Team Dahlia - Chat

[T.J.]

Team Dahlia:

Victoria ✓
Jade
Lu ✓
Lovetoread ✓
Mickey ✓
Mona ✓
Manon ✓
TJ ✓
Michael ✓

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[T.J.]

Part 1 - The Bride and Groom

1. a couple on the cover
✓ A. Lu – A Little Something Different ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

2. a dress on the cover
✓ A. TJ – The Sea Witch ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE (6, 7, 18)

3. a tiara or veil on the cover
✓ A. TJ – The Princess Diaries✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

4. book told from a male point of view
✓ C. Michael -- The Sword of Summer ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

5. book told from a female point of view
✓ A. TJ – Demon Princess ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE (2, 6, 7, 18)
B. Manon -- Fixing Delilah

6. a New Book (from 2015 onwards - ARCs are fine too)
✓ A. Victoria – Remembrance ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE
✓ B. Lovetoread – Low ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

7. a blue book (either a book with a blue cover on goodreads, or with 'blue' in the title)
✓ B. Lu – Demon Princess (18) ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

8. a borrowed book
A. Manon – Things We Know by Heart
✓ B. Lu – Daughter of Smoke & Bone ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

9. make-up or jewelry on the cover (or title)
✓ A. Mickey – Slide ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

10. a man in a suit on the cover
✓ A. Mickey – Beautiful Secret ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE (17, 28)

Part 2 - The Ceremony:
11. a venue for a wedding
✓ B. TJ -- Gildemer Volume One ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE (11, 18)

12. ring(s) on the cover
✓ A. Victoria -- Proposal ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE (10)
B. Lu – Wither

13. flowers on the cover
✓ A. Mickey – Marshmallow Skye ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

14. camera or photograph on the cover
A. Lovetoread – To All the Boys I've Loved Before
✓ B. Mickey – To All the Boys I've Loved Before (25) ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

15. a car or transport on the cover
✓ C. Mickey -- Le Passeur ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

16. a cover or title portraying your perfect wedding weather,
✓ A. Victoria -- Magnolia ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE (16)

17. book with a man on the cover (best man)
✓ A. Lovetoread – My Life Next Door ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

18. book with a woman or girl on the cover (bridesmaid)
✓ A. Mickey – Impostor ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

19. "or forever hold your peace" - Titles with Quiet, Silent, Whisper in the title
✓ A. tj -- Silence ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

20. 'Mr' or 'Mrs' in the title
✓ A. TJ – Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

Part 3 - The Reception:
21. Cake (or food)on the cover (or title)
✓ A. Mickey – Cherry Crush ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE (13)

22. gifts, or invites, on the cover or in the title
A. Lu – Invisible I -- READING NOW (MIGHT FINISH)
✓ B. TJ -- The Wedding Gift ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

23. read a book with wedding-themed title/ or 'love' in the title
✓ A. TJ -- Princess in Love ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

24. champagne or a beverage on the cover (or title)
✓ A. Victoria – Coffeehouse Angel ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

25. a white cover, or a romance novel
✓ A. Lu – Red Queen✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

26. something music related on the cover
A. Mickey -- Нещата, на които не ни учат в училище ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

27. A book tagged as 'wedding' on Goodreads
✓ B. Lu – A Beautiful Wedding ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

28. An Adult novel
✓ A. Lovetoread – Raw ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

29. Shoes on the cover (or title)
✓ B. Lovetoread – The Dolls ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

30. a beach or location for a honeymoon
✓ A. TJ – Gifted Thief -- ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE (6, 7, 18, 30)

Part 4 - The Happily Ever After
31. F.
A. Manon – Four: A Divergent Story Collection
✓ B. TJ -- Firstlife (5) -- ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

32. O.
✓ A. TJ -- Only You Can Save Mankind✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

33. R.
✓ A. Mickey -- The Raft✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

34. E.
✓ A. Michael -- Eleanor & Park ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

35. V.
✓ A. TJ – Visions (5) ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

36. E.
A. Manon – Eleanor & Park
✓ B. TJ -- End of Days ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE

37. R.
✓ A. TJ – Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale ✓ ✓ ✓ DONE
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[T.J.]

