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July 2021 - Return of the Buddy
Yay! I always love this :Dl'm in.
Here's my shelf, sorry, it's massive. To my buddy: Feel free to browse just a couple of pages and pick from those. There are a couple of books I would prefer not to get, but waaaay too much work to make a new shelf, so I'm just going to take the risk ;-)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I'm in! Woot!I created a new shelf, Buddy Challenge. There is one book on it shelved as Museum Challenge possibilities, but the next book in the series can fit into its slot, so it's up for fair game.
ETA - after looking at Peggy and Almeta's shelves, I don't think you can see what other shelves their books are on, so maybe I didn't need to point out the museum challenge item.
Change of plans and I'm trying to make a new shelf for this challenge. But, when I add books to that shelf, GR automatically marks them as 'read' and changes the 'added' date to today. I want neither of those things to happen. Does anyone know how to avoid this?edit: hm, apparently it has created duplicates for all of them. Why?!
Peggy wrote: "Change of plans and I'm trying to make a new shelf for this challenge. But, when I add books to that shelf, GR automatically marks them as 'read' and changes the 'added' date to today. I want neith..."I find this happens when you add a shelf from the book page for some reason. If you go to your bookshelf and edit the shelves from there, you can just add it without duplicating or changing the to-read status.
Love the sound of this - I'm in!I have made a separate shelf for this: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I’m in. I will post the link to my shelf when I am next on line. I want my buddy to pick one from my “next-in-series-to-read” shelf. Any one would be okay. I will remove anything on my shelf that may be on my museum challenge list before the time to pick. 😉👏🏻. awesome challenge, Rusalka!
edited: the link to my shelf to pick from
my next in series shelf
note: there are a couple of titles that have not been published yet. Please check the pub date.
Kristie wrote: "Peggy wrote: "Change of plans and I'm trying to make a new shelf for this challenge. But, when I add books to that shelf, GR automatically marks them as 'read' and changes the 'added' date to today..."Thanks Kristie! I would have never figured that out.. I'll try again tomorrow.
I want a buddy!! I’ve never done this before- sounds like fun!My shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I think I have my privacy settings fixed. If not, and you are my buddy or notice, comment here and I’ll try again.
I want a buddy! I will start make a list now.List complete- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
This sounds like fun. My to read list is a work in progress, but is growing steadily
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I thought it was a buddy read thread! Thanks to Christina's buddy challenge shelf, or else I'll miss it.I'm in, but since my tbr shelf is massive I've made a special
buddy shelf.
Glad you're all interested. I realised the last time we ran this was 2014!!!Understand the confusion Aya. We are all about Buddies here :D
I'm in!I'm in an odd reading mood right now, so I think it would be wise to have my buddy choose a book from my Favorites shelf.
Lanelle wrote: "I'm in!I'm in an odd reading mood right now, so I think it would be wise to have my buddy choose a book from my Favorites shelf."
Some of the books on your shelf look like you've read them several times. That's what I call loving a book.
It's fun looking at everyone's shelves. I'm see the possibility of have buddies read the same book if it's on both of their shelves. Christina and I both have Trell. Margo and I both have Project Hail Mary. I'm also seeing books I want to add to my wishlist which is threatening to explode.
I'm in! My buddy can pick from my Sarah Memorial shelf. That is the shelf I made from my BFF's 4 and 5 star reads after she died this yearMy Sarah Shelf
Janice wrote: "Some of the books on your shelf look like you've read them several times. That's what I call loving a book."I think I'm in the minority in that respect, here on Goodreads :)
I'm totally with you, Lanelle! I love rereading my favorites. Especially when new books aren't working out.
I am in please pick from my want to read shelf herehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I do read quickly and although i will try not to read any on the shelf during the picking period I cannot guarantee it.
I don't mind if you pick a long book for me although i am not sure many on the shelf are that long
I am in also!https://www.goodreads.com/user_shelve...
This is my only shelf (I'm not very exciting) - want to read. Having said that I would be happy to attempt any book a buddy would like to assign me. I'm open.
Peggy wrote: "Change of plans and I'm trying to make a new shelf for this challenge. But, when I add books to that shelf, GR automatically marks them as 'read' and changes the 'added' date to today. I want neith..."Have you been able to sort it out Peggy? The way I did it was to create a new shelf, then go to my To Read list and edit the bookshelf column to add my newly created shelf. Here’s the link https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Good luck.
Thanks Shirley! Haven't had time yet but will try again tomorrow or Wednesday :)
Janice wrote: "It's fun looking at everyone's shelves. I'm see the possibility of have buddies read the same book if it's on both of their shelves. Christina and I both have Trell. Margo and I bot..."I can see the buddy read thread exploding too lol
Abby wrote: "I'm totally with you, Lanelle! I love rereading my favorites. Especially when new books aren't working out."
I'm in. This looks really fun!Here's my shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I like to read series in order, and already have a lot of books planned for the summer, so I'll be using my stand-alone shelf to avoid adding an entire series
I think that I would like to play with others in July, and I think that my newly created a to z plus some should work perfectly?(am reeeaaaly hoping that the link works)
Jenn, your link works, but brings you to your full want to read shelf, not the a-z shelf. Try clicking on this link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... If it brings you to the correct shelf, copy and paste the new page address from there.
I have spent the first hour of work, adding books to my TBR list from all your lists! Perfect way to start the work day, (although I don't think my boss would agree lol).
