The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Melindam, I just picked up Spinning Silver on Audible. I can't remember who recommended that one to me, but I am looking forward to it.
The other author your color cover list is reminding me of is my lack of Pratchett reading. I read a couple years ago, and one sort fo recently. Perhaps I should just start at the beginning, especially since so many of them have great covers for UNO.

I want more Murderbot too. Now. Or sooner.

Mikayla wrote: "are rereads allowed?"

Rereads are allowed. I think the rule is that you can use it for UNO if you read the book six months ago or longer. Someone will correct me if I am wrong here.

Jenny, when I first read Terry Pratchett, many, many years ago, I also started with book 1 and 2 and they made me give him a wide berth, because I could not appreciate them.
Later I picked The Hogfather (#20) at random, and I loved it.

My favourites are from the City Watch series. I can safely recommend them as a starting point. Guards!Guards! is the 1st of these.

Hi, my name is Diane and I am from Toronto, Canada. A friend of mine from another Challenge group talked me into trying this one. I have done many group challenges since I started tracking my books on Goodreads about 10 years ago. I read exclusively M/M Romance, but love all kinds of genres like Action, Paranormal and Mystery.

Way to kick off 2021 with some Uno! This is a great and well-run challenge that all can participate in and feel welcome. This is my fourth year, and certainly not my last. Thanks for keeping up this amazing tradition.

📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2021- The House in the Cerulean Sea, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Diesel Heart: An Autobiography
📕 Your recommendation for book with the best yellow, red, blue, or green cover -

Hi everyone! I'm Allison and this is my 5th time playing Uno. My favourite genres are thrillers and historical fiction, but I'll go for almost anything.

I'm looking forward to (hopefully) driving down my TBR list this year, as well as reading some more non-fiction.

For colour covers, I would recommend:

Sign ups from here on will be on a reserve list as we start to try and put the teams together

Val wrote: "Caroline wrote: "Hi Val! My name is Caroline, and it is my first UNO Challenge too. We can struggle together haha. Do you have any Historical Fiction recommendations? I am trying to get into the ge..."

Thank you so much! I will add these to my Want to Read bookshelf :)

There are only two important things in this world right now:
1. vaccination
2. UNO 2021 list

I totally spaced following this discussion!
📕 Name - Tammie from St. Louis
📕 Team Challenge experience - love 'em!
📕 Have you joined UNO before? - 3 or 4 times
📕 Favourite genres - Romance w/ Contemporary, Mystery, PNR
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2021 - In the next few months I'm looking forward to...a few great color covers as well :)





Looking forward to playing some UNO!

UNO Pixie wrote: "Sign ups from here on will be on a reserve list as we start to try and put the teams together"

Dear UNO Pixie,

I am seeing N/A next to my name on the spreadsheet for the 2020 team list. I had trouble with getting my ID fixed in 2020, so that may be causing a problem.

Just wanted to let you know that in 2020 I was on the Astronaut Pie team with Judith and Nanci!! The whole experience was just wonderful!!

Cheers

Robynne

Hi,
I'm a newbee for this challenge, and I only really have 1 question so far.

The color books. Does every book have to be a specific color? Or just one each hand, or each month, or each player? Just don't understand when and how often you need a book to be color coded.

📕 Name- Skye
📕 Team Challenge experience -- newbe on this group, but very used to other challenges
📕 Have you joined UNO before? no
📕 Favourite genres- paranormal, urban fantasy and mystery almost always m/m romance no mater the genres
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2021 Bitter Pill
📕 Your recommendation for book with the best yellow, red, blue, or green cover


yellow
red
blue
Haven't read green yet, but the first 10 books were great. I expect it will be too.

Skye Blue ☆*~ﾟლ(´ڡ`ლ)~*☆ wrote: "Hi,
I'm a newbee for this challenge, and I only really have 1 question so far.

The color books. Does every book have to be a specific color? Or just one each hand, or each month, or each player? J..."

Nope. When the hands are dealt out every month, each team will get a few color cards they have to fill out. Most of the cards do not depend on having color covers. Your team will decide how to divvy out who plays each card.

It all becomes clear very quickly once your first hand is dealt. Plus, there will be UNO veterans on your team as well, so worry not.

I've only played last year and loved it. My favorite genres tend to be thriller/horror and sci fi but some of my favorite books don't fit those categories. I'm looking forward to reading In Concrete when it is released in a few months.

My color recommendations:

I found out i played in 2015 and last year. my account from 2015 no longer exist. Unfortunately i cant find last year's team list

Hi everyone. This will be my third UNO and I'm really looking forward to it again. I have a teetering pile of books by my bed that I've carefully avoided reading because of the cover colour or the author name. My husband thinks I'm nuts. hahaha

The trouble is we have those extra point challenges where a cover item might be important so it's hard to decide what to read in the next couple of weeks before Feb1st.

My husband might be right, come to think of it ......

I call it dedication & foresight. ;)

Melindam wrote: "I call it dedication & foresight. ;)"

I second that. You're not the only one Elizabeth. I've been preparing and putting off reading some books since the end of last year, LOL.

