2025 Buddy Reads Sign-up Thread

[Beth]

Looks good for me!

[Keets]

Hi! Could you please add me to the buddy read for Wild Dark Shore.
Thanks😊

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

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[Cordelia]

LinaVer wrote: "Looks great for me, SarahKat. Thank you.

I have quite a few arcs to read through in May, but I will try to join the re-reading of Hunger Games series with Cordelia and others at the end of the month."

Great to have you join us.

[Lorraine]

SarahKat,
can you extend Anna Karenina to May please? We'll let you know if we ever need a third month. Thank you very much

[Surabhi]

I think I want to skip The Making of the Atomic Bomb. I would like to join Little Women.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

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[Mansi V]

Hi can I also join The Great Alone in July please.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Mansi V wrote: "Hi can I also join The Great Alone in July please."

Added!

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[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

May Buddy Reads are posted!!

You may now suggest/confirm books through August!

[Susan, Games & Events]

I have a few suggestions:

The Bell Jar - June or July
Below the Grand Hotel - July
The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau - August
Prairie Tale - July or August

Thanks!

[Beth]

SarahKat, I've posted in the thread for The Widow. Would you please add me to the 2 additional books in the Kate Waters series? Thanks!

[Michela]

I'll join for "Legacy of bones" by Dolores Redondo. Just for this book.
Thank you

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Michela, you can jump into that discussion since it's already posted!

Beth, the first 2 Kate Waters books are scheduled for this month. I've added the 3rd for June. Hope that works!

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[Amitha]

Hi, I would like to suggest The Godfather by Mario Puzo and Elantris by Brandon Sanderson for August

[Beth]

SarahKat wrote: "Beth, the first 2 Kate Waters books are scheduled for this month. I've added the 3rd for June. Hope that works!"

Yes, that works great! I was able to get books 1 and 2 from Libby right away and 3 is on hold for June.

[Lorraine]

Amitha wrote: "Hi, I would like to suggest The Godfather by Mario Puzo and Elantris by Brandon Sanderson for August"

SarahKat, I will join Amitha for Elantris in August. Thanks

[Alina]

I´d like to suggest Intermezzo for July please

and for August I´d like to suggest Not Quite Dead Yet please

[Cordelia]

Could I please join for "Intermezzo" in July

[Cordelia]

Also I would like to read "Elantris" in August

[Elaine]

I would like to suggest The Poppy Fields for July.

[Valerie]

I’ll join for Elantris too please.

[Beth]

Suggestions for August
Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar
The Incendiary's Trail (Albert Newsome, #1) by James McCreet (with an eye toward reading the remaining 3 books in the series in subsequent months)
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art by Carl Hoffman
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Oil and Marble by Stephanie Storey
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
The Invitation by Lucy Foley

[Susan, Games & Events]

Beth wrote: "Suggestions for August
Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar
[book:The Incendiary's Tra..."

I'll join for I Know This Much Is True.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

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[Sophia]

I will also join in for I Know This Much Is True in August

[Cordelia]

I would like to suggest, starting in August, that we read the Nick Stone series written by Andy McNab. The first book is Remote Control by Andy McNab Then we could read through the series - one each month.

[Valerie]

Beth wrote: "Suggestions for August
Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar
The Incendiary's Tra..."</i>
I’ll join for [book:Oil and Marble in August please.

[Lorraine]

Hello Sarahkat
Beth and I will be reading The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator in August.

Others are welcome to join
thanks

[Lorraine]

Valerie and I will be reading The Wide World, Table for Two and Offering to the Storm in June

Others are welcome to join
thanks

[M]

I'd like to suggest The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro for July or August

[Lorraine]

M wrote: "I'd like to suggest The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro for July or August"

Please add me to The Buried Giant buddy read. I do not mind either July or August so I’ll leave it open for other readers. Thanks

[Lorraine]

I would like to suggest Dark Matter by Blake Crouch for August.

[M]

I'd like to join you for Dark Matter in August

[Blagica , Challenges]

I'd like to join Dark Matter

[Valerie]

I’ll join for Dark Matter too, please.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

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[Cordelia]

Could I join "The Buried Giant" and "Dark Matter". I dont mind which month - either July or August suits me.

[Cordelia]

Could I please join The Wide World by Pierre Lemaitre in June

[Jill]

Would anyone be interested in a buddy read of Overgrowth this summer?

[Cordelia]

Jill wrote: "Would anyone be interested in a buddy read of Overgrowth this summer?"

That looks good. I can join you anytime from July onwards.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

I've confirmed Overgrowth for July for now but it can be moved if needed.

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[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Suggesting for June:

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
The Tainted Cup
The Will of the Many

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[Elaine]

SarahKat wrote: "Suggesting for June:

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
The Tainted Cup
The Will of the Many

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I will join you for The Tainted Cup.

[Jill]

Cordelia, July works well for me also.

[Lorraine]

SarahKat wrote: "Suggesting for June:

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
The Tainted Cup
The Will of the Many

I will join you for The Tainted Cup

[Cordelia]

Jill wrote: "Cordelia, July works well for me also."

Great

[Dominique]

SarahKat wrote: "Suggesting for June:

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
The Tainted Cup
The Will of the Many

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In for The Tainted Cup

[Dominique]

SarahKat wrote: "Suggesting for June:

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
The Tainted Cup
The Will of the Many

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Read The Will of the Many in March, hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Thanks all!

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Dominique, I've heard many good things about The Will of the Many. I'm actually using it for highest rated on my TBR.