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Team Saturn

Team Members:
📓 Kaley Belakovich - Captain
📓 Nikk - Co-captain
📓 Catie Currie - Co-captain
📓 Amanda A
📓 Avni Aghi
📓 Pratik
📓 Sarah
📓 Chaly


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Team Shelves

🗸Kaley Belakovich - Captain
🗸Nikk - Co-captain
🗸Catie Currie - Co-captain
🗸Amanda A
🗸Avni Aghi
🗸Pratik
🗸Sarah
🗸Charly

Important notes

*Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count. The challenge starts on Thursday February 1, 2018 at 7pm AEDST (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time). To see when this is in your time zone, use .

*Check out all the specific card rules here. Wild and Wild Draw 4 rules have changed from last year.

*Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books, Graphic Novels, Manga, Cook Books, Plays and Poetry books can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using .

*AUDIOBOOKS COUNT! If you listen to any, please include them.

*For book titles starting with an article (A/An/The), the article can be ignored or used. So "The Hiding Place," for example, could be used as title starting with T or H.

*Re-reads are OK provided it has been more than 6 months since last read.

*For colored cards, the cover of that book must be at least 50% the color listed on the card. We check this using this . Tip: Make sure "Exclude background color from extracted colors" is NOT checked. If you need help, let me know. If you have one that is showing up on the tool other than the color you think it should be, either I or Nikk or Catie can take it to the captains group for a second opinion.

*Your books must be on your Uno shelf marked as "read" with a date set in the month it's counted for in order to count -- so make sure you have done so.

*Please make notes of how your book may count. The more options we have the better! (Letters used in UNO are Z,O,T,H,F,I,V,E,S,N,K,P and of course if another team member has read the book before. Please friend our team members!)

*This is a social challenge, not a competitive one. We'd love to get points, but the main aim of the game is to have fun, read lots and get to know each other!

Team Saturn notes

We won't be claiming cards �� so read what you like! Toward the end of the month, we may ask for certain cards to be filled if we don't have anything to fill them yet.

When you're done with a book, please post it to this thread using the following format...
Book Title: (please link to book)
Author:
Dates Read:
Cards it Counts For/Ways it Fits:

The captains are keeping a tracking spreadsheet, and we will add all this info to the tracking spreadsheet before adding it to the main UNO team spreadsheet.

February Cards

FEBRUARY CARDS ARE DONE!!
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I will update these with how many we have left of each as the month of February goes on.

Important note: Wild Draw 4 (WD4) this year must duplicate a colored card from our hands. Each colored card can only be duplicated once. I will keep track of which colored cards are covered for the base card and for the WD4 dupes below)

0: 3
1: 9
2: 6
3: 4
4: 8
5: 6
6: 4
7: 9
8: 2
9: 8
Skip: 6
Reverse: 3
Draw 2: 13
Wild: 5
Wild Draw 4: 5

Color cards - DONE

7 Red (covered)(WD4 duping 7 Red covered)
2 Green (x2) (2 covered, and 2 WD4 dupe covered - can do 1 more for WD4 but not necessary)
4 Red (covered)(can do 1 more to use as WD4, but not necessary)
0 Yellow (covered)(WD4 duping 0 Yellow covered)
8 Red (covered)(can do 1 more to use as WD4)
1 Yellow (covered)(can do 1 more to use as WD4)


February Mini Challenge

Part 1

Team Neptune
1- �� Catie �� COMPLETED/COMMENTED
2- �� Avni �� COMPLETED/COMMENTED

Team Milky Way
1- �� Nikk (eighth in series for ) �� COMPLETED/COMMENTED
2- �� Nikk (seventh in series for ) �� COMPLETED

Team Musca
1- �� Kaley (next in series for ) �� COMPLETED/COMMENTED
2- �� Sarah �� COMPLETED/COMMENTED

