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Hi Friends, I have been market testing some titles, and have not yet landed on one for my memoir, which is a love story about healing a marriage gone awry & also finding my heart again. I am wondering what you think of this:

Return to the Lilies: finding my heart again among my Mennonite roots

I also had something quite different, which was "Tortured, Crazy Love: a romance & return to my Mennonite roots".

thanks!
Cynthia

Hi, I think they are both good but I think I prefer the second one.. it catches your attention slightly more. I hope I've helped, feel free to put it in a new thread and ask the group? :)

I would prefer the first one, but I would tweak it a little.

Also looking at : Crazy Quilted Heart: going home to the Mennonites to rediscover love

Oh, thanks Jackie & Elizabeth! I just saw your posts. I hadn't refreshed my browser. What do you think of the 3rd?

Cynthia wrote: "Oh, thanks Jackie & Elizabeth! I just saw your posts. I hadn't refreshed my browser. What do you think of the 3rd?"

I'd still stick to the first or second.

Your welcome! I still prefer the second :)

Thank you! Good to know.

Your very welcome :)

Hi! I'm new to the whole online buddy system and just wanted to ask: How do you guys keep track of the book we read (such as for the BINGO challenge) in order to award us points? And what do the points go towards?

Thanks in advance. :)

Collette wrote: "Hi! I'm new to the whole online buddy system and just wanted to ask: How do you guys keep track of the book we read (such as for the BINGO challenge) in order to award us points? And what do the po..."

Hey, welcome to the group! When the challenge is open, Elizabeth or I will create a review thread where you can link your reviews and any buddy reads within the group that go along with the books. We then give points based on the review and buddy read--one per each review and one per buddy read usually depending on challenge rules. The points will then be calculated at the end of the month and the person/pair with the most points and a random winner will get to pick a book of their choice. Does this help?

Jackie wrote: "Collette wrote: "Hi! I'm new to the whole online buddy system and just wanted to ask: How do you guys keep track of the book we read (such as for the BINGO challenge) in order to award us points? A..."

Oh yes, immensely.

Good, just ask if you ever have questions.

I was wondering if you guys have a 'currently reading' thread or 'your latest book purchase' thread? Something along those lines? If you do I can't find it. :/

I don't think we do. I'll make one now!

Courtney wrote: "I don't think we do. I'll make one now!"

TY! :D

Could you add a Bingo challenge? I think it would be fun for the group

We'll think about that for the future as a solo challenge.:) Or were you thinking team?

Solo challenge would work best.

Awesome! We'll think of something probably for a quarterly challenge or something. Great suggestion!

I have two quick questions.

1. When will the Superheroes reviews be updated again?

2. When will the planning thread for Madness in May be up?

^-^

I'll update scores in just a bit.

We'll get the thread up in the next day or so. :)

Courtney wrote: "I'll update scores in just a bit.

We'll get the thread up in the next day or so. :)"

KK. TY. :D

Here is the planning thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I just read ( ) and would like to count it for my July points, but there is no page count listed on Goodreads. Can I still count it for the review point, even if I can't count the pages?

Kaylin wrote: "I just read () and would like to count it for my July points, but there is no page count listed on Goodreads. Can I still count it for the review point, even if I can't..."

On Amazon it says it's 74 pages. :)

https://www.amazon.ca/Blink-Rebel-Min...

Bookbuyer wrote: "Kaylin wrote: "I just read () and would like to count it for my July points, but there is no page count listed on Goodreads. Can I still count it for the review point, ..."

Thank you so much! :)

Thanks, Bookbuyer!

Kaylin wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Kaylin wrote: "I just read () and would like to count it for my July points, but there is no page count listed on Goodreads. Can I still count it for ..."

Courtney wrote: "Thanks, Bookbuyer!"

:)

Are we allowed to do promos in this group? Thank you for your time

What do you mean by this? We offer a read-to-review system where you send Courtney your information and she sets up a discussion for your book for our members to read and review honestly in exchange for a copy.

Ok. I thought I'd be allowed to leave links and a blurb.

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Is there a time frame to finish buddy reads? If so, what is it?

Elizabeth wrote: "Is there a time frame to finish buddy reads? If so, what is it?"

Hello! You have two weeks from the last comment or the day that the buddy read started. As for starting a buddy read early, we don't have a day limit. If you ever need a buddy thread restarted, just ask.

Do you have to finish a GBR in the month it is listed, or do we still get the two weeks grace period after the last comment?

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Do you have to finish a GBR in the month it is listed, or do we still get the two weeks grace period after the last comment?"

I think we've always done it for that month.. maybe we can do the grace period next year. Sounds kind of cool.

Okay. I'm currently reading but I'm not sure I'll finish it today. Too bad for me :(

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Okay. I'm currently reading but I'm not sure I'll finish it today. Too bad for me :("

How many comments do you have so far? Like on the BOTM thread?

I'm about to post my first one. I'll probably have two or maybe three before the night is over. But I don't think I'll get that last comment in.

Jammin Jenny wrote: "I'm about to post my first one. I'll probably have two or maybe three before the night is over. But I don't think I'll get that last comment in."

If you post 3 and make a comment to someone else's post, that will equal 4 comments. So you can use the BOTM in December.

Thank you!

Can we use books that are only in audio format, and if so how do we calculate page count?

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Can we use books that are only in audio format, and if so how do we calculate page count?"

Yes, you can! Here is the link to the formula: HERE!

Why are points for books capped at 550 pages = 6 pts? It seems odd to penalize people for reading longer books :(

Celia wrote: "Why are points for books capped at 550 pages = 6 pts? It seems odd to penalize people for reading longer books :("

I'm glad you asked! It actually made me think you're correct! I'm going to figure it out and we'll see if we change it starting January 1st. :)

Felicia wrote: "Celia wrote: "Why are points for books capped at 550 pages = 6 pts? It seems odd to penalize people for reading longer books :("

I'm glad you asked! It actually made me think you're correct! I'm g..."

Awesome! Thank you!!

As it is, the challenges favor shorter books (with bonuses, or just needing more books to finish more tasks), so the cap seems like an added penalty.

I thought I saw the answer to this question but I can't find it anymore.

Would it be possible to count a book I started in a different month if I'm still reading a significant portion of it during the time of a challenge?

E.g. I read ~30 pages of a 350 pg book or 100 of a 490 pg book in December but finishing in January.

Elizabeth wrote: "I thought I saw the answer to this question but I can't find it anymore.

Would it be possible to count a book I started in a different month if I'm still reading a significant portion of it durin..."

You can still count it if for page points. Unless the challenge sign ups specify that the amount read over 100 pages can count towards a category within that challenge.