The 'Read-Whatever-You-Want' Challenge - September 2015 - Sign-ups and Questions

[Sarah Elizabeth]

You can join Team Aspen - I don't think their chat thread has been created yet though ☺

[Eesh]

Sarah wrote: "Mystery wrote: "I'm in for serious."

Mystery, you already signed up, you're in Team Rowan - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ☺"

Sorry, I just didn't see my name in the list so I thought that maybe I should sign up for a second time.

[Anna]

I'm in for a fun team :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Mystery wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Mystery wrote: "I'm in for serious."

Mystery, you already signed up, you're in Team Rowan - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ☺"

Sorry, I just didn't..."

That's okay, I didn't notice until I had you listed twice ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Anna wrote: "I'm in for a fun team :)"

You can join Team Juniper - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ☺

[[deleted user]]

I'm in for serious.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

You can join Team Rowan here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ☺

[Amanda]

I lost the link to team hazel. Can someone help?

[Abigail]

Is there a link for team hawthorn yet?

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Amanda wrote: "I lost the link to team hazel. Can someone help?"

You mean this??? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Abbi wrote: "Is there a link for team hawthorn yet?"

Team Hawthorn - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Abigail]

Hey there is some confusion in our group (team hawthorn) am I supposed to be in team hawthorn or is the other "Abbie" supposed to be there

[Abigail]

Hey there is some confusion in our group (team hawthorn) am I supposed to be in team hawthorn or is the other "Abbie" supposed to be there

[Amanda]

@bookbuyer, yes, thank you very much!

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Amanda wrote: "@bookbuyer, yes, thank you very much!"

:)

[Iris]

I'm in for serious!
I wanted to participate in the MMC in August, but I was in and out of the hospital D:

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Abbi wrote: "Hey there is some confusion in our group (team hawthorn) am I supposed to be in team hawthorn or is the other "Abbie" supposed to be there"

There was a bit of a mix up, but you are now on Team Alder ☺ - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Iris wrote: "I'm in for serious!
I wanted to participate in the MMC in August, but I was in and out of the hospital D:"

You can join Team Ash ☺ - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Katherine]

I'd like to do this, too!!!! I'll do mine for "just for fun!"

[Chelsea]

Can I join for fun?

[Lauren]

Just bought a new house and it's a doozy of a fixer upper---put me down for fun, please! :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Okay ☺

Katherine - Team Birch - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Chelsea - Team Elder - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Lauren - Team Beech - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[❤ Aly ❤]

I would like to join. Never have done a reading challenge. So put me down as just for fun this time!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Sure, you can join Team Hazel ☺
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Adriana]

Can I still participate in this for serious?

[Jamie]

I have several books that have been on a long hold sitting on my to-read shelf to the point that in all reality I should start them over. If I start them over, can they count as a re-read?

[Amber]

i'm in for fun

[Hannah]

I'm in just for fun; I've never done a reading challenge before :)

[C.P.]

So I have an excerpt of the first seven chapters of from Netgalley, but it doesn't have a goodreads page. Is there any way to figure out the length and use that for the challenges? If not, that's fine. I just thought you guys might know since you have more experience with that than me.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Jamie wrote: "I have several books that have been on a long hold sitting on my to-read shelf to the point that in all reality I should start them over. If I start them over, can they count as a re-read?"

That's fine ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Adriana wrote: "Can I still participate in this for serious?"

You can join Team Rowan ☺ - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Courtney wrote: "So I have an excerpt of the first seven chapters of from Netgalley, but it doesn't have a goodreads page. Is there any way to figure out the length and use that..."

Are you reading it on a kindle?

[C.P.]

Yes. It's a kindle version.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Amber wrote: "i'm in for fun"

You can join Team Alder - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Hannah wrote: "I'm in just for fun; I've never done a reading challenge before :)"

You can join Team Cherry ☺ - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Courtney wrote: "Yes. It's a kindle version."

If you look on the kindle where it says in the bottom left corner the number of 'locations' I usually find that a rough estimate is 10 locations per page, so if you divide the number by 10, you should get a rough estimate of the number of pages ☺

The book I'm reading is 2303 locations, so roughly 230 pages, the ebook is 245 and the paperback is 199, so 230 is roughly right ☺

[C.P.]

Thanks, Sarah!

[Ashley]

Is that with regular line spacing?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

If your line spacing is bigger, it just takes fewer locations per page on your kindle, the total locations thing still works out roughly the same as the listed page count for the book ☺

[Marla]

I would like to play casually...

[Nur Raihan]

Let's say I finished a book before reaching 4 detailed status updates, I need to write a review instead right? :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Yes, at least a short one. You can always write a bit of a summary of what happened during the book rather than your opinion if you want to ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Marla wrote: "I would like to play casually..."

You can join Team Juniper ☺ - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

A lot of people are joining this challenge. O.O There are already 15-20 teams, right? O.O This is going to be fun! :D

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Yep, 6 serious teams, and 9 fun teams ☺

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Sarah wrote: "Yep, 6 serious teams, and 9 fun teams ☺"

It's going to be a dog eat dog challenge with that many. :P

[Tati]

I have to be honest (and blunt) in saying that I just hope that my team is committed to this challenge!

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Tati wrote: "I have to be honest (and blunt) in saying that I just hope that my team is committed to this challenge!"

Are you on a serious or fun team Tati?

[Tati]

I'm playing on a serious team

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Tati wrote: "I'm playing on a serious team"

Well then hopefully. Do you know of any of the people on your team at least? Maybe they have good track records. ^-^