Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

note: This topic has been closed to new comments.
766 views
Buddy Reads: Current & Upcoming > Buddy Read Requests 2018

Comments Showing 701-750 of 1,329 (1329 new)    post a comment »

message 701: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33496 comments Mod
White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig
is here


message 702: by Jammin Jenny (last edited Jun 02, 2018 05:15PM) (new)

Jammin Jenny (jamminjenny) | 4185 comments I am also up for History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund sometime in July is great.


message 703: by Lexi (new)

Lexi | 4250 comments Jammin Jenny wrote: "@Lexi - I'm in for White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig. I just requested from my library. Can we start sometime 19 June or later?"

Would the 20th work for you?


message 704: by Jammin Jenny (new)

Jammin Jenny (jamminjenny) | 4185 comments Yep!


message 705: by Lexi (new)

Lexi | 4250 comments Mods, can you add June 20th for White Rabbit? Thank you


message 706: by Leah (new)

Leah Hester | 18 comments Would anyone be interested in doing a buddy read of any of these?:

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (first in a series)
A Game of Thrones (believe me I know I'm late to the party on this one)
Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton

These are kind of just a handful of books I have to read, but if anyone's interested, I have a pretty free summer!!


message 707: by Jammin Jenny (new)

Jammin Jenny (jamminjenny) | 4185 comments I think there's already a thread for Game of Thrones. I just read Dragon Teeth or I'd join you.


message 708: by Leah (new)

Leah Hester | 18 comments I'll see if I can find it! Thanks a ton.


message 709: by Laura (new)

Laura | 9707 comments Leah wrote: "I'll see if I can find it! Thanks a ton."

A list of all the buddy reads below. Easier sometimes than scrolling through to find the buddy read.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...


message 710: by Tina ❣ (last edited Jun 02, 2018 07:50PM) (new)

Tina ❣ (nutrinut) | 2000 comments Tina wrote: "@ Mods, could we please get Crooked Kingdom set up as a B.R. for July 6th, pretty please?"

Mods - Can we still please get Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2) by Leigh Bardugo as an informal buddy read for July 6th? I think it got missed last time


message 711: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33496 comments Mod
Tina wrote: "Tina wrote: "@ Mods, could we please get Crooked Kingdom set up as a B.R. for July 6th, pretty please?"

Mods - Can we still please get Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2) by Leigh Bardugo as an in..."



sorry - here you go!
rebooted here


message 712: by SandyL (new)

SandyL | 4747 comments Leah wrote: "Would anyone be interested in doing a buddy read of any of these?:

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (first in a series)
..."


Hi Leah
I would like to read A Game of Thrones. I could start mid-June


message 713: by Tina ❣ (new)

Tina ❣ (nutrinut) | 2000 comments Thank you!


message 714: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33496 comments Mod
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin
Reboot is here


message 715: by Leah (new)

Leah Hester | 18 comments SandyL wrote: "Leah wrote: "Would anyone be interested in doing a buddy read of any of these?:

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (first ..."


That would be awesome. Would they create a new thread, or would we go through the old one? I'm not familiar yet with everything.


message 716: by Jammin Jenny (new)

Jammin Jenny (jamminjenny) | 4185 comments I'll do Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and am happy to start June 9th, but it's a LONG book so I probably won't finish until early July. I'm from Team Draco - not sure if you are are doing Tower Teams or not.


message 717: by Leah (new)

Leah Hester | 18 comments Moderators of NBRC wrote: "A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin
Reboot is here"


Thank you!!! Sorry, my computer didn't update for me immediately.


message 718: by Jammin Jenny (new)

Jammin Jenny (jamminjenny) | 4185 comments Chie wrote: "Jammin Jenny wrote: "I'll do Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and am happy to start June 9th, but it's a LONG book so I probably won't finish until early July. I'm from Team Draco - not sure if..."

It's fine with me if you want to read it as a BR I'm up for it. We could read ~50 pages per day and be done in about 20 days. Not so bad.


message 719: by Erika (new)

Erika Oh! I’d love to join in on Gone with the Wind! I’ve been wanting to read it for sooooo long!


message 720: by Alanna (new)

Alanna | 7 comments Anyone up for The Dispossessed An Ambiguous Utopia (Hainish Cycle, #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin ?

Or some non-main-series Tolkien? I have Book of Lost Tales 1 and 2, Children of Hurin, and The Shaping of Middle-Earth.