Please take a look at the chart above. Everyone should have their names listed first (A.) for 5 categories. For the positions B./C./D., no order is necessary -- and we can have more than four people sign up for each category to start with because some of us -- I for one -- have included our names in more categories than we have time to read. I just wanted to list them as possibilities, but I will remove my name as more people sign up. Some people read more than others do, so I don't want to hold anyone back. Sign up for as many categories as you like! Let me know if you would like to have anything changed. Happy Reading!

Some ideas:

Part 1 - The Bride and Groom
1. A couple on the cover

2. a dress on the cover

3. a tiara or veil on the cover

4. Book told from a male point of view

5. Book told from a female point of view

6. A New Book (from 2015 onwards - ARCs are fine too) -- Most of my books fit this category.

7. a blue book (either a book with a blue cover on goodreads, or with 'blue' in the title)

8. a borrowed book

9. make up or Jewellery on the cover (or title)

10. a man in a suit on the cover

Part 2 - The Ceremony:
11. a venue for a wedding

12. ring(s) on the cover
(that's a ring, isn't it?)
13. flowers on the cover

14. Camera or photograph on the cover
15. a car or transport on the cover

(Does it count that a dragon would be my transport modus of choice?)
16. a cover or title portraying your perfect wedding weather,

17. Book with a man on the cover (best man)

18. Book with a woman or girl on the cover (bridesmaid)

19. "or forever hold your peace" - Titles with Quiet, Silent, Whisper in the title
(16,30)
20. 'Mr' or 'Mrs' in the title


Part 3 - The Reception:
21. Cake (or food)on the cover (or title)
22. gifts, or invites, on the cover or in the title

23. read a book with wedding-themed title/ or 'love' in the title

24. champagne or a beverage on the cover (or title)

25. A white cover, or a romance novel

26. something music related on the cover

27. A book tagged as 'wedding' on Goodreads
28. An Adult novel
29. Shoes on the cover (or title)

30. a beach or location for a honeymoon
(Who wouldn't want a honeymoon in Kabul? I've heard the scenery is breathtaking).
Romania. Another cool place for a honeymoon.


Part 4 - The Happily Ever After
Read books whose titles start with the following letters:
31. F.

32. O.

33. R.
34. E.

35. V.

36. E.
37. R.

[Luci]

Hi team! I'm new to this so I may need some help :S Does anyone know if we can use the same book for different descriptions?

[T.J.]

Lu wrote: "Hi team! I'm new to this so I may need some help :S Does anyone know if we can use the same book for different descriptions?"

This is my first challenge of this sort as well, but from the rules, I deduct that each person can only use each book once, but more than one person can read the same book. What I'm unclear on is whether different people can use the same book for different categories -- I assume so. (For example, can I use "Devil and the Bluebird" for "26. something music related on the cover" and another team member use it for "7. a blue book (either a book with a blue cover on goodreads, or with 'blue' in the title)?" I will check.

(For clarification, I listed a couple of books above twice -- just to show that I'm flexible. I can read it for 26 or for 7, depending on what books other team mates want to read. But I can only use the book for one of those).

Yes. I checked: Different readers can use the same book for different categories and different readers can use the same book for the same category. Each reader can only use each book once, and each reader can only contribute one book to each category.

[Michaela]

Hi guys! I am here and ready! The only part of the challenge I don't understand is do we get to choose any number or do numbers get selected for each team and we use only ours?

[Luci]

So I read the rules and you are right TJ, two or more members can read the same book (for the same or different categories) but each person can only use it to complete ONE category.

As to what you were asking, Mickey, I think we can choose any number if we want to, so maybe we could say which ones we are interested in so that we can reach an agreement and try to fill every category or rearrange if need be.

I'll put a list of the books that I've selected (for now, I'm open for change if I have to) so that we can discuss the distribution.

