2024 Buddy Reads Sign-Up Thread

[Rebecca]

I want to join James in October and Finn in November.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Rebecca wrote: "I want to join James in October and Finn in November."

You're back! 😊

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[Rebecca]

SarahKat wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "I want to join James in October and Finn in November."

You're back! 😊

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I'm still super busy at work, but I've begun to make some time for reading again :-)

[Beth]

Glad to hear that, Rebecca! You've been missed in book discussions.

[Lorraine]

Hi SarahKat
Valerie and I will be reading Held by Anne Michaels in October. This is one of the Booker prize nominee. Others are welcome to join.
thanks

[Lorraine]

SarahKat,
you can also remove The Arkangel by James Rollins from the October buddy read. Kristy and I have already read it.
Thanks again

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

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[Lorraine]

Hi SarahKat
Valerie and I will read The Echo Maker by Richard Powers in December. Others are welcome to join.
Thanks

[Lorraine]

SarahKat
if you are still interested in How to Stop Time from Matt Haig for October, I'll read it with you.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Lorraine wrote: "SarahKat
if you are still interested in How to Stop Time from Matt Haig for October, I'll read it with you."

Yes thanks! And I'll probably join you for The Echo Maker too if I can get all my challenges done by then.

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[Surabhi]

Would anyone like to read Cleopatra and Frankenstein in October?
I am flexible to reading in other months too..
please let me know :)

[M]

Suggesting Gallant by Victoria Schwab and The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell for October.
not open to other months cause they gotta go back to the library :)

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

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[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Announcement!

Here are all the books planned and suggested for next month. Let me know if any changes need made!

Books Confirmed for October
A thread will be created on or around September 25th to discuss these books. If you would like to be added or need to drop out, please post your request in this thread!

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity with Lorraine, Beth
The Chalk Man with SarahKat, TerryJane, Beth, Jannene, Dominique, Jaida
City of the Lost with Elaine, Beth
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law with Elaine, Beth
Hamnet with M, Beth
Held with Lorraine, Valerie
The Historian with Joan, TerryJane
The Housemaid's Secret with Beth, Dominique, Jannene, Patricia
How to Stop Time with SarahKat, Lorraine
The It Girl with Mansi V, Sophia
James with Beth, Lorraine, TerryJane, Rebecca
Just One Damned Thing After Another with Elaine, Rachael
King Rat with Lorraine, Beth
The Life We Bury with Lorraine, Jannene, Emily
The Mercy Chair with Inkeri, Lorraine, Beth, Carmen
None of This Is True with Mansi V, Beth, Dominique, Patricia, Denise, TerryJane
The Savage Detectives with Valerie, Lorraine, Lulo
Sovereign with Beth, Lorraine
Strange Weather: Four Short Stories with D.L., Lulo
The Thursday Murder Club with Mansi V, Lulo
The Vanishing Season with SarahKat, Beth, Lorraine, Joan

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

Along the Razor's Edge with Ela
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst with Ela
Cleopatra and Frankenstein with Surabhi
Dangerous Minds: A Forensic Psychiatrist's Quest to Understand Violence with Ela
Don't Look Down with Elaine
The Final Girl Support Group with Beth
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 with Beth
Gallant with M
Inda with Elaine
The Maid with Mansi V
The Memory Code with Ela
Sense and Sensibility with D.L.
The Shape of Darkness with M
Sula with Mansi V
What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service with Jill
The Woman in Black with Mansi V

[Lorraine]

All fine for me. Thanks

[TerryJane, Challenges]

I would like to join:
Held with Lorraine, Valerie
The Shape of Darkness with M

[Jannene]

Mine are confirmed

[Valerie]

All good for me. Thanks SarahKat.

[Jen]

I'm definitely going to read The Safekeep in October. It was announced this week as a shortlist finalist for the Booker Prize.

[Dominique]

Confirming my books also will join Hamnet and The Final Girl Support Group.

[Elaine]

Confirming my buddy reads! Thank you for all the work you put into this SarahKat!

