Just Another Group Hurling Under The Strain

[Anni]

I will start tomorrow :) I need finish some of my current reads first 🙈

[RuinEleint]

Just finished three books and took our tally past 1800!!

Noticed something - we have read 4000 pages more than House of Chains but are 140 points behind.

We need more Buddy Reads!

[Frank]

I have several more done will be putting in.

[Mayim]

Arkadeb wrote: "Just finished three books and took our tally past 1800!!

Noticed something - we have read 4000 pages more than House of Chains but are 140 points behind.

We need more Buddy Reads!"

If you take a look at my card, you will notice that half of what I read is non-fantasy individual reads of weird books. :)

[RuinEleint]

Mayim wrote: "Arkadeb wrote: "Just finished three books and took our tally past 1800!!

Noticed something - we have read 4000 pages more than House of Chains but are 140 points behind.

We need more Buddy Reads!..."

Yeah, I noticed! I do this a little bit as well.

BTW, are you in a social sciences study program? Those are pretty specialised reads!

[Mayim]

You can say so. ;) These are all my work-related reads.

[RuinEleint]

Mayim wrote: "You can say so. ;) These are all my work-related reads."

Maybe I should do this more...

[Mayim]

I am lucky that I like what I do for living and so even though the titles are scary I usually enjoy the books. :)

[Choko]

Arkadeb wrote: "Just finished three books and took our tally past 1800!!

Noticed something - we have read 4000 pages more than House of Chains but are 140 points behind.

We need more Buddy Reads!"

Yeah, those extra points make a big difference...

[Frank]

Trying to maximize my points, I am actually almost exclusively doing buddy reads, in lieu of other reads I would like to do as well during the year.
Team!!

[Siobhan]

Big percentage of my reads are buddy reads, I'm trying my best! Go team, you're all amazing!!

[Siobhan]

Finished Gemina and just put us over 2000 points! :D Woo go us!

[Frank]

Excellent!!

[Jenna, I'd be free if not for Temper & Edgewalker]

Woohoo! We're doing great, team :)

[Mayim]

I just wanted to say I am 34 books ahead of schedule.

[RuinEleint]

Mayim wrote: "I just wanted to say I am 34 books ahead of schedule."

Awesome! I am 23 books ahead. Audio books really help.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Mayim wrote: "I just wanted to say I am 34 books ahead of schedule."

I was about 30 books ahead of schedule when I upped my reading goal from 182 to 300... the competition has really upped everybody's reading commitment, I think... especially in terms of Buddy Reads...

[Frank]

I am only 8 ahead.
Everyone here is truly amazing, I am happy with 100 books per year.
How does everyone do it????

[Olivia]

I'm still behind and I only read a 100 books a year. All my friends think I'm a reading machine and don't understand how I read this much and then I joined this competition and now I feel wholly inadequate xD

[Angela, I'm Silverfox lost]

You guys are amazing.

[Choko]

You are all awesome!!! I am so proud to be on the team with you all:):):)

[Brian]

I read 60 last year and thought that was good. 😂 I’m really trying to read a lot more and can barely keep up with you animals!! Also, had one friend on Goodreads (my wife) before I joined FBR now have over 30. Y’all are awesome peeps!

[Siobhan]

Mayim wrote: "I just wanted to say I am 34 books ahead of schedule."

Wow!! Go on girl. :)

I'm 12 ahead I think, target is only 50 which is good for me, but I think this challenge is going to help me smash it!

[Mayim]

Choko wrote: "You are all awesome!!! I am so proud to be on the team with you all:):):)"

Plus, it is so much fun!

[Frank]

Check it out I just dropped in 33 points, and we are getting close to the number two spot, 29 points to overtake Blood Eagle!!

[Siobhan]

Nice one Frank! :D

[Brian]

Nice job!!!!

[Anni]

I added 27 Points, but the difference is up to 79 again...

[Siobhan]

Never mind that Anni, great job adding 27 points!!

[Lundos]

Wow, did you guys hit overdrive/warp speed/jump to light speed or what happened? You are adding so many points in March...

[Anni]

Dear lovely team 😁 As the other teams are a bit more active and I don't want to disturb their disscussions I thought we could start one as well. Of course only when you are interested, because that's one thing I love about this group, that you can come and talk about Books and everything that comes to your mind and everyone is so friendly that it feels sort of cozy 😊

[Siobhan]

Hello lovely Anni :) how are you doing? I'm feeling a little bit slumpy at the moment, I'm up to chapter 7 in Six of Crows and haven't felt like picking it up again since yesterday morning.
I'm gonna have to clear some buddy reads off my schedule coz I'm getting burnt out. :/ sorry guys. I will still be reading though! Hopefully even quicker if I don't feel stressed about it.

