The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Louise wrote: "A separate tab has been added to the tracking sheet for claiming of tasks. When posting completions on the tracking sheet please put the number(s) of the task(s) your book works for so we can move ..."

I added a few books that I plan to read for some of the Mini tasks. I will add the books to the main February tracking when I complete reading them. I hope that is okay to plan that way...

Louise wrote: "A separate tab has been added to the tracking sheet for claiming of tasks. When posting completions on the tracking sheet please put the number(s) of the task(s) your book works for so we can move ..."

I added a few books that I plan to read for some of the Mini tasks. I will add the books to the main February tracking when I complete reading them. I hope that is okay to plan that way...

I just finished Malibu Rising and added it to the tracker. Of course it's listed as one of the "Summer" books in the mini, but can't count it since I finished it before the 14th. Oh well, all good. Looking forward to reading more books that have been sitting on my TBR for awhile : )

True, books need to be finished after the start of the challenge in order to count but we can start planning and reading now.

Malibu Rising is on my TBR list and I'm pretty sure my library has a copy so maybe I can work on that one.

I've spent a fair bit of time going over the prompts and seeing if I have books that work. Some of the prompts are pretty challenging!

I've added books for the mini challenge in SS. Hope I've done it right.

I have added three books that I am definitely reading and will add more after I finish them.
Tasks covered: #39 (Tagged Mysterious), #27 ("Twilight" in text) & #46 (Asian martial art in text).

Hello team Echidna. I just came across this book , which made me very sad for you guys (even though it's oh so cute!)
So prickly spikes or not, have a virtual hug anyway! :)

Thanks everyone for adding books to the tracking sheet - I think we're looking pretty good!

Preeti - I think "Half Sick of Shadows" might also work for prompt 44 (Read a book featuring royalty - real or fictional) because it's about King Arthur, right?

We get more points for some prompts if the word they are looking for is in the title rather than the text so we might want to be mindful of that.

Gwen wrote: "Thanks everyone for adding books to the tracking sheet - I think we're looking pretty good!

Preeti - I think "Half Sick of Shadows" might also work for prompt 44 (Read a book featuring royalty - r..."

Thanks, Gwen! I got that completely mixed up. For some reason, I thought one word gives 6 points and the other one 10 points. I will shift the book to the royalty task and find something else for this one.

Edit: I have added a different book for Task # 27. This one has Twilight in the title.

Sammy wrote: "Hello team Echidna. I just came across this book , which made me very sad for you guys (even though it's oh so cute!)
So prickly spikes or not, have a virt..."

Sammy, we are at one with our prickliness! Thanks for "poking" fun at us, we can take it!

Cute book!

Preeti wrote: "Gwen wrote: "Thanks everyone for adding books to the tracking sheet - I think we're looking pretty good!

Preeti - I think "Half Sick of Shadows" might also work for prompt 44 (Read a book featurin..."

Awesome, Preeti! I'm glad you found something else that works.

@DJ please add Book, Line and Sinker to your UNO shelf

@Sana please add Return of the Mountain Man to your UNO shelf

Don't forget to add all possible options including reverse options

Sammy wrote: "Hello team Echidna. I just came across this book , which made me very sad for you guys (even though it's oh so cute!)
So prickly spikes or not, have a virt..."

Very cute :)

@DJ I've moved The Book Woman's Daughter to task #21 to give us more points.

Louise wrote: "@DJ please add Book, Line and Sinker to your UNO shelf

@Sana please add Return of the Mountain Man to your UNO shelf

Don't forget to add all possible options includi..."

Added to the shelf.

I just went in to update the spreadsheet and noticed that a lot of info got bumped up by lines. Someone deleted parts of rows and the info is now off. For instance, I know Stephen King did not write Malibu Rising.
Just thought everyone should know, so we can fix it. I will bump the lines down so they fit my cards correctly and hopefully that will fix everyone below me, but I'm not sure how far up it went.

DJ wrote: "I just went in to update the spreadsheet and noticed that a lot of info got bumped up by lines. Someone deleted parts of rows and the info is now off. For instance, I know Stephen King did not writ..."

Is that the mini tracking sheet or the main one for February? In either case, I can take a look at it later today, when I get home from work. I'm pretty good with spreadsheets so hopefully I can fix it.

Thanks for letting us know!

DJ wrote: "I just went in to update the spreadsheet and noticed that a lot of info got bumped up by lines. Someone deleted parts of rows and the info is now off. For instance, I know Stephen King did not writ..."

I’ll take a look when I finish work

Gwen wrote: "Is that the mini tracking sheet or the main one for February? "

It's the main one. I tried to fix what I could on my lines. Some cells got bumped up 2 lines, some by 1 line, and others were deleted altogether.

Spreadsheet is fixed. If you do spot errors on the sheet please highlight here so that it can be fixed rather than attempt to “bump” lines. Had to revert to yesterday’s sheet to get it corrected.

Completed As the Wicked Watch by Tamron Hall and added it to the spreadsheet.

