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Jul 07, 2013 09:32AM
So, I have one buddy read but my partner didn't show up while we supposed to read. I tried to discuss my progress but I kind of feel like talking to myself since there is no one who can discuss it with me. Does it still count as buddy read?
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Rachmi wrote: "So, I have one buddy read but my partner didn't show up while we supposed to read. I tried to discuss my progress but I kind of feel like talking to myself since there is no one who can discuss it ..."Yes, it still counts as long as you made an effort to discuss it :) Which buddy read was it?
It's You Against Me by Jenny Downham (under romantic/realistic buddy reads). I don't know whether or not my effort enough for buddy reads, though :)
Rachmi wrote: "It's You Against Me by Jenny Downham (under romantic/realistic buddy reads). I don't know whether or not my effort enough for buddy reads, though :)"I just looked it up and it's fine :) You added some specific stuff in there and you tried to engage your partner. That's exactly what you're supposed to do.
Jalyn, I have another question :D I'm reading
now but then realize that it will buddy read on July 15th. I want to join the discussion. I'm wondering will it count as buddy reads since I started it earlier that its schedule?
I just want to say that I love this challenge. I don't know how much I will get done or how well I will do but I love it. At the beginning of summer, I was 14 books behind my yearly goal and because of the CYS challenge I am now only 9 books behind. I expect to catch up to my goal pretty quick. Thanks for this challenge.
Rachmi wrote: "Jalyn, I have another question :D I'm reading
now but then realize that it will buddy read on July 15th. I want to join the discussion. I'm wondering w..."Yes, as long as you discuss it on the buddy thread, then it will count :)
Jodi wrote: "I just want to say that I love this challenge. I don't know how much I will get done or how well I will do but I love it. At the beginning of summer, I was 14 books behind my yearly goal and becaus..."Thanks for that! It's so nice to hear that people are enjoying what we do here. :)
Greta I really do enjoy this group as a whole. For quite some time I just kind of would visit this group but not take part in anything. I think the Clue Challenge was my first time joining in and I loved it. This MMC has been a great challenge and I have really enjoyed all of the buddy reads too. I haven't liked all the buddy read books but I have enjoyed all the discussions. This really is a great group. :) :)
Awe thanks Jodi! I'm so glad that you're enjoying our challenges :) We love to hear things like that!
Hey everyone! The other mods and myself have been adding up points in the different threads to give you all a mid month tally. This means that the counts weren't done today so if you're missing points then that's probably why. I'm hiding the individual thread counts so that this isn't an extremely long message to scroll through. Just click on the spoiler to see the counts for those ones :)MID-MONTH POINTS COUNTS
Clean Your Shelf
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Fairytale Challenge
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Buddy Up
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Commenting Counts
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Group Buddy Read
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Mimic Mods
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Guess Who?
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Page, What's My Number?
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TOTAL POINTS COUNT
(as of the messages stated above)
Sarah E-167
Martha-166
Leigh-109
Abbie UK-105
Mei-98
Jessica-89
Abbie T-81
Rachelle-78
Rachmi-74
Sherry-69
Kaitlin-67
Jodi-61
Alley-59
Tatiana-58
Hannelore-49
Zuzia-43
Lindsey-35
Mishma-30
Adrienne-25
Daniela-25
Sarah M-23
Morgan-18
Evelyn-18
Shymaa-17
Niamh-16
Laura-16
Jenna-16
Trisha-16
Jaycee-14
Harley-14
Mimi-13
Marla Mei-13
Jennifer-12
Megan-11
Beatrice-5
Pragya-1
Mods
Jalyn-72
Jona-18
Greta-15
Novel-13
Wow! I'm really not that far down! I don't think I have any hopes of getting to the top, but top 10 really isn't that bad. I just need to read enough books to stay there.
Mikaela wrote: "What if my name is not in the list and I did the slef clean one?????"Did you read any books for the Clean Your Shelf Challenge and post your books/reviews?
Help....I have a major buddy reads problem...I keep signing up for buddy reads and can't keep them straight.....too many books to read and not enough time
Jodi - I have mine all written down on a postit
Let me start again - I have written mine all down and keep them on my desk where I will see them.
What a good idea Lindsey. I have two buddy reads going on right now and I think one tomorrow. How did I do that? I need to start writing them down. I like your idea.
Yes I have so many so I wrote everything I need for this challenge down.
What time should we have everything posted - reviews and books?
I've finished my participation in this challenge- there's no way I'll finish another book today.And to the mods, you have my admiration, tallying up those points won't be easy
Good luck to everyone! Also, good luck to the mods who have the mammoth task of going through everyone's reviews. :)
Abbie wrote: "Good luck to everyone! Also, good luck to the mods who have the mammoth task of going through everyone's reviews. :)"
Thanks, Abbie! I was just reading reviews! I have to ask you...did you ever finish the Cover Buddy part of the Buddy Up challenge. I know you did at least 10 buddy reads and that you got Spell Buddies.
