YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥ discussion

Hi Kathryn, we stopped using series threads recently, so they were all closed. This was because people found it hard to know what would and wouldn't count for points in our challenges, on a series thread.

I'm happy to reopen the thread and change the date for you, as long as you and your buddy understand that you wouldn't be able to use the thread for bonus points in our challenge if either of you are taking part.

If you're happy with that, just let me know what day you would like to start, and I'll sort the thread out for you ☺

Kathryn, I've reopened the thread for you, you'll just need to let me know which date you'll be starting so that we can add it to the planned buddy reads calendar ☺
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Sarah wrote: "Kathryn, I've reopened the thread for you, you'll just need to let me know which date you'll be starting so that we can add it to the planned buddy reads calendar ☺
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/..."

Thank you so much, Sarah! We will be starting on Monday the 9th and our goal is 3 chapters a day! P

Thank you ☺ I've added the date for you, and I'll get the buddy read added to the calendar xx

Hi Sarah! I want to read a book called as 'Before the Coffee Gets Cold' By Toshikazu Kawaguchi for the Happy New Year Challenge - January 2020. However, I could not seem to find the right book edition that matches with my physical book. My book consists of 213 pages in total compared to the other book editions. What should I do ?

Hi Ange, you can actually use the highest page count available for most books (there are some exceptions), so you could use this edition - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... which have 384 pages and would give you extra page points ☺

Sarah wrote: "Hi Ange, you can actually use the highest page count available for most books (there are some exceptions), so you could use this edition - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... which have 38..."

ahh I see. Then, I'll do that. Thank you for helping me Sarah ^^

no problem ☺

Hello! I' m sorry but i still didn't understand very well how i can update my readings here. Thanks in advance :)

Do you mean for a team?

Hi, i was reading the rules for the challenges but i didn't understand very well how i can distinguish the editions. Thank u for the answer!

Nicole wrote: "Hi, i was reading the rules for the challenges but i didn't understand very well how i can distinguish the editions. Thank u for the answer!"

Editions of books?

To find different editions of books click on the book you want or search for it. Let's use Throne of Glass for example.

You will now be on the books main page.

Under original title, edition language etc. In this case under Literary awards, you will see 'Other Editions'. Click that.

That is where the other editions of books are. ^_^

Hey!!
Just wanted to ask if we have something like Book Of The Month in this group?

Hi Akshita, we have GBR which is Group Buddy Read ☺ This folder has all the threads and also explains how you can vote ☺ - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Sorry but I still didn't get how to vote...

Sorry, we use Listopia lists, but we're only using our main one at the moment which is here - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
We take the top 5 (usually on the 22nd of the month) and those are then GBR for the next month ☺

Thanks!!!

hi! i have a question but i would love to talk to one of you privately, how can i do that?

Noa wrote: "hi! i have a question but i would love to talk to one of you privately, how can i do that?"

You can PM me. ^_^

If you don't know how to PM me you go to my profile and under my name you will see 'More'

Click message and you will get a private message box. ^_^

Hi Noa, Bookbuyer is right, you can send a personal message to any of us (except Abbie), and we'll get back to you as soon as we can ☺

i already did :) thank you so much!

Hi guys!

I wanted to read to my kids, but I'm trying to figure out what I need to add to it to get to the minimum.

It's tagged as Middle Grade first, but it's also tagged as poetry in the top 3. Are books based on what it's tagged as FIRST or if it's tagged in the top 3 for something?

I hope this makes sense... :)

Thanks in advance.

Hi Katie, we count books based on all their tags, so if a graphic novel or poetry book is tagged YA, we still count it as a graphic novel or poetry book, even if it's tagged YA more times, and I'm afraid that one would be classified as poetry and scored at 1 point per 150 pages.

Based on the highest page count of 352 pages, you'd need either 248 pages of poetry/graphic novel, 124 pages of middle-grade/children's books, or 83 pages of a regular YA/adult story to reach the minimum page count for claiming letters x

Sarah wrote: "Hi Katie, we count books based on all their tags, so if a graphic novel or poetry book is tagged YA, we still count it as a graphic novel or poetry book, even if it's tagged YA more times, and I'm ..."

This makes perfect sense!! Thanks so much for the quick answer!! :)

no problem 😊

Hi I can't find the thread for Finale, which was restarted for the May Bookish Blocks Challenge? Thanks!

I'll have a look ☺

I can't find it, and I can't find it on the planned buddy reads thread, who was your buddy? Maybe they forgot to request it? I'll make one now ☺

When are you supposed to be starting?

Here you go ☺ - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
If you let us know when you're starting, we'll add the correct date to the thread ☺

Hello! I read a middle grade book (no illustrations) that has 240 pages. I don't know if I add a 64 page children's graphic novel if I can get that to count as one grid in the current monthly challenge OR if I can add a 304 page middle grade book but I think that defeats the purpose. I might have to just forget about adding the 240 page books but I'm not sure.

