The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

I've got a red 8 as well..

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Just a quick question,

For Place - Is set in England specific enough?"

I believe the rule is that you use the "smallest" place setting, so England would be ok if they don't specify where in England it is set, but if it makes it clear it's set in London, for example, then london would be the setting to use.

Lauri wrote: "

I couldn’t get the spreadsheet to work for me :(
..."


Make sure you are clicking on the tracking spreadsheet, not the official one. :)
The tracking is open for anyone to edit

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "And talking about smut, does anyone follow the Canadian comedian Farideh on social media. She is really funny and has a funny little skit out at the moment with the tag "I'm a slut for a little bit..."

omg you've sent me down the rabbit hole!
This made me laugh so much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PRon...

Ok last one. Now I need to work. haha
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0pdpEP...

works for red 2 and I'll be reading soon so I can claim that one.

Kelly (Maybedog) wrote: "Do any of you read M/M? Dog or urban fantasy cozy mysteries? (I know that's really specific.)"

I'm trying to think of an urban fantasy cozy. The closest in my mind is Midnight Crossroad or maybe Clean Sweep? (both great series'). Do you have any examples / recommendations?

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "And talking about smut, does anyone follow the Canadian comedian Farideh on social media. She is really funny and has a funny little skit out at the moment with the tag..."

My husband wanted to get me a bookmark that said - I don't watch porn; I read it like a lady.

Sophie wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "And talking about smut, does anyone follow the Canadian comedian Farideh on social media. She is really funny and has a funny little skit out at the mo..."

Haha yes, I often think if the contents of my kindle were made public, I'd be a bit embarrassed.

But hey I read literature as well. 😁

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Lauri wrote: "I can take a RED cover with A Court of Thorns and Roses for the 2 card - character Tamlin OR the 8 card - character Elain.

I couldn’t get the spreadsheet to work for..."

Thank you! I could view the spreadsheet, but couldn’t make it move all the way to the far left top to see everything…..

Karen, here's another for you..

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview...

It's so catchy, I found I was singing it around the house!

OMG, why have I not heard of this Farideh person??

When can we start reading?

1st Feb - Karen's first message on the first page has the times that it starts in a variety of time zones to make it slightly easier for us all.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Karen, here's another for you..

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview...

It's so catchy, I fou..."


Oh I have been singing that all day
Haha

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I highly recommend Brandon Sanderson! I actually didn't realise how much fantasy I read until the GR year in review this year told me. "

oooh thank you! I'll look at my library to see if they have any of his books

I haven't heard of Farideh before but she's a genius haha. She got most smut tropes in her song

Sophie wrote: "1st Feb - Karen's first message on the first page has the times that it starts in a variety of time zones to make it slightly easier for us all."

I'm sorry. I don't mean to ask questions that have already been answered. I just got confused by something someone said. I remember that post now. I'll try to be better and look again before I leap. :)

So sorry I seem to be late to the chats of the group. Life has been busy lately. I will go through the chats and catch up on what all I missed.

For my belated intro post:

This is my second time in a UNO challenge. I have participated in a few challenges over the years. I am a mom of 2 and both of them are active in scouts. I do a lot of volunteering too. I am currently living in Oklahoma. I spent 3 years living in Brisbane (western suburbs), Australia and 4 years living in Lakenheath, England. I was in the Air Force and now work in the aviation industry. My husband and I are coming up on our 20th anniversary.

I have not watched Firefly. At this point I don’t really watch much T.V. so I may not ever get around to it.

I read a bit of a variety of books. Mostly free books from Kindle and Google book. I do like dystopian and thrillers mostly.

It's wonderful but if you're not a huge fan of SF, it wouldn't be that interesting for you. Congrats on your anniversary!

I can also do a Blue 9 withThe Proposal - character Nikole!

welcome Jonnie!

my 12 year old just came back from the Australian jamboree. We are a scouting family also as my husband is a leader and my other son is a Cub

Kelly (Maybedog) wrote: "Sophie wrote: "1st Feb - Karen's first message on the first page has the times that it starts in a variety of time zones to make it slightly easier for us all."