Tatiana wrote: "I've finished my participation in this challenge- there's no way I'll finish another book today.And to the mods, you have my admiration, tallying up those points won't be easy"
Thank you Tatiana! Hopefully because we did the mid-month challenge and we've been sub-totalling after most of the individual challenges, we should be alright. :)
Lindsey wrote: "What time should we have everything posted - reviews and books?"We follow Goodreads time witch is PST. Midnight tonight.
Greta wrote: "Abbie wrote: "Good luck to everyone! Also, good luck to the mods who have the mammoth task of going through everyone's reviews. :)"
Thanks, Abbie! I was just reading reviews! I have to ask you......"
Nope, i got six. :)
And four books / seven favorites in mimic mods. Three of them were buddy reads, if i remember correctly. Not sure how many cover buddies were buddy reads though. :)
Sarah, I'm pretty sure you're gonna take first place in this challenge, almost 50 buddy reads in a month? That's crazy
I have no idea what that means! I seriously need to catch up on some review books, going to have to read as many again in August to catch up, which isn't going to happen. I think my best friend will kill me if I spend the next month reading my kindle too!
Hors concours? It's when someone is so certain to win that they give this person the prize anyway, but as a separate category from the other contestans. It's quite a distinction, actually.
This was a fantastic challenge. Because of this challenge, I went from being 14 books behind my year reading goal to one book ahead of my goal. I didn't do all aspects of the challenge but I loved it. I read so much this summer so far and had some great buddy read discussions. I for sure will not get my last book read before midnight. I have a busy day today. Thanks Mods for a great challenge. Thanks also to my partners, for the partner portion of the challenges. This was the challenge of all challenges!
Jodi wrote: "This was a fantastic challenge. Because of this challenge, I went from being 14 books behind my year reading goal to one book ahead of my goal. I didn't do all aspects of the challenge but I loved ..."Thank you so much! Every time we read that someone had a great time with a challenge, it makes all the effort feel worthwhile and encourages us to do more in the future :)
8 hours 30 minutes~ish I think. 12am PST
I'm trying to finish
but it kinda depends on whether I can be bothered to get up early tomorrow to write the review!
I'm trying to finish
but it kinda depends on whether I can be bothered to get up early tomorrow to write the review!
I just wanted to get it finished cause it's dragging. I don't know what it is about Julie Kagawa, but her books make my mind wander. I've been trying to read it all day but keep just day dreaming, or chatting, or shopping, or cleaning, or pretty much anything else other than read it. I don't even know why, but it's been like it with all her other books that I've read too.
Sarah wrote: "I just wanted to get it finished cause it's dragging. I don't know what it is about Julie Kagawa, but her books make my mind wander. I've been trying to read it all day but keep just day dreaming, ..."I think it's cause she adds a lot of description, but it's not necessarily beautiful or important. I still love her though ;)
Okay. Finished my last two books! Now I need to write reviews and post everything in the right thread!
Did not get all the cover but I think I got everything else!
Hannelore wrote: "Okay I now officially give up :(I couldn't finish the Mimic Mods -still need one book-
And the buddy up -still need 4 cover buddies, the letters B&D-
But it's almost 1 am here
And I think that I d..."
31 books! That's awesome! Soooo happy you had fun this month. You deserve an early night to sleep :P
Leigh (Little Book Star) wrote: "wait, so who won? :D"I think their still tallying it up. Poor mods.
We're pretty much done. I just want to get the double check from Jona, and then we should have everything tomorrow. Thank you for being patient :)
FINAL MMC SCORES
1st prize- Sarah Elizabeth - 472
2nd prize-Martha - 356
3rd prized-Kaitlin - 335
Raffle Pick Winner- Rachmi- 263
Abbie UK - 310
Tatiana - 276
Hannelore - 255
Mei - 250
Jessica - 226
Abbie T. - 213
Lindsey - 188
Rachelle - 186
Leigh - 163
Jodi - 148
Sherry - 140
Alley - 138
Emma - 91
Beatrice - 80
Zuzia - 77
Sarah M. - 65
Adrienne - 63
Morgan - 55
Jennifer - 44
Pragya - 43
Kathryn - 35
Marla Mei - 32
Mishma - 30
Vahhaba - 28
Jamie - 27
Laura - 26
Daniella - 25
Sel - 22
Evelyn - 18
Shymaa - 17
Niamh - 16
Jenna - 16
Trisha - 16
Panda - 16
Lorelie - 15
Ericka - 15
Jaycee - 14
Harley - 14
Morgan B - 14
Mimi - 13
Megan - 12
Louise - 12
Amanda - 12
Arlene - 10
Tiea - 10
Katie - 10
Heather - 4
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU EVERYONE for making this a great month for our group!!
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