The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Do we need someone to read something for the 9 Blue card in the second hand? Has it already been spoken for? If not, I'm willing to read The Night Watch as my next book... just let me know.

I think MelanieJoy’s reading something for Blue 9

Gwen, I’m reading something but I’m not enjoying it, so feel free to take over. I might DNF it or just read it more slowly.

Okay, thanks. I didn't want to step on any toes! I'll start The Night Watch, probably tomorrow, and see how that goes.

Sounds good!

Finished


Book: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
Author: Lauren Graham
Date: Feb 11
Cards:
0 - stand alone
2 - title


Book: Armada
Author: Ernest Cline
Date: Feb 11
Cards:
0 - character Zack Lightman
3 - character Shin Hashimoto
4 - character Graham Fogg
6 - character Shin Hashimoto
7 - character Archibald Vance
8 - author Ernest Cline
Skip - character Pamela Lightman

Book: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Author: Ransom Riggs
Date Read: 2-11-20
Cards it fits:
1 – MC Olive Abroholos Elephanta
3 – MC Hugh Apiston
4 – MC Ferdinand Portman
6 – MC Horace Somnusson
8 - MC Emma Bloom
9 – MC Millard Nullings
Skip- MC Alma Lefay Peregrine
Reverse: Kaley's shelf

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Book: Stardust
Author: Neil Gaiman
Date Read: 2-12-20
Cards it fits:
2 – MC Tristran Thorn
4 – MC Victoria Forester
6 – Title
7 – Mc Victoria Forester
9 – Author FN
Skip- MC Lord Primus
Wild Draw 4 - 9 Blue – Blue Cover and Author FN Neil

Finished


Book: Cinder
Author: Marissa Meyer
Date: Feb 12
Cards:
1 - 1st in series
5 - character Iko
6 - character Sybil Mira
8 - character Dmitri Erland
Skip - character Kai
Reverse - Ilsen, Gwen, M read


Book: Cry Wolf
Author: Patricia Briggs
Date: Feb 12
Cards:
1 - 1st in series
2 - character Colin Taggart
3 - character Hussan
6 - character Samuel Cornick
Skip - author Patricia Briggs

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MINI CHALLENGE COMING SOON

Details for February's mini challenge were released to team captains. They'll be announced to the group soon so we can plan our reading accordingly. Mini challenges are optional, but they're a pretty big deal in UNO — most teams finish all their regular UNO hands each month, so the mini challenge is really where the differences in points will come in!

February mini challenge details have been posted!

Please go read this post and come back here to let me know of any questions you may have!

Edit: OK the link isn’t working from my phone so here is the post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Ok I have some questions. For the numbers, do they have to count for multiple things in order for it to count or is just having the page number enough?

For example, the number 6 pretty much every book has a page 6 so would it need to be partnered with something else? Does one book count for all of them? I understand the words pretty well. I’m just confused about the numbers

Finished book
Title: On a Pale Horse
Author: Piers Anthony

Fits cards:
0 zero - character name Zane
4 four - character name Fate
6 six - character name Satan
Skip - author first name Piers Anthony

Yellow cover

Ilsen wrote: "Ok I have some questions. For the numbers, do they have to count for multiple things in order for it to count or is just having the page number enough?

For example, the number 6 pretty much every ..."

So the numbers in relations to pages means total pages has to match, from my understanding. So like 300 — a book that is exactly 300 pages would work. For 6, we’d have to use something different — like a book that is 6th in the series, published in June or published on the 6th of the month, etc.

Sorry all, didn’t realize the link didn’t work the first time! I edited the post with another link.

Ilsen wrote: "Ok I have some questions. For the numbers, do they have to count for multiple things in order for it to count or is just having the page number enough?

For example, the number 6 pretty much every ..."

Oh, and one task per book! So each book can only count for one mini-challenge task.

Ohhhhh that makes sense!! Thank you!

The Mini Challenge has started!!

Any books finished between now and the end of February can go toward the mini challenge. So, when you're posting books that you've finished within this window, please also post what it can fit for in the mini challenge. If the "reason" you're using is word within text, please post the sentence from the book that the word is in, as well as the page number/location number. We can use books for both our main hands and the mini challenge.

