The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Thanks for the feedback, Kaley.

How about The Night Watch by Sarah Waters for 9-Blue? The N being in the title...

Hmm, I'm reading the physical book for The Enchanted April so I think it may have a different cover. Let me get back to you on that. I'll research to see if I have anything else that fits.

Don't pencil me in for anything yet, although I'm pretty sure I want to read The False Prince. I want to read On a Pale Horse, too, so I hope that one fits! Let me know...

I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak works for the 5-Red card (I think) and I have it on my bookshelf at home, to be read...

Those both look good!

As far as On a Pale Horse goes -- if all else fails, it can be used for a non-color card, so I say go for it either way! :) (I'm going to wait for a few more people to comment on it as far as the cover goes, but it looks like it'll probably pass for yellow!)

Hey everyone! Thanks for the warm welcome! I’m MelanieJoy - you can also give me a nickname like Mel, Melanie, MJ, or something else!

I live in California, and this is my 2nd UNO challenge. I skipped it last year and mostly took a year long break from Goodreads due to trying out a different job. I’m back into teaching: I teach 2 year olds at a private school. I won’t be reading as much as a I have in challenges past but I’ll shoot for a book every week or 2.

My favorite genre is YA or Fantasy. For quick reads, I’ll also read romance, and if I want to learn something I’ll try a classic, regency, or non fiction. I also like some mysteries thrillers and crimes.

Two books I’m looking forward to reading soon are Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine, and Kingdom of Copper by S A Chakraborty

Looking forward to getting to know you all! I’ll be posting on my lunch break or late at night depending on my schedule for the day.

One of the books I have in my arsenal on-hand I can work on reading is pretty solid for a Draw 2 spot. has characters and story locations that will cover almost every numbered card except for 7 or 8 (at a basic, cursory look. I can likely find a character that will work for them as well upon reading it). I'm willing to claim that if no one else will.

Likewise I have two others on-hand that would work for blue covers.

, would work for 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, Skip (again at first glance)

would work for 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, Skip

Figured I'd throw those out to start since we have so many blue cards.

Kaley wrote: "Ilsen wrote: "I’m sorry for the long spoiler tag. I’m very passionate about this series."

It's good to be passionate about it! I'm not sure if I made it to the [spoilers removed] to be honest. I'm..."

Oh oops. I didn’t know you made into that scene. I left it vague enough that it doesn’t spoil anything. But I would say to give it another try. I find it really good. I just need to read the last one!

I also haven’t thought about what books are going where. I’m probably going to improvise or if you give me a category, I’ll try to find something in my TBR to squeeze in!

Alexis wrote: "One of the books I have in my arsenal on-hand I can work on reading is pretty solid for a Draw 2 spot. has characters and story locations that will..."

Great! Did you want to claim anything?

Ilsen wrote: "I also haven’t thought about what books are going where. I’m probably going to improvise or if you give me a category, I’ll try to find something in my TBR to squeeze in!"

No worries on that at all. As you post a book you finish, just let me know what cards it could fit for. I will place it wherever it fits, so no need to worry ahead of time about where it could fit. It’s VERY rare that something doesn’t fit. Since standalone books fit for 0 and series books can fit 1-9, it’s usually not a problem at all. The only thing I can think that WOULDN'T fit (aside from something that was below the page count requirement) would be something very high up in a series (10+) that doesn’t have any letters that fit, but that’s not very common.

The only cards I really care about getting claimed ahead of time are color cards, since the requirements about those are so specific. Anything else is pretty easy to shuffle around as needed! (Well...color cards and maybe the mini challenge tasks once those come out... but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it! We are a few weeks away from needing to be concerned about that!)

was ruled to be yellow enough!

however was ruled to be not red enough. So we can't use it for a color card (but we can still use it for regular cards if you want to read it!)

Since we are now a little less than four days out, I'm going to go ahead and claim one of the color cards to start off with. We actually have a Wild Draw 4 in our first hand, so I'm going to take that one duplicating 1 Blue.

We have to do it in order right? Because if that’s the case I’m going to try to see what fits that someone hasn’t claimed.

So we can't get points for future hands until the previous hand is complete, but we are allowed to read in any order.

For now, I'd say just read what you want! I'll be placing cards in the earliest hand it can fit, so to start off I'm not too worried about it. If you read something that doesn't fit a card till Hand 3, it's not a big deal, because we will get the previous hands completed before the end of the month.