[Luci]

Part 1 - The Bride and Groom
1. A couple on the cover

2. A dress on the cover

3. A tiara or veil on the cover

4. Book told from a male point of view

5. Book told from a female point of view
6. A New Book (from 2015 onwards - ARCs are fine too) <- Pretty much anything can fit here
7. A blue book

8. A borrowed book
9. Make up or jewelry on the cover (or title)

10. A man in a suit on the cover
Part 2 - The Ceremony
11. A venue for a wedding

12. Ring(s) on the cover
13. Flowers on the cover
14. Camera or photograph on the cover
15. A car or transport on the cover
<- That could count as a horse, right?
16. A cover or title portraying your perfect wedding weather

17. Book with a man on the cover (best man)
18. Book with a woman or girl on the cover (bridesmaid)

19. "Or forever hold your peace" - Titles with Quiet, Silent, Whisper in the title
20. 'Mr' or 'Mrs' in the title
Part 3 - The Reception
21. Cake (or food)on the cover (or title)

22. Gifts, or invites on the cover or in the title
<- Does an envelope count as an invite?
23. Read a book with wedding-themed title or 'love' in the title

24. Champagne or a beverage on the cover (or title)
25. A white cover, or a romance novel

26. Something music related on the cover
27. A book tagged as 'wedding' on Goodreads

28. An Adult novel <- I have many of these
29. Shoes on the cover (or title)

30. A beach or location for a honeymoon

Part 4 - The Happily Ever After
Read books whose titles start with the following letters:
31. F.
32. O.
33. R.
34. E.
35. V.
36. E.
37. R.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

A Very Accidental Love Story is fine for a horse/transport, and Invisible I is fine for invites ☺

[T.J.]

Mickey wrote: "Hi guys! I am here and ready! The only part of the challenge I don't understand is do we get to choose any number or do numbers get selected for each team and we use only ours?"

Hi Micky! Hi Lu!

There are 37 topics and 8 of us -- so if we all commit to 5 topics to start with, we can cover all categories at least once. After that, we can have up to 4 people cover each category.

I posted a large selection from my read-to-review list to see if anyone is interested in buddy reading. We get extra points if we buddy read. So take a look at my selection and see if you are interested.

Since we need to take 5 categories each, it would be great if everyone put an asterisk by your 5-10 1st choices. I'm flexible, so I can take any of the books I listed.

Happy Reading!

[Victoria]

Hi everyone! I've participated in a few challenges now but I'm not entirely sure about what we have to do for this. However! I'm going to agree with TJ and say we all commit to five topics to start with that way we can complete five then move on and everyone can read to their own pace? Does that sound good to everyone so far?

These are all the ones I can probably do, the bolded are the first 5- 10 I'd like to start with but I'm pretty flexible too :) So if anyone wants any of those I'll switch off~

Part 1 - The Bride and Groom
1. A couple on the cover

2. A dress on the cover

3. A tiara or veil on the cover
(I have a BR pending on this)
4. Book told from a male point of view
*5. Book told from a female point of view

*6. A New Book (from 2015 onwards - ARCs are fine too)

7. A blue book

8. A borrowed book

9. Make up or jewelry on the cover (or title)
10. A man in a suit on the cover
Part 2 - The Ceremony

11. A venue for a wedding
12. Ring(s) on the cover
13. Flowers on the cover
14. Camera or photograph on the cover
15. A car or transport on the cover
16. A cover or title portraying your perfect wedding weather
17. Book with a man on the cover (best man)
18. Book with a woman or girl on the cover (bridesmaid)

19. "Or forever hold your peace" - Titles with Quiet, Silent, Whisper in the title
20. 'Mr' or 'Mrs' in the title

Part 3 - The Reception
*21. Cake (or food)on the cover (or title)

22. Gifts, or invites on the cover or in the title
23. Read a book with wedding-themed title or 'love' in the title
24. Champagne or a beverage on the cover (or title)
25. A white cover, or a romance novel
26. Something music related on the cover
27. A book tagged as 'wedding' on Goodreads
28. An Adult novel

29. Shoes on the cover (or title)

30. A beach or location for a honeymoon


Part 4 - The Happily Ever After
Read books whose titles start with the following letters:
31. F. Fairest
*32. O. Off the Page
*33. R. Rites of Passage
*34. E. Every Last Word
35. V. Voices of Dragons
36. E. Eleanor & Park
*37. R. Reunion

[T.J.]

Welcome Victoria!

Victoria wrote: "Hi everyone! I've participated in a few challenges now but I'm not entirely sure about what we have to do for this. However! I'm going to agree with TJ and say we all commit to five topics to start with that way we can complete five then move on and everyone can read to their own pace? Does that sound good to everyone so far?"