Here's the list of words/numbers:

airtight
bananas
circle
cold
cornflour
diagonally
dry
eggs
electric
glass
gloves
kiwifruit
lady
limes
moon
orange
passionfruit
peaks
pen
plate
pure
sharp
shredded
spoon
starfruit
stomach
sugar
thickened
touch
vanilla
white
1
2
3
6
12
24
120
270
300

TIPS FOR FINDING WORDS WITHIN TEXT

1. If you're reading a Kindle book, this is fairly easy to do from a desktop. If you use Kindle Cloud Reader for that book, you can search by word.
2. Use Google Books. Sometimes the book will have a "search inside" where you can search for words. It's not foolproof because it only shows text that's available in the free preview, but it's better than nothing.
And 3. Familiarize yourself with the word list. If you know ahead of time what the words are, that can definitely help when you're reading, from my experience. For example, I might pass up the word vanilla very easily when reading -- but if I know that's one of the words I'm looking for, I find that I'm more likely to pause and take note.

Book: Anansi Boys
Author: Neil Gaiman
Date Read: 2-14-20
Cards it fits:
3 – (H) 6 Mrs. Higgler
4 – MC Fat Charlie
6 – MC Spider
9 – MC Mrs. Noah
Skip- (K/P) 4
Wild Draw 4 Red – Red cover and MC Fat Charlie

Book: Hollow City
Author: Ransom Riggs
Date Read: 1-14-20
Cards it fits:
1 – MC Enoch O'Connor
2 – #2 in series
3 – Title
4 – MC Fiona Waters
6 – MC Horace Somnusson
8 - MC Emma Bloom
9 – MC Millard Nullings
Skip- MC Alma Lefay Peregrine

Also just an FYI. I am working at Fan Expo Vancouver this weekend and will not be online at all. I will be back for online shenanigans on Tuesday.

Finished!
Book: An Anonymous Girl
Author: Greer Hendricks
Date Read: 2-14-20
Cards it fits-
0-Standalone
4- MC Jessica Farris
6- MC Dr. Shields
9-Place- New York

Color Card- Red-4

Mini Challenge-

Circle- I spin around in a circle to orient myself, then head towards NYU (page 83)
Dry- I give a dry little laugh (page 119)
Eggs- I need eggs to make French toast (page 36)
Electric- The barista flips on a giant electric grinder and it loudly chews through the beans (page 204)
Orange- Dr. Shields sets down the orange (page 222)

M wrote: "Also just an FYI. I am working at Fan Expo Vancouver this weekend and will not be online at all. I will be back for online shenanigans on Tuesday."

Thanks for letting me know! Also, were either of the books you just posted (Anansi Boys & Hollow City) finished after the mini challenge started? If so, I can look for ways to fit them in.

February, Week 2

Cards complete: 45 of 98

Hands complete: 3 of 14

Mini challenge tasks complete: 2 of 40

We have hit the halfway mark for this month . . . and we are just under halfway done with cards! As of now, we have 45 of 98 done. We are three color cards away from having the first 6 hands fully complete as well. You're doing awesome!

Remaining cards breakdown
0: 1
1: 3
2: 1
3: 5
4: 2
5: 6
6: 5
7: 2
8: 4
9: 5
Skip: 2
Draw 2: 4
Reverse: 5
Wild: 4
9 Blue - Gwen
5 Red - Elena
1 Blue - Kaley
1 Yellow - Laila Jane

Remaining mini challenge tasks can be found here.

As a reminder, if I haven't heard from you since last week, please check in here within the next day or two so I know you're still in this :)

Happy reading!

Still here and still working toward it! Good job everyone that’s been busting it out. Hoping to finish out the one I’m working on in the next few days

Kaley wrote: "M wrote: "Also just an FYI. I am working at Fan Expo Vancouver this weekend and will not be online at all. I will be back for online shenanigans on Tuesday."

Thanks for letting me know! Also, were..."

