YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥ discussion

Team Sarah:
O-nigiri✔️
Wolf (Alpha) ✔️
Ta || bookishbluehead✔️
Mandy✔️
Danique✔️
Natalie
Rosh✔️
Milly ✔️
Vivi✔️
Khansa✔️
MJ
Julia✔️
Seba✔️
Isha✔️

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Hey guys! Should we include a spreadsheet to keep track of all the descriptions this month?

I think that’s a good idea 😊

Hello team! A spreadsheet/document to keep track of the descriptions sounds good.

Checking in! Danique I was actually working on making a spreadsheet cause I figured it would make things easier!

Checking in! Spreadsheet sounds great :) Thank you!!

checking in! yes i love a spreadsheet, makes it so much easier to update! :)

That’s great Wolf!! I can also copy an old one if you want?

Checking in and present. That’s a good idea with the spreadsheet 👍💙

That would be great Danique!

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "That would be great Danique!"

Okay! I'll try to find it!

Alright, this was the spreadsheet from last time so here it is! Let's only put down the book etc when we've actually read it/claimed it as to avoid confusion :) The colors represent the different blocks and hopefully the rest speaks for itself! Let me know if you guys have questions :)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Checking in :)

Checking in !!

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Team Alan:
+ Natalie
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Natalie
+ Natalie
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Team Judy:
+ ♛Vanessa♛
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Team Peter:
Hannah
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Thank you ☺

Hi Team, checking in :)

Danique wrote: "Alright, this was the spreadsheet from last time so here it is! Let's only put down the book etc when we've actually read it/claimed it as to avoid confusion :) The colors represent the different b..."

To clarify: what's the purpose of the Started/Completed columns? Are we able to plan ahead and claim points for books we're planning to read (which was the impression I got from your post)? Or only if the book is completed + the review has been posted?

She’s saying to only claim if you have completed and posted!
That way the spreadsheet doesn’t get cluttered with books that people are planning on reading rather than ones that are already completed!

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "She’s saying to only claim if you have completed and posted!
That way the spreadsheet doesn’t get cluttered with books that people are planning on reading rather than ones that are already completed!"

That was my interpretation as well! I just wasn't sure if I was misunderstanding the "Started" and "completed" tabs on the spreadsheet, since presumably all books would've been completed by the time we posted to the sheet?

All books should be completed if they are on the spreadsheet. That was an old copy and the started and completed tabs were just left there.
You are more than welcome to make a copy and use the copy to plan books if you like!
And you are not required to use the spreadsheet either!
Me or Danique can probably keep track of reviews and put the books into the spreadsheet if anyone doesn’t want to!😁

Danique wrote: "Alright, this was the spreadsheet from last time so here it is! Let's only put down the book etc when we've actually read it/claimed it as to avoid confusion :) The colors represent the different b..."

thanks so much!

I'm reading rule of wolves and I need about 350 pages to finish it. so can I read them for the challenge and claim description 1?

O-nigiri wrote: "Danique wrote: "Alright, this was the spreadsheet from last time so here it is! Let's only put down the book etc when we've actually read it/claimed it as to avoid confusion :) The colors represent..."

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "All books should be completed if they are on the spreadsheet. That was an old copy and the started and completed tabs were just left there.
You are more than welcome to make a copy and use the cop..."

What Wolf said!! I can remove the ‘started’ column because it isn’t really useful now?

Seba wrote: "I'm reading rule of wolves and I need about 350 pages to finish it. so can I read them for the challenge and claim description 1?"

Sure! Just claim it when you’ve finished :)

Adding Isha to your team ☺

Hey all! Checking in :)

Danique wrote: "Seba wrote: "I'm reading rule of wolves and I need about 350 pages to finish it. so can I read them for the challenge and claim description 1?"

Sure! Just claim it when you’ve finished :)"

Ok

What is the buddy(Y/N) or started (Y/N) or (Y/N) itself ??
sorry I'm still new for this.

Buddy - yeas or no
And if the book is on the spreadsheet then you will put yes for the started and complete

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "Buddy - yeas or no
And if the book is on the spreadsheet then you will put yes for the started and complete"

Ok, thanks!!

Already doing well guys haha!

In terms of 'strategy', should we just try to claim a board/part? I know that it's kind of difficult to claim 120 descriptions, so we should probably focus on trying to claim 10 in a board if you get what I mean?

Isha wrote: "Hey all! Checking in :)"

Welcome! :)

Danique wrote: "Already doing well guys haha!

In terms of 'strategy', should we just try to claim a board/part? I know that it's kind of difficult to claim 120 descriptions, so we should probably focus on trying..."

yes I agree, I was thinking of trying to fill up the categories one part at a time, so try and do the first 10 then the next 10 etc aslong as the book fits if it doesnt move to the next part so we can try get as many bonus points as we can?

Rosh wrote: "Danique wrote: "Already doing well guys haha!

In terms of 'strategy', should we just try to claim a board/part? I know that it's kind of difficult to claim 120 descriptions, so we should probably..."

Yess that's perfect!

Danique wrote: "Already doing well guys haha!

In terms of 'strategy', should we just try to claim a board/part? I know that it's kind of difficult to claim 120 descriptions, so we should probably focus on trying..."

That's sound good!!

So, we'll be focusing on finishing the 10 descriptions of part 1, first... Right?

Yep! And if your book doesn’t fit any of those, you look at the next 10 & so on!

Danique wrote: "Yep! And if your book doesn’t fit any of those, you look at the next 10 & so on!"

OK, got it!

I think that's a good strategy! I've also been trying to fill out items that are a bit higher maintenance as some require special effort (e.g. checked off "book with three authors/narrators/etc" off today).

some I can think of if anyone is planning on reading something that fits, since we might want to prioritize these over other easier ones like the letter-based challenges:
- read a book with an edition published in 1995 (I feel like this is the most specific one!)
- read a book with an edition published before 1995
- read a book published before you were born
- read an anthology of at least 3 short stories
- read a book from a series of at least 8 books
- read a book with an avg rating of 3.0 or less
- read a book with less than 100 pages
etc.

O-nigiri wrote: "I think that's a good strategy! I've also been trying to fill out items that are a bit higher maintenance as some require special effort (e.g. checked off "book with three authors/narrators/etc" of..."

Yes that’s definitely smart! There are some difficult ones in there haha

Hey everyone, going to try and get 7 done 👍

Khansa wrote: "Hey everyone, going to try and get 7 done 👍"

Hi!

I’ve finished a few books but haven’t had time to write any reviews, I’ll hopefully write a few today🥴

Here! Sorry I’m late

These are the last two tasks for Part 2! And we've finished Part 1. I'm reading a book that will be done in a few hours and will fit The letter F. I can also find one for the letter P if needed but we're almost done with two parts! Great job team!

18. Read a book with the letter P in the title/series name/author name.
20. Read a book with food on the cover, or with the letter F anywhere in the title/series name/author name.

Wolf (Alpha) wrote: "These are the last two tasks for Part 2! And we've finished Part 1. I'm reading a book that will be done in a few hours and will fit The letter F. I can also find one for the letter P if needed but..."

I've read a book Expert. It will fit the P task, right?! I'll post my review.

Finished Part 1 and 2! Onto 3 now! We're doing great!

yess!!

Great job team, we're rocking it! Onto Part 3 :)
(this section has the extremely specific "read a book with an edition published in 1995")

I actually already completed that task! It was part of Part 2! This one is more toward page counts!