[Anni]

I don't thing anyone will be angry with you for removing some of your buddy reads. The most important thing is to have fun :) That's also a great topic, because I'm super curious what you do when you're in a reading slump, what does help you? If I don't feel like reading at all I take a break and do something else I like (... Yeah, that's not really a secret strategy and rather an obvious thing to do). I for example love to be creative and do something with my own hands. It's very satisfying when I do something and get something as an result afterwards I can hold in my hand, for example knitting. Knitting socks calms me down and selfmade socks make great present, so it's a win-win thing 😊 And after a while I get annoyed with my yarn and be very eager to pick up a book again :)

[Siobhan]

That's a great thing to do when you're in a slump! I on the other hand am not very productive... I've been binge watching Hell's Kitchen on Netflix! Love a bit of Gordon Ramsay xD
I used to average about 25 books a year because I watched a lot of TV series and went out a lot. But recently my reading has increased so much, so this is the first time I'm starting to feel a slump and I want to stop it before it takes hold. I'm probably going to switch to a true crime book I'm also reading which is really interesting me.

Thank you so much for your support as well sweetie 😘

[Anni]

We are still waiting for the internet connection for our house... We moved here last September, right into a huge disscussions our small village had with the old internet provider (nobody get's the promised capacity, the connection was unearthly slow or it fails entirely...). So now we are getting a new provider for our village and glas fibre, but it's taking its time... Because we don't want to stay for 2 years with the old provider we choose the new one and have no internet until the fibre will be here... So I stopped nearly entirely to watch series, but can't wait to start again 😉 Me and my boyfriend started to re-watch Game of thrones because this is one of the few series we own on BlueRay 😅

[Siobhan]

I love Game of Thrones so much! Would love to find time to rewatch it. I'm thinking of doing a reread with the audiobooks as I can just put them on in the car when I couldn't be reading anything else.
That must be quite hard not having Internet so long. Mine was broken for a month last year, it got fixed while I was in Berlin actually, and we struggled without it. We realised how much we just take it for granted!

[jess]

Just wanted to congratulate you guys on your awesome pages read #!!!! Let’s keep the pressure on this inflated HOC bunch of jolly-rogers!

Blood Eagle

[RuinEleint]

I have more or less figured out how to maximise my reading output - I usually read around 3 books together, and now all of those are either BR or Challenge books. Also using Audiobooks is a great idea as the speed of narration can be increased.

I am extremely busy at the moment due to job issues. Hopefully things will ease out later in the year so that I can read more.

[Angela, I'm Silverfox lost]

Siobhan, I've had to pull out of so many buddy reads this year and as you can see from my count I'm one of the low performers in the group. I've prioritised Malazan over everything else as well, so if buddy reads have gotten in the way they've had to go.

Haha I have been reading a lot of kids picture books, but they don't count. Basically, as I've studying this year to be a primary school teacher.

[Siobhan]

That makes perfect sense Angela, if you're focusing on Malazan other stuff will have to wait.
And I'm surprised you've had time to read at all whilst studying to be a teacher!! Such hard work. I hope it's going well for you and you're enjoying it. :)

[Siobhan]

Jess wrote: "Just wanted to congratulate you guys on your awesome pages read #!!!! Let’s keep the pressure on this inflated HOC bunch of jolly-rogers!

Blood Eagle"

Thanks Jess! :D

[Siobhan]

Arkadeb wrote: "I have more or less figured out how to maximise my reading output - I usually read around 3 books together, and now all of those are either BR or Challenge books. Also using Audiobooks is a great i..."

You're doing so awesome Arkadeb. I hope your stuff at work calms down and resolves for you.

[[deleted user]]

I FINALLY finished my exams and had my result. Now, I can go back to reading. It feels like it has been YEARS since I completed a book. Sorry for not giving you guys any points.

[Anni]

Congrats on finishing your Exams, Khushi! I hope you are happy with the results. And you don't have to be sorry, this competition is just for fun and everyone contribute as much as he/she can and like to. :)

[Angela, I'm Silverfox lost]

Congrats Khushi!!!!!

[[deleted user]]

Thanks, Angela and Anni! I am very happy with my result! I got 98.73% marks. So, yeah I am quite happy.

[Mayim]

There are few better feelings than completed exams. I am very happy for you Kushi. Well done!

[[deleted user]]

Mayim wrote: "There are few better feelings than completed exams. I am very happy for you Kushi. Well done!"

Thanks Mayim! And you are right, there are barely any feelings that compare to it, even though I love exams.

[Brian]

Great job Khushi!!!!

[Choko]

Awesome, Khushi!!! Congrats and keep doing whatever you are doing - it obviously works:):):):)