I technically finished both on the 14th One at about 3 am and the other at 7 am

M wrote: "Kaley wrote: "M wrote: "Also just an FYI. I am working at Fan Expo Vancouver this weekend and will not be online at all. I will be back for online shenanigans on Tuesday."

Thanks for letting me kn..."

Which was the 7 a.m.? I think 3 a.m. was right around when it started but that one I'll say won't qualify just because I'm not sure, but the 7 a.m. one should count!

Finished!
Book: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Author: Atul Gawande
Date Read: 2-15-20
Cards it fits:
0-Standalone

Mini Challenge

Bananas-She hated bananas but she'd heard they were good for her potassium, so she was afraid to stop (page 35)
Glass-Felix guided her water glass to her mouth (page 44)
Moon- "He's awake!" she said, over the moon (page 187)

Kaley wrote: "M wrote: "Kaley wrote: "M wrote: "Also just an FYI. I am working at Fan Expo Vancouver this weekend and will not be online at all. I will be back for online shenanigans on Tuesday."

Thanks for let..."

Anansi Boys was 7 am

We're doing so good, great work, everyone!! :)

Mini challenge looks fun as always, I love UNO minis! Oh and I'll be reading Red 5 next week sometime :)

Finished


Book: Hex Hall
Author: Rachel Hawkins
Date: Feb 15
Cards:
1 - 1st in series
2 - character Jennifer Talbot
3 - title
6 - character Sophie Mercer
7 - character Ms. Vanderlyden
8 - character Elodie Parris
9 - character Nausicaa
Skip - character Elodie Parris

Mini:
circle - "Once she was done, she drew a circle around it." - p. 95
cold - "...I felt something cold brush my arm, ..." - p. 28
dry - "We came across a dry creek bed, ..." - p. 216
electric - "A small electric kettle was bubbling away..." - p. 133
glass - "... saw the cut where the flying glass had hit me." - p. 60
lady - girl on the cover
limes - "...the threat of the afternoon thunderstorm seemed lime-tinted." - p. 47 (???)
moon - "It was a full moon, so the shifters got free run of the grounds." - p. 89
pen - "...handed them to Archer, along with a pen." - p. 156
plate - "Once I had piled my plate high, ..." - p. 64
sharp - "Rocks were sharp against my bare feet, ..." - p. 217
stomach - "..., I'd started to feel sick to my stomach." - p. 15
sugar - "Without asking, she added milk and sugar." - p. 134
touch - "It was almost too hot to touch." - p. 223
white - "A lone white balloon bopped by my elbow..." - p. 8
1 - 1st in series
2 - first published March 2nd (???)
3 - first published March 2nd (???)

Finished


Book: In a Dark, Dark Wood
Author: Ruth Ware
Date: Feb 15
Cards:
0 - stand alone
2 - character Tom
4 - character Flo
6 - character Nora Shaw
9 - character Nina da Souza
Reverse - M read

Mini:
bananas - "You can always give him half a banana for breakfast." - p. 89
electric - "I heard the whirr of an electric window..." - p. 57
glass - "...as he drained his own glass and went back for a refill..." - p. 154
limes - "... and scooped up two limes from the fruit bowl." - p.72
moon - "Far up a satellite was traveling towards the moon." - p. 180
plate - "Clare put her plate down on the table." - p. 79
pure - "...navy blue, a color so pure it made my eyes hurt." - p. 180
stomach - "My stomach heaved again..." - p. 90

Checking in! I'm working on and

Finished
Book: The Night Watch
Author: Sarah Waters

This is for the 9 Blue card in Hand Two. I’m not sure what’s left for the Feb Mini challenge but I read the physical book and don’t have a good way to search through the text. I can try though after the list is updated...

Good morning everyone. Just a quick hello before I head out to day 2 fan expo. Have a lovely day and remember that you are awesome!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Date Read: 02/16/20

Cards:
1 - 1st in series
2 - CF: Tracey Todd
3 - CF: Hannah Swenson
4 - AL: Joanna Fluke
6 - CL: Hannah Swenson
9 - CF: Norman Rhodes
Reverse - Read by Kaley
Color: Yellow

Airtight - "And Del has an air-tight alibi..." - KL: 3704
Diagonally - "...was parked diagonally in front of the entrance." - KL: 455
Eggs - "Hannah removed three eggs from the refrigerator." - KL: 188
Gloves - "...television detectives always used plastic gloves..." - KL: 574
Vanilla - "Add soda, salt, vanilla, and beaten eggs." - KL: 421
3 - published May 3

Just came on here real quick to update my book. About to head out to the store with my son, but if you don't get to it before I do Kaley, I'll update the tracking spreadsheet when I get home.

