YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥ discussion

- The Long Version -

Points:
* Points will be given for pages read between the 1st of February and the 28th of February 2025 inclusive. Books started before February and unfinished books may be used, but you will only earn points for pages read in February. Please let us know how many pages you have read in February when posting your review.

Types of Books + Page Counts + Points:
* The minimum page counts needed for page points are:
~ Adult/YA without illustrations = 50 pages
~ Middle-grade/children's books without illustrations = 75 pages
~ Manga, graphic novels, plays, poetry, and books written in verse = 150 pages
-- Books which are mainly illustrations, such as some children's books, picture books, and some non-fiction books etc. cannot be used as part of this challenge.

* Please let us know when posting which of these three categories your book falls into.

* Books that are tagged 'middle-grade' or 'children's' more times than they are tagged YA, will be scored at children's rates.

* Books which are illustrated, have an illustrator listed, or are tagged 'illustrated', 'Sequential Art', 'Graphic Novels', 'Comics', 'Manga', 'Poetry', 'Verse', 'Play', or words to that effect, will be scored at illustrated rates.

* Books may be added together to reach these minimums, as long as all books are under the minimum. You can't add a book to another book that is long enough to count on its own.

* There are no set books that need to be read, any book which fits within the rules will count, so books can be chosen by the reader. Please check with us before reading if you are unsure whether your book counts or not.

* Book samples may be used to earn page points, but must have a page count published on either Goodreads or Amazon to count.

* Higher page count editions may be used when claiming points for pages, but page counts for iphone/ibook/ipod/itunes editions will not be accepted, and neither will page counts for audiobook editions of any kind, or miniature versions of books such as Flipback, dwarsligger, PenguinMini (you are still welcome to read in these formats, but must use a different page count). We will also not accept a page count which is more than double the next highest for that book. (ie: if there are 4 editions at 200 pages, and 1 edition at 2200 pages, we would not accept the 2200 page edition as it is more than double the next highest at 200 pages.)

* We request that you leave us a link to the edition with the page count that you are using if the book has multiple editions with different page counts.

* If you have short books which you have read and reviewed but which are not long enough to qualify for points, please post it on your team review thread, and we will make a list, and then add them together at the end (where possible).

* You are welcome to read physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks for this challenge, and you are also welcome to read in any language.

Reviews:
* A review or 4 detailed updates will be required for each book read.

* If for any reason you are unable to publish your review on Goodreads, it can also be sent to a mod via personal message. Please continue to post on your team's review thread as normal, stating 'review sent to Sarah by PM' after 'Review:'.

* Please only post one review per comment on your team's review thread, unless you are adding the books together to reach a minimum page count.

* Please do not wait and then post lots of reviews all at once. This is not fair on your team or the mods who have to count the reviews. We will limit you to no more than 10 reviews in any one 24 hour period. If you post more than 10, they will not be counted.

* Reviews posted after the end of the challenge will also not be counted.

Re-Reads / Starting Again:
* Re-reads are allowed in this challenge, no matter how long it has been since you read the book. We do ask that you write a new review (or status updates) and recommend that you post on your review '2025 re-read', or something to that effect so that we can easily see what your new review is.

* If you have started reading a book previously but not finished it, and want to start again from the beginning in February please let us know you have started from the beginning again when posting, or simply post a status update at 0% to speed up the scoring process.

Buddy Reads:
* Buddy reads must take place within this group (YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥) to gain the extra points. You can see which buddy reads are already planned each month here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

* When starting a new buddy read, you must have a buddy before making or requesting a buddy read thread.

*Buddy reads must have a minimum of 4 comments to count, and comments must be detailed, and about the book. We also expect you to discuss the book with your buddies, not just post updates and leave. Comments must also be different from your review or status updates. If your buddy read comments, and your review or status updates are identical, then you will not receive points for both until they contain different details.

* You should not start a buddy read more than 7 days before the start date, or more than 14 days after the start date, or the last comment on the thread, whichever is later. If you do need to change the date, check with your buddy as they may also be able to start early/late with you.

* Please post the link to your buddy read along with the book you are reading and the start date on the 'Planned Buddy Reads' list for the correct month - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
If you continually schedule buddy reads and fail to post them on the planned buddy reads thread for the correct month, then we won't continue to give buddy read points. This is because it is important that everyone is given the opportunity to join.

* Group Buddy Reads can be joined to earn buddy read points, but only GBRs for February 2025 will count. You can find the list of these here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Start Times / Timezones:
* This challenge will begin and end on Goodreads time, which is Pacific Standard Time - https://greenwichmeantime.com/time-zo... The challenge will start at 00:01 on February 1st 2025 PST, and end at 00:01 on March 1st 2025 PST.

