The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Finished November 9 by Colleen Hoover, going to start Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score. Hope everyone is having a good start to the week!

Hi everyone, I got completely run over by work these last few days. Will try to recover by the end of the week. Keep going team, we're all doing a great job :)

Skye, a few of your books aren't on your UNO shelf, and 1 is, but doesn't have a date. Can you fix when you have a chance? Thanks!

Skye Blue ☆*~ﾟლ(´ڡ`ლ)~*☆ wrote: "My hubby is gone for the day, so I thought it was a great time to sneak to the craft store.

I picked out all my yarn for a sunflower cardagan idea I have.
I looked on the app, and realized I could..."

That sounds fun!

Stacey wrote: "Finished my 2nd book, but now I'm at work. Yesterday we were busy as my daughter made high school all-state band. My parents came in town so we had some nice family time.

Congrats to your daughter!

Skye, I want to see the s..."

Quick update. We are officially through the first week of UNO and we are only 17% of the way through our hands. So far we have read 13 books that covered 17 of our 87 cards. We are only at 16% of the expected books for the month; we should be around 25%.

No worries. Things happen in real life that affects reading. We have several members who haven't read anything for the challenge. We also have 2 books we need to have added to goodreads. Hopefully everyone is ok and can read with us as the month goes on, or we can look into other options.

Good news! We should have 2 new players joining us soon. When they show up, please welcome them!

I'm done with Vagina Obscura. On to my color cards.

Stacey wrote: "Skye, a few of your books aren't on your UNO shelf, and 1 is, but doesn't have a date. Can you fix when you have a chance? Thanks!"

Someone put an april read date next to mine. I haven't read it yet, so I deleted that.

I fixed The Shackles That Hold Us (The Magi Accounts #2)

what does Read only mean?

I've only completed 3 books this month. I'm hoping to finish my 4th today.

Hi everyone! My name is Becky & I've just been asked to join your amazing team! I'm super excited to be here. 🤩

A little about me: I'm a working Mom of two littles (5 & 3). I love to read romance, historical fiction, fantasy, mysteries and the occasional non-fiction.

I'm new to this but super excited to play. I've re-familiarized myself with the rules and I think I mostly understand what we're doing here. When we finish a book, we add it to the tracking sheet, yes? I've read a couple already this month. Can I add those or should I start from what I'm reading today since I just joined?

Let me know 📚📖💖

Hello Becky!!!

Welcome to the team!! We are super excited to have you with us. I'm Charly one of your co-captains.

I read some of the same genres as you! I look forward to seeing what you read, I love a good recommendation.

Let us know if you have any questions about anything, we are happy you are here.

I will ask about the books you have read already for the month and let you know.

Becky wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Becky & I've just been asked to join your amazing team! I'm super excited to be here. 🤩

A little about me: I'm a working Mom of two littles (5 & 3). I love to read romance,..."


So yes you can use the books that you have read for February. If you need any help with adding them to the sheet, just let us know. If you go back to message 5, the sheets are in that message on page 1. Remember to add them to your Uno shelf so we can confirm them.

Becky, so glad you are joining us! The most important part is to have fun. Yes, as long as you started the book after the challenge started, you can add it even if it was before you joined us.

Feel free to ask any questions or just chat.

Skye Blue ☆*~ﾟლ(´ڡ`ლ)~*☆ wrote: "Stacey wrote: "Skye, a few of your books aren't on your UNO shelf, and 1 is, but doesn't have a date. Can you fix when you have a chance? Thanks!"

Someone put an april read date next to mine. I ha..."

That makes sense for the 1 book. For the read only, it means that the book shows up on your 'Read' shelf but is not on your UNO shelf.

ahh---I put it on 2021 uno shelf by mistake. I fixed it too.

Thanks all! Okay I added a book to the list. Let me know if I did it correctly. Have a good night reading, friends!!

Hey Everyone! I'm Anna and live in the Louisville area. I've played UNO several times in the past but missed the deadline this year and got put on the trusty reserves. I'm a pretty good bench player so I hope that I can help fill out our cards. I read pretty much anything but sci-fi is my least favorite. I tend to read more romance than other things but I do mix things up. I work Monday through Friday between 7-5 in healthcare and those hours vary but I usually try to check in on my phone during the day or at night. Thanks for letting me play with y'all!

I just added the books that I read last up until now. I added one that I'll have done later today and I'll update that one. The way work is going, I get a lot of my reading done on the weekends so don't be alarmed when a lot of books get added this weekend.

Welcome Anna and Becky!

Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone :) I added a couple more books. Again, let me know if I need to fix anything. Probably going to finish another one today :)

Welcome Becky and Anna

I work in healthcare too Anna.
Only I'm not on the nursing side. I run payroll and accounts payable for a skilled nursing facility.

Welcome to the team Anna and Becky.

