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

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Lane wrote: "Solo please :)"

Hi Lane, I've added you ☺ Here are the threads you'll need -
Solo Chat: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Solo Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "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. ^-^"

It always happens at some point, hopefully I'll be able to catch up at the weekend ☺

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

I'm sure you will be able to. Maybe Abbie's internet will let her do some scores soon too. ^-^

[Celia]

Hi, hope it's not too late to sign up. A just for fun team, please.

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Fun is always open. It's late for Sarah though so she's probably logged off. She will add you ASAP. :)

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "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..."

I think I can do solo. Would you mind explaining how it works?

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Solo just means you are not part of a team. :)

[Abi]

Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "Solo just means you are not part of a team. :)"

Ok, that sounds fine. Thanks!

[Claire]

Hi! Could you please confirm that this counts as having been buddy read here before:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The 2nd book Archenemies does not have an individual BR thread but has been covered in this series read along so it counts right?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Celia wrote: "Hi, hope it's not too late to sign up. A just for fun team, please."

Hi Celia, you can join Team Madonna ☺ Here are the threads you'll need -
Team Chat: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Team Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Abi wrote: "Sarah wrote: "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 ..."

Hi Abi, Bookbuyer is right, its exactly the same only you don't have teammates, and you post reviews on the solo thread rather than a team thread. I'll add you now, but do you also want to be added to the waiting list for Serious? Or would you rather just stick with Solo?

Here are the threads for Solo ☺ -
Solo Chat: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Solo Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Claire wrote: "Hi! Could you please confirm that this counts as having been buddy read here before:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
..."

Yes, that's fine ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "Solo just means you are not part of a team. :)"

Thank you Bookbuyer ☺

[Eesh]

Sarah wrote: "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?"

Nah, I'm good :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Okay ☺

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Abi wrote: "Sarah wrote: "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 ..."

Thanks Sarah! Sticking with Solo is fine for me.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Okay ☺

[melanie]

can i sign up for solo?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Sure ☺ Here are the threads you'll need -
Solo Chat: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Solo Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[BiblioKalen]

Hey!! I think I'm a whole day late on this, but I would really to get more involved with this community and join in if possible. Not sure which way is best (so totally open to any suggestions), and if it's not possible I completely understand! :)

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

If you are new I would suggest fun. :)

[BiblioKalen]

Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "If you are new I would suggest fun. :)"

Thank you! I am new! Quick question, if you don't mind, on the community's home page do I need to fill out the portion below the post promoting the current challenge about how many books I may be planning to read? Or where do I go from there?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Hi BiblioKalen, it's probably best to try a fun team if it's your first time, would you like me to add you to a team? Let me know if you have any questions ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

BiblioKalen wrote: "Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "If you are new I would suggest fun. :)"

Thank you! I am new! Quick question, if you don't mind, on the community's home page do I need to fill out the portion below the po..."

You don't have to use the challenge widget, its completely up to you, it's just there if you need it to track how you're doing ☺

[BiblioKalen]

Oh awesome! And I would love to join a fun team, if that isn’t an inconvenience to any of them (if so it’s no problem!) Also thank you for answering that question, that’s a really awesome setup and I’ll probably try it out. I think a tracker sounds super helpful

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Fun is always open. :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It's no problem ☺ You can join Team Lauren Bacall, here are the threads that you'll need -
Team Chat: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Team Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Aly]

Question as I'm reading over the rules: autobiographies will not count for bonus points as they are nonfiction, right?

[Aly]

also, how do I know how many times an author has been shelved?

[Claire]

Sorry if this has already been asked, but for 'less than 1,000 ratings' does that count as of May 1 or as of when we start/finish reading it?

[Jill]

Hi Sarah, can I switch to a fun team?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Aly wrote: "Question as I'm reading over the rules: autobiographies will not count for bonus points as they are nonfiction, right?"

Correct ☺ Autobiographies would be non-fiction, so you'd only earn page points +/- buddy read points, not bonus points ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Aly wrote: "also, how do I know how many times an author has been shelved?"

Hi Aly, it's posted in the second post on the main page, underneath the examples, but here it is again ☺ -

*** If you go to an author's page on Goodreads, like this - Jackson Pearce
Scroll down the page until you see ''author's' books' - eg: 'Jackson Pearce’s books' above the list of books written by that author. Click on ''author's' books' eg: 'Jackson Pearce’s books', and it will bring up another page with a list of books published by that author, if you then look at the top under the author's name it will tell you how many times that author has been shelved. Eg: Jackson Pearce has been shelved 198,871 times (probably more now!).

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Claire wrote: "Sorry if this has already been asked, but for 'less than 1,000 ratings' does that count as of May 1 or as of when we start/finish reading it?"

It counts from when we check it, as we've got no way of knowing how many ratings a book had on May 1st. If you think that a rating is going to change a lot between you deciding to read it and you posting your review, then you'll have to ask me to check it and make a note of the rating when you start reading it. If you post a book which has more than 1,000 ratings when I check it, then I won't be able to give you the bonus points ☹

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Jill wrote: "Hi Sarah, can I switch to a fun team?"

I can switch you, but I don't have anybody on the waiting list, so your team may not get a replacement player. Do you still want to switch?

[Aly]

Thank you! Sorry for asking a question that had been answered

[Sarah Elizabeth]

That's okay, it's not the easiest thing to know how to find ☺

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

Sarah I can switch teams with Jill -to medium- if she wants to go fun. I'm on team Twiggy as of now!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

That would work ☺ I'll sort it out now ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Crystal, you'll be going to Team Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ☺ -
Team Chat: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Team Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


And Jill, you'll be going to Team Twiggy ☺ -
Team Chat: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Team Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Jill]

Yay! Thanks for the switcheroo!!

[Claire]

That makes sense, thank you Sarah! I will message you about that soon :D

[Claire]

* If you are using a 'series' buddy read thread, it is still expected that you will be reading the same book in the series as your buddy, at roughly the same time. If a buddy read thread is reset for book 4 in a series, then it is expected that people will be reading from book 4, and if updates are posted for books 1, 2, or 3 they will not be counted as you do not have a buddy reading those books with you.

* If you are joining a series buddy read thread, and it is more than 14 days since anybody else on the thread finished the book that you're reading, then the buddy read will not count.

What happens if the thread gets reset for book 4 when me and one other person are still partway through book 3? Would that still count?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

The thread shouldn't really have been reset if you were still using it, I'm guessing that Abbie didn't realise it was still being used though. If you let me know which thread it is I'll change the title to reflect it's still being used ☺

[Claire]

Oh no it's not that, what happened was I just had exams so I fell behind on the series readalong for Throne of Glass and everyone except for one other person have already finished the 3rd book and want to move onto the 4th on May 1st, (hasn't been reset yet) but I can't start the book until it hits 12am May 1st for the challenge. I didn't realise the thread resetting thing was an issue for the challenge until just now.

I don't want to ask them to wait to start the 4th book because I am bad at time management if it can be avoided!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I meant that I can add the date to the thread title so that it can be used for both books ☺

[Claire]

Oh awesome, thank you very much! I didn't know that series readalongs can do 2 books at the same time.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

If you're within 14 days of someone else finishing it, then it's fine ☺

[Claire]

Great, thank you very much for your help!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I've added the date to the thread title for book 4 rather than resetting it completely. It looks like Shannara is still reading book 3, and Shae finished it on April 22nd so you're within 14 days still ☺