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*You can buddy read any book in our group; we mainly read YA, but you can read adult, NA, middle grade, non-fiction etc. books here too. If you wish to read an erotica title, please place it in the 'Adult fiction' section.
*Buddy Reads may be scheduled for any day of the year.
*There is no limit as to how many buddy reads can be scheduled for one day.
*There is no limit as to how many people can participate in a buddy read.
*Your start date is the date you should start reading the book, not the date you should have it finished by. If you are going to be late or early to a buddy read please let your buddy know on the buddy reading thread.
*Please let us know when your buddy read is so we can add it to the 'Planned Buddy Reads' list for the appropriate month.
*Please make a note of which buddy reads you have planned to avoid your buddy being disappointed if you forget your buddy read!
*If you are unable to make a buddy read, please let your buddy know by commenting on the buddy read thread.
*All of our buddy reads are open to any group member, author's included. Please be welcoming to anyone who asks to join your buddy read.
*Please be respectful of all group members, even those who have different views to you. It is okay to say how you feel, but we do not tolerate bullying or personal attacks of any kind.
Are members allowed to start buddy-reading a book they're already partly finished with (
, in my case)?
, in my case)?
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1) Any member of this group can start a buddy read by posting the title(s) of the book(s) you want to read in the WANTED: Reading Buddies thread here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
- We also have a Wanted thread for people wishing to buddy read a series of books - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
- and a thread for people wishing to read ARCs (Advance Reviewer Copies - books not yet published) - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2) Once you have found someone (or more than one person) to read a book (or books) with, discuss and decide on what date you will start the book, and whether you will have a reading schedule (example: 4 chapters a day), or whether you will read at your own pace.
3) Once you have your date, check to see if we already have a buddy reading thread for the book/books you are going to read. You can do this one of two ways -
* By searching within the group -
* Or by looking on your chosen's book goodreads page. Go to the books page, and go right to the bottom of the page and click on 'Discuss this book'
This should open up a new page, and it should be fairly easy to find the link which is titled 'YA Buddy Readers' -
Once you have found the thread, simply comment on the thread telling us when you will be starting the book, or message one of the mods and we will change the date on the thread title for you.
4) If there isn't an existing thread for your book then you can make one ☺
To make a new thread, first decide which genre folder your book fits in, we have:
Contemporary/Romance - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Paranormal/Fantasy - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Dystopian/Sci-Fi - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Mystery/Crime - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Horror/Thriller - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Historical Fiction - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Adult Fiction - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Non-Fiction - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
and Series Read-Along - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
An easy way to know which genre your book fits in to is to go to the books goodreads page and check the 'genre' heading on the right hand side of the page:
In the above example this book would be placed in the paranormal/fantasy folder ☺
5) To make a buddy read thread for a book, go to the folder where your book fits, and click 'New topic'
You will then find yourself on this screen -
Fill in each field;
*Topic - Title, Author, Start Date
(example: Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die #1) by Danielle Paige - Starting September 15th 2014)
*This topic is about - type in the title of your book and then select it from the drop down menu which pops up.
*comment - You can include the blurb if you wish, and then who will be reading the book, and the date you are starting.
6) Now you have your thread let everybody else know when your buddy read is happening by posting on the 'Buddy Reads' thread for the month your buddy read is happening. The folder for planned buddy reads is here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
By commenting on the correct thread we will be able to add your buddy read to the list of planned buddy reads so that everyone can see which buddy reads are happening and when ☺
7) Now you're all set to go! On the day of your buddy read, start reading your book, and discuss what you think to the book as you go along, whether you are enjoying the book or not, what you think to the characters, whether the book reminds you of anything else etc. Whatever you feel really. Please remember to hide spoilers in spoiler tabs (view spoiler)[ Hi! (hide spoiler)], by using <.spoiler.> <./spoiler.> (without the dots). And please respect that other people may think differently to you. We encourage you to discuss a book, even if one person hates it and one person loves it, but personal attacks on people are not acceptable and will not be tolerated.
Happy Reading Everybody!