I have finished Make me lose and updated the SS. I will be done with another two books by Saturday so that should bring us up to speed hopefully with all the new team members reads.

I will try to update the hands later tonight or tomorrow. Charly might beat me to some.

I am so excited to have additional team members! Winning would be great, but not expected. Just being able to complete items is what makes it fun. And soon we will have the February Mini!!

Hello Anna! Welcome to the team! We are happy you are here.

Hello Becky- I'm new too. I'm not sure if I'm doing this right, but I am having fun.

Hi Anna-
So glad you're both on team Tasmanian Devil!

I have slotted three books completed. I hope they are correctly done. On to the next book....

I’m looking at the mini challenge… guess I better get my fantasy books out 🐉😊

I finished

I also see my other two books and

Haven't been counted. Do they count?

Thanks!

The February Mini has been announced! Rules are here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The spreadsheet has been added to our tracking sheet, so sign up if you really want to read for a certain task. The mini starts Tuesday Feb 14 9 AM UTC.

For our new folks, Mini challenges are fun ways of getting extra points. Any book that you finish for the challenge (while the mini is in play) can count for 1 card and 1 task for the mini.

Stephie wrote: "I finished

I also see my other two books and

Haven't be..."
Yes, they count! I saw a few completion posts from you but haven't updated the sheets yet. We do our best to keep up, but if it has been a few days feel free to remind me!

Stephie wrote: "I finished

I also see my other two books and

Haven't be..."

Quick update. I saw a completion post for Vagina Obscura, but not for Spare. Also, could you add dates for completion for me? It may be the same day as you posted, but I know I am sometimes a day off. Thanks! I'll be adding them now.

Sure! Guess my phone didn't send the Spare update. I've been having internet issues at home.

Simon- 2/10/23
Vagina- 2/8/23
Spare- 2/5/23

No problem. Happy to add them! Thank you

Yay for the mini-challenge!!! They are always so much fun.

I'm starting my next book today. Hope everyone is having a great week and it's almost the weekend!!

Happy Weekend 💖
Happy Reading 📚

I'm glad it's the weekend! I have a few books planned. I just looked at the mini challenge and I sure hope that some of y'all love sci-fi books. I'll pick a few of those tasks to focus on but I'm going to leave those aliens alone.

Anna, how funny. I looked at it and saw a lot of Fantasy. I can cover sci-fi if needed, I love it and am reading one right now.

There are also lots of potential for shifter books. I know one captain of another team who is hunting for a bird shifter book just because.

I love this mini challenge! It also upheavals my TBR this month and I am not mad at it lol

I can cover these and possibly the dragon on the cover. I will update my spreadsheet entries with these books and make sure they are all tagged for my uno shelf.


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

Read a book with a body of water on the cover

Read a book shelved as "Immortal" or "Mysterious"(min 3 tags)

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

Read a book shelved "Gods" (min 3 tags)

Read a book shelved "Justice" or "Enemies" (min 3 tags)

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!! Just finished "Someone Else's Shoes" and added to the tracking sheet. Someone Else's Shoes
Tomorrow, I'm going to start "The North Wind" It should cover some of the Feb mini challenges too. Off the top of my head, it has "North" in the title and the letters are white. If I find anymore while I'm reading, I'll add them to the list. The North Wind

Skye, unfortunately the mods didn't think your book Shackles had enough green for Green 9. It still works for UNO. Would you like to pick another book for Green 9 or leave it for someone else?

Happy Monday-not as much fun as Friday, but any day is a good day to read.

Does it help to know that=
Diana, I have read Brave New World
Charly I have read Red Queen
Stephie I have read Clockwork Angel, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

I am starting the 5th of the 8 books I pledged. My question is, what should the last three be?-based on the remaining cards? and would it help if I could read a few more books this month? Thanks much!

Laura, I'll post where we are next. So, yes, remaining cards and think about the mini as well. Usually, it isn't hard to make a book fit for both.

Awesome, thanks!

Since Laura asked, here is where we are currently. I suspect a few people haven't logged weekend reading, but that is ok. We are 46% of the way there and have completed 2 of the 15 hands.

Color Cards - Please check and let us know if you won't be able to finish your books before the end of the month.

Green 1 - Stephanie,
Green 9 - Skye? (sorry it wouldn't work)
Blue 3 - Diana
Wild Draw 4 - Diana

Card #: # Left
0: 4
1: 6
2: 5
3: 2
4: 3
5: -
6: 5
7: 1
8: 3
9: 7
Skip: 4
Reverse: 4
Wild: 2

I should be finished with my green card today

I’ll be finishing my book today and I’ll update the sheet when I’m done.

Happy Valentines Day, team! Hearts and flowers (and BOOKS) for all 💖

Happy Valentines! Wishing you all have quiet time.

Also, it is the official start of the mini! Off to read......

Happy Valentine’s Day!! Hope everyone has a great day! Target is having but one book get one half off… I got 6 new books! 💕