YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥ discussion

Francesca, this thread here explains how to use the group, what folders are for, and how to do things - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... it might help you work things out ☺

Hello,

I'm reading a book that doesn't seem to have page numbers listed anywhere... I've never had this happen before, so I'm not really sure how to request a page count??

This is the book:

ISBN: 9798704272786

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Katie wrote: "Hello,

I'm reading a book that doesn't seem to have page numbers listed anywhere... I've never had this happen before, so I'm not really sure how to request a page count??

This is the book: [boo..."

Amazon has it listed as 340 pages. - https://www.amazon.ca/Hit-Miss-Sexy-D...

Edit: The paperback edition is listed at 388 so you would get one extra point.

https://www.amazon.ca/Hit-Miss-Sexy-D...

^_^

Thank you!!! Can I just include that link when I post my review?

Katie wrote: "Thank you!!! Can I just include that link when I post my review?"

Yes. Just mention no page count on Goodreads and link the Amazon link. :)

Perfect! Thank you so much!

Katie wrote: "Perfect! Thank you so much!"

NP. ^-^

I've added the page counts to Goodreads so you'll be able to link to Goodreads as normal ☺

I've checked, but everything is working fine here (it's a lack of a second or 2). Maybe it's your browser that you're using that is slowly loading?

Sarah Elizabeth wrote: "Got a question for us? A suggestion for a game or challenge that you'd like to see on this group?
Need help with something, or not sure about something?

Feel free to ask us here and we'll do our b..."
Hello Sarah, my english level is intermediate, i have try reading Harry Potter but i find 10 words in a page, the teacher told me to read it without knowing the meaning of the new word, some told me to read the wimpy kid and i find 1 to 2 word in a page but it not my my interest. Should i try find another book that im interest in or keen on reading that books . Thank you

Hi Trương, maybe keep trying and see if you can find something you actually like? I don't think you'll have much fun trying to read something you don't understand. Maybe you could look for some short stories to read?

Hey! I am supposed to read on 1st September. The mods have added my buddy read but they forgot to give me the thread. I asked my buddy and she said the same. Please can you give us the thread? Thanks :))

Sorry about that, you can find the thread here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Quick question:

Would it be possible to add a discussion section where group members get their own personal thread to post their monthly TBRs and challenge progress? Or if not, then a single thread where each person can comment with their TBR/Challenge progress and then come back to that comment/thread to edit it as needed?

Sure, here you go ☺ - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Sarah Elizabeth wrote: "Sure, here you go ☺ - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group..."

Awesome. Thank you so much! =D

Do you have it set to notify you?

If you want direct notifications for a specific thread rather than all the threads in the group. You will need to go to the bottom of the page and click notify me when people comment. It's under the last comment under reply, edit, delete.

If you mean a specific person comment than I don't think there is a way. You get all comments on a thread or nothing. :(

Sorry I just figured out what you meant. Had a bit of a brain fart. You want notification not digest.

That way as soon as someone comments on the individual thread you want. Like a BR thread you will get a notification right away. (Assuming Goodreads is not glitching)

Macara wrote: "Hmm ok. I wish they had an option so that when someone replies directly to you you’d get a notification. Thank you!"

No problem. ^_^

Above the comment box on the right there is a link 'add book/author' click that, and then when a search box pops up, click the bubble at the bottom that says 'cover'. Now search using the search box, and click 'add' on the books you want to post ☺
(I think you can only do it on the main site though, not the app)

Hello, maybe this has already been answered, but I didn't feel like going through seventeen pages.
I have three questions regarding the challenges:

1) Where do I post the status updates of the book I am reading?
The chat thread or the review threat?

2)Do I have to let the Mods know in advance, if I won't be able / don't want to write reviews and will only do the +4 status updates?

3) Just to make sure that I understood that correctly ( it took me two weeks to figure it out). It's about Part 5 of the Challenger rules.
If I read a book in a Buddy-Read, that also counts for a Challenge, the updates / reviews must be different.

Thanks ^^

P.S : I totally forgot a question:
It's about the Challenge bookshelf: Can I delete it after the challenge? And do I have to put books there before the challenge starts or can I add them later?