Part 2
Team Andromeda
Team Betelgeuse
Team Carina
Team Ceres
Team Eris
Team Grus
Team Haumea
Team Hydrus
Team Jupiter
Team Kuiper
Team Mensa
Team Mercury
Team Pluto �� 1 left
Team Pyxis
Team Sculptor
Team Triangulum
Team Tucana
Team Venus
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March cards

MARCH CARDS ARE DONE!!
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0: 4
1: 9
2: 10
3: 8
4: 7
5: 7
6: 7
7: 5
8: 6
9: 8
Skip: 7
Reverse: 4
Draw 2: 9
Wild: 2
Wild Draw 4: 4

Color cards
6 Yellow
1 Red
0 Green
1 Yellow
8 Blue
0 Yellow
5 Blue
4 Yellow

March Mini
A �� 17
B �� 2
C �� 11
D �� 3
G �� 2
J �� 2
L �� 5
M �� 4
Q �� 1
R �� 5
U �� 3
Y �� 2
4 �� 1
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APRIL CARDS


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

Color cards
9 Blue
9 Red (Book currently placed as 9 Red can also fit 1 Red or 2 Red, so this can be adjusted)
2 Yellow (book filling 2 yellow can be used for 6 yellow or 8 yellow instead if we need it to)
8 Green
9 Yellow
1 Red (Kaley plans to cover)
9 Green
6 Yellow
1 Yellow
2 Red
0 Blue
4 Yellow (Amanda plans to cover)
8 Yellow
5 Blue

Hi Team Saturn!! I'm so excited for UNO this year with you all!

My name is Kaley and I'm your team captain. I live in Indiana in the US and have loved books since before I could read. This is my second year doing UNO but my first year as a captain, and I can't wait.

My favorite genres include YA and fiction, and I've just started getting into more mystery/thriller/suspense type novels. My favorite series ever is Harry Potter (which is what made me really fall in love with reading, even though I already enjoyed it). Some of my favorite authors include Sarah Dessen, Stephanie Perkins, Cassandra Clare, Jodi Picoult, and Rainbow Rowell.

Can't wait to get to know you all!

Hello!!

I'm really excited to do the Uno this year! This is my first year playing so might need some help along the way with figuring this out but I really look forward to reading new books and talking about them!

Hi everyone! I am Avni and I am from India. This is my second time playing UNO and I absolutely love this challenge. My favorite genres are romance and fantasy and my two favorite series are Game of Thrones and Harry Potter. The Book Thief and To Kill a Mockingbird are also my top favorites.
So excited!!!

HI everyone, I am Nikk and I am from Sydney Australia. This is my second year playing Uno and my second time being co-captain. My favourite genres are paranormal romance and urban fantasy but I am eclectic reader often reading as the mood takes me so also read YA, high fantasy, mysteries and anything else that takes my fancy.

I can't wait to start :-)

Hello! My name is Catie and this is my first time playing Uno. I really like YA and children's lit (I'm studying to be a teacher :P), but I'll read most things. I really love the authors Edward Eager, Lois Lowry, and Kazuo Ishiguro.

Oh, and I'm from Washington, D.C. :)

Avni wrote: "Hi everyone! I am Avni and I am from India. This is my second time playing UNO and I absolutely love this challenge. My favorite genres are romance and fantasy and my two favorite series are Game o..."

Hi Avni!!

Laura wrote: "Avni wrote: "Hi everyone! I am Avni and I am from India. This is my second time playing UNO and I absolutely love this challenge. My favorite genres are romance and fantasy and my two favorite seri..."

Hi Laura! Which team are you in? We had so much fun last year!

Team Mensa! Yes, UNO is always fun! Have Avni!

Hello everyone!

I am Pratik from India. This is my first time playing Uno, and it sounds like so much fun !
I don't have a FAVOURITE genre, but I avoid reading romance and YA as much as possible :')
Hope the event turns out to be way more fun than the hype in my head !

Hi! I am Amanda and I live in South Carolina. I have played in all of the Uno rounds so far. I read a variety of genres but a couple of my favorites are mystery and romance. Looking forward to playing this round with all of you!

