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Hi there, just checking in. I look forward to this challenge.
Hi there, just checking in. I look forward to this challenge.
Hey, welcome to the team! Also, these are some of the books I'm planning to read:
I have BRs planned for a few of them!
I would love to BR
and
with you. I own
and can start that with you anytime. Let me know.
Oh and I just got
this morning from the library. I have it for 3 weeks
@ Susan - I actually joined buddy reads for all three of those books! Definitely feel free to join because I love to discuss books and it'll give us more points :)
Jan 2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jan 15: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jan 22: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...And welcome to the team, Jenn!
Hey, Jacquelyn! Welcome to the team :)
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I’m so excited for the book too! The first book was really good. I’m trying not get my hopes up, though, because I’m awful with hyping sequels up to the point where they end up disappointing me. 😭 But the title is everything
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I'm with you 100%. That title and cover <3
Hey, Shae! :)@Jenn - Right?? I wish I was half as creative coming up with titles
Hey! 🤗 I feel like we haven’t been on the same team in a while. So I’m super excited that we are this month!
Klancy wrote: "I’m so excited for the book too! The first book was really good. I’m trying not get my hopes up, though, because I’m awful with hyping sequels up to the point where they end up disappointing me. 😭 ..."I loved it too. I'm excited to read book two. I'm excited to get these books read
I have all the dates written down and can't wait to read all of them.
Definitely! We’re going to read so many books and have a great start to our 2020 reading challenges
@Klancy, yeah I've taken a break from reading challenges for the last few months. 😅 I'm excited that we are on the same team too! 🎉🎉
What is everyone starting 2020 off reading??
I'm kind of tempted to start the 2020’s by reading The Great Gatsby... 🤣 kicking off the ’20s with a book based in the ’20s. Lol
Checking in!I might join the BR for A Heart so Fierce and Broken if I can manage to get it in time :D
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Jacquelyn wrote: "I'm kind of tempted to start the 2020’s by reading The Great Gatsby... 🤣 kicking off the ’20s with a book based in the ’20s. Lol"Oh my gosh that's perfect 😂You should totally read it while drinking a glass of champagne
@Claire - Yesss, join us! We can all gush over it together!
@Klancy if I wasn't sick and on medication, I would TOTALLY drink champagne while reading it! 🤣
Hi guysEdit: whoops, didn't realize this was some game/challenge. Thought this was a chat
@Jacquelyn - Oh no! I hope you feel better soon. Nothing is worse than being sick. I can't deal with not being able to breathe with a stuffy nose lol@mars - No worries! Feel free to chat with us :)
Also, I'm going to try and challenge myself to finish
today but I also know myself and I'm sure that at some point I'm going to end up watching some Netflix or YouTube 😬
@klancy For sure. I'm just annoyed because I don't have an official diagnosis. I have ”flu-like symptoms” but tested negative for the flu. Now I think I may have bronchitis, so I need to go back to the doctor. 😒 It will be the third time in a week.
That's so weird. You'd think that the doctor would be able to diagnose what you have when you go in...Or at least hope they would be able to without making you go in so often. That could be expensive and really frustrating
how was your trip Klancy? I remember you were going overseas after we last teamed together. Although I have baby brain so may be mixed up haha 😝 I slumped the last two months, the Christmas holidays got the better of me. Starting
which is a GBR
The trip was amazing! My favorite part was visiting all of the different castles and getting to explore the grounds. And getting to drive through the highlands was definitely a highlight too! I would love to go to Prague next.The holidays are always so hard to find time to read. You’ll have to let me know what you think of the GBR!
That sounds awesome Klancy! Where did you visit and when?Hey Shae! 💕
I'm just now starting my first read of the year (it's not The Great Gatsby). I've been putting too much unnecessary pressure on my ”first book of the year”...so I unintentionally discouraged myself from reading.