Great! You have at least 2 books that are high on my to-be-read list: Obsidian and Daughter of Smoke and Bone.

We could buddy Obsidian if you want: One of us could use it for 1. and one of us for 32.
We could also buddy read Daughter of Smoke and Bone

You could use it for 7. and I could use it for 30., 11., or 5.
(Prag is my second favorite city after Istanbul -- I could honeymoon there...)

[Victoria]

TJ wrote: "Welcome Victoria!

Victoria wrote: "Hi everyone! I've participated in a few challenges now but I'm not entirely sure about what we have to do for this. However! I'm going to agree with TJ and say w..."

Yeah! Absolutely :) Could we push Obsidian to the end of Febuary because I'm planning on binge reading the entire five books. I actually have a bind up of the first two and the book is blue so I could use that for mine~ but either way whichever is good for you!

Question!
I think we (we meaning the team not the same person) can use the same book to the same description up to four times right?

[T.J.]

Victoria wrote: "Yeah! Absolutely :) Could we push Obsidian to the end of Febuary because I'm planning on binge reading the entire five books. I actually have a bind up of the first two and the book is blue so I could use that for mine~ but either way whichever is good for you!

Sure. Pick a date for Obsidian and I'm there. I only have the first book right now.


Question!
I think we (we meaning the team not the same person) can use the same book to the same description up to four times right?"

Yes. I just thought we could tick off several items while buddy reading one book, but we can read the same one for the same description. We can only use a description 4 times though. If we're reading a book toward the end of the month, though, we can see what's left.

We can also move books around after we've read them -- Sarah just wrote that on the rules page, so that will give us more flexibility.

[Victoria]

TJ wrote: "Victoria wrote: "Yeah! Absolutely :) Could we push Obsidian to the end of Febuary because I'm planning on binge reading the entire five books. I actually have a bind up of the first two and the boo..."

I don't have the best understandings of the rules lol so I'll probably just follow everyone else's lead.

I'm excited to get this started!

[Luci]

Hello again!

So I've seen that you have some books in common and I'm also interested in reading some of them, so maybe we can arrange something to tick off many topics by buddy reading?

The ones I'm interested in are:
(I could do either 13, 18 or 36)
(for 5, 7 or 8)


Besides that, I would like to stick with numbers 1, 4, 22, 25 and 29 to read the following ones:
(either for 25 or 3, but I think Victoria said she wanted 3)

An I'd also like to read but it fits in so many categories (2, 11, 16, 18, 30) that I think I'll let you choose first and then if there is a free one I could use it with this book.

[Luci]

I'm adding in number 12 if nobody else wants it.

[T.J.]

Lu wrote: "Hello again!
So I've seen that you have some books in common and I'm also interested in reading some of them, so maybe we can arrange something to tick off many topics by buddy reading?"

Excellent, Lu!
Let's get buddy reads set up for:
(Lu, Victoria, TJ)
Obsidian: 1./5./32./30. (Almost Heaven, West Virginia? Anyone wanna honeymoon there?)
(Lu, Victoria, TJ)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone: 5./7./8.(Lu)/18./30. (Prag? Marrakesh? 2 beautiful cities for a honeymoon).
(Lu, TJ)
Demon Princess: 2./6./7./18.
(Lu, TJ)
Evermore: 13./18./34./36.
(Lu, Victoria)
Victoria and Lu should buddy read Cinder: 29.


Victoria, I've already read Princess Diaries, but I'll buddy read Princess Diaries 2, if you want to read that too. 3./13./18.

As soon as our other team members sign in, I'll put up a provisional chart. (We can move things around too, so no worries -- everyone will get to read the books they want to :D).

Please let me know if you have any date preferences for the buddy reads -- I'm totally flexible.

[Michaela]

So, I guess we've settled it - each one of us chooses 5 categories to complete. I don't really know what I am reading tho, so I will just list the books on my TBR shelf if anyone has some which are the same. :)















-----> X
-----> X

[Michaela]

So I have options for 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28 and 33. I prefer 23, 21, 17, 18, 10 and 5. You guys choose :)

[T.J.]

Mickey wrote: "So, I guess we've settled it - each one of us chooses 5 categories to complete. I don't really know what I am reading tho, so I will just list the books on my TBR shelf if anyone has some which are the same. :)"

Thanks, Mickey!

