The 'Last on the Bandwagon'/Trendsetter Challenge - May 2019

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Hi Keyona, you can't claim both Bandwagon points and Trendsetter points on the same book, but it's fine for you to claim Bandwagon points on one book, and Trendsetter points on another. You don't have to stick to one type for the whole month ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "* You can only earn one type of bonus points per book, you can't earn both Bandwagon and Trendsetter bonus points on the same book."

Thanks Bookbuyer ☺

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

NP. :)

[Keyona]

Got it. Thank you!

[Alex]

I'd love to sign up for a Serious team! I have a lot of "I really need to get around to reading that" books on my shelves and this is the kick in the pants I need! I'll be using my local time- Eastern Standard to start and stop.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Added ☺

[✨ A ✨]

@sarah Just making sure I'm not too confused (as usual).... So if I read - which is rated 4300 times and the author is shelved almost 350 000 times. I won't be able to get points for trendsetter but get points for bandwagon right?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Hi Azrah, for that book you could claim -

+2 bandwagon bonus points for 'author who has been 'shelved' at least 100,000 times on Goodreads.
+2 points if your book has been buddy read in this group before (prior to May 2019).

So you'd get 4 bonus points ☺

And you're right, you wouldn't be able to claim Trendsetter bonus points because the book and author have been rated/shelved above the maximums for that type of points ☺

[✨ A ✨]

Thank you!

[Alex]

Is there an easy way to search if a book has been buddy read by the group?

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Yes. Go to the search bar below Ya Buddies bar on the top right and search for the book. When you get to the searched part click 'topic'

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Can't search for certain threads on the app. It's crap. I'd have a teammate or if you are solo a fellow solo member search if you can't use the website.

[Jenn]

The app for Goodreads is absolutely horrible :/

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Yeah only good for a very quick check back for replies. I guess the scan option is also good but with more and more people buying ebooks instead I'm sure it's starting to become defunct. :/

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

BTW Hi Jenn! How are you? How is the promotion going?

[Jenn]

I'm good! But soooo busy! Between working and being busy every weekend, my reading time is going bye bye. But I'm liking the promotion so far. Just hate the training aspect. I just want to be able to do work without having to ask a million questions lol. How's the puppy???

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

I can tell. Barely seen you! lol. I feel that way with my puppy. But it's so worth it! That's good!

She's good. I was a bit late replying because I was trying to see if she could stay on the bed with me yet. Better than she was the first time but not ready yet. She's so small she almost feel through the tiny crack between the bed and the wall!

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

We got her some new toys yesterday and she is loving them. She was getting bored of her old ones. She is going to the vet tomorrow so mommy can get all her questions answered. She's sad now because I'm 'ignoring' her. lol.

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

I might have to change Ruby's name to Drama. She is such a drama queen. lol.

[Dee Dee]

Hey, is there still room on any Fun teams?

[Jenn]

Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "I might have to change Ruby's name to Drama. She is such a drama queen. lol."

Hahaha how adorable though!

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Yup. lol. :P

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Dee Dee wrote: "Hey, is there still room on any Fun teams?"

Fun is always open. ^-^

[Dee Dee]

Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "Dee Dee wrote: "Hey, is there still room on any Fun teams?"

Fun is always open. ^-^"

Woo! Sign me up!!!

[Sharon]

This month has been hectic. I am glad I will be on Summer break in 4 days time. It means I can read more!!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Dee Dee wrote: "Hey, is there still room on any Fun teams?"

I've added you ☺

[Eva Luna]

Have the teams already been made? Is it still possible to switch to medium? Life is kicking my but currently.

[Tiera]

Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "I might have to change Ruby's name to Drama. She is such a drama queen. lol."

You could combine in and call her Rama.. that way anytime spent with her could be a DramaRama! actually I'd prolly just call her DramaRama all the time lol!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Eva Luna wrote: "Have the teams already been made? Is it still possible to switch to medium? Life is kicking my but currently."

I have made them but I haven't posted them yet, so I'll just move things around and switch you to medium ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Serious and Medium teams are now posted here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Fun teams will be posted tomorrow ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

And team threads are here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
(just in case you can't find them) ☺

[Abby]

Are we able to get trendsetter AND bandwagon points for the same book? In particular, Undying. It has less than a thousand ratings, but both authors have been been shelved hundreds of thousands of times.

Edited: I found the answer in the Q&A section. :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Nope, you can only claim one type of bonus points for one book. Maybe you could look and see which kind would earn you the most?

[Dee Dee]

Sarah wrote: "Dee Dee wrote: "Hey, is there still room on any Fun teams?"

I've added you ☺"

Yay!!!

[Courtney]

*The rating are part of the bonuses
* No you dont have to buddy read evry book you just get extra points for it. If its not a buddy read you can either not put it or put no.
* For pages you look for the highest page count and link it.

Hopefully this helps.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Fun teams are now posted on the Team Listings thread here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Sorry for the delay ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Alli wrote: "Okay, so, I’m new to these challenges and am a bit confused.

So the reviews should go book cover, bandwagon bonus if any, & then rating bonus if any.

So then we link our review..? Like post a r..."

Alli, sorry for the delay, I think Courtney has answered your questions now, but if you have any more feel free to post them here ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Courtney wrote: "*The rating are part of the bonuses
* No you dont have to buddy read evry book you just get extra points for it. If its not a buddy read you can either not put it or put no.
* For pages you look f..."

Thank you Courtney ☺

[Abi]

Sign me up for serious if there’s still room please!

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

I think serious is closed Abi. Teams went up yesterday. Sarah will put you on the waiting list though. :)

[Abi]

Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "I think serious is closed Abi. Teams went up yesterday. Sarah will put you on the waiting list though. :)"

Thanks!

[Eesh]

Can you put me on the waiting list for a medium team, please?

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

I wonder where Sarah is? I remember her saying she was going to be busy yesterday but it's still early for her to have logged off today. Is she busy today as well?

[Kim]

Can I sign up for a fun team?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Abi wrote: "Sign me up for serious if there’s still room please!"

Hi Abi, I'm afraid I don't have any spaces on Serious teams now as teams have been made. Would you like to be added to the waiting list? Or/and would you like to join a fun team or join as a solo player?

[Lane]

Solo please :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Quirks wrote: "Can you put me on the waiting list for a medium team, please?"

Done ☺ Would you like to join a fun team or as a solo player until a space becomes available?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "I wonder where Sarah is? I remember her saying she was going to be busy yesterday but it's still early for her to have logged off today. Is she busy today as well?"

Yep! Just seem to have lots of things to do this week!

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Not a great week for that but you are doing well. I see Abbie was able to pop on to update the May thread. Happy she is getting some screen time. ^-^

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Kim wrote: "Can I sign up for a fun team?"

Hi Kim, you can join Team Twiggy ☺ I don't have links to the team threads at the moment because they haven't been made yet, but I'll make them and get back to you ☺

EDIT - here they are ☺
Team Chat: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Team Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...