The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Somehow, Some Way by Jennifer Probst
Date Read: 02/29/20

Cards:
3 - CL: Brady Heart
4 - CL: Charlotte Flowers
Skip - AL: Jennifer Probst

Mini:
120 - 120 pgs

Kaley, I saw that MelanieJoy's books were already put on the spreadsheet, so I just put in mine and M's books.

I think with those 2 we'll be done with the main challenge, and just waiting on Elena's 24 book for the mini

Yes sorry, I put some of the books in there earlier but not all of them because I needed to do some rearranging to place the last book and I didn’t have time earlier! But yes with Elena’s last book we should be all done! :)

Last one before March begins.

Book: The Poppy War
Author: R.F. Kuang
Date Read: 2-29-20
Cards it fits:
1 – (O) #1 in series
2 – MC Tobi
4 – MC Tutor Feyrik
6 – MC Emperess Su Daji
Skip - Title/Author LN

And done! Sorry it took so long, had to interrupt reading to run a few errands earlier today :)

Book: Cell
Author: Stephen King
Date: Feb 29
Cards:
0 - stand alone
2 - character Tom McCourt
3 - character Daniel Hartwick
6 and Skip - author Stephen King

Mini:
24 - Published January 24th 2006

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And with five hours to spare, we are done with February!! Good job to everyone. It was definitely a team effort, and I appreciate all of you!

Any books finished between now and the official start of March will not count. You can find the countdown here.

This post has all the cards listed for March.

We are currently listed in 11th place out of 25, which is great! We are only 100 points behind the lead, so it's pretty close! We have a decent number of Skips and Wilds next month too, so hopefully that will help close that gap ;-)

Happy reading!

March has started!

Finished!


Book: The Silkworm
Author: Robert Galbraith
Date: Mar 2
Cards:
1 - character Orlando Quine
2 - 2nd in series
4 - character Christian Fischer
6 - title
8 - character Robin Ellacott
Skip - character Catherine Kent


Book: A Visit from the Goon Squad
Author: Jennifer Egan
Date: Mar 2
Cards:
0 - stand alone
2/3 - character Ted Hollander
6 - character Sasha Blake
7 - title
8 - author
Skip - character Kitty Jackson

Blue cover

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Book: Excavation
Author:James Rollins
Date Read: 3-3-20
Cards it fits:
0 – (Z) stand alone
3 – (H) MC Henry Conklin
6 – (S) MC Sam Conklin
8 - (E) Title

Book: Romanitas
Author: Sophia McDougall
Date Read: 3-3-20
Cards it fits:
1 – (O) #1 in series
2 – (T) Drusilla Terentia
4 – (F) Marcus Novius Faustus
6 – (S) Sulien
9 – (N) Novia Faustina

Book: Aurora Rising
Author: Amie Kaufman
Date Read: 3-3-20
Cards it fits:
0 – (Z) Zila Madran
1 – (O) Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley
2 – (T) Tyler Jones
4 – (F) Finian de Seel
6 – (S) Scarlett Jones
Skip- (K/P) Kaliis “Kal” Gilwraeth
Reverse: on Lalia Jane's shelf

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Finished!

Book- The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
Author-Dan Gemeinhart

Cards it fits:
0-Standalone
2-Place- Turquoise Lake, Colorado
4-Character- Fiona
5-Character- Ivan
6-Character- Coyote Sunrise
7-Character- Salvador Vega
8-Place- Eureka, California
9-Place- Naples, Florida
Skip-Place- Poplin Springs, Washington

Finished!

Title: The Demon in the Freezer
Author: Richard Preston

Cards:
0 - stand alone book
3 - CL D.A. Henderson
4 - Setting: Fort Detrick, Maryland
Skip - AL Richard Preston

Non-fiction books are tricky to use for Uno cards...

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Date Read: 03/01/20

Cards:
0 - standalone
1 - CF: Olivia Love
2 - CF: Tom Love
3 - CL: Dr. Hodges
6 - S: Sydney, Australia
8 - CF: Elisabeth
9 - CF: Nick Love

Breaking Her by R.K. Lilley
Date Read: 03/03/20

Cards:
2 - 2 in series
3 - S: Hollywood
4 - CF: Farrah
6 - CF: Scarlett Theroux

Tracking spreadsheet updated to here

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Gwen wrote: "Non-fiction books are tricky to use for Uno cards..."

