The May Page Count Challenge (Team Challenge) - Sign-ups and Questions

[Jamie]

Sweet! Time to wipe the dust off my bedside pile (joking about the dust...I think).

[Melanie]

Sarah wrote: "Yes ☺ As we're counting pages instead of points, it means we can be exact about how much of the book you've read in May ☺"

Yay! I love this! I have a couple books that I've been meaning to pick back up. :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I started reading The Host in January, and I still haven't finished it!

[Amphitrite]

Sarah wrote: "I started reading The Host in January, and I still haven't finished it!"

I did something similar to that with A Game of Thrones when I started it last year! I read a few pages and stopped because of school and never got around to picking it back up.

Have you read The Host before Sarah? :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Yes, 4 times I think ☺ I watched the film and thought it was nowhere near as good as the book so I had to read the book again ☺

[Rachel]

I loved The Host! I think I might give it a reread soon! I liked the film but definitely not as much as the book!

[Elizabeth Emily]

Are we on about The Host by Stephenie Meyer? Its on my tbr list and I haven't even contemplated trying to tackle it yet haha :)

[Maya]

Oh my gosh! Elizabeth, it is SOOO good! You just have to push through the first 100 pages or so.

[Elizabeth Emily]

I'll have to read it soon! Unfortunately I have 35 books planned for May because I want to complete the bookish blocks challenge haha so I don't really have time to read it. Ive been fairly stupid though as all of the books I plan on reading are between 300 and 500 apart from the quickie square haha. Oh well hopefully I can fit it in next month. Or at the end of this one? Probably not haha :)

[Simone]

Does anyone want to buddy read

[Maya]

Oh my Lordy! I wish I could read that many a month, but I only end up get to around 5 or 6. I'm just a really really slow reader. This month I've really been slacking! And hey at least you'll get lots of points :)

[Elizabeth Emily]

True! I don't think ill do them all but that's what I want to try and do normally I read between 20 and 30 so ill just have to push through:)

[Jackie]

I've been reading about six because school gets in the way.

[Beatrice]

Hello Sarah!

Beini and I planned to buddy read on May 4, do we need to make separate thread or use Guided Buddy Read thread instead?

Also, I confirmed my participation but there's no check on my name that I confirmed. :) tyvm

[Lexi]

If I read most of a book in May but started it in April will it still count towards the challenge?

[Jackie]

Yes it would as it is a page count challenge and not determined on starting a book in the specific month.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Elizabeth Emily wrote: "Are we on about The Host by Stephenie Meyer? Its on my tbr list and I haven't even contemplated trying to tackle it yet haha :)"

It seems to be a love-it or hate-it kind of book ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Renee wrote: "How will the Diary of a Wimpy Kid page count work since there are so many illustrations?"

Hang on, I'll try and check to see how much of the book is illustrations ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Beatrice wrote: "Hello Sarah!

Beini and I planned to buddy read on May 4, do we need to make separate thread or use Guided Buddy Read thread instead?

Also, I confirmed my parti..."


You can use the GBR thread. It doesn't matter that you'll be early ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Lexi wrote: "If I read most of a book in May but started it in April will it still count towards the challenge?"

Yes ☺ You just need to make a note of what page you're on, and then only claim the pages that you have read in May ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Beatrice wrote: "Hello Sarah!

Beini and I planned to buddy read on May 4, do we need to make separate thread or use Guided Buddy Read thread instead?

Also, I confirmed my parti..."

Sorted ☺ Thanks Beatrice ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Renee wrote: "How will the Diary of a Wimpy Kid page count work since there are so many illustrations?"

Apparently the word count for Diary of a wimpy kid is only 19,784 words. That works out to roughly 80 pages ☺

[Beatrice]

Sarah wrote: "Beatrice wrote: "Hello Sarah!

Beini and I planned to buddy read on May 4, do we need to make separate thread or use Guided Buddy Read thread instead?

Also, I c..."

Thank you Sarah! :D

[Sarah Elizabeth]

And we have officially started! Good Luck Everybody!

[Noella]

Hi Sarah,
I've got about 24% of Emma left. How many pages would that be? Am I allowed to continue my buddy read thread or does it not count?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

at a quick glace there's a copy that has 622 pages, so 24% of that would be about 150 pages. You can have a half-point for the buddy read ☺

[Noella]

Ok thanks!! I prefer whole numbers so I'll scrap the buddy read (I was talking to myself on the board anyway :P)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Okay ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

No, it won't count for Bookish Blocks ☹

[onceuponatimeareview]

I am 12% through this will I be able used the the rest of the pages and if so how many pages is that? Will I still be able to use the buddy read?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

254 pages, and a half-point for the buddy read ☺

[onceuponatimeareview]

Sarah wrote: "254 pages, and a half-point for the buddy read ☺"

Okay thanks :), if I used another buddy read from last month would that be a half-point too or can't I used that?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It depends whether you've already started the book or not. if you've started the book it will be a half-point, if you waited and started the book in May then it's a whole point ☺

[Nur Raihan]

I'm in! :)

[onceuponatimeareview]

Sarah wrote: "It depends whether you've already started the book or not. if you've started the book it will be a half-point, if you waited and started the book in May then it's a whole point ☺"

Oh I haven't started the book yet behind on some buddies and trying to catch up before I start others one.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

That's fine then ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Nur Raihan wrote: "I'm in! :)"

Do you want to join a team? or go solo? ☺

[Nur Raihan]

I would like to join a team, please :)
And how does it works? Once I'm in a team? :D

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Basically you read and review your books as you would normally, then post your reviews and the number of pages in each book on the team review thread. I'll then keep a list of team scores and individual scores, and at the end we'll see who wins ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

You can join Team Austen here ☺ -
Team Chat: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Team Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[phoebe]

So say I started a book yesterday and finished it tomorrow, how do i count that (with the page value and everything)?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Do you know what page you started from this morning? or a rough guess?

[Berit☀️✨]

Sarah, I started a book yesterday but I didn't post it anyways it's as I started it today and finish today, but honestly I only read like 100 pages this morning, so when I post I just say I only read 100 pages?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

That's right ☺ Every page counts ☺

[onceuponatimeareview]

I have a review copy of this book is okay if I used this exact copy or do you want me to split of the books?

[Katie]

what's the book we're reading?

[onceuponatimeareview]

Katie wrote: "what's the book we're reading?"

Um I didn't know we had a buddy read together here are all my buddies this

[Katie]

i've read the 5th wave and it's really good

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Once Upon A Time wrote: "I have a review copy of this book is okay if I used this exact copy or do you want me to split of the books?"

You can do it whichever way you want. if the individual books come to more pages you can do it that way if you want. it's up to you ☺

[phoebe]

Haha I think I just won't count it I only have like 50 pages left anyways :P