[Lorraine]

Hi SarahKat
Caterina and I will be starting the Kay Scarpetta series in November. Book 1 is Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell.
Others are welcome to join!
thanks

[Elaine]

Suggesting for November:
Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
The Museum of Ordinary People
Mistborn: The Final Empire
The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone
Little Eve

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

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[Elaine]

TerryJane and I would like to continue the Dove Pond series with A Cup of Silver Linings in October.

[Jen]

I see The Woman in Black is nominated for October. I'd love to join that one. I saw an amazing amateur theatre production of it last night and it's so perfect for this month.

[Dominique]

I'll join the Kay Scarpetta series in November

[TerryJane, Challenges]

I will join in November for:
The Museum of Ordinary People
The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone

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Little Eve - This is the October choice for my local book club. If you are able to read it a little sooner, I can join you.

[Debi]

Dominique wrote: "Confirming my books also will join Hamnet and The Final Girl Support Group."

TerryJane wrote: "I will join in November for:
The Museum of Ordinary People
The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone

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Little Eve - This is the October choice for my ..."

Just ordered the book 'Hamnet' and would like to join the group reading this if possible. Thanks

[Elaine]

TerryJane wrote: "I will join in November for:
The Museum of Ordinary People
The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone

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Little Eve - This is the October choice for my ..."

I’m happy to move Little Eve to October.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

For Dove Pond, do you want the series confirmed for the books after #2 as well?

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[Elaine]

SarahKat wrote: "For Dove Pond, do you want the series confirmed for the books after #2 as well?

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Yes, please

[Joan]

I'm excited! I didn't think anyone signed up for The Historian with me!!!!

[Beth]

I'm planning to read S by J.J. Abrams in November. Anyone care to join me?

[Lorraine]

Beth wrote: "Suggesting Murder at King’s Crossing by Andrea Penrose. This is the newest addition (book 8) to the Wrexford and Sloane series, being published on Sep 24.

I'm op..."

Beth, I should get the book in a few weeks. Are you still open for november?

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Lorraine wrote: "Beth wrote: "Suggesting Murder at King’s Crossing by Andrea Penrose. This is the newest addition (book 8) to the Wrexford and Sloane series, being published on Sep..."

Confirmed that assuming Beth is still planning on it for November

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[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

October Buddy Reads are posted!

Happy reading!

[Dorothy]

Lorraine wrote: "Hi SarahKat
Valerie and I will be reading Held by Anne Michaels in October. This is one of the Booker prize nominee. Others are welcome to join.
thanks"

I just brought a copy home yesterday so I will join if I may.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Dorothy wrote: "Lorraine wrote: "Hi SarahKat
Valerie and I will be reading Held by Anne Michaels in October. This is one of the Booker prize nominee. Others are welcome to join.
thanks"

I just brought a copy home..."

Of course Dorothy! You can jump in to the discussion whenever here!

[Sara]

I’ll be joining for None of This is True in October!

[Anshika]

I would also like to join None of this is true

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Sara and Anshika, you can jump in here

[Kristen]

Hi, is it too late to join a buddy read for October? I see Sense and Sensibility was suggested but not confirmed. I'd love to still join that one if possible!

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Kristen wrote: "Hi, is it too late to join a buddy read for October? I see Sense and Sensibility was suggested but not confirmed. I'd love to still join that one if possible!"

It is too late to confirm a read for October. D.L. might be able to read it with you in November though! Let me know if that works for both you

[Ela (Mouse333)]

Suggestions for November:
The Memory Code
Carry the World
Keegan's Lady
Along the Razor's Edge
The Inmate

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

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[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Suggesting Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries for November

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[Lorraine]

Hello SarahKat
Jannene and I will continue the Max Rupert series by Allen Eskens in november. The next one is The Guise of Another. One book per month.
thanks

[Lorraine]

Bonjour SarahKat
Valerie and I will be reading The Island of Books by Dominique Fortier this November, and we’d love for others to join us! Fortier is a celebrated Canadian author, known for her award-winning works. Her writing is both poetic and refreshingly modern, making her novel a beautiful and engaging read. 😊

[Kristy]

I'd like to join Murder at King’s Crossing in November.