2024 Buddy Reads Sign-Up Thread

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Ok got that confirmed!

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[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

JULY Buddy Reads are posted here!

October suggestions now open!

Happy reading!

[Rachael]

Would anyone like to read The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco in August? Not open to other months as using for a group challenge

[Lorraine]

SarahKat, can you add me to The name of the Rose with Rachael and remove me from Malcolm X autobiography. Not ready yet to try the biography or autobiography genre. Thanks

[Ozcose]

Hi, I haven't done a buddy read in years so I'm not sure of the protocol but I'd like to do one for July, All Fours by Miranda July, is it too late to add that?

[Ozcose]

ooh okay I jus saw the FAQ at the top, dang this mobile app! If it's too much trouble to add to July, can I get it for August instead.

[Meg]

Ozcose wrote: "Hi, I haven't done a buddy read in years so I'm not sure of the protocol but I'd like to do one for July, All Fours by Miranda July, is it too late to add that?"

I will join this too

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Ozcose wrote: "ooh okay I jus saw the FAQ at the top, dang this mobile app! If it's too much trouble to add to July, can I get it for August instead."

The mobile app is really bad for some things on here for sure! I did add that to August!

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[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Suggesting for August (not open to other months as I'm using them for a challenge):

Wool
Never Have I Ever
Gingerbread
The Whisper Man

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[Beth]

SarahKat wrote: "Suggesting for August (not open to other months as I'm using them for a challenge):

Wool
Never Have I Ever
Gingerbread
[book:The Whisper Man|5154093..."

Please include me for Never Have I Ever and The Whisper Man

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Beth wrote: "SarahKat wrote: "Suggesting for August (not open to other months as I'm using them for a challenge):

Wool
Never Have I Ever
Gingerbread
[book:The Wh..."

Yay thanks!

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[Dominique]

Jannene wrote: "SarahKat, I think Lorraine and I planned the entire series of Ziba MacKenzie.

Nothing to Lose - August

Snakes and Ladders - September

@Dominique, are you joining..."

Yes, I'll read book 1 this month

[Jannene]

SarahKat wrote: "Suggesting for August (not open to other months as I'm using them for a challenge):

Wool
Never Have I Ever
Gingerbread
[book:The Whisper Man|5154093..."

The whisper man was so good!

[Dominique]

I'll join Wool in August

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

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[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

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[M]

I'd like to suggest The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix for September or October please

also I think my suggestion for The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara for August or September got lost in the mix (message 742) :)

Thanks SarahKat!

[Beth]

I'd like to join M for The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires in September.

That said, October is fine for me, too.

[TerryJane, Challenges]

I will join M for The People in the Trees if we read it in September. I put it on hold at the library, but there's a six-week wait for it.

[Joan]

I really want to read:

The Secret History
The Historian

I thought a buddy read would be good for these. I'm thinking The Secret History in September and The Historian in October.

Anyone want to join me? The Secret History is like a dark academia book and The Historian is vampires so I thought those months would work well.

[Lina]

I will join you for The Secret History, Joan! September works for me :)

[Joan]

Lina wrote: "I will join you for The Secret History, Joan! September works for me :)"

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

All added! Sorry I missed People in the Trees. It's there now.

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[M]

No worries :) Thanks all!

[Lorraine]

I would like to suggest Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo for October.

[Lorraine]

Hello SarahKat. Beth and I will be reading Tai-Pan by James Clavell in August. Others are very welcome to join.
Thanks

[Beth]

Lorraine wrote: "I would like to suggest Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo for October."

I’d like to join this!

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

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[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Announcement!

I will be traveling next week and am hoping to post the buddy reads threads early, by Monday the 22nd. If books are confirmed before the 25th but after the other threads are posted, I may not get them up until I am back in town that weekend! Just wanted you all to know :)

Please double-check your sign-ups for next month and let me know if changes need made!

Books Confirmed for August
A thread will be created July 22-27 to discuss these books. If you would like to be added or need to drop out, please post your request in this thread!