Louise wrote: "Spreadsheet is fixed. If you do spot errors on the sheet please highlight here so that it can be fixed rather than attempt to “bump” lines. Had to revert to yesterday’s sheet to get it corrected."

Thanks for fixing it Louise!

Hi, are we supposed to read for all the prompts of the mini challenge?

Book Completion Post

Book read:
Uno prompt:
0 - Character named Zachary
6 - Title
8 - Author first name (Erin)
Skip - Character (Kat)
Reverse - read by DJ

February mini:
Read a book with the page count containing the number 4 - Page count 498
Read a book featuring a bird (shapeshifter accepted) or with a bird on the cover - Heavily features the Owl King
Read a book with white letters on the cover - See Title
Read a book with some kind of metal or a metallic object on the cover - Cover features keys

Im not sure how to add the book, so I will leave it as an update here in the comments. If needed, I will try to add it to the excel

Should we also think about claiming some prompts for the february mini?

Hi Alina - hopefully I can answer some of your questions.

Yes, we should read books for all the prompts for the February Mini Challenge to get maximum points. It's 10 points per prompt (unless otherwise noted) and one book per prompt.

If you click on the link to the tracking sheet, there is a tab at the bottom that shows the Mini Challenge - many of our team members have been claiming books there already.

But I do think we should keep a dialog here for several reasons. Lots of books will fit multiple prompts and we may have to juggle them around to fill all the spots.

Also, just because someone "claims" a prompt, they may or may not have time to actually complete the book by the deadline - life sometimes gets in the way of reading (a pain, I know!) and hopefully they would post to the group so we can find a work-around.

Hope this helps! I can add your completed book to the tracking sheet for you, no worries.

Gwen, thanks so much! I somehow missed the other excel, so my bad

Hello all! Happy Friday!

I finally finished The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and quite enjoyed it. It was a bit of a slow read for me, lots of detail and an interesting plot, but I did like it a lot and loved the ending. It reminded me of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.

Has anyone read anything really good this week?

@Cindy please add If She Saw and Cry Wolf to your UNO shelf please.

@Alya please add The Dragon's Bride to your UNO shelf

Update
Having had a rather hectic week in work I haven't had much opportunity to read or update the sheet. Hoping to have a relatively relaxing weekend to catch up on my reading.

I know you are all itching to know where we are at so here is an update.

Books Read: 34
Uno Points : 1775
Mini Points: 160
Hands Complete: 6
Current Standing: 9th out of 26


February Cards - Remaining
2 📒 - Louise
3 📘 - Louise


Wild - 2

1️⃣ - 4
2️⃣ - 2
3️⃣ - 2
4️⃣ - 1
5️⃣ - 1
6️⃣ - 2
9️⃣ - 4

Mini Unclaimed Tasks
9. Read a book with the word "BEAST" or "PREDATOR" in the title or series title

16. Read a book with fire on the cover

30. Read a book with a character who fights demons or other otherworldly creatures or a book shelved as Demons (min 3 tags)

33. Read a book with the word "NORTH" or "NORTHERN" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points)

35. Read a book featuring a snake or a turtle (shapeshifters accepted) or with a turtle or snake on the cover

45. Read a book shelved Gods (min 3 tags)

I've got for Task #30. I'm almost done with Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West.

Gwen wrote: "Hello all! Happy Friday!

I finally finished The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and quite enjoyed it. It was a bit of a slow read for me, lots of detail and an interesting plot..."

I really enjoyed The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, so maybe I will enjoy The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. I will add that to my TBR. I just finished The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and thought it was a really good story. I enjoyed it. What did everyone in the group think of The Vanishing Half?

DJ, I noticed that you have completed a book that works for the royalty mini task. You can go ahead and replace the book I put against the task on the mini spreadsheet. I am definitely going to be reading the book this month but it will take a lot more time.

I finished reading . I have updated it on the tracking sheet. Should I add it anywhere else?

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "Gwen wrote: "Hello all! Happy Friday!

I finally finished The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and quite enjoyed it. It was a bit of a slow read for me, lots of detail and an int..."

I think you would like it, Jo!

Our book group really enjoyed The Vanishing Half and we had a good discussion. Apparently there is also a BBC World Book Club discussion with the author that one of our members listened to and she said it was great! You could Google it if you're interested.

We have less than a week left in February! I always forget how short this month is!

I have claimed a few books for the Mini Challenge and I'm not 100% sure I'm going to be able to read them all. I'm currently reading Beasts of Prey and I put that one down for prompt #29 (HUNTER or PREY in the title) but this book also fits prompt #9 (BEAST or PREDATOR in the title) - which I think is still open. If someone has a book they can read for #29, I'm happy to switch this one to #9.

Also, I've claimed #11 and #26 and I'm not sure I can do BOTH of them. Here are the prompts:

#11: Read a book with red or orange letters on the cover.
#26: Read a book with some kind of metal or metallic object on the cover.

Can anyone do one of these? I'm sure I can do one but I'm not sure I can do both - and either one is fine with me.