Lol Kathryn, I've spent I don't know how many hours on GR while I should have been working (including now ;-))
Kristie wrote: "Peggy wrote: "Change of plans and I'm trying to make a new shelf for this challenge. But, when I add books to that shelf, GR automatically marks them as 'read' and changes the 'added' date to today..."Finally had time to try this, but same thing happens. Some books are added to the shelf with no problem, others are marked as read and duplicated.
I think I'm just going to take my chances with the massive shelf.
I would not have problem with having to choose from a big shelf Peggy and if anybody surely they could look at 100 of what you have?If you do want to create this new shelf though, I wonder if you could if it would let you change the shelf using the My Books view of the shelf i.e. https://www.goodreads.com/review/list....
Under the "shelves" column there is an edit button. I created a "1 temp"* shelf, marked it as Exclusive and moved the books I didn't want chosen to that.
* I alwalys put a number in front of shelves I use a lot so they'll appear at the top.
Peggy, are the books you are trying to add to the new shelf already in your TBR or any other exclusive shelf? If the books are not in an exclusive shelf already, GR will add it to the "Read" shelf automatically when you add the book to any no-exclusive shelf, since every single book has to be in one of the exclusive shelves, always. I understand you from you message you are using the books in your TBR, so probably what I am saying is useless, but worth a try.
Peggy wrote: "Lol Kathryn, I've spent I don't know how many hours on GR while I should have been working (including now ;-))"
I spent so much time this morning, I am paying for it now!!
I spent so much time this morning, I am paying for it now!!
Thanks Margo and Sandra!@Margo: I think that's how I did it. It's fine if people just check a few pages of my shelf (definitely don't expect them to browse all of it!), but there are some books on there I would prefer not to be chosen so that's why I figured I would make a new shelf. But right now I'm thinking I'll just take the risk ;-)
@Sandra: They are on my exclusive 'want to read' shelf. The shelf I created was non-exclusive. I normally don't have this problem when I have books I still want to read but tag them with a non-exclusive shelf already. The weird things is also that it does the read/duplicate thing with some books, but not all.
I think this challenge will be good practice for me to let the non-risk-taking control freak in myself go and just read whatever is picked ;-)
Ooooo Peggy! Throwing caution to the wind! I like it.And Kathryn, sounds like the most productive morning really. I approve ;)
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This month, I'm going to allocate you with a buddy who is going to choose what book you are going to read in July. I need you to tell me if you are going to participate by 26 June 2021 in the thread below. You will also need to indicate what shelf you would like your buddy to choose your book off. Eg: to be read, own, romance, audiobooks, vampire goats and friends, etc. A link to the shelf would be very helpful to your buddy too.
On the 27 June I will have plonked you all through a fruit machine and assigned you a buddy who will be picking your read. Your buddy will go through your allocated shelf, and then tell us in the thread below, what read they have chosen for you. I'll then set up a reporting thread where you can report on your reads and tell us what you think about it.
If you notice this challenge after the above dates, and even after July starts, you can still play, just post in this thread as above and I will pair you with another signer-upperer or assign you a mod to be your buddy.
Tips and Rules!
For you
- The book must be read between July 1 – July 31, 2021 (based on your local time zone).
- This book WILL NOT count for the Museums Year Long Challenge.
- The book needs to be over 175pp. If your buddy picks a book for you that is under or the version you get is under (eg. different edition than is on Goodreads, ebook, audiobook) let them know and ask them to re-pick a read for you.
In the case of ebooks & audiobooks, use the hardcover or paperback edition to determine page length. From the book page, select “all editions”, then select the first paper edition as your guide. If reading an ebook and there is no paper edition, the ebook book must be at least 250 pages. If reading an audiobook and there is no paper edition, your book must be a minimum of 6 hours long.
- When allocating your shelf, you can make a new one if you would like to leave off options you can't get or are allocated for other challenges. BUT you should have a pretty decent variety on there. Making a shelf of 5 books is NOT the point of the challenge. Live a little here peoples.
- Please check your privacy settings. If your profile is private, could you please change it to give your buddy access to your shelves. You can do this on the 25th and please feel free to change it back straight after they have chosen. If you are not comfortable with this, which is completely fine, you will have to add your buddy as a friend. But you will need to do one or the other for people to look at your shelves.
- You will get a badge even if you don't finish the book, but you have to attempt it.
- If there is a problem with the selection your buddy has made eg "I can't buy it coz it costs a million dollars, and no libraries have it and neither do my friends as there was a ritualistic book burning of that book in my country where we all danced around and mocked it." plead your case. If it is reasonable or amusing enough, I may feel nice and let your buddy "reroll" for you. But it had better be good. I would suggest giving your buddy a shelf where you can easily access the books instead. That's more reliable than my whim.
For When You Are Choosing For Someone
- Please choose quickly so people can go to libraries, buy, borrow, beg, if needed.
- Keep in mind size. You may be able to read War and Peace in a month, but that choice would make me want to hunt you down and smack you over the head with it. Also remember the requirement for over 175pp. If you pick something that doesn't meet the requirement for the pages (see above) you may need to pick another for your Buddy.
- Also, keep in mind series order. Don't pick number #12 in a series, if your buddy has only read #1 and #2 for example. If in doubt, feel free to ask your buddy how they feel about reading series out of order.
- Remember, if you sign up, you will have someone waiting for you to choose a book for them. Life definitely gets in the way, I get that, but either still pick for them if you can't play yourself any more, or let us know so we can reassign a buddy.
EDIT: Buddy Assignments found in Message 85