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Buddy Read Coordination Summary for TRIM 2019 the TBR
Ill shift mine to #24 in the morning Theresa :)
Theresa wrote: "All - sorry to be so late chiming in. I spent today with friends st tbe Barnes museum in Philadelphia, so no opportunity to che k i .First, I am willing and able to coordinate [book:Rules of Civi..."
Thanks Theresa, it's been fun!
Nicole wrote: "Ill shift mine to #24 in the morning Theresa :)"Great!
Note, folks, NicoleR confirmed on the new Trim the TBR thread (in answer to a question) that there’s no more movement of lists until the mid year shuffle now that the first number has been called (even for numbers other than #19). We’ve had a great run at pulling together our lists strategically, though (including buddy reading for those who’d like to join in - and thanks so much to Anna and Nancy for helping us get there!) This challenge will be such a lot of fun!
#19 Book links and potential buddy readers#19 A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne - Joanne, Amy, Sue, Nancyj, KateNZ (Kelly unofficially)
#19 Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator– Book Concierge, BooknBlues
Please provided updates to the people, or book links. Thanks!
LINKS to other #19 booksWhat Alice Forgot - AJ (Joi?)
Bad Feminist - Hebah
In Farleigh Field - Jenny
A Course in Astral Travel and Dreams - MargieD2017
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries- Elise
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow - charlotte
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - criterbee
Still Me - oliver
What If It's Us - nicholas
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There- Kimber
Till the End of Tom- Rachel
The Ring of Solomon - Viji
Runaway - Robin
The Rook - Cora
Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History - Theresa
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us - Meli
Abide with Me- Susie
Love Walked in - Nicole
In Our Mad and Furious City - Anita
The Queen of the Night - LindaC
Winter- Nicole D
Herding Cats -Magdalena
The Dreams of Ada- LibraryCin
Wishtree - AmyN
Scott Free - Sushicat
Red Sky at Night- Barbara
#19 A Course in Astral Travel and Dreams - MargieD2017
I am late to this thread! Is it too late to change some of my tbr 36 to line up with some of the group reads?#8 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
#28 These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
#31 The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
#35 The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Nicole R wrote: "I do not have a problem with that so long as you do not change your #19. Just a note for everyone, #19 on your list is locked, but I know a few people are still trying to line up some buddy read ..."
Thanks for the clarification Nicole R! Could you please add me to the buddy read lists for:
#8 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
#28 These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
#31 The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
#35 The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Reading with others will really make it fun and more interesting!
Hi Critterbee, the buddy reads portion is not an official part of the challenge so the admins are not actually involved with that, some members have started it up. I honestly do not even know what is going on with it! Lol. Can someone who is involved in the buddy read portion help Critterbee out? I think there is a spreadsheet somewhere?
Critterbee❇ wrote: "I am late to this thread! Is it too late to change some of my tbr 36 to line up with some of the group reads?#8 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
#28 These Is..."
OK. You're added to the lists.
Oh wait...I am in the buddy reads thread. Crap, I wanted my posts in the general thread about Trim. Darn phone app, I can never tell what thread I am in!
Critterbee❇ wrote: "Nicole R wrote: "I do not have a problem with that so long as you do not change your #19. Just a note for everyone, #19 on your list is locked, but I know a few people are still trying to line up..."
Please make sure to edit your list on your individual message tracking list. The buddy reads spreadsheet is an unofficial effort by helpful members . . .as admins, we need your changes to be here on PBT please!
Nicole R wrote: "Oh wait...I am in the buddy reads thread. Crap, I wanted my posts in the general thread about Trim. Darn phone app, I can never tell what thread I am in!"
Yeah, and your are contradicting stuff I told others on the Trim thread - - so I've backtracked over there! I'm staying out of the Q&A portion of the challenges, lol, to avoid further confusion! I agree with your thoughts though.
Anita wrote: "Yeah, and your are contradicting stuff I told others on the Trim thread - - so I've backtracked over there! I'm staying out of the Q&A portion of the challenges, lol, to avoid further confusion! "Oh no! Okay, I am going to delete my comments until we can coordinate more offline. These holidays are really messing with our communication! lol
Thanks Nicole R, Anita and NancyJ, and apologies for the confusion.
Nicole R wrote: "Hi Critterbee, the buddy reads portion is not an official part of the challenge so the admins are not actually involved with that... ..."I don't have an updated excel spreadsheet. I am only updating the summary at the top of this thread, to correct or clarify book titles or add names that weren't previously reported.
NOTE to members:
The purpose of this thread and the summary page (on post #2), was to help people identify others who are interested in discussing the same books. This is an unofficial summary and it is up to you to make sure that you have posted your list on your own reporting thread. Contact the appropriate moderator if you have questions about changing the order of your books or joining the challenge late.
Nicole R wrote: "Anita wrote: "Yeah, and your are contradicting stuff I told others on the Trim thread - - so I've backtracked over there! I'm staying out of the Q&A portion of the challenges, lol, to avoid further..."No worries! I agree with everything you have said . . .just trying to make sure we are both handing out the same instructions, lol. I misdirected some folks I'm afraid.
