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Buddy Read Nomination (October 2024)
@shabnam when would you like to read Dracula? There's 27 chapters, we can do 2 ch/day? That's around 30pg/day.@Bopeep would you want to BR Hell Bent after the 14th? I'm also interested to read Once Upon a River, am flexible with dates and pace.
@Aikaterine House of Bone and Rain what do you think of this since you don't have anything planned at the start of the month yet?Week of 10/1
1st: Ch 1-3
2nd: Ch 4-6
3rd: Ch 7-9
4th: Ch 10-12
5th: Ch 13-15
6th: Ch 16-18
Week of 10/7
7th: Ch 19-21
8th: Ch 22-24
9th: Ch 25-27
10th: Ch 28-30
11th: Ch 31-33
12th: Ch 34-36
13th: Ch 37-39
Week of 10/14
14th: Ch 40-42
15th: Ch 43-45
16th: Ch 46-End
@Hafs @CarmillaYeah, the chapters are short so it works for me! Dos this schedule work for you? We can read more if it's too short. Also, you only want to read Carmilla, am I right? My copy has two short stories more, the familiar and green tea.
(I forgot I've told you to make the schedule so I made it anyway ^^')
October 1: prologue-2
October 2: 3-5
October 3: 6-7
October 4: 8-10
October 5: 11-13
October 6: 14-16
@Brianna @Ink Blood Sister scribe
Is this schedule okay? <3
October 4: Prologue - 2
October 5: 3-5
October 6: 6-8
October 7: 9-12
October 8: 13-15
October 9: 16-19
October 10: 20-22
October 11: 23-25
October 12: 26-28
October 13: 29-32
October 14: 33-36
@mina @master of djinn
I think I can manage to read two books at a time~ (I hope so lol) Same as me, but BRs motivate me to force myself to read some chapters each day.
October 15: 1-3
October 16: 4-6
October 17: 7-9
October 18: 10-12
October 19: 13-15
October 20: 16-18
October 21: 19-21
October 22: 22-24
October 23: 25-epilogue
@Dia @Hell Bent
Okay! We can start on the 15th with a slow pace? 30 pages/day is okay. We can start later if you prefer, I don't mind the day~
About Once upon a river we can plan it for November?
@Leslie @Aikaterine @The Golem and the Jinni
Is okay for you if we start at the end of the month, on the 25 or 26, for example?
(I couldn't find my copy and I panicked, but luckily I've found it :') )
@Bopeep that works for me! and yes we can plan once upon a river for November.
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Brianna wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I am planning on reading the following books in October if anyone wants to buddy read any with me: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
[book:Dreadful|630512..."
@Brianna @Dreadful
How does October 18th-22nd sound?
If so, this would be the schedule:
October 18th Chapters 1-3
October 19th Chapters 4-6
October 20th Chapters 7-10
October 21st Chapters 11-14
October 22nd Chapters 15-19/end
Juliane wrote: " @ Leslie I would like to join you for A Discovery of Witches
but I will most likely not be able to get too much reading/discussing done before October 7, would that still work for..."
@Juliane @A Discovery of Witches
It could work, though I might start a couple days earlier. Since this is a little under 600 pages from what I see, I think splitting it out over 7-8 days should work (72-83 pages a day). I don't have a copy yet (my bookstore didn't have their copies in yet), so I don't have breakdown by day yet.
How does splitting it over October 5th through October 11th or 12th sound?
Bopeep wrote: "@Brianna @Ink Blood Sister ScribeI usually have a slow pace, but I can adapt~ From 4th to 13th, for example?
@Mina @A master of djinn
Yay!! I happy that you want to read with me! ^^ Do you want ..."
@Bopeep @The golem and the jinni
The late October/early November schedule works for me!
shabnam wrote: "@anushka @elaperfect!! so the three of us could read binding 13, unless anyone else wants to join in haha!!
there are 68 chapters in my copy, so does this schedule works for you guys?
oct 11th:..."
@shabnam @Binding 13
I would like to join this one too - I was going to read it earlier this year and just never got around to it.
