Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Buddy Reading Tracker
Brought to you by Angela. Find folder here

Keep track of the books you will read with the group and update to share which ones you completed.

Example:

AUGUST - The Lies of Locke Lamora
SEPTEMBER - The Last Mortal Band
OCTOBER - Gardens of the Moon


Shame (Incomplete Series Challenge)
Brought to you by Scott. Renamed by Margret. Find folder here

Keep track of the series you have and have not completed and make an effort to finish your in-progress series.
Suggested categories:
Incomplete
Up to date
Finished
Abandoned

Book Cover Challenge
Brought to you by Jenna. Find folder here

Fairly self-explanatory. Read a book with a cover that fits the description. Some covers may overlap, but try not to reuse books in the same challenge. Whether the cover matches the description or not is really up to you.

Red cover
Orange cover
Yellow cover
Green cover
Blue cover
Purple cover

Pink cover
White cover
Black cover
Metallic cover

Cover with the author’s name in the biggest font
Cover with the title in the biggest font

Cover with a tower
Cover with a cityscape
Cover with a boat/ship
Cover with a house

Cover with a tree
Cover with a mountain
Cover with a night sky

Cover with a man
Cover with a woman
Cover with a dragon
Cover with a bird
Cover with a magical creature

Cover with a weapon
Cover with a crown
Cover with a cloak
Cover with a mask

Bingo Challenge
Brought to you by Jenna. Find folder here

You can aim for a row, an "x", a square around the outside or the full bingo sheet. You can do it with just fantasy or with any other books you read as well.

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1. A buddy read with someone in the group
2. A debut novel
3. A book under 300 pages
4. A book you own and haven’t read yet
5. A book with a blue cover
6. A book in a series you have already started
7. A book with an anti-hero
8. A book recommended by someone on Goodreads
9. A Young Adult book
10. A book by an author you have not read before
11. A book with a one-word title
12. A book you can read in one day
13. FREE SPACE
14. A book featuring an unlikely friendship
15. A book over 800 pages
16. A book published before 1970
17. A book on your to-read list for more than one year
18. A book with a person on the cover
19. A book from a (sub)genre you don’t usually read
20. A book by an author under 25 at the time it was published
21. A book with a dragon in it
22. A book published this year
23. A standalone book
24. The last book in a series
25. A book of your choice

Thanks for setting this up Jenna. It's going to help me out a ton.

I love challenges! So would be interested if you set one up.

With a little bit of difficulty, the challenge is up!

Awesome idea and a great execution! :)

I'll set up my tracker in a littlw bit when I'm at my computer. I'd definitely be interested in a challengr at some point, but I think my reading's a bit too focused for the next couple of months. It's a great idea though - I'm looking forward to seeing others take it on!

Sean wrote: "Awesome idea and a great execution! :)

I'll set up my tracker in a littlw bit when I'm at my computer. I'd definitely be interested in a challengr at some point, but I think my reading's a bit too..."

I'm just going to try to fill in the bingo challenge with what I was already planning to read for now. Otherwise I would never be able to start it already.

How I track series I haven't finished yet is that I have a separate shelf for the next book in that series. What I've been trying to do for like 1.5-2 years now is finish series and try not to start many new series until then. Been pretty successful. At first there were probably around 20 on that shelf, down to like 6 or 7 and 4 I believe aren't out yet. for me I think it would be easier than I had to remember to update, just make sure to add the net book to that shelf when you mark it as to-read. Just a suggestion for anyone who may find it helpful too :)

Elizabeth wrote: "How I track series I haven't finished yet is that I have a separate shelf for the next book in that series. What I've been trying to do for like 1.5-2 years now is finish series and try not to star..."

Yeah, I have a "series to finish" shelf too, but I put the rest of the series on there instead of just the next book. I have around 50 books on that shelf, but only because of Malazan and the Realm of the Elderlings.

I always just add one book of a series at a time, in case I decide not to finish I guess. I don't even want to know how long my to-read list would be if I added whole series. It's already almost 800.

Elizabeth wrote: "I always just add one book of a series at a time, in case I decide not to finish I guess. I don't even want to know how long my to-read list would be if I added whole series. It's already almost 800."

I only add the whole series if I liked the first one enough to continue and I remove books if I decide to quit the series part-way through. Otherwise I'd have a mountainous TBR.

I usually add additional books in the series only after reading the first. The only series I've quit after book two is Royal Assassin in the farseer trilogy.

Original post modified to clearly index and explain the different challenges put in this folder. Will be edited as new challenges are created.

Would people prefer if each challenge had it's own folder? Or is this format fine?

I think it might be better to have their own folder?

Different folders.

Okie dokie, I will change things around.

Update: the challenges are in different folders and I put this in the group info folder. I also set up a separate folder for the buddy read schedule Angela made.

Thanks Jenna.

TY J.

Jenna, you know I'm secretly hoping you'll create another bingo challenge once a few of us finish this one or maybe another type of challenge :).

Angela wrote: "Jenna, you know I'm secretly hoping you'll create another bingo challenge once a few of us finish this one or maybe another type of challenge :)."

I was actually thinking the same thing recently and I noticed some people are getting close to the end. ;) I've had a challenge in my mind just waiting to be unleashed on the group for about 4 or 5 months now.

Maybe it's about time?

Well I am hoping to finish the bingo challenge by the end of this month, so I think soon would be fantastic. :)

I'm up for a challenge. I didn't do bingo because I was way late on it.

Do it!!!!!!! :D

Jenna, I'm very curious to see what you have in mind, although I had promised myself not to do a challenge any time soon after I finish this one haha.

I will be putting up the challenge at some point today. :)

Excellent. I'm so excited!!!

Yay!!!!

Yes I'm up for a challenge. Never done one on goodreads before. Hopefully I will be able to do it if I'm in from the start.

NEW CHALLENGE IS POSTED IN THE FIRST POST OF THIS THREAD.

Fun!! I love it <3

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Fun!! I love it <3"

Great! Thanks~ :)

What a great idea Jenna. Looks like fun!

I might do this cover challenge after I do the bingo. reading two books right now and was tempted to start a third today when I was eating lunch.

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How do I keep track of the books I read on here ? I'm new to the group and need some help please