I haven't read too much about the mini-challenge yet, so I'll do that when I get home too, but I'm pretty sure my book will fit something for the mini

Ok, I finally caught up on the mini-challenge. I updated my completion post to include the mini.

And tracking spreadsheet is updated to here.

Thanks all! I’ll get the full spreadsheet updated tomorrow.

Finished!
Book- Me Before You
Author- Jojo Moyes
Date read- 2-16-20

Cards it fits:
1-1st book in a series
2-Character- Will Traynor
6-Place- Stortfold Castle
9-Character- Nathan
Skip-Katrina Clark
Reverse- Read by M

Mini Challenge-
Moon- "But tonight under a full moon it seemed flooded in an ethereal blue (pg. 162)
Plate- "Mum was spooning potatoes onto Dad's plate (pg. 36)
Pure- "He brought down his baton and suddenly everything was pure sound" (pg. 160)
Spoon- "Finally rapping him on the knuckles with a wooden spoon" (pg. 36)
Touch- "We'll be in touch" (pg. 31)
White- "I liked the Dandelion lady, nicknamed for her shock of white hair (pg. 21)

Finished


Book: Bone Gap
Author: Laura Ruby
Date: Feb 17
Cards:
0 - stand alone
1 - character Finn O'Sullivan
4 - character Finn O'Sullivan
6 - character Sean O'Sullivan
7 - character Charlie Valentine
Skip - character Petey Willis

Mini:
eggs - "The chickens had laid blue eggs, ..." - p. 18
gloves - "He put on rubber gloves..." - p. 156
spoon - "...jammed it into the pot with a wooden spoon." - p. 20
stomach - "...and hit him right in the stomach." - p. 143
sugar - "He thought maybe somebody mistaken salt for sugar." - p. 32
touch - "...feeding one another by touch." - p. 173
vanilla - "...inhaling the faint scents of mint and vanilla..." - p. 14
white - "...including a peeling white house, ..." - p. 12
3 - published March 3rd

I found a book that's exactly 300 pages long for the mini!

Also I'm reading with tons of stars on the cover. Do y'all think we can use it for starfruit?

Elena wrote: "I found a book that's exactly 300 pages long for the mini!

Also I'm reading with tons of stars on the cover. Do y'all think we can use it for starfruit?"

Yay for 300 pages! I haven't looked myself yet but I know that has been a difficult one for other teams. (I'll probably leave it off the spreadsheet till the last minute so other teams can't see what we've done for that one since it's more challenging...)

And I'm not sure. I'll ask. We're allowed be be creative, so maybe we can use "shape on cover is the same shape as sliced starfruit" . . . but I'm just not sure how far is too far for it, you know?

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Hey guys! So I was trying to think of ways to start getting books actually read, so I picked up an audiobook and I should finish that soon!

I have been trying to find something for 120 or 270. So far, no luck =(

Anna wrote: "Hey guys! So I was trying to think of ways to start getting books actually read, so I picked up an audiobook and I should finish that soon!"

Thanks for the update!

Audiobooks definitely are so helpful to me personally in getting things read, so I always recommend them! But I know they're not everyone's style.

Laila Jane wrote: "I have been trying to find something for 120 or 270. So far, no luck =("

I'll do some searching for these tonight as well!

Finished
Book: Following Atticus: Forty-Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship
Author: Tom Ryan

Cards:
2: author Tom Ryan
4: title Following
9: setting New Hampshire
Skip: character Paige

I finally found something for 120! So all we need is 270 =)

Once I'm done with it I'll just post it on the tracking spreadsheet and not here in case you wanted to wait till the end to post it on the official spreadsheet as well