PenPal Readers discussion

Duration: 1-31 January 2017
Sign up period: Until 31 December 2016
Partners will be assigned on the same day

Guidelines:
- In this challenge, participants are required to sign up first.
- The participants will later be paired up randomly
- You will find who your partner is below, once the pairings are posted
- Participants need to CHOOSE & READ at least one book that your partner has read (from their read shelves)
- When you finish, compare the rating your partner has given to the book and your rating.
- You complete the challenge when you finish reading the book. You will get one "complete" towards earning a prize!

Please post below if you are interested.

Please DO NOT sign up unless you are certain that you can participate

I'm in! :)

Megan wrote: "I'm in! :)"

Awesome!

I'm in too

☆Joycedale☆ wrote: "I'm in too"

Great! You're all set!

I'm in!

Emma you're good (:

I'm in!

Me!

Okay you guys are all set!

I'm in as well

Last couple of days to sign up!

I'm in! :)

I'm in, too!

I will be posting pairings tomorrow

Zoe & Emma
Joycedale & Clary
Angie & Megan
Tallulah & Iulia

From Clary's shelf I choose

She gave it 5 stars
I give it 3 stars
I wasn't really impressed as much as I had hoped.

So, I've got Zoe - hi, there! - and this time, I will pick two books: my students are about to read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien I read it a while ago, and I forgot to add it here. Zoe gave it five stars, and I gave it four back then. I might change my mind, though. Then again, since that won't be exactly a challenge, I'll also go fo Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, just to keep it fun. She gave it five stars; let's see how that one goes.

Emma wrote: "So, I've got Zoe - hi, there! - and this time, I will pick two books: my students are about to read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien I read it a while ago, and I..."

Ah! I'm so excited for you to read both- They're so so different! Going to take a look at your shelf now! (:

Okay I've chosen Brave New World which Emma gave 4 stars! I've been meaning to read it for a while so this should be a good reason to do so (:

Zoe wrote: "Emma wrote: "So, I've got Zoe - hi, there! - and this time, I will pick two books: my students are about to read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien I read it a whi..."

It is an odd mix! O'Brien's is so gloomy, yet so oddly beautiful when it comes to describing natural settings. A friend of mine read Eleanor and park a while ago and she loved it. Maybe it'll be nice to read something fun. =)

Zoe wrote: "Okay I've chosen Brave New World which Emma gave 4 stars! I've been meaning to read it for a while so this should be a good reason to do so (:"

Enjoy it!

From Joycedale's shelf I chose Beautiful Oblivion.
That one has been on my TBR-shelf for ages...
She gave it 5 stars, let's see how I ike it

From Megan's shelf, I've chosen to read Goodnight PunPun vol.3 which she rated 5 stars. I've already read the first two and they were great, but I have no friends who've also read it to talk about it with.

Angie, that is so exciting! It's my favorite manga series by far.

Also, could you possibly friend me? Your profile is private so I can't do anything! :P

hmm, looks like I wasn't paired with anyone!

Ah I'm so sorry! Join our pairing- you can pick a book from my or Emma's read shelf

I've chosen Echo from Angie's shelf. She rated it 4 stars. :)

Megan wrote: "I've chosen Echo from Angie's shelf. She rated it 4 stars. :)"

YAY! I can't wait to see what you think of it!

I've finished reading Goodnight PunPun Vol. 3, and its my favorite in the series so far. I rated it 4.5/5 stars.

So, I have just finished both The Things They Carried and Eleanor and Park Zoe gave five stars to both books. O'Brien's gets 4.5 - although "How to Tell a True War Story" will always be a solid 5 in my book -, and Rowell's gets 3 stars; I did like it, but it kind of hit too close to home.

My partner is Iulia and I have chosen The Help, from her shelf.
Iulia rating: 5 stars
My rating: TBD
Also if I have time I will be reading the book I originally chose for the December copy cat challenge as I never finished it!

Emma wrote: "So, I have just finished both The Things They Carried and Eleanor and Park Zoe gave five stars to both books. O'Brien's gets 4.5 - although "How to Tell a True War S..."

Ah! I'm glad you liked them! (:

From Tallulah's shelf I chose to read The Handmaid's Tale.

I'm currently reading All the Bright Places from Zoe's shelves. She gave it five stars and so far, I'm really enjoying it too.

Iulia wrote: "From Tallulah's shelf I chose to read The Handmaid's Tale."

Oooo let me know what you think about this one because I read it as well and would be interested to hear what you think

I finally finished Echo! I rated it 5 stars. While it was a bit frustrating to switch between characters just as the going was getting good, the ending was SUPERB and I adored it just so much (I suppose it helps that South Pacific is my favorite musical! I was teary eyed during that ending!).

I just want to thank Angie for recommending it! It was just so good!

Oh god...
I just finished All the Bright Places and it has left me with tears running down my cheeks and my heart with so much ache... It's just,I didn't think I could feel this again - definitely one of the touching books I've ever read.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I loved it a lot, too!