240
64
304

Hi Adriana, the 304-page middle-grade book (the tornado one) would count on its own to complete a square, so you wouldn't be able to add anything to that.

To work out the other one I find it easiest to convert to the same sort of pages, so middle-grade you divide 1.5, and graphic novel you divide by 3 to get the number of regular YA/Adult pages, so
240/1.5 = 160 pages
64/3 = 21 pages

160+21 = 181, so you're 19 regular pages off the 200
(or 29 pages of middle grade, or 57 pages of graphic novel/poetry etc)
Maybe you could find something to fill that gap now you know what it is?
xx

Sarah wrote: "I'll have a look ☺"
Hi, Sorry about the confusion! I forgot to clarify that I meant Finale by Stephanie Garber (Caraval #3)! Super sorry about that ;) Just for future reference, how would I find a buddy read thread after it is requested?

Thanks

Ah, sorry! You can look on the planned buddy reads thread for the month the buddy read is taking place, or the easiest way is to use the group search feature? If you're on the desktop site, go to the top right of any page on the group, and there should be some links, and then a search box for 'search discussion posts', just pop the name of the book or author in that box and press search ☺
(and on the page that pops up you can press the bubble for 'only topics' if you specifically want the thread title with those words in it)

Let me know if you have any problems x

Sarah wrote: "Hi Adriana, the 304-page middle-grade book (the tornado one) would count on its own to complete a square, so you wouldn't be able to add anything to that.

To work out the other one I find it easie..."

Hmm.. I do have a manga I've been meaning to read so I'll just add those three together once I've read them all. Thank you!

Hi Sarah. I read/listened to a play that had a page count of 320. I now know I need to have a page count of 600 to count a play. Do I need to read another play of 280+ pages, or will any other type of book with that page count work?

I read 90 pages of a book before DNF'ing it. Can I use that as page points for the current challenge? Or can I combine it with my middle grade read I was talking about earlier? Although, I removed it from my to read list so doubt that.

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Hi Sarah. I read/listened to a play that had a page count of 320. I now know I need to have a page count of 600 to count a play. Do I need to read another play of 280+ pages, or will any other type..."

Hi Jammin Jenny, if the play you listened to had 320 pages, then you could read any of the following to make up the missing pages -
280 pages of a play/poetry/graphic novel/novel in verse/manga,
OR
140 pages of an unillustrated middle-grade or children's book,
OR
94 pages of an unillustrated adult or YA book.

Hope that helps x

Adriana wrote: "I read 90 pages of a book before DNF'ing it. Can I use that as page points for the current challenge? Or can I combine it with my middle grade read I was talking about earlier? Although, I removed ..."

Hi Adriana, we don't usually count DNFed books towards bonus points, but as it's just this once, and as it's not for very many pages you can do it this time ☺ You'll just need to write a review for the 90 pages you did read x

I just ended up reading a bunch of graphic novels. Thank you Sarah!

Hi, can we have a buddy read thread for People Like Us by Dana Mele starting on the 10th? Thank you!

Sure ☺ Here you go - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

When it was originally started it was mainly for YA books, but we don't prevent people from reading other kinds of books, so yes, adult books are read here too now ☺

Is there a buddy read set-up for To Kill a Kingdom yet? If not could I have help to create one because I'm new to this and still not entirely sure how this works.

Hi ColeBG, we have a thread, it's here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Would you like it resetting for a new buddy read?

Hi! I made a discussion titled something like WANTED: Buddy Read for The Infernal Devices and now I can’t locate it anywhere. I placed it in the folder called Buddy reads or wanted: buddy reads something like that. I hope I can find it :(((

Hi Francesca, if you're looking for buddies to read together, you can make a post in this thread 'Wanted Reading Buddie':
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I can't find your post in it, so feel free to make it again. You don't need to make a separate thread, just post in the existing thread. Thanks x

Your thread is here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... It was moved because people aren't supposed to start new threads in that folder, they're supposed to use the existing threads to look for buddies (otherwise this folder would be a mess and nobody would ever find anything).

If you go to the main group page and look on the right you should see a list of topics, there is one at the bottom which says 'My Group Comments', if you click this it will bring up all your comments, which might help you to find threads that you have commented on previously x

Thank you! So when I want to start a buddy read which folder should I put that thread in? (For future use) also I am currently on the Goodreads app and I can’t find where it says “my group comments.” Is it visible on the app?

It's not visible on the app, I think.
If you want to start a buddy read, first you have to look for other readers who will join you. Then you put your request in the planned buddie reader folder for the month you want to read it in, adding the book and the date you want to start. Like, if you want to read a book in January and you've found other readers, you put your request in the planned buddy read folder for January.