Can I just pluck some of your choices off your list and stick them into vacant spots in my chart? Or do you want to list your top choices? Take a look at the chart I made below and see if it works for you. I didn't put all your books in. Please let me know which ones to add and which category they might fit in.

I'd like to read Scorch Trials , but I'm not sure where it would fit into this challenge -- maybe (4.) from a male point of view? The German version has a man on the cover page (17.):

[T.J.]

ATTENTION: I MOVED THE CHART UP TO MESSAGE 2 AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE.

[T.J.]

Please take a look at the chart above. Everyone should have their names listed first (A.) for 5 categories. For the positions B./C./D., no order is necessary -- and we can have more than four people sign up for each category to start with because some of us -- I for one -- have included our names in more categories than we have time to read. I just wanted to list them as possibilities, but I will remove my name as more people sign up. Some people read more than others do, so I don't want to hold anyone back. Sign up for as many categories as you like! Let me know if you would like to have anything changed. Happy Reading!

[Luci]

Thank you for taking the time to organize it so thoroughly! :)
Could I change 27 for this book instead?

[Mona]

I'm ready but I haven't thought about the book I will be reading in February yet but I will post my list soon.

[T.J.]

Lu wrote: "Thank you for taking the time to organize it so thoroughly! :)
Could I change 27 for this book instead?
"

You're very welcome, Lu! I replaced the book you asked (I added the first one to number 23 in case you feel inspired to read both... ;)
If not, I'll take it off).

[T.J.]

Mona wrote: "I'm ready but I haven't thought about the book I will be reading in February yet but I will post my list soon."

Welcome, Mona!

[Luci]

TJ wrote: "Lu wrote: "Thank you for taking the time to organize it so thoroughly! :)
Could I change 27 for this book instead?
"

You're very welcome, Lu! I replaced the..."

Thank you!

I have a question, can we use the same book in the same topic changing the reader? (Example: two of us reading Evermore for 34)

[T.J.]

Lu wrote: "Thank you!

I have a question, can we use the same book in the same topic changing the reader? (Example: two of us reading Evermore for 34) "

You're welcome, Lu. And, yes, we can have 2 or more readers reading the same book for the same category. (So that gives us more flexibility to do our buddy reads). We can also move books around after we've read them, so that gives us even more flexibility.

[T.J.]

I wanted to clarify that only the first name in each category (A.) is a commitment. If everyone commits to 4-5 books, we will be able to complete the challenge. All the rest of the positions are extras (B./C./D.). Feel free to put your name down as often as you like, with as many books (it doesn't mean you have to read them all). This way your teammates can see what you might want to read and we can get some buddy reads going -- which earn double points, and are a lot more fun than reading alone. :D

[T.J.]

Mickey wrote: "So I have options for 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28 and 33. I prefer 23, 21, 17, 18, 10 and 5. You guys choose :)"

Sorry, Mickey, I didn't notice this message. I was probably answering your first message and looking at your books when you posted this. I gave you some of your requested ones and some others are still free. You can take a look at the chart yourself and tell me which of your books you'd like in which category. I did pick out 5 of your books for the position (A.)
2,7,10, 15, & 23. The first position in 17 and 18 is still free if you want to switch. Just tell me which books to put in there (and which ones to take out).

[Victoria]

That seems like a great idea! I'm generally a fast reader but I wasn't too sure about what February holds in store for me so I didn't want to commit to 12 (15?) books for the for serious. I haven't really placed on a for fun team before but it should be fun! I love challenges.

@TJ: Yeah! I'll totally do a Princess Diaries 2 (I can't remember the title?) BR with you. Also, thanks for setting up that post - it's so organized! I feel like that should be our master post or something because I'm going to constantly forget what's what haha
@Lu: There's a Lunar Chronicles Series Read-a-long that I'm planning on using as a BR if you wanna join that :)

[Victoria]

I've got a BR for No. 9 if this counts as jewelry:

[T.J.]

Victoria wrote: "That seems like a great idea! I'm generally a fast reader but I wasn't too sure about what February holds in store for me so I didn't want to commit to 12 (15?) books for the for serious. I haven't really placed on a for fun team before but it should be fun! I love challenges."