@Brianna, yes, great idea, it would be perfect to read @Legendborn in October to leave time for the sequel, and @The Helm of midnight in November!@Dia, @House of Bone and Rain, I’m totally in for the start of the month! The schedule looks great, thank you so much for organizing it!
@Bopeep, @Leslie, having @The Golem and the Djinni BR in late October/early November also works perfectly for me! I just saw that my copy was more than 600 pages and I freaked a bit, haha.
@Shabnam, I would love to read @Dance of Thieves and @Caraval with you. I’ll have to borrow Caraval from the library and it should be available after October 5th.
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I’m happy to read any of the following with you-
Final offer
Caraval
Invisible life of Addie La Rue
Dance of thieves
I figure it’d be easier maybe to read one or two of these this month and the others in November/December? Let me know which ones you’d prefer! :)
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Bopeep wrote: "@Brianna @Ink Blood Sister scribeIs this schedule okay? <3
October 4: Prologue - 2
October 5: 3-5
October 6: 6-8
October 7: 9-12
October 8: 13-15
October 9: 16-19
October 10: 20-22
October 11: 23-25
October 12: 26-28
October 13: 29-32
October 14: 33-36"
@Bopeep RE: Ink Blood Sister Scribe
This schedule works for me!
Leslie wrote: "Brianna wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I am planning on reading the following books in October if anyone wants to buddy read any with me: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches"
@Leslie RE: Dreadful
This schedule works for me!
October 18th Chapters 1-3
October 19th Chapters 4-6
October 20th Chapters 7-10
October 21st Chapters 11-14
October 22nd Chapters 15-19/end
aikaterine wrote: "@Brianna, yes, great idea, it would be perfect to read @Legendborn in October to leave time for the sequel, and @The Helm of midnight in November!"@aikaterine RE: Legendborn
What is the pace you would like to use and what time of month works best for you?
@LeslieFor sure!! does the schedule work for you? :)
@Aikaterine @SophieHow about the three of us pickup caraval and dance of thieves? It can be a 3-buddy read!! How does that sound?
So many buddy reads!I would like to join the BRs for:
and
Potential reads if anyone is interested for a BR:
@Leslie @A Discovery of Witches October 5th to 12th works for me. I might be able to start earlier as well but since I have family visiting I cannot plan any reading time beforehand 😅
The book has 43 chapters but unfortunately my e-book-version has some formatting issues regarding the page counting so I cannot tell if the chapters are roughly even. We could split by 5-6 chapters a day and just see how we get along regarding page numbers or when your copy arrives see if it would be better to split by page count, either option works for me.
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That sounds good with me
Would this schedule work for Caraval? I can change the dates and make it longer if necessary.
8th: Chapters 1-6
9th: chapters 7-12
10th: chapters 13-17
11th: chapters 18-22
12th: chapters 23-29
13th: chapters 30-37
14th: chapters 38-end
I'll make the Dance of Thieves schedule when I get home :)
@Dia @Hell BentAsdas I'm SO hyped to read this. I may even find my copy of Ninth House and fast-read it somehow to remember everything.
October 15: 1-2
October 16: 3-5
October 17: 6-8
October 18: 9-11
October 19: 12-15
October 20: 16-18
October 21: 19-22
October 22: 23-24
October 23: 25-26
October 24: 27-28
October 25: 29-30
October 26: 31-32
October 27: 33-35
October 28: 36-38
October 29: 39-42
October 30: 43-45
@Hafs @Carmilla
Which stories are on your book? I'm curious now.
It seems there's a book for the five Dr. Martin Hesselius stories; In a Glass Darkly. If I like the ones I've said before, maybe I'll read the other two from Guttenberg's project :) We can add some extra days to the BR to read and comment the other stories.
@aikaterine @Leslie @The Golem and the Jinni
The book has 28 chapters + epilogue, do you want to read 2 chapters/day?
If we start on the 25, we will finish on November 8th.
@Bopeep we're doing a BR of Ninth House if you'd like to join in at the start of the month!
@Brianna @LegendbornI have no issue about the pace, we could have maybe 10 days for it? Would you like us to start the BR some time in the middle of the month?
I don’t have the copy with me because I’m at work but I think it has quite a few pages, right?
