Bookish Blocks 2020 - May 2020

[Elizabeth Emily]

Thank you Sarah ☺️

[Andrea]

Can I join a team still?

[Neha]

Thank you, Sarah!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Andrea wrote: "Can I join a team still?"

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

(I'll also send you a message to let you know ☺)

[Morgan]

Can I do solo??

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Hi Morgan, yes that's fine, 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/...

[Siobhan]

oh man i missed out on signing up :( being an essitanal working is ruining my fun lol :) if a space pops up on a team could i join in please?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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

(I'll also send you a message to let you know x)

[Dannii]

Hi Sarah,

I read up to page 101 of a book on Dec 2nd but never finished it. Would I be able to restart it again for this month, please?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Yes, that's fine ☺ Just do either a status update saying 'restarting', or let us know when you post on the review thread that you restarted from the beginning in May ☺

[Dannii]

Sarah wrote: "Yes, that's fine ☺ Just do either a status update saying 'restarting', or let us know when you post on the review thread that you restarted from the beginning in May ☺"

Thank you :D

[Sarah Elizabeth]

no problem ☺

[Riddhi]

Solo please

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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/...

[Bea (Books And Bees of Bea)]

Can I still join a team? If not, I'm fine working solo.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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

[Maddie]

Current Scores:

__________|_Books_|_Buddy_|__Page____|_Bonus_|__Total
__________|_Read__|_Reads_|__Points__|_Points|

Fighter___|___4___|___0___|____33____|__33___|____66
Believer__|___4___|___9___|___18____|__12___|____39
Survivor__|___0___|___0___|_____0____|___0___|_____0

[Aly]

Hey Maddie or Sarah, for re-reads is it 8 months?

[Maddie]

Sure is Aly!

[Aly]

Okay, I'm like 2 weeks too early lol. Oh well

[Maddie]

You could always hold off reading it by 2 weeks :p

[Krystal]

Alrighty, question on a specific book! (books 1-4) (books 5-8) 9, 10

So, since these are illustrated, will they get any points at all? Also, these are tagged both YA and middle. YA is first in the list. When I open to see them all, there is a mix of YA and middle.

Thanks!

[Maddie]

@Krystal: If they are all illustrated, then they all get counted at a rate of 1 point per 150 pages. And you need 600 pages from illustrated books in order to claim a block label. So you can add them together (with separate reviews for each book) and post them all together, stating which block label you want to count them for. Does that make sense?

[Aly]

Maddie wrote: "You could always hold off reading it by 2 weeks :p"

I should have checked before I started and now I'm almost done. Haha I'll still have fun discussing with other people

[Krystal]

So, since Making the Cut and Balancing Act are both 384 pages, separate, I can add those two together to get one block label? And then 9 and 10 I just wouldn't get a block label, which I'm fine with.

[Maddie]

Krystal wrote: "So, since Making the Cut and Balancing Act are both 384 pages, separate, I can add those two together to get one block label? And then 9 and 10 I just wouldn't get a block label, which I'm fine with."

Yes that's correct Krystal :)

[Krystal]

Maddie wrote: "Krystal wrote: "So, since Making the Cut and Balancing Act are both 384 pages, separate, I can add those two together to get one block label? And then 9 and 10 I just wouldn't get a block label, wh..."

Yay, okay, thank you for explaining for me!

[Maddie]

No worries!

[Melanie]

if it's not too late, I'd like to join...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Hi Melanie, you can join Team Believer ☺ 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]

Aly wrote: "Maddie wrote: "You could always hold off reading it by 2 weeks :p"

I should have checked before I started and now I'm almost done. Haha I'll still have fun discussing with other people"

Aly, as you're only 2 weeks early we will count it for you, just this once ☺

[Maddie]

Current Scores:

__________|_Books_|_Buddy_|__Page____|_Bonus_|__Total
__________|_Read__|_Reads_|__Points__|_Points|

Fighter___|___7___|___6___|____58____|__35___|___101
Believer__|___7___|___9___|___40____|__34___|____83
Survivor__|___1___|___0___|_____8____|___8___|____16

[Aly]

Sarah wrote: "Aly wrote: "Maddie wrote: "You could always hold off reading it by 2 weeks :p"

I should have checked before I started and now I'm almost done. Haha I'll still have fun discussing with other people..."

Sarah, thank you! I will pay more attention next time I do a reread

[Sarah Elizabeth]

no problem ☺

[Mummy's Naughty Corner]

Got the right thread this time lol.

Just checking but does kindle unlimited count as a freebie in this challenge?

[Maddie]

I would believe so, but shall wait for Sarah to reply as we do technically pay for the subscription.

[Maddie]

I'm not too sure, shall wait for Sarah to reply as we do technically pay for the subscription.

[Maddie]

Current Scores:

__________|_Books_|_Buddy_|__Page____|_Bonus_|__Total
__________|_Read__|_Reads_|__Points__|_Points|

Fighter___|__12___|__16___|____89____|__56___|___161
Believer__|__11___|__19___|____71____|__59___|___149
Survivor__|___7___|__19___|____42____|__31___|____92

[Autumn]

Hello! I would love to join a team, if it's not too late. ^o^

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Hi Autumn, you can join Team Survivor ☺ 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]

Sorry Autumn, I can't send you a message to let you know because I sent too many messages yesterday and now Goodreads won't let me send a message to anyone who isn't a friend ☹

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Mummy's Naughty Corner wrote: "Got the right thread this time lol.

Just checking but does kindle unlimited count as a freebie in this challenge?"


Hi Mummy, I'm afraid we don't classify kindle unlimited books as freebies anymore because it's a paid-for service. If you've paid $10 in order to read it, then it isn't free, even if you don't pay for it specifically and keep it x

[Mummy's Naughty Corner]

Sarah wrote: "Mummy's Naughty Corner wrote: "Got the right thread this time lol.

Just checking but does kindle unlimited count as a freebie in this challenge?"


Hi Mummy, I'm afraid we don't classify kindle un..."

Thats okay Sarah that's why I asked.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It's a bit of a tricky one, Amazon say 'read for £0.00' then expect you to pay them £10 a month. How is that free? Misleading advertising really!

[Heather]

I’m excited to see the score updates in a little bit!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I'm not sure when they'll be up Heather, Maddie has to go to work soon, and I'm still going through messages x

[Sarah Elizabeth]

And I was supposed to have done the ironing too. oops!

[Mummy's Naughty Corner]

I know the only people that benefit from it are those like me that can read loads so although not free defiantly a lot cheaper then buying each book as that would break my bank.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I did the free trial, but I have an issue where I like to keep books that I read in case I want to read them again, so it bothered me a bit 🤔

[Heather]

Lol take your time I’m just excited to see if the closeness from last month transferred to this month!