I visited Scotland for a week in July! It was so much fun. I met a lot of nice people :)Totally understandable. Nobody wants to start off the New Year with a book they're not excited about reading
I also just finished The Veil of Ashes. Is there a letter everyone thinks I should claim?Update: I just claimed H for now. We can move it later if we need to
Btw I’m reading
There are several letter options 😃
I’m so glad you had such a good time Klancy! I’d love to go to Prague as well. I’d love to go everywhere haha! I’m thinking maybe I should read regretting you by Colleen Hoover as I need something to get me out of my slump! I’ll check if there is a buddy happening for it.
Shae wrote: "Have you read it yet Jackie?"Yeah, I read it last week. 😅
I still need to read some of her earlier books. I started Slammed but for some reason I never finished it.
Jacquelyn wrote: "Shae wrote: "Have you read it yet Jackie?"Yeah, I read it last week. 😅
I still need to read some of her earlier books. I started Slammed but for some reason I never finished it."
I have slammed! Maybe we could buddy read that
Shae wrote: "Jacquelyn wrote: "Shae wrote: "Have you read it yet Jackie?"Yeah, I read it last week. 😅
I still need to read some of her earlier books. I started Slammed but for some reason I never finished it...."
Sounds good Shae! I miss our br’s!
Shae wrote: "Did you like regretting you?"Yes, I did! It Ends With Us is still favorite though.
It was like a 4.5 star for me, but I rounded up. 🤷🏻♀️
I'm getting to get through my current read so that I can move on to one of my most anticipated thrillers. 😅
@ Shae - Right?? I wish I won the lottery or something so I could visit more places lol@ Jacquelyn - What's your most anticipated thriller? :)
I started
! I loved the Night Circus so I have high hopes for this one
Omg, bring me with you! Hahaha A bookish trip abroad lol
I loved Italy when I visited.
Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison.im so excited to read it! I'm obsessed with thrillers that take place at boarding schools!
Oh awesome Klancy! Let me know how it is. My husband got that book for Christmas
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Jenn✔︎Shae✔︎Claire✔︎Susan✔︎Jacquelyn✔︎Klancy✔︎Brittani✔︎Hey, everyone!! I posted how the challenge works below just so we don't have to keep going back and forth between here and the rules thread.
How it works:
For this challenge, we are hoping to help you make a good start to your New Years Resolutions! You may read books of your own choice, but if you would like to earn some bonus points, you can use your books to spell out 'Happy New Year' ☺
To spell out 'Happy New Year' you must do the following -
* Read your book, and write your review.
* You may then choose one letter from your book to count towards 'Happy New Year'.
* For this challenge, you may choose any letter from your book's title, series name, author name, and you can even use the word 'by', as in 'Legend (Legend #1) by Marie Lu', could be used for 'Y' (so basically any book can be used for 'Y')
* You may also choose to use a different edition of a book, with a different title in order to use a different letter, so again, for Legend (Legend #1) by Marie Lu, you could choose to use this edition - Fallender Himmel to count for 'H'. (Titles must be made up of English letters.)
So:
- 1 letter per book.
- You may use any letter from your chosen book's title, series name, author name, 'by', or title of an alternate edition.
- Alternate titles must be made up of English letters, although we will accept titles with accents over words such as á, é, í, ó, ú.
- '&' may be used as 'and'.
- Numbers in titles can be used, but are spelled out, so '1001' would be 'one zero zero one', '20' would be 'two zero'.
- You can only claim letters which appear in 'Happy New Year', so H, A, P, Y, N, E, W, R.
- You can only claim 1 letter per book, so if you use your book to claim the letter P, that will only fill in 1 P on your team's board, not both of them.
- For this challenge you may use words which occur after punctuation in a title, including after a colon ':'
- You may also use author's names, or the names of any editors, translators, narrators or illustrators.
- Bonus points will be awarded each time a letter is claimed.
- Letters can be claimed in any order.
- Bonus points will be awarded each time 'Happy New Year' is completed. - Please note these bonus points are added to team totals only.