If we get halfway through the month and there's a specific card # that we seem to need a lot of still, I might ask people to focus on those. But usually books can fit for a few different options, so toward the end of each month I might shuffle books around to optimize how they fit into our hands. I'm guessing we'll be able to get through our regular hands no problem (as this is what tends to happen during UNO).

BUT — if there are any color cover books you have that fit for one of our color cards(+Wild Draw 4) that you want to read in Feb, please claim! Those ones are harder so I like having those planned out.

Kaley wrote: " was ruled to be yellow enough!

however was ruled to be not red enough. So we can't use it for a color card (but we can still use..."

Great! Thanks, Kaley!

Yeah, I’ll work on “Arthas” for the Draw 2 spot, Kaley! We can use it to claim any other spot needed. I usually plow through the Warcraft novels quickly so I’ll start on that then move to the other blue covers I have if we need more colored cards covered.

Here is my shelf:

UNO 2020

So here are my top books to read:

(too bad orange isn't a color card!)

(it has a green door in the other edition but this is the one I've checked out from the Library to read. Not sure if it has enough blue but it might be worth trying.

The cover looks blue but it's very muted and teal-ish so I'm not sure.

I'll definitely finish those three this month, and don't care where they're placed.

Sidenote - I'm impressed with Rachel Caine's writing. Apparently she's written under other pen names but didn't get much traction. She'd doing good with the Great Library and the Stillhouse Lake series. Didn't read the Morganhill vampires.

Anybody else have an author they're impressed with? I know a couple people on this team seem to like Colleen Hoover; haven't tried her stuff yet.

I'm reading An Anonymous Girl in February. The main character is named Jessica Farris so I think it would work for our Red 4 card, if we still need one.

MelanieJoy wrote: "So here are my top books to read:

(too bad orange isn't a color card!)

(it has a green door in the other edition but..."

The Kingdom of Copper looks blue enough to me! The areas around the town/waterfall (I think that's what it is?) look navy, so I think it would count. Unless in person it looks like something other than blue, of course -- so let me know!

I'll ask about To Kill a Kingdom because that is one of those bluish green shades that I never know about!

If The Kingdom of Copper edges look navy in person, let me know and I can put that down for one of our color cards.

Natasha wrote: "I'm reading An Anonymous Girl in February. The main character is named Jessica Farris so I think it would work for our Red 4 card, if we still need one."

Perfect! I will mark that down.

I have a TBR pile for this set of cards. Would you like me to post them for planning purposes or just as I finish them?

M wrote: "I have a TBR pile for this set of cards. Would you like me to post them for planning purposes or just as I finish them?"

Just as you finish them! (unless it's a color cover)

Captains group consensus is that To Kill a Kingdom is blue enough, so if you’re for sure going to read that in Feb, I’ll put it down for 2 Blue. Let me know about how the cover of the other one is in person, because if it looks blue enough as well I can mark you for that as well.

MelanieJoy wrote: "Sidenote - I'm impressed with Rachel Caine's writing. Apparently she's written under other pen names but didn't get much traction. She'd doing good with the Great Library and the Stillhouse Lake series. Didn't read the Morganhill vampires.

Anybody else have an author they're impressed with? I know a couple people on this team seem to like Colleen Hoover; haven't tried her stuff yet.”

I really liked the first two books of the Stillhouse Lake series! I haven’t tried her others.

I’ve also heard good things about Colleen Hoover but haven’t given her a try yet. I really enjoy Rainbow Rowell as well (more YA) and J. Lynn (Jennifer L. Armentrout under a pen name, more New Adult).

ETA: actually, I did read the first Morganville Vampires book. I didn’t really care for it!

I just got my hands on a book I’ve been wanting to read for a while that will fit 0 Yellow, so I’m going to grab that as well.

I went ahead and read today. Couldn't resist. The next book in the series, , I'll wait to start till uno starts.

MelanieJoy wrote: "I went ahead and read today. Couldn't resist. The next book in the series, , I'll wait to start till uno starts."

Sounds good! And you said you are planning to read these two in Feb. also, correct?


If so, I'll write you down for 9 Blue and 2 Blue, since those should both work for blue.

Correct! I should be able to get to all 3!

My free time is so much less than my last UNO challenge, where I could read at work. So we’ll see how this goes!

I'm planning to read this , which can work for Wild Draw 4 - Blue 2

I also found these books:
- Yellow 1
- Red 5

If no one can find anything I can read one of these, although I'm leaning towards the yellow once since I haven't actually started the series yet

Laila Jane wrote: "I also found these books:
- Yellow 1
- Red 5

If no one can find anything I can read one of these, although I..."