All Fours with Ozcose, Meg
The Arsonists' City with Valerie, Lorraine
The Autobiography of Malcolm X with Jannene, Beth
The Beautiful Dead: A Tale of K-Pop, Ghosts, and Nine-Tailed Fox Women with SarahKat, Carri
The Beekeeper of Aleppo with Lorraine, Denise, Beth
The Butcher of the Forest with M, SarahKat
Dead Ground with Inkeri, Lorraine, Beth
Dissolution with Lorraine, Caterina, Allison, Beth
The Frozen River with Lorraine, Valerie, Patricia, Beth
Hello Beautiful with Surabhi, Lorraine
Kingdom of Bones with Kristy, Lorraine
The Last Note of Warning with SarahKat, Beth, Carri
The Name of the Rose with Rachael, Lorraine
Never Have I Ever with SarahKat, Beth
Nothing to Lose with Jannene, Lorraine, Beth, Dominique
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals with Beth, Patricia
Roses of May with SarahKat, Beth, Lorraine, Joan
Rule of Wolves with SarahKat, Lorraine
Tai-Pan with Lorraine, Beth
The Two Towers with Alina, bailey, Lulo
What Alice Forgot with SarahKat, D.L., Allison
The Whisper Man with SarahKat, Beth
Wool with SarahKat, Dominique

These books are SUGGESTED for August
Buddies have until July 25th to join these Buddy Reads, or no thread will be created.

Court with Jan
Einstein: His Life and Universe with Beth
The Fraud with Jen
Gingerbread with SarahKat
Good Morning, Midnight with M

[Lorraine]

All confirmed. Thanks SarahKat.

[D.L.]

Confirming :) Be safe on your travels.

[D.L.]

I would like so suggest Strange Weather: Four Short Stories by Joe Hill for October (open to other months)

[Jannene]

Confirming

[Valerie]

All good for me thanks SarahKat.

[Allison]

All good here, thanks.

[Dominique]

Confirming, Thanks!

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

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[Sam]

Thanks

[Beth]

Mine all look good, Sarah! Enjoy your time away!

I'm still hoping someone joins me for the Einstein bio!

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

August Buddy Reads are posted!

Reminder if more books get confirmed in the next few days I will post them by this weekend.

You may now suggest books through November!

[Jen]

I'm going on holiday and have these books lined up:

Bright Young Women; Sign Here; We Could Be Heroes; Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages; Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World; The Scholars of Night; Help Wanted; Me Talk Pretty One Day

[Valerie]

Lorraine and I will be reading The Lacuna in October. Others are very welcome to join us. Thanks.

[Brianne]

I'd like to join The Housemaid in September please!

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Jen wrote: "I'm going on holiday and have these books lined up:

Bright Young Women; Sign Here; We Could Be Heroes; [book:Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marr..."

Jen what month are you suggesting these for? August? September?
Keep in mind August confirmations close in 2 days.

[Jen]

August, and I'll be getting most of them from the library at my destination and returning them when I leave. It's fine if no one responds.

[Jen]

This one also looks very fun and I'll be reading it on my holiday in early August if anyone wants to join.

Jane Steele

[Liana]

I would like to join The Frozen River buddy read for August please :-)

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

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Jen, no one responded so I didn't add yours to the spreadsheet since I didn't get a chance to update until after the 25th. Just don't want you do think you got missed.

[Beth]

Since The Housemaid is on tap for September, I'd like to suggest the rest of the series for Oct and Nov.

I read Book 1 earlier in July, so I won't join the Sept BR.

Oct: The Housemaid's Secret (Housemaid, Book #2)
Nov: The Housemaid Is Watching (Housemaid, Book #3)

[Jen]

SarahKat wrote: "Updated

Jen, no one responded so I didn't add yours to the spreadsheet since I didn't get a chance to update until after the 25th. Just don't want you do think you got missed."

It's fine. I was late to the party and no one wanted to dance. I'll live.