YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥ discussion

Team Merlin:
✓Clephiro (The Book Coven)
✓Melanie
✓Megan
✓Sharon
✓Eva Luna
✓Lara

WE'RE ALL HERE! LET'S DO THIS!



Team Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Team Progress: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team SS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

HI guys! I'm stoked. I'm working on a spreadsheet, I'll post it at the end of the day, if you don't mind!

Hello team, I'm here and very excited! :D

Hi team! Checking in. :)

I've got the spreadsheet up and running. Please pick your books when you get a chance :)

Checking in!!

I think the spreadsheet is doing something strange, it says you have already read two books Clephiro! :o

Edit: I moved the formula to the planned books row.

Why is our spreadsheet so different from the master? Our spreadsheet seems so different, and we are missing multiple tabs for the other rounds and everything is zoomed in a lot and we have different headers. :o We also don't have the checkboxes and all the information on the first page. (Like points per round) I also miss the planning page? Did something go wrong during copying? :o We should just have the same one as every other team right? :o

Checking In!

I made it myself from an old template and updated the math to make sure it was solid. Feel free to use the other one if you prefer

I think we should have a "possible reads" thread on the SS. That way we can all put in our possible books, so we know which tasks are the easiest for us and which ones we need to plan for... :)

I can add one when I get home. Let me know if there’s anything else you all want

Clephiro (The Book Coven) wrote: "I made it myself from an old template and updated the math to make sure it was solid. Feel free to use the other one if you prefer"

Oh I just assumed because someone made a spreadsheet for all the teams to use we would be using that one. :o

I gotta put my comp sci degree to use :)

Clephiro (The Book Coven) wrote: "I can add one when I get home. Let me know if there’s anything else you all want"

I added one...hope that is okay. I need it to see and plan out what I could do for the categories. :))

Great spreadsheet, btw!

I am trying to zoom out the round page but I am having 0 luck. :P

You can’t zoom? I can decrease the font if you want but there should be a scroll bar at the bottom you can use

Also make sure you’re using the google sheets app. It terrible in browsers

Google sheets app? I'm using it on my laptop? :o

Weird then. I’ve used it on like three computers without issue. I can decrease the column sizes I guess, but there should be a scroll bar on the bottom of your screen you can use for left/right scrolling

I made everything a bit smaller, hope that is oke. (:

Totally :)

Great! :) I'm gonna find some books and add them!

Anyone have ideas for "25. Read a book that a teammate has given up. (Solo players can ask another solo player for ideas, or read something tagged 'Given-up'.)"

I have a shelf of books I've DNF, but I really don't DNF a lot of books...

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Same Melanie. Does anyone have a large def shelf lol?

I have never not finished a book, oopsie. :')

This isn't sounding good. lol! ;) We all finish too many books. haha

Melanie wrote: "This isn't sounding good. lol! ;) We all finish too many books. haha"

Never expected that to be a problem haha! :P

I'd say to add books to round one if you think you can finish them in the first few days AND they're completing the bonus or are a buddy read. Gotta get those points :muscle:

If I DNF I rate that book 1 star lol

Sharon wrote: "If I DNF I rate that book 1 star lol"

lol. Oh no! How are we going to find a book for that category??

I have 5 but I hate them all I can’t even let you suffer through them

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I have 7: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Clephiro (The Book Coven) wrote: "I'd say to add books to round one if you think you can finish them in the first few days AND they're completing the bonus or are a buddy read. Gotta get those points :muscle:"

Yeeeesssss. Those bonus points are key. 😊 I've only added two, but i might add one more.

Hi guys!!!!

Hi Lara!!

Great news guys, you're all checked in ☺

Yay!!

I chucked up some books I plan to read in March onto the spreadsheet, but none of them get bonus points so feel free to move them to anywhere you feel like :)

Megan wrote: "I have 7: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Too bad Megan, I last read Shatter Me in March 2018 :( If only I'd read it earlier.

Please note that we have made a slight change to one of the descriptions -
38. The Goblin King warns Hoggle that if he disobeys, he'll drop him into the Bog of Eternal Stench, and he'll do the same if Sarah ever kisses him.
- No kissing allowed! Read a book which is not tagged 'romance' (at all).
EDIT: As long as your book is not tagged 'romance' on the first 10 pages of tags, we will count it ☺

Lara wrote: "I chucked up some books I plan to read in March onto the spreadsheet, but none of them get bonus points so feel free to move them to anywhere you feel like :)"

I will see if I can find a spot to where we won't lose a bonus for those. :)

Lara, I found a spot for Because You Love to Hate Me. If we put it on #42 (Read a book with the letters 'P', 'A', 'S', and 'S' in the title/author's name.), instead of #2 we won't lose out of the bonus for #2 ("LATE" in title). :D

Also, moved The Wicked King from 56 to 26, since it didn't work for the bonus for 56. I hope this is okay.

Melanie wrote: "Lara, I found a spot for Because You Love to Hate Me. If we put it on #42 (Read a book with the letters 'P', 'A', 'S', and 'S' in the title/author's name.), instead of #2 we won't lose out of the b..."

Thanks Melanie!

Eva Luna, I moved your book (Queen of shadows - Sarah J. Maas) from #28 to #16 (Read a book which has at least 2 eyes on the cover (they must be open and visible on the cover).) Since it didn't work for the bonus on 28. I hope that is okay. :D

Melanie wrote: "Lara, I found a spot for Because You Love to Hate Me. If we put it on #42 (Read a book with the letters 'P', 'A', 'S', and 'S' in the title/author's name.), instead of #2 we won't lose out of the b..."

YES that is great, thank you so much!!!!

Lara wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Lara, I found a spot for Because You Love to Hate Me. If we put it on #42 (Read a book with the letters 'P', 'A', 'S', and 'S' in the title/author's name.), instead of #2 we won't l..."

Awesome! Thank you for being willing to move it. :D I'm so excited for this challenge to start...I just want to get reading. lol

I know same!! I have a couple of books that I really want to pick up, but I need to wait until March so I can start them, lol

@Melanie Totally fine! :D