I have a spreadsheet of books and what card they could be used for 😂😂

📕 Name HI folks, I am Glen from Vancouver, Canada
📕 Team Challenge Experience: None in this group, I tried one in another group last fall, but it less of a game and more who could read the most books. I get through 2 or 3 month, so I wasn't really very helpful for my team.
📕 Have you joined UNO before? No, this would be my first time.
📕 Favourite genres: General fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, History
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2021: Everything on my "Want to Read" is currently on a shelf waiting for me to pick it up. With the exception of a few classics that I got on sale as well as some of the non-fiction, I am eager to one degree or another to read all of them.
📕 Your recommendation for book with the best yellow, red, blue, or green cover

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Melindam wrote: "I call it dedication & foresight. ;)"

I second that. You're not the only one Elizabeth. I've been preparing and putting off reading some books since the end of last year, LOL."
I’ve added my coloured covers to my UNO shelf so I can find them again 😂😂

Okay sorry I can’t figure out how to sign up for uno or where it is. I clicked the link in messages but it takes me to post. Will someone help me?

I figured it out! Just signed up! Thanks!

phez wrote: "Okay sorry I can’t figure out how to sign up for uno or where it is. I clicked the link in messages but it takes me to post. Will someone help me?"

All the information about signing up as well as the link are in the following messages:

Message 63 - Sign Up Form
Message 64 - Sign Up Information
I hope this helps.

Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "I have a spreadsheet of books and what card they could be used for 😂😂"

Oh that is such a brilliant idea!

Hi! I am Amanda and I am completely new to UNO.

I joined this challenge because I need some book friends in my life! No one around me reads anything except their social media accounts.

I am really into Historical Fiction right now. I am on the last book in the War of the Roses series by Conn Iggulden

Looking forward to this and meeting new people!

Amanda wrote: "Hi! I am Amanda and I am completely new to UNO.

I joined this challenge because I need some book friends in my life! No one around me reads anything except their social media accounts.

I am real..."

I love Conn Iggulden and have read his Genghis Khan series. I've only read the first book of the War of the Roses series

Vanessa wrote: "Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "I have a spreadsheet of books and what card they could be used for 😂😂"

Oh that is such a brilliant idea!"

Brilliant idea and extremely well organised :-)

📕 Name: Redshirt
📕 Have you joined UNO before? This is my first time playing!
📕 Favourite genres: Scifi, fantasy, mystery, fiction, YA, romance.
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2021: Fugitive Telemetry is my MOST anticipated book.
📕 Your recommendation for book with the best yellow, red, blue, or green cover: A Court of Thorns and Roses (Red cover, by Mass, Sarah J); The Song for Achilles (Blue cover, by Miller, Madeline); Unf*ck Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life (Yellow cover, by Bishop, Gary John)

Definitely interested to see how this plays out!

Terézia from Slovakia. First time playing (this) UNO, or any other team challenge on GR tbh hah

📕 Favourite genres: Literary fiction, satire, psych. horror, folktales, magical realism
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2021: well most of the books idling on my physical bookshelf :D
📕 Your recommendation for book with the best yellow, red, blue, or green cover: (from my tbr shelf, sorry if some have been already recommended)

red


yellow


green


blue

Hi everyone, how do I know if I have got the registration correctly? Can you see it anywhere or do we get a message??.

Alma wrote: "Hi everyone, how do I know if I have got the registration correctly? Can you see it anywhere or do we get a message??."

There is a link to a spreadsheet in message 63 where you can check if your registration has gone through.

Amanda wrote: "Hi! I am Amanda and I am completely new to UNO.

I joined this challenge because I need some book friends in my life! No one around me reads anything except their social media accounts.

I am real..."

Welcome new people! Amanda you've come to the right place if you want to talk books. Hope you enjoy the challenge.

Hi everyone! I am Deeksha. This is my fourth time joining and second time actually playing UNO. I am happy to be back after two years' gap!

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Hello guys!

My name is Thais, it's my first time participating of the UNO challenge!! I'm very happy! I'm in Team Fame.

I like all genres, but I never pass on a good mystery.
I haven't thought about one specific book I'm dying to read this year, but I'm very excited to read more of the books I have on my to-read list.

That's it! Thank you guys, I hope we can read a lot and have fun!

Hi Everyone!

This is my first time playing uno and excited to be here! I live in Southampton, NY! I love all genres and recently found a new love for historical fantasy reading the invisible life of Addie LaRue!

Team The Breakfast Club is open for business!

Just popping in to tell everyone that i hope you enjoy the challenge.

I haven't checked my team yet. But we just watched the Breakfast Club the other day. Plus a documentary on the making of the movie.

I haven't checked out the other team names yet so I don't know if these are on there. But my favorite 80's movie are the Lost Boys and Goonies. I noticed Young Guns was on Amazon Prime (via IMBD app) the other day. I loved that one too.

I was born in 1970 so the 80's were my entire teenage years.

I'm on Flashdance. Not a big fan of that movie. But I'll survive.

I got Pretty in Pink. Only thing better was The Breakfast Club:)

So excited for this challenge to start!

I am on Pretty in Pink as well!
It is my first time participating on this challenge. I am really looking forward to meeting new people and reading new books!

I'm got team Top Gun, can't say I have watched the movie but I'm super excited.

Gustaf wrote: "I'm got team Top Gun, can't say I have watched the movie but I'm super excited."

I'm not on your team Gustaf...but you need to get that movie watched...there's a follow-up that comes out this year! So good!

Ive only watched 8 of the movies of the team names... I must buck up my ideas.

Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "Ive only watched 8 of the movies of the team names... I must buck up my ideas."

I have watched two lol.

There are at least 25 teams and thus 25 movie titles. Am pretty sure I have seen 21 of these movies - some of them more than once (looking at you Top Gun LOL). I was a teenager and young adult in the 80s - mid teens to mid 20s...

The 80s was a GREAT Decade for me!!

I also find it interesting that one of the BEST teen movies ever made in the 1980s is not on this list - Ferris Buellers Day off!!

Excited to be on team Alien!!!