YA Book Gang!! discussion

Series to choose from:
Each team member please choose 1!!!!

1. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
2. Ashes by Ilsa J Bick
3. The Covenant Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout
4. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
5. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
6. Vampirates by Justin Somper
7. Darkness Rising by Kelley Armstrong
8. Uglies by Scott Westerfield
9. The Chaos Walking by Patrick Ness
10. The Lux by Jennifer L. Armentrout
11. Pledge Series by Kimberly Derting 

Total Points: 24

My Books
Uglies series
1. +1 point
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1 point

2. +2 points
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1 point

Lux series
1. +1 point
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1 point

2. +2 points
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1 point

3. +3 points
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1 point

4. +4 points
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1 point

Finished series +5 points

My points

The Lux Series
1- Obsidian +1

buddy read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... +2
review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1

2- Onyx +2

buddy read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... +2
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1

My comment for points (almost forgot lol)

Lux series
1. Obsidian
+1 points
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1 point
Buddy read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... +2 points

2.Onyx
+2 points
Review:
Buddy read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... +2 points

3. Opal
+3 points
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1 point
Buddy read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... +2 points

Uglies series


My points: 14

anyone want to start buddy reading lux on Sunday or later?

Reserved for my read books & points

Points total: 19

Read: +1. +2 +3
+4

Review: Uglies: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1
Review: Pretties: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1
Review: Specials: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1
Review: Extras: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +1

Finished the whole series +5

No problem, was just abit of a hack to re-do it as its not that easy on a blackberry sometimes hahaha but will hav pc access later to link my review for uglies and do a review for pretties :)

Do older reviews count, too? lol (Probably just my wishful thinking XD)

Hannah wrote: "I think I have all the points added up correctly. Including Basma's points for Obsidian and Onyx. Assuming shes finished them both?"

At least that's what she told me lol

Our group is on fire!!!!

Hi hannah! I've completed the uglies series and have tried to acculuate as many points as possible since I won't be reading the other series! Uglies was pretty interesting till the last book :/

*Can we only read Uglies after we finish the Lux books???

Technically I'm almost done with Lux (since Book 5 isn't out yet lol) and I was planning to only read Specials and Extras, so I wouldn't mind a third series being added :) (even though I probably won't be able to read that one as well! lol)

I've already read series 1, 7,8 and just need to read the last book of the pledge series...and the others don't really appeal to me...

Very exciting!!!! Well done team!

Wow that's awesome!!!

Next month we are going to use the group series read, right? Just asking, since I want to take part in the vote for next month ;)

Hannah wrote: "Lol yep that's what we will do :)"

Correct me if I'm wrong, but to me it looks like series read for february will be uglies again then? lol

Hannah wrote: "Ugh lol it looks like it.. that one and Bloodlines.. I haven't read either but I know a lot of people have."

I guess I'll postpone reading Uglies then lol

Oh that sucks- I already started the uglies books. Guess I'll start the third and fourth next month then!!! :P

Haha- as long as it isn't Lux it'll be fine! Cause I'm definitely gonna finish that series this month! And I don't mind trying a series I wouldn't otherwise try (lux was a pleasant surprise, so now i'm super openminded!)

Hannah wrote: "Me too I'm up to try anything can't guarantee ill like it but won't judge it till I give it a shot :)"

Exactly!!! I might not read more than the first book, but I'll at least try one!
By the way- do we keep the same teams for the whole year?

I'll try reading anything, too :)!

Sometimes it even turns out that the series you definitely didn't want to read, was the best you read in years lol

Doesn't really matter to me!!! :)

I think staying in our teams as they are wouldn't be as much work as doing a new signup each month lol
But it's also likely people will simply "disappear"(as in won't participate properly anymore) and without signups it's impossible for new people to join, who might have missed the first one.

Staying in one team is great though for getting to know everyone better :)

So I think both methods have their pro and cons lol (so my answer is most likely the same as Riya's)

That works for me! And I think by having the people who alreayd participated sign up again ensures that they are still active and participating :) But yeah I wanna stay on your team Hannah!!!! :P

Haha you should Hannah! :)
I think that sounds really fair!

The sign up discussion is up :)

Signed up! I probably won't read Bloodlines (not my type of book at all- and I'm not willing to give vampires a try), but I'll save the last two books in the Uglies series for the challenge so I can still contribute like 9 points!

Yup- I'm excited! Also wondering- can I get the 5 points for finishing the whole series then?

I agree- but was just checkin; doesn't matter to me

And sure- I'd love to!!! Let me know when you get them and we can start them in February :)

The first one was awesome, but the second one wasn't really good...And the fourth book is the same universe but different characters, so even if the third one isn't very good, that one will be different at least. The third one does look interesting though!

And that's awesome!!! You did fine this month, but it'll work cause we'll even each other out then :P

Wow- we're totally gonna win :D We got this!

And yeah...buddy reads normally make it more interesting, so whether they're good or not we can at least have some quality conversations about the last two!

Wow- that's crazy awesome! Hopefully we can get tons of points next month too :)

So only four of the lux books are out- if i've read them all does that count as a completed series?

Finishing up the review now! So that will be another 10!

Haha thanks Hannah! Can't wait for the next one :D

:)

I'll try reading the 4th Lux book, before the month ends, but who knows >.< (Kind of always find other stuff to read lol)

Haha good luck guys!

Sorry I haven't been on in awhile, don't always have access. Just been catching up on the comments and see that we are using the group read for feb. I just read bloodlines last year! Hahaha oh gosh! Plz let me know if there r any other books that I can maybe try read to help contribute to our points! At the moment I'm just catching up on new releases of series I'm still busy with (eg: altered, rev 19, splintered....)

Oh Hannah i meant to ask this ages ago but a girl wants to join the challenge but has read both series, should we add on a third series?

I'd vote for a third series, since we already did Uglies in January >.< (And I'm almost through with it lol)

Haha- I hope we get a good one chosen then so I can contribute more than the last 2 uglies books! :)

Same here :)

Haha awesome :D