Any takers?

Gwen wrote: "We have less than a week left in February! I always forget how short this month is!

I have claimed a few books for the Mini Challenge and I'm not 100% sure I'm going to be able to read them all. I..."

Hi, Gwen! I read Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind and the edition I read has a pair of scissors on the cover so it works for #26.

I also read Kiss the Girls (Alex Cross #2) by James Patterson and the cover has the title in red text so that works for #11.

Both books are already on the spreadsheet so I only have to update the mini spreadsheet once you let me know which one to edit.

Oh that's awesome, Preeti!

Would you be okay taking both? You can edit my info on the Mini tracking sheet and add in those two books if you're okay with that. Since you've already finished both books, lets go ahead and use both!

I'll try to fill one of the missing prompts. I have a couple that would work so I'm going to focus on that instead.

Thank you so much!

Gwen wrote: "Oh that's awesome, Preeti!

Would you be okay taking both? You can edit my info on the Mini tracking sheet and add in those two books if you're okay with that. Since you've already finished both bo..."

You are very welcome and that's no problem at all, Gwen. I will edit the spreadsheet accordingly.

Done, Gwen!
Also, I have replaced the book I had listed against the royal character task with the book DJ completed yesterday. I am definitely going to be finishing the book I had added initially but it is going sooooo slow that I think I will be reading it right up to the very last few minutes of the 28th.😆

Thanks again, Preeti!

Yeah, I just started Beasts of Prey and it's a longer book than I thought. I hope it's a quick read but who knows! I'm hoping I'll be able to finish this one and read one (maybe two??) more by the end of the month.

Just in the middle of updating the sheet. The March Hands have been released so will give an update once I'm all done.

Ann wrote: "I finished reading . I have updated it on the tracking sheet. Should I add it anywhere else?"

Hi Ann, please add to your UNO shelf :)

February Update
Main Cards
2 📒 - Louise

Mini

Azure Dragon of the East (10 tasks)
7. Read a book with the word "DAWN" or "SUNRISE" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points) - SANA

9. Read a book with the word "BEAST" or "PREDATOR" in the title or series title - LOUISE


Vermilion Bird of the South (10 tasks)
15. Read a book featuring a bird (shapeshifter accepted) or with a bird on the cover - LOUISE

16. Read a book with fire on the cover - SANA

19. Read a book shelved Justice or Enemies (min 3 tags) - LOUISE


White Tiger of the West (10 tasks)
25. Read a book featuring a tiger (shapeshifter accepted) or with a tiger on the cover - JO

28. Read a book shelved Autumn or Fall (min 3 tags) or with one of the autumn months in the title - JO

29. Read a book with the word "HUNTER" or "PREY" in the title or series title - GWEN

Black Turtle of the North (10 tasks)
33. Read a book with the word "NORTH" or "NORTHERN" in the text (6 points) or title or series title (10 points) - DJ

35. Read a book featuring a snake or a turtle (shapeshifters accepted) or with a turtle or snake on the cover - LOUISE

39. Read a book shelved as Immortal or Mysterious (min 3 tags) - PREETI


Yellow Dragon (Centre) (6 extra tasks)
45. Read a book shelved Gods (min 3 tags) - STEPHANIE

46. Read a book where a martial art of Asian origin is mentioned in the text: - PREETI

March Hands
2 📒
5 📒
9 📒 -
Skip 📒 -

1 📘 -
6 📘
8 📘 -
Skip 📘


2 📕 -
7 📕 -
8 📕
Skip 📕
-

6 📗 -
Skip 📗

Wild Draw 4 - 4

Wild - 4
Skip - 6
Reverse - 5

0️⃣ - 1
1️⃣ - 10
2️⃣ - 10
3️⃣ - 6
4️⃣ - 7
5️⃣ - 8
6️⃣ - 6
7️⃣ - 6
8️⃣ - 7
9️⃣ - 11

Note on the Mini:

If anyone doesn't think they will be able to complete their claimed books for the Mini, please post ASAP - I have some flexibility now and could take on another book if need be! Some other folks might have some capacity as well!

No shame, no judgement, let's just make sure we are able to get all the points that we can from the Mini.

I would like to claim Skip 📒 with Also works for 2 📒.
And Skip 📘 with . I love Kate Daniels and I can't wait to start this.

Louise wrote: "March Hands
2 📒
5 📒
9 📒 -
Skip 📒 -

1 📘 -
6 📘
8 📘 -
Skip 📘


2 📕 -
7 📕 -
8 📕
Skip 📕
-

6 📗 -
Skip 📗

Wild Draw 4 - 4

Wild - 4
Skip - 6
Reverse - 5

0️⃣ - 1
1️⃣ - 10
2️⃣ - 10
3️..."

I should be good to finish the two books I am currently reading for the mini. I also put my name on two color spots for March.

8 📘 by Eric Nguyen

AND

2 📒 - byAlice Hoffman

Do the March books only count for something started in
March or if you start in Feb. but don't finish till March does it count?