Yeah, they definitely can be! And unfortunately we're not supposed to use them for "characters," since it's based on real people rather than characters. So it's pretty limited with just standalone, author name and title unfortunately.

Luckily in this case it was also a color cover, and we had an unclaimed 0 Blue, so it worked out really well for us! :)

You just reminded me, I'm planning to read this month, which we can use for one of the Wild Draw 4's - Blue 0

Oh, thanks Kaley! I'm glad it could be used regardless. I'll look over our Uno cards before starting any non-fiction from here on out...

Gwen wrote: "Oh, thanks Kaley! I'm glad it could be used regardless. I'll look over our Uno cards before starting any non-fiction from here on out..."

No worries! :) We have a couple 0s and a couple Wilds in hands that have 0s to use if they can't fit for anything else, so it really shouldn't be a problem!

Book: Magic Bites
Author: Ilona Andrews
Date Read: 3-5-20
Cards it fits:
1 – (O) #1 in series
2 – (T) Ted Moynohan
5 - (I) Author FN Ilona
6 – (S) Saiman
Skip- (K/P) Kate Daniels
Reverse: on Lalia Jane's shelf

Book: Dragonslayer
Author: Duncan M. Hamilton
Date Read: 3-5-20
Cards it fits:
1 – (O) #1 in series
3 – (H) Author LM Hamilton
6 – (S) MC Solene
7 – (V) Guillot dal Villevaurais
Wild Draw 4: Blue 3 – blue cover and author LN H

Book: The Heretic
Author: Joseph Nassise
Date Read: 3-5-20
Cards it fits:
1 – (O) #1 in Series
3 – (H) Title
6 – MC Sean Duncan
8 - MC Erickson
9 – Author LN Nassise
Skip - MC Preceptor

Book: Dragonflight
Author: Anne McCaffrey
Date Read: 3-5-20
Cards it fits:
Green 1 – Green cover

Finished!

Book-Three Hours
Author-Rosamund Lupton
Date- 3-6-20

Cards it fits:
0- Standalone
2- Title- Three Hours
3- Title- Three Hours
4- Character- Neil Forbright
6- Place- Somerset, England
7- Character- Victor Deakin
8- Character- Daphne Epelsteiner
9- Character- Neil Forbright
Skip- Character- Rose Polstein

Quick question about Nonfiction books, I saw that we can't use people's names from the book since they are not characters. Can we use the locations in the book as place names?

Finished

Title: The Girl in the Tower
Author: Katherine Arden
Finished on 3/5/2020

Cards:
1 - CF Olga
2 - book 2 in a series
5 - CL Dimitrii Ivanovich
6 - CF Sasha
7 - CF Vasya
Skip - CF Kasyan
Reverse - Read by Elena

Natasha wrote: "Quick question about Nonfiction books, I saw that we can't use people's names from the book since they are not characters. Can we use the locations in the book as place names?"

For setting to be used it has to be the main setting anyway (so a book that happens over the course of a few cities can't really be used for setting), so if everything happens in one location, it could probably be used. It just really depends on the book.

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March, Week 1

Hi team!

Less than a week into March and we are already doing great!

Cards complete: 18 of 105

Hands complete: 1 of 15

Cards remaining:

0: 4
1: 5
2: 8
3: 6
4: 7
5: 4
6: 5
7: 9
8: 5
9: 5
Skip: 10
Reverse: 5
Draw 2: 7
Wild: 2

Color cards remaining:
3 Blue - Gwen
8 Blue - Kaley
1 Green
8 Green - Gwen
9 Green - Ilsen

All of our Wild Draw 4 cards are done! So the color cards above are all that remains for the month! We only have one left unclaimed (1 Green), so if you want to read for it, please let me know.

I don't think I have much else to say right now. We are off to a very strong start for March, so keep up the good work :)

Happy reading!

Great start, all!!


Book: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Author: Yuval Noah Harari
Date: Mar 6
Cards:
0 - stand alone
2 - title
3 - AL Harari

Just checking in! Good work, team. I’m still working through mine, work has just been insane the past two weeks.

Haven’t checked in! March is always busy for me for college but I hope to finish Half Blood Prince soon!

