YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥ discussion

The members of this team are as follows:

Gayatri ✔
Jessica ✔
Bookbuyer ✔
Jamie ✔

Can every member of this team please comment to say you are ready before August 1st ☺

Hello! ^-^

Books Read:
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Currently Reading
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PLANNED BR:
Aug 18th
Aug 21st


Possible BR:
Aug 8th
Aug 21st
Aug 22nd
Aug 24th

Other Books I Might Read:

Bookbuyer wrote: "Hello! ^-^"

:)

Well at least I should have one familiar face on the team. These challenges are good for meeting new people too. :)

So we are suppose to pick a number between 1-100 to get our puzzle and we should start planning our books to maximize our chances of finishing the puzzles.

I went ahead and checked what letters are the most common and here is the list:

E - 57
A - 43
R - 39
I - 38
O - 37
T - 35
N - 34
S - 29
L - 28
C - 23
U - 19
D - 17
P - 16
M - 15+
H - 15
G - 13
B - 11
F - 9+
Y - 9
W - 7
K - 6
V - 5
X - 1+
Z - 1+
J - 1+
Q - 1

^-^

Alright then I'm ready :)

Letters are the most common for what?

In the alphabet. So the higher they are the more likely to show up in the puzzles.

Oh ok Thx

and we have to choose a number from 1-100 right?
which one should we choose?

Gayatri wrote: "Alright then I'm ready :)"

:)

Gayatri wrote: "and we have to choose a number from 1-100 right?
which one should we choose?"

I'm up for any number. We could also always just use a number generator. ^-^

Also this is the link to the info I used about the letters in case anyone wants to check it out:

http://listafterlist.com/most-common-...

I used to like this graph -

I'm here!
I always guess 'R S T L N E' first (when by myself) as that's the letters they use as a hint in the end round of Wheel of Fortune!

Jessica wrote: "I'm here!
I always guess 'R S T L N E' first (when by myself) as that's the letters they use as a hint in the end round of Wheel of Fortune!"

Sarah wrote: "I used to like this graph -

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Both are good. Also hi Jessica! Good be on your team again! ^-^

We just need Max to check in now. :D

Yup

So are you still pretty much only on on the weekend Jessica or are you more free since it's summer? If you are only on on the weekends we might have to go ahead as a group and pick our number for the puzzle without Max or maybe you could just suggest a number? What do you think Gayatri?

I think we should pick a number :)
I say lets pick 20

I can be on more often now because it's summer.
20 sounds good to me!

Jessica wrote: "I can be on more often now because it's summer.
20 sounds good to me!"

Gayatri wrote: "I think we should pick a number :)
I say lets pick 20"

20 it is then! ^-^

Max we really need you to check in ASAP please!!!

So guys I just clarified with Abby since I wasn't sure and we there is only 1 number for everyone. So if say Team Topaz chooses 20 first then we can't use it for the entire game and after the puzzles run out we are stuck with quotes which will be harder. So we if we want to finish it the top three (which I do) then we need to plan as many buddy reads as possible. Read shorter books(?) and read quickly. ^-^

I got number 20 for us guys. I didn't know if we could till Max checked in (so I deleted my post asking for it.) but Abbie said as long as two of us are checked in and agree on a number we can choose. So we have #20 for round 1. ^-^

It might be worth checking out one of the team threads from last year to see how this challenge goes ☺ - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Sarah wrote: "It might be worth checking out one of the team threads from last year to see how this challenge goes ☺ - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

I already saw it after stalking team Diamonds thread. lol. The others should probably check it out though. :P

So I saw two possible BR for the 1st which will give me the letters:

1. C,M and bonus letter

2. (T?), S, K, C and bonus letter

Just thought I should let my team know - I very likely won't be doing any buddy reads for August. I had to pack all my books to move in July so I have one box I'm just going through.

Jessica wrote: "Just thought I should let my team know - I very likely won't be doing any buddy reads for August. I had to pack all my books to move in July so I have one box I'm just going through."

What books do you have I might be able to do a BR or two with you depending on what you got. ^-^

Hi everyone! So I guess I am here now. :)

Here are Some of the books I plan to read first.
Cinder by Melissa Meyer= CM
The Goddess Legacy by Aimee Carter= TGLAC
Alice in Zombieland by gena showalter= AIZGS
Finding Emma by Steena Holmes= FESH
Black Moon by Kenneth calhoun= BMKC

I have a LOT more planned but those are my starting lineups for the first few days. I have a fair amount of feww time this month so I hope to get a lot in. :)

Jamie wrote: "Hi everyone! So I guess I am here now. :)

Here are Some of the books I plan to read first.
Cinder by Melissa Meyer= CM
The Goddess Legacy by Aimee Carter= TGLAC
Alice in Zombieland by gena showal..."

There is a BR thread for Cinder if your interested. I'm planning to join in for that. Also there are threads for Scarlet, Cress, and Fairest this month as well.

