Team Raspberry (M) - Chat

[Abby]

Members

Xiamera ✓
Abby ✓
Laura ✓
Christina ✓
Beth ✓
Aspen ✓
Lucky ✓

Points:
• 5 points for every 1000 pages read.
• 1 point for buddy read of a book with 200-449 pages.
• 2 points for buddy read of a book with more than 450 pages
(Bonus points for buddy reads will only be given if the buddy read has taken place in our group, and the book read is over 200 pages.)


Rules:
• Books must be read between the 1st of May to the 31st of May inclusive.
• Books can be any length, but must be over 200 pages to count for a buddy read point.
• 1 re-read is allowed.

Please check in by May 1st!

Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Laura]

Hi! I'm really excited to start this challenge :D

[beth]

Yes, same! Although I'm not doing any buddy reads, is that alright?

[Christina]

Checking in. Let's have a good reading month!

[Abby]

ｂｅｔｈ wrote: "Yes, same! Although I'm not doing any buddy reads, is that alright?"

They don't really seem as important in this challenge as in others, so don't worry about it if you don't want to participate in one. I find buddy reads pretty exhausting myself.

[Christina]

I agree. I'll probably do half buddy half individual just to give our points a small boost :)

[Xiamera]

Hi :) glad I got in just under the wire lol. Can't wait to get started.

[Abby]

Xiamera wrote: "Hi :) glad I got in just under the wire lol. Can't wait to get started."

You still had a couple of days. ;) Glad to have you!

[Christina]

What books are you girls planning to read? :)

[beth]

I honestly have no plan I'm just gonna wing it

[Xiamera]

So far I have elemental assassin, chicagoland vampires and bloodlines series to catch up on and two book 1s from new series.

[Abby]

Same, Beth. I have a few buddy reads, but otherwise, not much planned. I will read The Walking Dead volume I have. Have to take advantage of the graphic novel rule. :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Adding Aspen to your team ☺

[Christina]

Welcome Aspen!

[Aspen]

Hi everyone!! So excited :)

[beth]

Welcome Aspen! I love your name, btw ahah

[Christina]

Xiamera you're on fire! Ill finish a book today and post the review :)

[Abby]

I started with a chunky book, and need to finish one from last month, which I can still count for pages.

[Abby]

And just a reminder to find the highest page count for the books. It'll help. ;)

[Xiamera]

Thanks Christina :)
I didn't think of that Abby, just about finally getting around to reading some books that have been taking up space. But thanks to that advice I found one that'll rack up 5 points in one go and as an added bonus I was actually interested in the story before I even knew it was such a long book. Yay.

[Abby]

Yeah, I'm reading a book over a thousand pages as well. It's a great time to get those big ones out of the way.

[Christina]

Nice work! Good Idea to get some chunky ones out of our TBR piles

[Christina]

Oh! Turns out there was a buddy read forum for my book! I'll discuss and post the link!

[Abby]

Holy cow, Xiamera! Did you really just finish Under the Dome in under two days?? I remember taking weeks to read that one. You're kicking butt!

[Xiamera]

Lol thanks. It felt good to read such a long book. Good books are like pringles for me...once I start I can't stop. Plus I have oodles of free time right now.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Adding Lucky to your team ☺

[Abby]

How's it going, ladies? I'm finishing up two books today.

[Xiamera]

I'm finishing one and hoping to start another.

[Abby]

And welcome, Lucky!

[Christina]

Welcome lucky!
I will be finishing a book tomorrow and starting new one :)

[Abby]

And I can't stress enough that you need to get the highest page counts! I don't want to be bossy, but I did see some books on our review thread that had much higher counts than what was posted. Look under "other editions" to see other versions of the book.

[Aspen]

Abby wrote: "And I can't stress enough that you need to get the highest page counts! I don't want to be bossy, but I did see some books on our review thread that had much higher counts than what was posted. Loo..." thanks for the reminder:) should be getting my first reviews up this week, I've had final exams the last few days but should be going crazy with reading for the month this week! & welcome Lucky!

[Laura]

Tomorrow I'll be posting my first review.

[Xiamera]

Noted Abby. Another language counts too? Can we have the scores adjusted then or has that ship sailed?

[Luckyreadingreviews]

hi guys I have just joined

[Abby]

I'm flipping between two large books right now so it'll be a few days, but I'm definitely still reading.

Xiamera, I saw that you read Outlander. I'm on the 6th one right now. Did you enjoy it?

[Xiamera]

I did enjoy it minus one or two parts. I don't think I'll pick up book 2 just yet, but I'll definitely read the rest for the challenge. Do they get increasingly better?

[Xiamera]

By the way guys we're leading in the medium group for now. Yay!

[Abby]

Xiamera wrote: "I did enjoy it minus one or two parts. I don't think I'll pick up book 2 just yet, but I'll definitely read the rest for the challenge. Do they get increasingly better?"

I found the first one to be the best, but the rest certainly aren't bad! The first three were fantastic, and it's sort of dropped off from there, but not enough where I'd stop reading them. Have you watched the TV series yet? I think it's a great adaptation.

[Xiamera]

I kept seeing the TV series pop up but I haven't gotten around to it as yet. I didn't know at first that it was based on a novel though but when I saw it on goodreads I decided to give the book a try first. I don't know if I'll watch the series any time soon now because I tend to notice every little thing when I watch an adaptation and constantly make comparisons. So I'll have to wait until the books or not so fresh before I give the series a try.

[beth]

Laura I saw that you just read Red Queen... How was it? I've been thinking about reading it but haven't really gotten around to it yet ahah

[Laura]

ｂｅｔｈ wrote: "Laura I saw that you just read Red Queen... How was it? I've been thinking about reading it but haven't really gotten around to it yet ahah"

I had heard some mixed reviews (a lot of people praising it and others saying it was only OK) but I'm really glad I gave it a try. I enjoyed it a lot and now I can't wait to buy the second book.

[Abby]

I love Red Queen! Glass Sword was good too. ;)

[beth]

Laura wrote: "ｂｅｔｈ wrote: "Laura I saw that you just read Red Queen... How was it? I've been thinking about reading it but haven't really gotten around to it yet ahah"

I had heard some mixed reviews (a lot of p..."

Oh good! I might give it a try then ahah

[Abby]

One week left! I'm trying my hardest to finish which is my big one for the month. But if I don't, I can still count what pages I did read.

[Christina]

Great work girls! I'm currently reading red queen. Sorry been a slow reading month for me

[Abby]

Just posted my final review. We did great this month, ladies!

[Xiamera]

Added my last reviews as well. I'm looking forward to the june challenge. Is anyone participating in that one? I'm going solo for that one.

[Abby]

Xiamera wrote: "Added my last reviews as well. I'm looking forward to the june challenge. Is anyone participating in that one? I'm going solo for that one."

I'll be on a medium team again. I'm excited!