YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥ discussion

Team Members
Nikk the Sapphired Book Dragon ✓
Jamie ✓
Abby ✓
Nicole ✓
❛jingle bell rock❜ (kayla) ✓
Bea (Books And Bees of Bea) ✓
Laura ✓

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Good Luck!

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "Good Luck!"

Thanks, you too!

Checking in!

I just changed my name on Goodreads, but this is Astrid.

checking in :-)

checking in :)

Only 2 days left! I am excited for a fresh reading start!

Checking in!

Checking in!

Yay most of us are here. Just missing Kayla...

Great job Nikk for getting us off to a good start with our first review!

Hello Team Snowdrop, just to let you know that I have messaged Kayla and asked her to check in here. If she hasn't checked in by January 5th I'll look for a replacement for you ☺

Jamie wrote: "Great job Nikk for getting us off to a good start with our first review!"


I just added review number two :-)

Sorry for not checking in sooner!!

Glad that everyone's here now!

I'm hoping to finish Illuminae today and post my first review for this challenge-- but I've got around 250 pages left!

Good job, everyone!

My first book will probably be finished on the 4th.

So I definitely won't be finishing Illuminae today, but I'm making good progress on :)

I should have finished by tomorrow morning.

I am on holidays at the moment so reading up a storm while I can as not sure how busy I will be later in the month. Should be done with book number 4 later today :-)

Thinking of reading or as I got both for Christmas. Anyone interested in a BR or can direct me to a currently open BR?

I have an ARC of The Darkest Star that I need to read, but do I need to read the Lux series first?

Nikk the Sapphired Book Dragon wrote: "I am on holidays at the moment so reading up a storm while I can as not sure how busy I will be later in the month. Should be done with book number 4 later today :-)..."

I'm up for a buddy read for The Darkest Star :)

I've finished up . I just need to do a review on it. I'm also currently reading . I might be done reading this today.

Would you be okay with starting the BR for Darkest star today as I may have gotten a little impatient and already started reading it ☺️ it’s pretty good so far

I finished reading Enchantee last night so I'll be posting the review for it today :)

Alright, just got my second book up. :) Now working on

How is everyone else's reading going? Kayla, you've been especially quite here and the review thread. Hope you are doing well. I am hoping to get a decent session in this afternoon. Reading has been a bit slow with fighting a major adrenaline crash from the holidays. But should start picking up now.

I'm doing good over here. I should finish my next book today and then be able to post a review for it. Classes started this week for me but I've been getting in a lot of reading!

Nicole wrote: "I'm doing good over here. I should finish my next book today and then be able to post a review for it. Classes started this week for me but I've been getting in a lot of reading!"

That is great you've been getting in good reading! I hope you have a great new semester coming up!

Thanks, Jamie! My semester's been good so far.
I'm about to write my review for the book I finished this morning. It's worth ten points!

Nicole wrote: "Thanks, Jamie! My semester's been good so far.
I'm about to write my review for the book I finished this morning. It's worth ten points!"

Sweet! That will help 31 days just got their new team members so they will be even tougher now but I think we can do this!

^Or only one member. Looks like Sarah is trying to keep us all even. Love her for that!! We have a better chance, pending how things go.

Hello Team Snowdrop, just to let you know that I have messaged Kayla to ask if she is still taking part as it is day 11 and she hasn't posted any reviews yet. Thanks x

Thanks, Sarah.

Thank you Sarah :)

Where is everyone? It seems like our posting has gone way down.

Abby wrote: "Where is everyone? It seems like our posting has gone way down."

Yeah this team is sadly way too quiet. It's nice to talk once in a while at least. More motivating to try when you actually feel like a team. So that has actually effected my reading a bit. So stop by say hi, share what you are reading everyone! You don't have to be super chatty but even a once a week hello and update is awesome and cheerful to see!
I am working on still. Recenly finished and will post soon. About to start

Jamie wrote: "Abby wrote: "Where is everyone? It seems like our posting has gone way down."

Yeah this team is sadly way too quiet. It's nice to talk once in a while at least. More motivating to try when you act..."

What do you think of We Have Always Lived in the Castle?

I just started Children of Blood and Bone. Excited to get into it!

Abby wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Abby wrote: "Where is everyone? It seems like our posting has gone way down."

Yeah this team is sadly way too quiet. It's nice to talk once in a while at least. More motivating to tr..."

Not too sure yet. I like it in a way as it draws you in, but I also feel it might be predictable.

Abby wrote: "I just started Children of Blood and Bone. Excited to get into it!"

Ooh I still need to get my hands on that at some point!

What happened, team? We were in first place for the first week and now we're dead last. Even the fun teams are beating us. It's like everyone disappeared.

Sad isn’t it. I do have one short book to add and another will be done today but yeah this seems to be the rule with quiet teams. They don’t chat or act like a team and fall behind. Honestly I don’t understand why people join a team if you won’t ever communicate. People don’t have to be super chatty. It even just once a week to check in is great. Solo is a better option for those who don’t chat. And as for hitting at least the 8 books i am glad Sarah is keeping track.
Unfortunately I think this month is a lost cause but hopefully Abby you will be on a better and more active team :) meanwhile I am doing a readathon this weekend so that might help some. Not enough to take first again but something.

I haven't read as much as I was planning to this month because of school. I do have a review to post today or tomorrow after I finish this book, though.

Nicole wrote: "I haven't read as much as I was planning to this month because of school. I do have a review to post today or tomorrow after I finish this book, though."

Oh my reading is a bit behind too. It happens.

That comment definitely wasn't directed to you, Nicole. You've checked in and let us know about your schedule. Life happens. :)

As I mentioned earlier in the month I knew the middle part of my month would be busy which is why I got a good bulk of my reading done in the first week or so of the month. I will be back on Deck on Saturday and hoping to get a whole slew of reviews posted then so I should finish the month well over the medium target

You're good, Nikk! Glad to hear it. :)

Nikk the Sapphired Book Dragon wrote: "As I mentioned earlier in the month I knew the middle part of my month would be busy which is why I got a good bulk of my reading done in the first week or so of the month. I will be back on Deck o..."

You have already posted 10 books so you are fine when it comes to review contribution. So on that particular front no worries.

My month was a bit busier than expected! I should have a few more books to add before the finishing date.