2018 Buddy Reads - Introduction & Sign Up

[Mary Pat]

June 2018 Buddy Reads have been archived to here! They are closed to new comments but feel free to re-visit them!

[Molly]

I’m interested in starting The Game of Thrones series!

[Kimberly]

I’m reading The Once and Future King right now!

[Rachael]

The Once and Future King is on my TBR pile and I've been wanting to read it for ages because I'm interested in the Arthurian legends. I'll join in the buddy read if we do one! I should be able to start it in a couple of days.

[Kimberly]

Rachael wrote: "The Once and Future King is on my TBR pile and I've been wanting to read it for ages because I'm interested in the Arthurian legends. I'll join in the buddy read if we do one! I should be able to s..."

Nice! I just barely started it, and I'm thinking it'll take me a couple months to read anyway.

[Chrissy]

Melissa wrote: "I’d also like to nominate a book for November, which is also Native American History month: There There by Tommy Orange."

I had already planned to read There There in November, and have it on hold at the library. Count me in!

[Mary Pat]

Kimberly, Rachel - I have created an August thread for The Once and Future King!

[Mary Pat]

Angela wrote: "Please add a thread for pop goes the weasel by james patterson (alex cross #5) for august. Thanks!"

Done!

[Mary Pat]

Melissa wrote: "I’d like to participate in the October Buddy Read of Dragonfly in Amber. It’ll take me awhile, as it’s a long one so I’ll start now 😊"

I have added you to the list of participants for this book and the others in the series!

[Mary Pat]

Melissa & Chrissy - I have put There There on the schedule for November!

[Rachael]

Mary Pat wrote: "Kimberly, Rachel - I have created an August thread for The Once and Future King!"

Thank you :)

[Newly]

I'm so in for the once and future king. I'm reading it right now. I'd really love to Buddy read peter pan waiting for godot fanny hill and/or molieres the doctor in spite of himself. I'll be reading the play en francais and I'm learning french so that should be fun! thx for considering it.

[Angela Jr.]

I just received my copies of the darkest minds trilogy and want to start IMMEDIATELY lol. Is anyone up for doing a buddy read this week?

[Susy]

I’ll read the first installment with you this week if I can get it from the library tomorrow. Wanted to read it before watching the movie but didn’t think I’d make it. This was just the push I needed lol
I’ll be reading it in Dutch though, my library doesn’t have an English copy.

[Angela Jr.]

Yay :) all the movie promotions made me break down and finally buy the series. It's been on my to-buy list for ages, but I'm actually trying to read the books i own and not buy any (totally going "well", bought 13 books in july.... 🙄)
I'm not sure yet if i want to see the movie, i think I'll wait and see what the general consensus is first.
Don't want another disaster like ready player one by ernest cline - that's one of my absolute favourite books, but the adaptation was...... disappointing, to put it mildly.

[Susy]

Hahaha, same here, bought 16 books in February and another 8 or 9 in April....

I know what you mean although I did enjoy the movie Ready Player One once I could let go that it would have anything to do with the book.

[Angela Jr.]

All the shiny new books are just too tempting to resist 😂

Yeah, i thought it was a great movie actually, but as an adaptation it was beyond horrendous...

[Susy]

Btw, do you have Through the Dark (the novellas) as well?

[Angela Jr.]

Yup, I bought the whole box set :)

[Susy]

Cool! Might have to buy them all too, my library doesn't have the novellas (nor the 4th instalment, which isn't strange since it only recently came out, don't know how long it takes before my library acquires them, if they do that is) and I hate owning incomplete series lol (unless they suck, then I won't buy them...almost hoping I won't like it too much lol)

[Angela Jr.]

Is the new one actually part of the series? I thought it took place a few years after "in the afterlight" and could also be read separately?

[Angela Jr.]

My editions of rhe novels all have a bonus short story at the end as well!

[Susy]

I’m not sure, I thought it was the next installment because of GR (#4)...

[Susy]

That is so cool. Would you mind telling me the titles of those short stories?

[Angela Jr.]

I don't think they have titles. In the first one it just says "bonus short story about liam and his brother cole"

[Susy]

Ah ok

[Susy]

Susy wrote: "I’ll read the first installment with you this week if I can get it from the library tomorrow. Wanted to read it before watching the movie but didn’t think I’d make it. This was just the push I need..."

I got The Darkest Minds from the library, yay!

Mary Pat, could you please make a thread for us (Angela Jr. and myself) to buddy read it? Thank you!

[MacKenzie]

Would anyone want to do a buddy read of the Abhorsen trilogy before the end of the year?

[Angela Jr.]

Susy wrote: "Susy wrote: "I’ll read the first installment with you this week if I can get it from the library tomorrow. Wanted to read it before watching the movie but didn’t think I’d make it. This was just th..."

Yay :) I'm only on page 58 so far

[Angela Jr.]