Super, Victoria! A fast reader... I'm not. (That's why I chose a couple of short books ;) ). So, nice to have you on the team!

Victoria wrote: "@Lu: There's a Lunar Chronicles Series Read-a-long that I'm planning on using as a BR if you wanna join that :) "

SERIES READ ALONG > The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer - Reading Cinder from the 16th of January 2016
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Victoria wrote: "@TJ: Yeah! I'll totally do a Princess Diaries 2 (I can't remember the title?) BR with you."

There doesn't seem to be a Princess Diaries Series Read Along. Maybe we should set one up...
Oh, wait, I found one -- It wasn't in the Series Read Section:
BUDDY READ: Contemporary/Romance > The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot - Restarting 'The Princess Diaries' from November 3rd 2015
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We could restart it.

Victoria wrote: "Also, thanks for setting up that post - it's so organized! I feel like that should be our master post or something because I'm going to constantly forget what's what haha""

You're very welcome. Me too! I will definitely forget what's what if I don't see it written down. :D

Some more buddy reads planned that might interest some of you:

BUDDY READ:Paranormal/Fantasy > Evermore By Alyson Noel - Restarting February 4th 2016
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

BUDDY READ:Paranormal/Fantasy > Remembrance (The Mediator #7) by Meg Cabot - Starting February 2, 2016
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

SERIES READ ALONG > Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris - Reading 'Dead Ever After' from December 1st 2015
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

GROUP BUDDY READ > Will Grayson, Will Grayson (Will Grayson, Will Grayson) by John Green, and David Levithan - GBR Starting February 22nd 2016
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Victoria wrote: "I've got a BR for No. 9 if this counts as jewelry:
"

That's fine for jewellery ☺

[Michaela]

Thank you so very much TJ for organising everything!
Firstly I am so very sorry but I have mistaken Scorch Trials for !

About the books I choose:
I will stay on number 23 with .
Then I'd like to get numbers 21 and 13 with and .
Then I can get 17, 10 or either 28 with whatever remains free in the end.

Lastly, I'd really like to get 7 for and 18 for but if someone doesn't have any other options I guess we'll figure something out.

I think that'll be my maximum books so if everyone is okay with these you can put me in these positions and remove me from all others so out team-mates don't get confused! Thanks again for dealing with all of this! This challenge is going to be so much fun!

[Michaela]

Another thing! I will have A TON of school work starting the second week of February so don't worry if I don't post anything or I read really slowly I will most probably pick up pace on the third week. The first one of the month is a break for me so I'll do as much reading as I can these 7 days despite the fact I have like 20 pages with information to learn, haha!

[Victoria]

Sarah wrote: "Victoria wrote: "I've got a BR for No. 9 if this counts as jewelry:
"

That's fine for jewellery ☺"

Thanks Sarah! :)

@Mickey: Don't worry! School's important. I just graduated from university so I'm taking a hot second before plunging into adult life - that's why I'll probably be burning through books.

@TJ: We should restart it! What could we use it for? I mean, within the categories. - I didn't know there was a remembrance BR! I loved that series as a kid and almost died knowing a new one was coming out! Extra points for BR yesss~ Thanks for letting me know :)

[Victoria]

Oh! Just to get myself more organized -- I have buddy reads lined up for:
#6:Remembrance
#24:Coffeehouse Angel
#3: The Princess Diaries
#4 or #7: Extraordinary Means
#18: The Iron King
#26: Damsel Distressed
#13:Uprooted
#9: Backlash

Just in case anyone's interested :)

[Michaela]

Victoria wrote: "Oh! Just to get myself more organized -- I have buddy reads lined up for:
#6:Remembrance
#24:Coffeehouse Angel
#3: The Princess Diaries
#4 or #7: [bo..."

I guess we will be repeating some of the categories but we will fill the others later I suppose :)

[Michaela]

Mickey wrote: "So, I guess we've settled it - each one of us chooses 5 categories to complete. I don't really know what I am reading tho, so I will just list the books on my TBR shelf if anyone has some which are..."

I am removing and from here since I am just starting them :)

[T.J.]

Victoria wrote: "Oh! Just to get myself more organized -- I have buddy reads lined up for:
#6:Remembrance
#24:Coffeehouse Angel
#3: The Princess Diaries
#4 or #7: Extraordinary Means
#18: The Iron King
#26: Damsel Distressed
#13:Uprooted
#9: Backlash

Just in case anyone's interested :) ."