ETA: Link to my shelf - uno-2018

Amanda A wrote: "Hi! I am Amanda and I live in South Carolina. I have played in all of the Uno rounds so far. I read a variety of genres but a couple of my favorites are mystery and romance. Looking forward to play..."

HI Amanda! *popping in to say Hi*

Hi Laura!

Hi all! Just checking in for Team Saturn. So excited, I haven't played uno in a couple of years but I really enjoyed it the last time. I read anything and everything! At the moment I am loving a bit of YA as a break from my recent thrillers and classics binge.

I'm so excited that we have everyone on board! I wanted to check in with you all on preferences for the challenge. Would you prefer to claim cards ahead of time, or just read and fill in what it fits for later?

Personally, I tend to prefer the latter -- it's less limiting that way! You can read what you want and we can go and place them where they fit. Many books fit for more than one card, so it usually isn't a problem.

The only case I'd say we should consider targeting certain cards or claiming them would be when it comes to color cards. Since those have to fit a number and have to have a cover that's more than 50% of that color, it can be a little more challenging. So those we may want to plan for ahead of time.

As a reminder, for February, we have the following color cards:
7 Red
2 Green (x2)
4 Red
0 Yellow
8 Red
1 Yellow

Also: This year, the Wild Draw 4 cards must match the requirements for one of the colored cards in our hand (and each colored card can only be matched once for Wild Draw 4) -- and we have 5 of those for February as well.

Let me know what all of your preferences are! :)

I'm fine with either way! I'm just excited to get started!!!

I also prefer to just read and fill it in as we go. In past rounds, a separate spreadsheet to log books and each option it could fit has been helpful.

Either way is fine for me as well!

I'm happy with reading and filling in after. I'm sure we'll manage the colours as well! We can make them first priority when placing books if we need to :)

For the colored card if someone has a book they can tell beforehand and also if they find a book which they are not be interested in but think that someone else in our group might be then they can suggest it
:)

Ok so sounds like we will read as we go, but planning for color cards beforehand will probably be a good idea :) and I like the idea of sharing if we have any that people might be interested in! I've started a bookshelf on my own profile of books just as I find them that will fit colored cards .... a shelf for each color! (Not very fleshed out yet as I just add books as I see them, but I will add throughout the challenge as well.) So feel free to check those out, and if anyone has suggestions on books to add to the shelves, I can do that. I just figured that way we would have a list on hand for books that fit certain colors!

Red covers
Green covers
Blue covers
Yellow covers

How about Future Home of the Living God and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd for blue and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for green (it looks yellow but according to the color lab it's mostly green) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time for red? I'm probably gonna be reading those ones over the course of the challenge!

Catie wrote: "How about Future Home of the Living God and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd for blue and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for green (it looks yellow but acc..."

Both of those are good for blue - so I'll add them to the blue shelf. The mods have actually already ruled The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as yellow because they didn't agree with what the extractor said, so we can use it for yellow! I'll add to the yellow shelf :)

Oh, ok, I didn't see that, I was confused by that too, thanks!

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo�� is one of the books on my to read shelf. I can read that! I’ve been wanting to read it soon too. Let me know what y’all think!

Are the card colors relevant only for the color of the book cover. Or can we read books with the color in their names?

I had skimmed through the uno rules back when I had registered. But now, it suddenly seems a little fuzzy :P

Can someone be a dear and give me a super concise TL;DR?
Much thanks for any effort, in advance :')

P.r. wrote: "Are the card colors relevant only for the color of the book cover. Or can we read books with the color in their names?"

Only for the book cover!

P.r. wrote: "I had skimmed through the uno rules back when I had registered. But now, it suddenly seems a little fuzzy :P

Can someone be a dear and give me a super concise TL;DR?
Much thanks for any effort, in..."

I'll be as concise as I can, but I tend to overexplain things. :) (So if anyone else has a more concise version -- feel free to chime in)

Each month of UNO, our team will be given at least 13 hands of cards. The aim is to read books to fit cards and fill as many hands as we can (starting from hand one, then hand two, etc.)

