote: "Hi I'm Sha. I'm new and I have no idea what I'm doing,but I'm excited nevertheless. :D"

Hi Sha!

Don't worry we are all here to help..

Welcome

Komal wrote: "hey, I'm Komal, this is my second year in UNO. Last year was a warm up for me. I am super excited as I know the rules this time. Happy to make more friends, and play together, Let's have fun readin..."

Hi Komal,

I am so glad you are excited about the game. Lets have fun with it.

Sallie(GeorgiaGirl) wrote: "Well it's not much warmer in Southern Illinois...supposedly due to warm up some today with rain in the forecast & by Monday due to be in the high 40s oh but wait the bottom falls out & we are back ..."

LOL!! I hear you. I got used to it.. So far no snowstorms. That sucks.

Camilla wrote: "Sha wrote: "A 6 Yellow book would have to qualify for both Yellow Cover and a 6 Card, yes?"

Correct.

... also, how yellow does a cover have to be for it to be yellow?"

Well, it's not actually me..."

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)

Veronica, did I remember correctly that the percentage of the required color is >50%?

Yes, I’m remember the color should be 50% or more dominant to qualify.