The bolded instructions in Nancy's post are very helpful! Thanks, Nancy.
I see as of the last edit that I am missing from #15-Incantation. Also I had met to move Golan and Jinni from 33 to 34 on my list. I understand that it is too late to do that now. Oops.. NancyJ when you get a chance could you update your buddy listing. Thanks for all the work you have put into this. Not an easy thing!
Thanks again, NancyJ, this is immensely helpful for people trying to coordinate buddy reads!
I have the Secret Keeper on my list and now that we can align, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it a few other times.
I just told somebody strange the dreamer is on my list. I think it’s number 33.
MargieD2017 wrote: "I see as of the last edit that I am missing from #15-Incantation. Also I had met to move Golan and Jinni from 33 to 34 on my list. I understand that it is too late to do that now. Oops.. NancyJ wh..."
OK I added you to 15 Incantation. If you are able to change Golem, let me know to add you to the list. I've been offline for a while and I don't know if the rules on changes have changed.
Amy wrote: "I have the Secret Keeper on my list and now that we can align, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it a few other times."Amy, I'm not sure what you're asking me.
I can't review all the lists again to find matches (I spent several days on it already). But if you find a specific match, let me know the #, title and people to add to the summary list.
NancyJ wrote: "MargieD2017 wrote: "I see as of the last edit that I am missing from #15-Incantation. Also I had met to move Golan and Jinni from 33 to 34 on my list. I understand that it is too late to do that no..."Thank you NancyJ! I did find that we have until 12/31 to move titles around on our lists. Golen is now 34 on my list. You can add me to the buddy list.
To Amy and others who are looking for new matches...First - Are you aware of other buddy reads that are not on the list in post #2? If so please let me know so I can avoid conflicts.
There are several numbers with no buddy reads at all. So if you want to ADD a BOOK to the list, it should be assigned to one of those numbers to avoid conflicts with other buddy read groups.
If you see that several people are proposing buddy reads while I'm offline, just let me know the Title/Author and people and I'll assign the book a number with no conflicts.
Tip: On your TBR list, it's a good idea to mark the books for which you already have a buddy read so you don't inadvertently change it. I'll try to double check before assigning numbers.
If we do this again next year, I've figured out how we can do it much faster and easier on everyone.
I was just putting it out there in case it appealed to someone. In case somebody said hey that’s me!A few of us have A Piece if the World in slot #2.
I have it at 33. Will a switch work? There may be a few more....
Meaning there may be others reading Strange the Dreamer too...
To be safe from conflicts, you could put Strange the Dreamer on #30. There are no other buddy reads on 30 (to my knowledge)
I’m not switching anything on my list around. It stays put no matter what!
There are matches or potential matches forthe Good Daughter
Summer wives
Clockmaker's daughter
Please make a note here if you have this on your list
Others?
NancyJ wrote: "Summary of popular selections for Trim the TBR numbers. EDITED Jan 29 11:00 pm
If you have buddy reads arranged with others, please make sure that they're on this list, unless you don't want any..."
Hello Nancy, could you add me to the buddy reads for #3 Beartown, #7 The Cellist of Sarajevo, #8 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and #24 Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Thank you !!
Amy wrote: "Meaning there may be others reading Strange the Dreamer too..."Thanks Amy!
Adithi wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "Summary of popular selections for Trim the TBR numbers. EDITED Jan 29 11:00 pm
If you have buddy reads arranged with others, please make sure that they're on this list, unless you..."
You're all set.
I did my swaps for July-forward, so you can add me to the buddy read for #27 The Marriage of Opposites , please
Joy D wrote: "I did my swaps for July-forward, so you can add me to the buddy read for #27 The Marriage of Opposites , please"OK. I think I'm on that one too!
Ok - Nancy I’m in for A Piece of the world at #2. I haven’t swapped anything. In fact I think all of those listed did it to match me. My list is alphabetical. I feel some paintings, as I made like 10 books to align with Rachel who has been missing for months. A good quarter to third of our lists matched. We were reading all of the challenges together. She appears to have Disapparated. I know we will all welcome Her with love when she returns. I’m wondering now if the current 30 was one we were sharing?
Amy wrote: "Ok - Nancy I’m in for A Piece of the world at #2. I haven’t swapped anything. In fact I think all of those listed did it to match me. My list is alphabetical. I feel some paintings, as I made like ..."Gotcha. The painting is so moving, I just had to put this on my list.
Ok-Maybe I am just senile-but where is the list of Buddy read at? I cannot find it!
Barbara and Joanne, I added you to those groups. Wow Beartown could be the largest buddy read ever. I hope #3 comes up,
I totally hope Strange the Dreamer comes up!
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First, I am willing and able to coordinate Rules of Civility - mine is at #24. Does that number work for you, Nicole and Linda? I can shift to either of yours instead. LMK.
Meli & I are set on Exit West at #3.
The Bookshop is by Penelope Fitzgerald.
NancyJ - thank you for doing this! Great job! Deserves a prize!