Excellent! I just added them!

[T.J.]

Mickey wrote: "Thank you so very much TJ for organising everything!
Firstly I am so very sorry but I have mistaken Scorch Trials for !

About the books I choose:
I will stay on ..."

OK, Mickey. I will need to move some things around. Give me a sec...

For clarification, Scorch Trials and Kill Order are both out?

[Michaela]

TJ wrote: "Mickey wrote: "Thank you so very much TJ for organising everything!
Firstly I am so very sorry but I have mistaken Scorch Trials for !

About the books I choose:
..."
I've mistaken Scorch Trials for The Kill Order so it should be The Kill Order. But. I am reading it in a couple of days so it is out for February. :)

[T.J.]

Mickey wrote: "Thank you so very much TJ for organising everything!""

You're welcome!

"About the books I choose:
I will stay on number 23 with To All the Boys I've Loved Before. Then I'd like to get numbers 21 and 13 with Cherry Crush and Marshmallow Skye. Then I can get 17, 10 or either 28 with Beautiful Secret, whatever remains free in the end.

Lastly, I'd really like to get 7 for Slide (Slide, #1) by Jill Hathaway and 18 for Impostor (Slide, #2) by Jill Hathaway but if someone doesn't have any other options I guess we'll figure something out. "

Hi again Mickey!
I've taken you off the A-Spot for 2 and 15 and given you the A-spot for 7, 10, 13, 18 & 23. (And I think I've removed you from the extra spots -- take a look).

Victoria asked for the A-spot for 21, but you can still read Cherry Crush for 21. Up to 4 people can read in each category, and it doesn't matter which order you read in, so you can still read Cherry Crush first if you like. And if need be, we can bump you up to the A-spot for 21 -- Victoria has lots of other options.

Ideally, you will only need to take the A-spot for 5 books -- providing the rest of our members show up. I sent a message to the others (I got the wrong Jade, though), so we'll see.

Of course you can read as many books as you like -- we get the points! If you buddy read, you get 2 points, if you read a book with more than 450 pages, you get 2 points, and if you buddy read a book with more than 450 pages, you get 4 points.

[Michaela]

TJ wrote: "Mickey wrote: "Thank you so very much TJ for organising everything!""

You're welcome!

"About the books I choose:
I will stay on number 23 with To All the Boys I've Loved Before. Then I'd like to..."

That's great! It doesn't matter who gets the A spot for 21, we just read what we can and if there are any categories left we will just find something to fill them with :)
I think with all the plotting we should do well haha! Can;t wait for it to start!

[T.J.]

Lu wrote: "So I've seen that you have some books in common and I'm also interested in reading some of them, so maybe we can arrange something to tick off many topics by buddy reading?"

Lu, should I set up a buddy read for for early in the month? It's short (and hopefully sweet) and fits in several categories for our challenge: 2, 5, 6, 7, 18.

Lu & Victoria,
Should I set up buddy reads for (later in the month for Victoria)
and -- say 2nd week Feb?

[T.J.]

Mickey wrote: "That's great! It doesn't matter who gets the A spot for 21, we just read what we can and if there are any categories left we will just find something to fill them with :)
I think with all the plotting we should do well haha! Can;t wait for it to start! ."

lol! Sounds like a plan!
I should do less plotting and more reading. I still have a January challenge to finish... (oops, back to my books) ;)

[Victoria]

Haha! Thanks TJ~

@Mickey: I don't mind :) I'm pretty flexible. Plus, we can repeat 4 times I believe. I'm trying to rack up as many buddy reads for the extra points~

I'm excited to start~

[Luci]

Sorry I was absent for a while, I've seen that you have a bunch of buddy reads and I may be interested in some extra ones (provided I can read as much as I want). I'll take a look at all of them and organise myself a bit better

TJ wrote: Lu, should I set up a buddy read for ..."

Definitely! I still need to find it because it's the only one that I don't have yet, but given it's a short read as you said, we can get rid of it asap and check many topics at once :) Maybe someone else would like to join us?

As for the second and third ones I'm available to read them anytime you want ^^

Can't wait to get started!!