Sure, satin! We're just waiting for mary pat to set up a discussion thread for us :)

[Cendaquenta]

MacKenzie wrote: "Would anyone want to do a buddy read of the Abhorsen trilogy before the end of the year?"

Yes! Been meaning to reread it for ages.

[Susy]

Satin wrote: "Hi! Can I join the Darkest Minds buddy read too?"

lol, I just invited you in the Let's Chat thread when I saw you were reading it too :)

[Susy]

Still waiting on the thread

[Susy]

Yes, I’m on page 103 and just ready from work to do some more reading. How about you?

[Susy]

👍🏻

[Angela Jr.]

Im currently on page 162 and really into it! It feels like your typical YA dystopian so far, but I don't really mind at this point. The concept is interesting :)

[Susy]

Yes, I agree, interesting concept. It reminds me a bit of a series I watched quite a few years ago.

[Angela Jr.]

Spoilers through chapter 22
(view spoiler)[i can feel a love triangle brewing and I don't like it 🙈 that's one of my least favourite tropes...
Anyway, I've been enjoying the story a lot so far! Our 4 main characters have really grown on me over the course of their adventures.
The way they found East River was a bit anticlimactic, imo. Though it was nice to see Zu come out of her shell when she reunited with her cousin!
I also found the scene in the abandoned store, where Zu spent time picking out clothes for everyone, extremely adorable :) (hide spoiler)]

[Angela Jr.]

Susy wrote: "Yes, I agree, interesting concept. It reminds me a bit of a series I watched quite a few years ago."

What series was that?

[Anabella Shay Xo(RomanceBookWormXoXo)]

Can I please join the Buddy Reads for Outlander and Behind Closed Doors?

[Angela Jr.]

Chapter 23 (and spoilers for the shatter me trilogy)
ruby's thoughts about clancy remind me so much of juliette from shatter me!
(view spoiler)[When juliette found out that there's someone who isn't affected by her abilities, she could finally let herself be close to another human without being terrified and it feels like the exact same revelation here in the darkest minds. When ruby is thinking about how she can't be with liam without constantly being alert and afraid of breaking him, but she can let her guard down completely with clancy. (hide spoiler)]

[Susy]

Angela Jr. wrote: "Susy wrote: "Yes, I agree, interesting concept. It reminds me a bit of a series I watched quite a few years ago."

What series was that?"

Ehh, I have such a bad memory... I think it had an A in it lol. And it was about adults with special talents instead of kids...
Will have to come back to you on this...

[Joan]

Ana feel free to join in the discussion for Behind Closed Doors!!

[Mary Pat]

Newly wrote: "I'm so in for the once and future king. I'm reading it right now. I'd really love to Buddy read peter pan waiting for godot fanny hill and/or molieres the doctor in spite of himself. I'll be readin..."

Newly, I have added you to the list of participants!

[Mary Pat]

Angela Jr, Susy, Satin - I have created the thread for The Darkest Minds! Could you please do me a favor and move any discussions of the book from this thread to the new thread? I don't have the ability or I would do it for you! :)

Thanks!

[Mary Pat]

Ana wrote: "Can I please join the Buddy Reads for Outlander and Behind Closed Doors?"

Ana, I have added you to the list of participants for the Outlander series and Behind Closed Doors!

[Mary Pat]

Greetings All Buddy Readers!

The first post in this thread that explains how Buddy Reads work has been updated. Please take a moment to review the changes here.

How individual Buddy Reads threads are posted will also change starting in September. Instead of two posts, there will only be one post starting each thread. It will include the title of the book, the author, a list of participants, the total number of pages, and the timeframe (one month, two months, etc.). It will also include a reminder about spoilers and a link to the introduction thread for more information. The number of pages per week post will be dropped as it has become very clear that everyone reads at their own pace in Buddy Reads - which do take a more relaxed approach. The latter makes it even more important to mark spoilers though, which is why we are putting a reminder in every starting thread.

These changes will provide Buddy Reads that are cleaner, simpler and more reader-friendly – an important step as our group grows!

[Anabella Shay Xo(RomanceBookWormXoXo)]

<>Ana, I have added you to the list of participants for the Outlander series and Behind Closed Doors!"

Thank You :)

[Mary Pat]

On another note….

I will be on vacation at the end of this month – without a laptop. (I will be in the South Pacific wearing a flower crown and working with sea turtles in a marine sanctuary!) As a result, September Buddy Reads will be posted early – on August 19th. I will not be able to create any new September Buddy Reads threads until I return in early September.

Please review the current list of September Buddy Reads here. These are the reads that I already plan to create. Any buddy reads request posted by August 19th will have a thread created before I leave. (Remember, at least two people need to be interested for a thread to be created.)

You can continue to request Buddy Reads in this thread while I am gone. Just understand that any September threads will not be created until I return early in the month.

The sea turtles and I thank you for your patience!

[Scott]

Have fun on your vacation Mary Pat