Cinder I am doing as a BR. The rest of the series I am not too sure of yet. I actually have quite a few BR planned for August so I don't want to add more to my plate just yet.

Jamie wrote: "Cinder I am doing as a BR. The rest of the series I am not too sure of yet. I actually have quite a few BR planned for August so I don't want to add more to my plate just yet."

KK. Just wanted to let you know. ^-^

Bookbuyer wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Cinder I am doing as a BR. The rest of the series I am not too sure of yet. I actually have quite a few BR planned for August so I don't want to add more to my plate just yet."

KK...."

It's good to know. Thanks. Sorry, just re-read how I came across. If I have the time to squeeze in the rest (and need to get the rest of the books lol) then I will join them. But reality is more likely for another month on the rest. I have over 10 buddy reads planned out plus a few others I might join, depending on how time goes.

Jamie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Cinder I am doing as a BR. The rest of the series I am not too sure of yet. I actually have quite a few BR planned for August so I don't want to add more to my pla..."

I completely understand. I'm keeping my planned BR to as little as possible since I tend to burn out easily. But I'm keeping track of all the other ones I might try to join in on if I'm feeling up to joining them. Especially since we get that extra letter for every BR we do.

Just an idea, but for the title/quote guesses, even if we cannot make an official guess, we should share out guesses either here or pm so that those that can guess can use them if they are coming up blank. I think we all have different sub-genres we like to read so if it is one we don't read or see in our circles too often we might overlook it but someone else might see the letters and gaps and put it together.

Jamie wrote: "Just an idea, but for the title/quote guesses, even if we cannot make an official guess, we should share out guesses either here or pm so that those that can guess can use them if they are coming u..."

That's a great idea. I mostly read Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance and some Sci-Fi. Not a big fan of Horror, Mystery or Contemporary so those will be my weak points.

Bookbuyer wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Just an idea, but for the title/quote guesses, even if we cannot make an official guess, we should share out guesses either here or pm so that those that can guess can use them if the..."

Contemporary is my weakest. We could be in trouble, lol. We read the same kind of books. Although I do read horror and some mystery.
Hopefully Gayatri or Jessica can balance us out :)

Jamie wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Just an idea, but for the title/quote guesses, even if we cannot make an official guess, we should share out guesses either here or pm so that those that can guess c..."

Jessica does seems to read some Contemporary as well as classics so she might be able to help with those.

Gayatri also seems to read Contemporary as well as mystery and it seems most everything else! lol.

I think we are as good as we can get. :P

Ok so here are my potential reads (aka what's in my box):

Jessica wrote: "Ok so here are my potential reads (aka what's in my box):
[bookcove..."

Well I own [bookcover:Talker 25|17339959]

And potentially I could get Inferno and Illusion. So if I find time and you are ready to read them as well we could BR those together.

Well, after checking my library account looks like I'll be stepping up a book. is due this weekend, so I guess that will be my first book.

Got a bit of clarification from Abbie on how guessing the title (and later quotes) will go. So anyone can guess the book on the review thread. If I read a book and pick a letter, if one of you think you know the book, you can be the one to make a guess. We can also stockpile guesses. So if we don't have enough to make a good guess, we can save it for later.
So if we read 3 books but have not tried to guess the title, we have 3 guesses any us can make later in the game.
So if you are confident in what the book is, call it out on the review thread and pick a new number asap to keep this going. But if in doubt I still think we should share possibilites here. That way we can discuss what letters are best to guess at to narrow down the field. And checking this thread regularly will be huge.

Those are my thoughts at least on it :)

Jamie wrote: "Got a bit of clarification from Abbie on how guessing the title (and later quotes) will go. So anyone can guess the book on the review thread. If I read a book and pick a letter, if one of you th..."

KK. I'm on pretty near 24/7 except when I'm sleeping so I'll be on a lot to check the threads. I can also try and do research when we get a letter or two of the book so we can narrow it down and have a better chance of guessing right. ^-^

@Jessica, I MIGHT be able to read Talker 25 with you as a buddy read, but it will have to be late in the month if I do. Not sure yet, but if you read the ones we can't join you on first, hopefully at least one of us can join you on a book or two later in the month :)

Let's read starting on the 20th? That way there's still time left in the month to finish and not feel rushed.
I could start right on the 1st.

I can try for the 20th. I just don't want to make any promises to anyone so just have to see where I am closer to then. :)

Bookbuyer wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Got a bit of clarification from Abbie on how guessing the title (and later quotes) will go. So anyone can guess the book on the review thread. If I read a book and pick a letter, if..."

I am on a lot too so it should work out. :)

Jamie wrote: "I can try for the 20th. I just don't want to make any promises to anyone so just have to see where I am closer to then. :)"

I also have a lot of books planned for the beginning so the 20th would be better for me as well.