Thanks for finding those!

Hi everyone! Sorry, I went MIA for a few days - got sick again for the second time this month, ugh! But all better now, fog is finally clearing, just in time to start :)

I can read for Red 5 and I'll also be reading . Not sure if we need any more blues but it'll work for 1 or 2.

Hi all!

We are about 40 hours away from challenge start. I can't believe it's so soon already!

I wanted to go ahead and take this opportunity to update everyone on where we stand for planning for the month and talk about what to expect once the challenge starts!

We have a lot of our color cards covered, but we still have one left that is unclaimed: 1 Yellow.

We have one Wild Draw 4 card left. These can duplicate any of our color cards that aren't already being duplicated, so our remaining options for these are: 9 Blue, 5 Red, 1 Yellow, 4 Red, & 0 Yellow.

If you want to claim any of those cards, please let me know — that way we don't have to worry about them later!

When you finish a book, please post a completion post to this thread following this format:
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Cards it fits:
Cover color (if applicable):

Remember that only books started after the challenge starts can be used for UNO. So make sure to check with this countdown if you're not sure. I'll be posting to this thread once the challenge has started, but I'll be a few hours late since it starts at around 3 a.m. my time!

Please also remember that per UNO challenge sign-ups, you agreed to check in to this thread at least once a week. I understand real life gets super busy, but a quick check-in just to say you're still here & participating is always greatly appreciated!

Let me know if you have any questions!

Edited to add in Elena's and Laila Jane's color card claims

Thanks for the update Kaley! Since Elena’s covering Red 5 I’ll do Yellow 1

Elena wrote: "Hi everyone! Sorry, I went MIA for a few days - got sick again for the second time this month, ugh! But all better now, fog is finally clearing, just in time to start :)

I can read [bookcover:I A..."

I posted right after you! Being sick is no fun. I'll write you down for 5 Rd and a Wild Draw 4 for 1 Blue!

Laila Jane wrote: "Thanks for the update Kaley! Since Elena’s covering Red 5 I’ll do Yellow 1"

Sounds good!

Kaley wrote: "I posted right after you! Being sick is no fun. I'll write you down for 5 Rd and a Wild Draw 4 for 1 Blue!"

Great, thanks!

Just under 6 hours till UNO starts!

And UNO has officially started! Happy reading everyone!

Woohoo!!! I’m downloading To Kill A Kingdom now from my elibrary!
Happy reading and enjoy your weekend!

Woo-hoo! Good luck team, let’s kill it!

There’s a book I want to read for Red 5 since it hasn’t been duplicated, “Girls Like Me” by Lola StVil. It’s 24,840 words, do you think we could use it since it’s less than 200 words under the needed word count?

Book: Hard Contact
Author: Karen Traviss
Date Read: 2-1-20
Cards it fits:
1 – first in series
2 – Author LN Traviss
3 – Title
4 – MC Fi Skirata
6 - MC Darman Skirata
8 - MC Etain Tur-Mukan
9 - MC Niner Skirata
Skip – Author FN Karen

Anna wrote: "There’s a book I want to read for Red 5 since it hasn’t been duplicated, “Girls Like Me” by Lola StVil. It’s 24,840 words, do you think we could use it since it’s less than 200 words under the need..."

Unfortunately the word count is a pretty strict limit, so we won’t be able to use it!

Okay, that’s fine!

I think now it the time to admit that I am currently still recovering from my lovely Yule gift of a broken ankle and I have nothing better to do but read and knit. It looks like I might be finishing a book a day.

Book: Triple Zero
Author: Karen Traviss
Date Read: 2-2-20
Cards it fits:
0 – Zero in title
1 – MC Captian Jaller Obrim
2 - Author LN Traviss/#2 in series
4 – MC Fi Skirata
6 – MC Scorch
7 – MC Walon Vu
8 – MC Etain Tur-Mukan
9 - MC Niner Skirata
Skip - Author FN Karen/MC Kal Skirata

M wrote: "I think now it the time to admit that I am currently still recovering from my lovely Yule gift of a broken ankle and I have nothing better to do but read and knit. It looks like I might be finishin..."

Oh no M! That stinks. Ankle injuries are horrible. :(

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Completion
Book: A Stranger in the House
Author: Shari Lapena
Date read: Feb 3, 2020
Cards:
0 - standalone
2 - character Tom Krupp
4 - character Officer Fleming
6 - author Shari Lapena
Skip - character Tom Krupp

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