@Sophie @Shabnam @CaravalThank you so much for creating the schedule. I think it looks good. I wouldn’t mind adding a couple days here and there if it worked for you, too, haha.
Would you like to perhaps have the @Dance of Thieves BR during the first days of November?
@Bopeep @Leslie @The golem and the djinni I’m totally in for 2 chapters per day from October 25th-November 8th!
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Does this schedule work a little better? This one averages at around 40 pages a day over 10 days. I can change it again if need be :)
8th: chapters 1-5
9th: chapters 6-8
10th: chapters 9-12
11th: chapters 13-16
12th: chapters 17-19
13th: chapters 20-23
14th: chapters 24-28
15th: chapters 29-34
16th: chapters 35-38
17th: chapters 39-end
Also Dance of thieves for November sounds good
@sophie @aukaterinethese schedules work great!! so excited to finally start this book!!
@sophieyes!! i'm really excited for cal's story!! im hoping it was as good as the first 2 books!!
and i've been dyingggg to read the invisible life of addie LaRue for ages!! thrilled to read it in november!!
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If you want (only if you have time, I don’t want to pressure you) we can read the final offer next month so we have two this month and then two next? I’m also really excited for Cal’s story :)
@sophieyes thats what i was hoping to do!
final offer and the invisible life of addie larue in november!!
it really helps with my schedule, and i hope it works for you too!! i love reading with you!
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Oh wait I messed that up Aikaterine wanted to read Dance of thieves in November instead so do you want to read final offer in October? I think that’s right lol
Juliane wrote: " @Leslie @A Discovery of Witches October 5th to 12th works for me. I might be able to start earlier as well but since I have family visiting I cannot plan any reading time beforehand 😅
The book ha..."
@Juliane @A Discovery of Witches
Works for me - hopefully the bookstore will have their copies in tomorrow (it's one of their book club picks for October) and I can get my copy then.
shabnam wrote: "@LeslieFor sure!! does the schedule work for you? :)"
@shabnam
It most certainly does.
I'm definitely going to read
in October. It was recently shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Would love a buddy.
@Sophie @Shabnam @CaravalHaha, thank you so much for stretching out the schedule a little bit!! I think it looks amazing!
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Hafs wrote: "@Jen K I would love to read what feasts at night with you x any time mid October works for me"@Hafs @What Feasts at Night
Perfect! Been meaning to read and it is short so I shouldn't be putting it off.
How about 24-26th ish, about 50 pages a day? I can do slower too.
@Bopeep @A Venom Dark and SweetWhat schedule works best for you? Slow and at the start of the month? I'm pretty open.
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@Mina@Hafs and me for @What Feasts at Night
Oct 24: 1-50 pgs
Oct 25: 51-100 pgs
Oct 26: 101 - end
@Hafs, I assume we can end at a reasonable chapter end or pause around those pages. Also realizing that the page count may just miss the cut off to count for Fright Night but I'm still keen to read it.
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Ok I finally got round to making the schedule. Excluding the introduction and stuff, my copy clocks in at 210 pages. I figure we do around 21 pages a day (where the chapters will allow), over the space of 10 days.
1st: Letter 1- chapter 1
2nd: chapter 2- chapter 4
3rd: chapter 5- chapter 6
4th: chapter 7- chapter 8
5th: chapter 1 (volume 2) - chapter 3
6th: chapter 4 - chapter 6
7th: chapter 7- chapter 9
8th: chapter 1 (volume 3) - chapter 3
9th: chapter 4- chapter 5
10th: chapter 6- end
I can shift it around or make it longer if necessary:)
@Brianna @LegendbornWhat do you think of a schedule like that? Does the pace and time of month work for you? :)
18th: prologue-chapter 5
19th: chapters 6-11
20th: chapters 12-17
21st: chapters 18-23
22nd: chapters 24-29
23rd: chapters 30-35
24th: chapters 36-41
25th: chapters 42-47
26th: chapters 48-53
27th: chapters 54-end
@sophiesorry im a little confused now, are we reading carval and final offer in october? or caraval and dance of thieves?
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4th: Prologue - Ch 2
5th: Ch 3-5
6th: Ch 6-8
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7th: Ch 9-11
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