* You are welcome to start the challenge on the 1st of the month in your own time zone, but you must also finish the challenge on your own time zone. Please let us know if you are doing this, as Goodreads may time-stamp your books as being started on the last day of the previous month.

* Whilst you may start on your own timezone, the challenge will still end on Goodreads time, so even if you start late, you cannot end late.

Got a Problem?:
** Please do not go back and alter posts once they have been counted, if you need to make a change, please make a new post on your team's review thread, with a link to your original post, and then explain the change, for example; a higher page count edition has been found, or a buddy read needs to be added, and please include links. We do reserve the right to not add additional points on when posts have been amended, as it may be unclear how many points were awarded the first time.

* If you think scores aren't correct for any reason, please let us know either by posting on the review thread or sending a mod a personal message ☺

Sign-Ups:
* Teams will be worked out by myself and posted before the end of the current month. Please let us know you are ready to go by commenting on your team chat thread before the challenge starts.

* If you would like to request to be with a specific person who is also taking part, please let us know when signing up and we will do our best to make that happen.

* If you sign up after teams are posted, we will try to place you on a team, but if teams are balanced that may not always be possible. You can always join a waiting list for a team, or go solo ☺

* The position you are in on the waiting list will not guarantee that you will be offered a place if one becomes available. This will be based on how strong of a reader you are seen to be. If you have read 50 books within the first 2 weeks, and the person who has dropped out would not be expected to read more than 12, then we will not offer you the place to be fair to the other teams.


* Our regular challenge rules can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

*** If you are not sure if your book counts, please ask before you read it. Questions can be posted on this thread, or sent by personal message to myself.***

Earning Team Bonus Points:

On your team review thread, your progress will be tracked like this -

Zone_____|__AZTEC____||_INDUSTRIAL||_FUTURISTIC||__MEDIEVAL__|
Task_____|Ph|Me|Sk|My||Ph|Me|Sk|My||Ph|Me|Sk|My||Ph|Me|Sk|My||
Complete:|_0|_0|_0|_0||_0|_0|_0|_0||_0|_0|_0|_0||_0|_0|_0|_0|

Once your team has completed one each of the different types of challenge for each zone (16 books), your team will receive 50 team bonus points.

Further Tips -

* Where you are asked to find a series of letters such as -
'L', 'A', 'S', 'E', and 'R'
'G', 'R', 'I', and 'D'
'M', 'A', 'Z', and 'E'
'P', 'I', 'P', and 'E'
'S', 'P', 'I', 'R', 'A', and 'L'
Letters can appear in any order, and may be spread over the title and author's name, as long as they all appear at least once.
* If you are asked to find more than one of the same letter such as in PIPE, you will need to find both of those, so 2*P.

* If you are asked to find two letters together such as AM, PM, ST
Letters must be together as 'am', not separated.

* For descriptions where you need to find a specific page count, it is fine to use one page count for the description, and a second page count to claim page points.)

* For descriptions where you are asked to find a specific word such as
Dark
Air
Earth
Crystal
Red
Gate
Letters must appear next to each other in order as 'dark', or 'air' but can be part of another word such as 'darkly' or 'fairy', or 'Meredith'.

* For tagged descriptions, as long as your book is tagged with the word at least once it will count.

* For averaging rating descriptions, listopia descriptions, number of ratings descriptions - these can change. If you think that something may change whilst you are reading, then please take a screenshot, or ask a mod to check the average rating and make a note of it, before you read the book.

* For descriptions concerning things on the cover of a book, you may use alternate covers, but please check with a mod before reading if you are not sure if your book counts.

Repost of descriptions without pictures -


AZTEC ZONE:



Physical -
* Read a book that has a letter 'S' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name(for Strength).
* Read a book that has a letter 'B' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for Balancing).
* Read a book which does not have the letters 'O' and 'B' anywhere in the title, author's name, or series name (for avoiding 'OBstacles').
* Read a book which has the letter 'Y' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for 'sYmbols')
Mental -
* Read a book that has any 8 letter word anywhere in the title/series name/ author name.
* Read a book that has a letter 'F' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for 'F'ace)
* Read a book that has 5 words in the title. ('A', & 'I', & numbers count as one word.)
* Read a book that has a title in which no letter is repeated.
(view spoiler)[(Eg: 'Shiver' - 1*S, 1*H, 1*I, 1*V, 1*E, 1*R - would work as there is one of each letter,
'The Naturals' - 2*T, 1*H, 1*E, 1*N, 2*A, 1*U, 1*R, 1*L, 1*S - would not work as the T and A are both repeated.) (hide spoiler)]
Skill -
* Read a book that has at least 300 reviews on Goodreads.
* Read a book that has something green on the cover.(view spoiler)[ (If you're not sure, try running the cover through TinEye Labs Color Extraction Lab here - https://labs.tineye.com/color/ ) (hide spoiler)]
* Read a book that has the letter 'X' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for 'deXterity'.)
* Read a book that has a letter 'W' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for 'sWing')
Mystery -
* Read a book that is tagged 'Unique'
* Read a book that is part of a series.
* Read a book which has the letters 'S', 'P', 'I', 'R', 'A', and 'L' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name.
* Read a book that has at least 15,000 ratings on Goodreads.