Tracking spreadsheet updated to here

Thanks all! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Also I hope everyone is staying healthy!

Thanks! You too!

Finished

Title: The Winter of the Witch
Author: Katherine Arden

Cards:
1 - CF Olga
3 - book 3 in a series
5 - CL Dimitrii Ivanovich
6 - CF Sasha
7 - CF Vasya
Skip - AF Katherine Arden

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Finished


Book: The Starless Sea
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Date: Mar 9
Cards:
0 - character Zachary Rawlins
2 - title The...
3 - character Katrina Hawkins
6 - title
8 - author Erin Morgenstern
Skip - character Simon Keating

Finished!

Book: One of Us Is Next
Author: Karen M. McManus
Date: 3-9-20

1- Title
2- Book 2 in the "One of us is lying" Series
6- Character- Sean Murdock
9- Character- Nate Macauley
Skip-Author- Karen McManus

Finished!

Title: The Last Train to London
Author: Meg Waite Clayton
Date: 3-9-20

0- Character- Zofie-Helene Perger
1- Character- Otto Perger
2- Character- Truus Wijsmuller
3- Character- Helen Bentwich
6- Character-Stephan Neuman
7- Place- Vienna, Austria
8- Character- Adolf Eichmann

Just checking in. I am away from home for the next day or so and not able to post anything except on my phone. I will wait until I am back on my desktop Wednesday-ish.

Finished

Title: Garden Spells
Author: Sarah Addison Allen
Date: 3/9/2020

I read this for the 8 Green colored card but it also fits:

3 - CL Tyler Hughes
6 - CF Sydney Waverly
8 - CF Emma Clark

Finished


Book: Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Author: Talia Hibbert
Date: Mar 10
Cards:
0 - stand alone
2 and 3 - author Talia Hibbert
7 - character Vikram Anand
8 - character Eve Brown

Hey guys just checking in! I’ve been away from my phone for a little while so sorry for the long wait

Book: Hunter of Sherwood: Knight of Shadows
Author: Toby Venables
Date Read: 3-10-20
Cards it fits:
1 – # 1 in series
2 – (T) MC Thancred/Author FN Toby
3 – (H) MC Robin Hood
7 – Author LN Venables
8 - Location England
Skip - Title

Book: Hunter of Sherwood: The Red Hand
Author: Toby Venables
Date Read: 3-10-20
Cards it fits:
2 – #2 in series
3 – (H) MC Robin Hood
7 – (V) Author LN Venables

Book: Hunter of Sherwood: Hood
Author: Toby Venables
Date Read: 3-10-20
Cards it fits:
1 – (O) MC Alan O'Doyle
2 – (T) MC Triar Took/Author FN Toby
3 – (H) Title/#3 inseries
6 – (S) MC Scarlet Will
7 – (V) Author LN Venables
8 - (E) Location England

Thanks for the updates, everyone!!

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Book: The Villa
Author: Nora Roberts
Date Read: 3-12-20
Cards it fits:
2 – (T) Tyler MacMillan
6 – (S) Sophia Giambelli
7 – (V) Title
9 – (N) Author FN Nora
Skip- (K/P) Pilar Giambelli

Finished

Title: One of Us Is Lying
Author: Karen M. McManus
Date: 3/12/2020

Cards:
1 - "One" in the title
6 - CF Simon
9 - CF Nate
Skip - AF Karen
Reverse - Read by Elena and Kaley

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March, Week 2

Time for our weekly Friday update!

Here is where we stand regarding what remains...

Cards complete: 33 of 105

Hands complete: 2 of 15

Cards remaining:

0: 3
1: 4
2: 6
3: 5
4: 6
5: 4
6: 4
7: 5
8: 5
9: 4
Skip: 9
Reverse: 5
Draw 2: 6
Wild: 2

Color cards
3 Blue - Gwen
8 Blue - Kaley
1 Green
9 Green - Ilsen

We've fallen back a little bit this week, but I'm not concerned about it yet. Plenty of time to catch up!

Also — be on the lookout for March mini challenge info soon! The mini challenge will start on March 15, so I should be able to release details to you here soon.

Everyone stay safe out there! It's getting a little hectic out there, at least where I am. Thank goodness for books and escapism.

Have a great weekend everyone!

I hope everyone is staying safe out there!!

Seems like a good weekend to stay inside and read!