(Team Luna, if anyone wants it for Tower Teams.)


message 721: by Jammin Jenny (new)

Jammin Jenny (jamminjenny) | 4185 comments How does Gone with the Wind starting 19 June through 31 July sound to everyone?


message 722: by Erika (new)

Erika Sounds good to me!


message 723: by Eldarwen (last edited Jun 03, 2018 12:37AM) (new)

Eldarwen | 13646 comments Mod
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "I'm starting to think about some books to read in July. Would anyone be up for one of these?

..."

I'm up for History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund"


Great! When would suit you best? Somewhere around the 15th maybe?
Nevermind, thread's set up already :-)


message 724: by Tina ❣ (new)

Tina ❣ (nutrinut) | 2000 comments If Gone with the Wind is extended through to July- I’m in!


message 725: by Jammin Jenny (new)

Jammin Jenny (jamminjenny) | 4185 comments Dear Mods,

Can we please have an informal buddy read for Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell starting 19 Jun through 31 Jul?


message 726: by Krystyna (new)

Krystyna (adoseofcozy) | 3 comments Alanna wrote: "Anybody up for a big classic chunkster? This year I'm looking at:
The Arabian Nights by Anonymous,The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, Little Women (Little Women, #1) by Louisa May Alcott, [bookcover:Can You Forgiv..."


Hi, I just joined this group but are you still wanting to buddy read a classic?


message 727: by Krystyna (new)

Krystyna (adoseofcozy) | 3 comments I have been wanting to do a buddy read for a while. Is anyone else wanting to participate?


message 728: by Tahmina (new)

Tahmina (tpopal) Krystyna wrote: "Alanna wrote: "Anybody up for a big classic chunkster? This year I'm looking at:
The Arabian Nights by Anonymous,The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, Little Women (Little Women, #1) by Louisa May Alcott, [bookcover..."


I've really want to do Arabians nights. Can you do it in the middle of june or beginning of july?


message 729: by Alanna (new)

Alanna | 7 comments Tahmina wrote: "Krystyna wrote: "Alanna wrote: "Anybody up for a big classic chunkster? This year I'm looking at:
The Arabian Nights by Anonymous,The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, [bookcover:Little Women|..."


Sorry, but I read it on my own a few months ago. Recommendation: find a different translation from the Burton.


message 730: by Alanna (new)

Alanna | 7 comments Krystyna wrote: "Alanna wrote: "Anybody up for a big classic chunkster?"

Master and Margarita and Genji are the only two left on my TBR. They're really time-intensive (Genji is 1000 pages), and since I'm doing Tower Teams now may not be the best time. Are you interested in one of those two?


message 731: by Annalisa (new)

Annalisa | 1573 comments Dear Mods,
Could we get a thread for The Fate of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #3) by Erika Johansen starting on June 29th.
Thank you.


message 732: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33496 comments Mod
Jammin Jenny wrote: "Dear Mods,

Can we please have an informal buddy read for Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell starting 19 Jun through 31 Jul?"


Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell is HERE


message 733: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33496 comments Mod
The Fate of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #3) by Erika Johansen is HERE


message 734: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33496 comments Mod
Still Me (Me Before You, #3) by Jojo Moyes is HERE

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward is HERE


message 735: by Annalisa (last edited Jun 05, 2018 06:19PM) (new)

Annalisa | 1573 comments Andrew wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "I don't have access to the others, but I could do Barefoot Season - it looks good!"

Hello Suzanne, I would love to do a buddy read of Barefoot Season


Hi Drew, I got a copy of Barefoot Season and would like to join you when you read this. Would June 22nd or later work for you? I have about 6 buddy reads before then and think I would be pretty slow if it was anytime before the 22nd. I'm also not sure if Suzanne still wants to join.


message 736: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne | 5417 comments Annalisa wrote: "Andrew wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "I don't have access to the others, but I could do Barefoot Season - it looks good!"

Hello Suzanne, I would love to do a buddy read of [book:Barefoot ..."


I'm ok with June 22nd or later.


message 737: by Andrew (new)

Andrew (drewgrigaliunas) | 57 comments Annalisa wrote: "Andrew wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "I don't have access to the others, but I could do Barefoot Season - it looks good!"

Hello Suzanne, I would love to do a buddy read of [book:Barefoot ..."


Hello Suzanne and Annalisa~
June 22 would be terrific for me. Yea!!! I got something to look forward to.

