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lord of the flies, Buddy Read! :) [[Oct. 2022. ]]
Hopefully. Yeah so have I. I’m also in touch with Nigham. I’ll urge her to come back too xD
Oh that's great. She's one of the original members like faheem and mahira and aakash I think.Me and bilal still hang out I'll tell him the groups coming back to life too
Great! I wonder how everyone’s doing now after all this time.You used to be in school, right? What’re you up to now?
Yes haha I couldn't shut up about my youthful age XD. I cringe everytime I read those old comments but in a good way.I'm in A levels now. It's exam season actually.
What about yourself?
Oh nice. Not 12 anymore xD Hahaha yeah I remember. But it definitely was a conversation starter.I’m in college. Bachelors, civil engineering.
I left Pakistan back in February. Got married. It’s been an eventful year.
Yes definitely not 12 anymore XD.Eventful year indeed, how's college in the pandemic treating you?
It’s not so bad here. It was pretty hectic in pakistan. With the courses being online and teachers not teaching so good. It’s quite organised here. A few of my classes are online, rest are physical. Education is easygoing so far. Almost all the stores and restaurants are open now. Most of them even have erased the mandatory mask policy after vaccination. So far so good Alhamdulillah.How’s it going there? I bet the O levels haven’t been easy online.
Jogi wrote: "Heard ya been talkin shit about me"Au contraire I'm a fan of your work
Zarshal wrote: "It’s not so bad here. It was pretty hectic in pakistan. With the courses being online and teachers not teaching so good. It’s quite organised here. A few of my classes are online, rest are physical..."My O levels finished up just before the pandemic Alhumdulilah but A levels started in it. Online classes were honestly a waste of time and so were most of the physical ones for that matter. Biology was the one exception , our teacher really gave 110% in that.
The course is hard but I can't really blame that on the pandemic. Matric got promoted twice without exams tho ;-;
I have about 14 days worth of exams left and if y'all would like we could restart the buddy reads then. Hopefully more people come back by then
Sahi sahi. Goodluck for the exams!Yeah sure. Hopefully more people join.
Hey Everyone. Glad to see some activity again XD Hopefully we can resume buddyread if there are enough members :D
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Oh we’re all here watching and waiting for something to happen. 😂
Jogi wrote: "Who the hell is genio."how many people have you traumatized!
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how many people have you traumatized!"
hahahaah! and who are you? :P
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It is still a mystery, in my opinion, it's an AI chatbot with a very bad data set.... xD
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haha well since most of us are out of teenage and busy... :P want to read a light read or something? what do you guys think?
Aakash wrote: "Jogi wrote: "Who the hell is genio."It is still a mystery, in my opinion, it's an AI chatbot with a very bad data set.... xD"
Last I checked, goodreads API is proprietary and not extensive enough to allow something like that.
@Aakash sure thing! I’ve been dying to start reading again. I’m tired of my busy boring schedule now. Let’s do it!
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It is still a mystery, in my opinion, it's an AI chatbot with a very bad data set.... xD"
Last I checked, goodreads API is proprietary and not ..."
I don't think Goodreads uses APIs and you can always use python to do that no need to have bot functionality on the website.
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Okay cool, same here and i really want to start reading again. lets see who else joins.
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cool! :) sath mein sab koi book bhi batatay jawo which we should read... there will be voting at a later stage.
keep in mind;
the book should be under 220-200 pages, fiction, suitable for a group read and English (for availability reasons)...
Aakash wrote: "Jogi wrote: "Aakash wrote: "Jogi wrote: "Who the hell is genio."It is still a mystery, in my opinion, it's an AI chatbot with a very bad data set.... xD"
Last I checked, goodreads API is proprie..."
It has an API (a REST API) but as you can see, there's no option to make 'posts' in groups:
https://www.goodreads.com/api
You can comment on reviews though. Selenium might be a better option yes, if the site is as defenseless as it looks.
Tell me what book you guys are reading so I can shit on it when the time comes.
Aakash wrote: "Parker wrote: "Jogi wrote: "Who the hell is genio."how many people have you traumatized!"
hahahaah! and who are you? :P"
i'm the one who traumatized him 🙃
and yeah, count me in if you're going to be reading once again.
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It is still a mystery, in my opinion, it's an AI chatbot with a very bad data set.... xD"
Last I checked, goodreads..."
dude that is API of Goodreads that you can use other places, not vice versa.
exactly! you just need to grab the comments and process at your end in whatever you want and produce output and just paste here in gr using any scripting language that's all no need to go all in.
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how many people have you traumatized!"
hahahaah! and who are you? :P"
i'm the one who traumatized him 🙃
and yeah, count me in ..."
haha!!!! :'D
Aakash wrote: "Jogi wrote: "Aakash wrote: "Jogi wrote: "Aakash wrote: "Jogi wrote: "Who the hell is genio."It is still a mystery, in my opinion, it's an AI chatbot with a very bad data set.... xD"
Last I check..."
Yes you can use it on your site/app and leave 'comments' on goodreads. But you can't make posts because no function.
Anyways, I suggest the book "Skylark" by Dezső Kosztolányi. It's about an ugly girl whom her parents come to terms with loving and in the long run is the only thing that matters to them. Pretty comfy read. Very short too, about 200 pages.
O.oYou guys alive?
Count me in too. I'd very much like to come back to reading.
Jogi wrote: "Who the hell is genio."Vo banda jis say aadha group khofzada tha, haha.
Nigham wrote: "Jogi wrote: "Who the hell is genio."Vo banda jis say aadha group khofzada tha, haha."
What a role model.
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Y’all decide the book this time. I don’t know many YA novels ._.😂
Aakash wrote: "Something from YA would be more suitable."I think you should just nominate two books and the let the rest of the group vote.
Aakash wrote: "Something from YA would be more suitable."i would've but most ya books are more than 200 pages
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Okay I'll check few books and list here.
what type of genre in ya should it be
Welcome back Amna, long time no see?
How aboutThe Last Thing He Told Me
by
Laura Dave
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Check it out zara, it's a winner book.
I’ve read both Verity and Layla.Layla wasn’t that good of a read.
Haven’t checked out Nigham’s suggestions. Will do that tonight.
Damn, YA ... we do be killing brain cells these days
Aakash wrote: "omg!!!! People are still here :v I know its been months since I have not opened the group... how is everyone doing? even genio is here! DO REPLY IF SOMEONE IS STILL OUT THERE! :P"I hath returned.
Temporarily :P
Nice to see old faces returning.
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Man it really has come to a point where we’re reminiscing 😂
Come one people. Come back now. It’s time! xD"
Yes lol
There's usually a surge in activity once one the mods comes back so hopefully . .
Other than that I've seen members updating books so they haven't totally abandoned ship