INDUSTRIAL ZONE


Physical -
* Read a book that has a letter 'A' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for Agility).
* Read a book that has the letters 'P', 'I', 'P', and 'E' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name.
* Read a book tagged 'Physical'.
* Read a book which you have a physical copy of (i.e.: paperback, hardback.)
Mental -
* Read a book which has a number in the title or series name (can be the number, or spelled out 5 or five)
* Read a book that has the name of a shape in the title or series name (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, pentagon, star, or heart).
* Read a book that has any four-letter word in the title.
* Read a book that has 'AM' or 'PM' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name. (Letters must be together as 'am' or 'pm')
Skill -
* Read a book with a 'T' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for Turn).
* Read a book that has a number repeated twice in its page count (eg: 339, 772, 144, etc.)
* Read a book, which is written by an author, who you have already read a book by before.
* Read a book digitally, ie: an ebook or downloaded audiobook. (Not a paperback or hardback.)
Mystery -
* Read a book with the word 'dark' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name.
* Read a book that has a similar page count to the last book you posted.
(page count must be within 15 pages of the page count for the last book you posted - this means you personally, not a teammate, ideally please post these together).
* Read a book that has four words in the title.
* Read a book that has the word 'air' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name.


FUTURISTIC ZONE


Physical -
* Read a book that has the letters 'ST' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name. (for Stamina). (letters must be together as 'st')
* Read a book tagged 'Sci-fi'.
* Read a book that has the letters 'M', 'A', 'Z', and 'E' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name.
* Read a book that has the name of a planet in the title, series name or author's name (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.)
Mental -
* Read a book that has the word 'Crystal' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name.
* Read a book which has a colour in the title or author's name - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, scarlet, white, black, pink, grey - please check with us before reading if you would like to use a colour other than those listed.
* Read a book which has exactly 384 pages.(view spoiler)[ (Eg: Ruined, Changes in Latitudes, This is How it Happened, Everless) (hide spoiler)]
* Read a book which has the letters 'G', 'R', 'I', and 'D' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name.
Skill -
* Read a book that is part of a series, but isn't the first or last book. (as numbered on Goodreads)
* Read a book with at least 500 pages.
* Read a book which has the letters 'L', 'A', 'S', 'E', and 'R' in the title or authors name.
* Read a book which does not have the number 3 in its average rating.
Mystery -
* Read a book that has a letter 'N' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for 'Navigate')
* Read a book that has a musical instrument on the cover.
* Read a book that has a letter 'D' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for Dial).
* Read a book that has the number '2' as part of its average rating (eg: 3.32, 4.21).


MEDIEVAL ZONE:


Physical -
* Read a book that has a letter 'P' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for Physical).
* Read a book that has a letter 'E' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for Escape).
* Read a book that has a letter 'T' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for 'Tool').
* Read a book that has one or more keys on the cover (as in door keys/ car keys), or has the word 'key' as part of the title or author's name.
Mental -
* Read a book which has two different words in the title/series name/author's name which both start with the same letter (eg: Rich People Problems 'P', 'P' - 'P'eople 'P'roblems)
* Read a book that has two words of the same length in the title. (Eg: Love, Hate & Other Filters 2x4-letter words - 'Love' and 'Hate')
* Read a book that has at least 4 letter I's in the title/series name/author's name. (Eg: All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda. Letters can be spread out across the title and authors name, but there must be at least 4 I's in total.)
* Read a book that has a letter 'R' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for 'Riddles').
Skill -
* Read a book that has the letters 'SK' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name. (for 'SKill)(letters must be together as 'sk')
* Read a book that has 50% or more 5 star ratings (click on rating details to see percentages.)
* Read a book that has at least one hand, and at least one eye on the cover (for hand-eye coordination).
* Read a book that you have read before.
Mystery -
* Read a book that has a letter 'C' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for Clues).
* Read a book tagged 'mystery'.
* Read a book that is number 1 on a listopia list which has at least 100 books on it (please link to the list when posting your review.)
* Read a book that has a letter 'M' anywhere in the title/series name/ author name (for 'M'ystery.)