All books have to be more than 100 pages. Children's books, graphic novels, plays, etc. have to be over 25,000 words, which we have a way to find that out. Re-reads are OK, but it has to have been 6 months since you read it last. Audiobooks allowed. All books must be marked read with the date set to count. Can't start a book til after the challenge starts on Feb. 1.

There is a specific set of guidelines that states which factors can count for which card (too long for a TL;DR, but you can find it here.

The list is long, but once you get the hang of it, it's not so bad!

And here's an example, if it helps, of a book read and what cards it could count for.

Say the book read was Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.

It could count for any one of the following:
1 - First book in a series
3 - Character first name starting with H (Horace)
4 - Character first name starting with F (Fiona)
8 - Character first name starting with E (Emma)
Skip - Character surname starting with P (Peregrine)
Reverse - Kaley has read.

We would just fit it in to fill one of those cards as needed based on what our hands are.

Charly wrote: "“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo�� is one of the books on my to read shelf. I can read that! I’ve been wanting to read it soon too. Let me know what y’all think!"

I say if you want to, go for it! We have a 1 Yellow card in February, and I know it'll at least count for 1 Yellow because it's the first in the series �� so we could add it in for that or for a Wild Draw 4.

I'm trying to plan some books out for February myself and I can't wait til hits zero so we can start!

I'm currently reading ACOTAR and so will probably read ACOMAF when the bingo game begins. That could count for blue? And as it's popular it could also count for a Reverse if someone else has read it.

Sarah wrote: "I'm currently reading ACOTAR and so will probably read ACOMAF when the bingo game begins. That could count for blue? And as it's popular it could also count for a Reverse if someone else has read it."

Yes it definitely could count for blue! I'll add it to the shelf. We don't have any blue cards for February sadly, but we could always fill it in for something not blue if you wanted to read it in February still. Or if you wanted to wait until it could count for blue, that's fine too.

Kaley wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I'm currently reading ACOTAR and so will probably read ACOMAF when the bingo game begins. That could count for blue? And as it's popular it could also count for a Reverse if someone e..."

Oops! We don't do we haha that's okay, I'll hold off on that one until it comes up :) Plenty others to read until then! :D

Since 7 Red is the first colored card we have in our hand, I'm going to try to take that one out first . . . unless anyone else has something they were planning to read that could fit the 7 Red requirement. If so, let me know and I will aim for something else!

Kaley wrote: "Since 7 Red is the first colored card we have in our hand, I'm going to try to take that one out first . . . unless anyone else has something they were planning to read that could fit the 7 Red req..."

Go for it! :D

While some of us are planning books for February, I wanted to leave a quick note about colored cards, because it can get a little confusing when some books have multiple covers.

From the FAQ:
Regarding the colored cards: Can the book be any cover...does it have to be the cover for the version you are reading?
It needs to be the edition you are reading.

So if you are planning to read something for a color card, and you come across two covers �� one of which fits the requirement, and one of which that does not �� you would need to read the edition that fits the requirement for it to count.

Also, make sure that the one that fits the requirement is the edition you put on your read/UNO shelf once done. :) That way the mods know you read the correct edition.

Let me know if you have any questions! We are now officially a week out from the challenge starting!! :D

Are you ready??

The start of UNO is just around the corner!!

To while away the time a little as we're waiting for the countdown to run out, you could help Snoopy increase his tiny TBR pile and give him some recommendations on what to read next.



Just swing by THIS THREAD for more information and some awesome recommendations. You might just meet your next favourite book!

I'm planning on reading Hunted in Feb but wanted to check if it meets the 50% requirement for Green?

Fits elsewhere if needed but might be useful :)

Hunted

Sarah wrote: "I'm planning on reading Hunted in Feb but wanted to check if it meets the 50% requirement for Green?

Fits elsewhere if needed but might be useful :)

Hunted"

Unfortunately, according to the color extractor tool, it does not. But as Kaley said earlier, the mods have disagreed with the website before, so, if it's important we could ask them!