I'm sorry. I don't mean to ask ques..."

Sorry my written messages can be more blunt than I mean them to be - especially at the moment when there seem to be 20 million different things going on.

Oh me too! I didn't take it wrong at all!

Hi everyone!! Checking in. I'm Namita from Vancouver, Canada.

Namita wrote: "Hi everyone!! Checking in. I'm Namita from Vancouver, Canada."

Hi Namita, great to be on a team again. How's Vancouver going, snowy?

Welcome Namita!

I just realised I hadn't created my uno shelf!

Lisa and Lauri, yours also need to be done I beleive :)

Done!

I'm going to put on my February list
for the Wild Draw 4 (9 Blue)

I have had it on my shelf since 2017 so it will work for my cleaning out the closet challenge AND my Feb audiobook challenge of colour covers.
#win

I'm going to read to cover Blue 8. Has been on my tbr for quite a while and will feel good to finish off a whole series.

Hi Namita. I looked at your shelves already and there are several books I want to read right away!

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I just realised I hadn't created my uno shelf!

Lisa and Lauri, yours also need to be done I beleive :)"

I just did my shelf uno-2025… All good to go!

Question:

Will the books for the mini also need to be part of the UNO hands this year or not? (we've had both in the past if I recall correctly)
If yes, I'll save a good chunk of my books for the second half of the month. If not, I can jump in and churn 'em out right away 😉

It’s usually optional. So they can work for both or just for the mini (for example, if your normal hands are done)

Welcome Jonnie and Namita!

I tend to pick books depending on how I'm feeling at that time and what needs to be filled in the team tasks or other challenges, so I'm not sure what books I'll be starting with

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "It’s usually optional. So they can work for both or just for the mini (for example, if your normal hands are done)"

Awesome. Otherwise I would have hung on until later in the month before throwing books around, as I only signed up with 15 😁

I updated the tracking sheet with some of the books I have ready to read. I added the color highlights to the ones that can work for colors.

Because I'm now impatient to start re-watching firefly, I decided to wake up with this one this morning:



Much fun, but once again, Jayne looks nothing at all like Jayne. I'm beginning to think Adam Baldwin must be un-drawable, because this is becoming a thing with all the Firefly graphic novels!

Sammy wrote: "Because I'm now impatient to start re-watching firefly, I decided to wake up with this one this morning:



Much fun, but ..."

Yeah that's weird. I had to figure out which he was by process of elimination. :)

Interesting!
I'll have to see if there are any of those at my library as I think my 12 year old would enjoy them too

Going to be a scorcher in east coast Australia today, with Sydney over 40 deg C!!'🥵🔥

I've done all my chores early and intend to stay inside with the air con on and start finishing up all my outstanding books already to start UNO on Saturday night, our time.

It isn't pleasant. Yesterday was hot enough and we spent the whole day in the pool. But today is even warmer!
I'm in AC and it is meant to cool down to 29c by 5pm so may have a night swim!

Oh that sounds awful!

We have cold, wet and miserable... Maybe if we shared the weather out between us a bit, we'd all have something more pleasant! 😆

That would be good. But I have the cold wet and miserable which I prefer over the insanely hot. That would be why my sister lives in Australia and not me. :)

I wouldn't mind either so much if it wasn't a constant thing.

If I ever emigrate, I will move somewhere that has seasons!

(unlike our seasons which are: cold, wet and miserable, slightly less cold, wet and miserable, more cold, wet and miserable and really cold, wet and miserable!) 😆

I'm in the same type of climate as Sammy but fractionally further South so we do occasionally get a patch of sun but current status is cold, wet and windy.

I sometimes think the west coast of Canada would be good - clear distinction between winter (snow) and summer (sun) while hopefully not getting too boiling.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Namita wrote: "Hi everyone!! Checking in. I'm Namita from Vancouver, Canada."

Hi Namita, great to be on a team again. How's Vancouver going, snowy?"

No, this Winter has been mild. No snow. We are going through a cold spell for the past two weeks.
Temps are below zero. Frost on the ground but no Snow. Frankly speaking, I'm disappointed. I love the snow.