Hi Kay-Mika,

1) You post updates on Goodreads if you're doing updates, I don't know if you know what that means, but basically, if you go to the Goodreads home page, or to the Goodreads page of the book which you are reading, there is an option to 'update progress'. There's one box where you pop in either how many pages or what percentage you are into the book, and then a bigger box where you can write your comment. Like this -


2) Nope, you can choose for each book you post whether to do a review or updates. It's up to you ☺ Just link us to the review page each time so that we can easily see your updates (they show up under where your review would be). Like this -


3) If you buddy read a book, we expect you to have different details in your buddy read comments and your review. Cutting and pasting your buddy read comments and using them as your review or updates won't count.

4) The challenge widget/bookshelf is just for you, we won't look at it. You can add and remove books or delete the shelf whenever you'd like.

Hope that helps, let me know if you have any more questions ☺

Thank you, I have never used that feature before

I have a little problem: I can't send you mods PMs. To none of you.

Kay-Mika wrote: "I have a little problem: I can't send you mods PMs. To none of you."

Huh that's odd? Maybe you have to send a friend request first; I know that I accept PMs from people who are in the same groups as me, so it's quite weird that you can't send messages. But the friend request thing might solve that problem! So just send a friend request to the mod you want to send a message to, and then you should be able to send a PM!

I would like to find people, to do sprints with but not necessarily read the same book as I have a lot of boos to get through and on a book buying ban till I’ve read all 22 of them lol

Do we have reading buddy threads , or can I start one for people to read with me ?

Nikki wrote: "I would like to find people, to do sprints with but not necessarily read the same book as I have a lot of boos to get through and on a book buying ban till I’ve read all 22 of them lol

Do we have..."

If you don't want to read the same books, you shouldn't start a new buddy read thread! You can look in the 'reading sprint' thread and post a comment there, the idea is that you can read with people there while reading different books :) So you don't have to read the same book then :)

Reading sprints thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Hopefully you'll be able to find people who are on Goodreads at the same time as you are ☺

Hey, I haven't been in this group for quite a while, but I was wondering if there were any plans to bring back some challenges like Jumanji, bingo, or the one where teams competed against the mods?

I haven't planned any of the challenges for next year yet, we did a Harry Potter one earlier this year which was Jumanji-style, but nothing else in the works at the moment ☺

Well thank you for ALL of your hard work in this group. Once life settled down and I knew I could get back into, and enjoy reading, this group was on my top things to motivate me.

What happens if we post a finished book to the wrong team review threat?

Kay-Mika wrote: "What happens if we post a finished book to the wrong team review threat?"

You can either delete your comment or we do, we'll figure out that it's not posted for the right team :)

I hope that I have the right thread? I'm brand new to Goodreads. I think your group is very awesome. As an avid reader and one who enjoys savoring the story of the book, I do believe the challenges would be a lot of fun.
Here is my question: Where can I learn from a good source how best to word a review on a book?
I did a few good ones on Amazon for books....not many though. I don't want to give away the story.
Thanks, Folks!
- Samantha!

Hi Samantha, we have some pointers on writing a review at the top of this thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... but I'm afraid we don't have anything else x

I'm constantly having trouble opening the Wanted: Reading Buddies thread and today it won't open at all. :(

I'm not sure there's anything we can do, it might just be Goodreads, we will have a think and see if we can find a solution x

Hey! I just wanted to ask how you guys felt about posting group chats? I'm in a discord server for LGBTQ+ books and wanted to make a forum post with a link, but I'm not sure what your rules are on advertisements/group chats, etc.

Hi Robin, that's fine, this is probably the best folder to post in ☺ - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Will we still get credit points for a GBR if we are the only one making comments?

I seem to be the only one reading Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover right now.

Yes, you will ☺

Hi Mel, authors and publishers usually make posts in either our book talk folder or our free books folder to offer free ebook copies of books ☺ You can find those folders here -
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
We don't usually organise book giveaways or reviews anymore because it took a lot of time and we couldn't keep up with it all x

I just signed up for netgalley. When im approved for a book does it stay in my library or do i have to return it?

I thought i put a comment already but i dont see it (sorry if i did) but with Netgalley do i get to keep the books if i am accepted?

Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't, and it's not easy to know which is which. Some of my oldest books from Netgalley which were sent to my kindle will no longer open, but others from the same time still do. Sorry I can't be of more help x

No that helped a lot thank you!