--Drew


message 738: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne | 5417 comments Great! Mods, would it work to put up a buddy read of Barefoot Season (Blackberry Island #1) by Susan Mallery for June 22?

(I'm sure you saw the above, but just in case :)


message 739: by Sharon (new)

Sharon (sharon_alexandr) | 544 comments Andrew wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "Andrew wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "I don't have access to the others, but I could do Barefoot Season - it looks good!"

Hello Suzanne, I would love to do a buddy read o..."


I love Susan Mallery! I will try to join in too, if that's ok.


message 740: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne | 5417 comments Awesome Sharon! I've never read Susan Mallery - but now I will =)


message 741: by Andrew (new)

Andrew (drewgrigaliunas) | 57 comments Hello Suzanne and others~

The more people we have, the more opinions we have, the better the Buddy Read will be!!!!! The only bad thing is that we have to wait until June 22nd.
Before it comes time to read this hopefully wonderful novel, how about we discuss how this buddy read will work. I have seen this type of challenge in other groups and they all were slightly different than the others. Some questions that I have are:

1) Do we want to discuss this novel by a thread here on GR or through Private Message here on GR?
2) What kinds of questions or discussions would you like to be included (or excluded)?
3) Spoilers or non-spoilers?
4) What do we want to do if 1 or more people finish before other people?

Please let me know before June 22nd so that we can start on time.

--Drew


message 742: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne | 5417 comments 1. Probably for me it'd be nice to do through a thread on GR - plus for anyone doing the Tower Teams, it is good to have the buddy read thread to refer to - I'm pretty sure the Mods will set one up soon.

2) Up to you - I don't mind whatever kind of questions!

3) Since people read at different speeds, maybe mark spoilers with spoiler tags and before the tag, refer to what part they refer to - does that sound ok to you Drew?

4) If I finish early, I never mind discussing with people that finish slower - and vice versa.

Anyway, that is my 2 cents :)


message 743: by Andrew (new)

Andrew (drewgrigaliunas) | 57 comments Okay. Thank you, Suzanne. Now let's see if Sharon agrees with us.

--Drew


message 744: by Annalisa (new)

Annalisa | 1573 comments Hi Drew,

I am part of tower teams and also find it helpful to have the thread set up here.

I like the spoiler tags because it does help when people read a different speeds.

Once the tread is set up I think we can discuss this more.


message 745: by Sharon (new)

Sharon (sharon_alexandr) | 544 comments I agree!

1) A GR thread works better for me.

2) If there are sample discussion questions for the book, we can start with those. I'm sure other topics or questions will also come up as we read the book. I'm open to going wherever the conversations take us.

3) We should probably use spoiler tags until we've all finished. Or, at the start of your post, indicate how far you are so we know if we should continue reading the post or not.

4) I'm also fine with discussing, regardless of where I or others are in the book.

Thanks!


message 746: by Cathy M. (new)

Cathy M. (mccathy77) | 5976 comments Dear Mods,

We would like to continue with the series and do an informal BR of Murder of Crows (The Others, #2) by Anne Bishop starting 6/10. Noticed there was already a thread opened under the March's Urban Fantasy Event. Can you please move the thread to the Buddy Reads folder? Not sure if it also needs to be opened?

Thank you!!


message 747: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33496 comments Mod
Suzanne wrote: "Great! Mods, would it work to put up a buddy read of Barefoot Season (Blackberry Island #1) by Susan Mallery for June 22?

(I'm sure you saw the above, but just in case :)"


Barefoot Season (Blackberry Island #1) by Susan Mallery is HERE


message 748: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33496 comments Mod
Cathy M. wrote: "Dear Mods,

We would like to continue with the series and do an informal BR of Murder of Crows (The Others, #2) by Anne Bishop starting 6/10. Noticed there was already a thread opened under the March's Urban ..."


Murder of Crows (The Others, #2) by Anne Bishop is HERE


message 749: by Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado (new)

Karen ⊰✿ | 16594 comments Mod
Anyone else up for The Unbound (The Archived, #2) by Victoria Schwab in July? (It is book 2 and in typical Schwab style book 3 isn’t coming until 2020. Sigh)


message 750: by Lexi (new)

Lexi | 4250 comments Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Anyone else up for The Unbound (The Archived, #2) by Victoria Schwab in July? (It is book 2 and in typical Schwab style book 3 isn’t coming until 2020. Sigh)"

I'd join in July, maybe around the 10th.


back to top
This topic has been frozen by the moderator. No new comments can be posted.