Book Loving Kiwis discussion

Hey everyone!!!

Hope your lockdown has been bearable and you've managed to get some reading in.

It's that time of year again.

Sign up by commenting below. Then pick three books to include in the Book Pool.

While the word 'challenge' is in the title, this is a fun way to get involved in the group and there is no pressure :)

If you've never played, here are the rules:

1. When you sign up pick 3 books you want to be included in the "book pool."

2. You can pick any book released before the challenge has started and that is available in both print and e-book form. If its a book in a series - please only choose the first book in the series. Please no duplicates.

3. Once the challenge starts you will read books from the "pool."

4. At the end of the month whoever read the most books from the pool is the champion!

Have fun!

The challenge begins on June 1st. To claim points, please don't start your books from the pool until then!

You can sign up and add books until May 31st. You can join the Challenge after this date, but you will not be able to add books to the pool.

Hopefully by the time June roles around we might be down to level 2 and fingers crossed the public libraries are back open.

Participants

1. Erica - 5 read
2. Carol - 5 read
3. Nat - 7 read
4. Lillian
5. Sharlene - 1 read
6. Claude - 8 read
7. Angie - 4 read
8. Carlene - 4 read
9. Kathleen - 17 read
10. Kerry - 2 read
11. Boadicea
12. Darkpool - 4 read
13. Jen

Updated to post 156

Bookpool

Yes I'll sign up. 😊

I can always count on you Carol :) Great to "see" you - hope you've been well in your bubble

I’ll join , why not

Three for book pool

Auē - Becky Manawatu

Know my name - Chanel Miller

Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding - Ellena Savage

Hey I would love to have a challenge . Do the books have to be novel? Can I name three books I have read ? Hey

Hey I would love to join .. so I have to name three novel books?
Can I name books I have already read?

Kia ora Lillian.
You pick 3 books you want to read for the challenge.
Then when June starts, you read your 3 and as many of the other books in the Pool that tickle your fancy.

I’m in too. Although I’m optimistic we will be in level 2 next week and will therefore be back at work... hmmm
My picks coming soon! I’ll have to think about this.

Erica wrote: "I can always count on you Carol :) Great to "see" you - hope you've been well in your bubble"

Thanks Erica - we had a very easy Lockdown after the first week. Planning meals has saved us money!

@ Sharlene. I wish we would do one more week at Level 3 - just to be sure. But I know how tough this health crisis has been on a lot of people.

Count me in 😊

Great to see some new faces joining in too :)

I've updated post 2 showing participants.

Nat wrote: "I’ll join , why not

Three for book pool

Auē - Becky Manawatu

Know my name - Chanel Miller

Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding - Ellena Savage"

Oooh I haven't heard of any of these books and they look super interesting! Great picks :) I've added them to the Book Pool in message 3

My three picks are:

The Doll Factory

Reading in the Dark

Camino Island

Hmmm.. I pretty much only read YA because of my job.

Claude's wrote: "Hmmm.. I pretty much only read YA because of my job."

Love YA :)

OK then.

Well Met by Jen DeLuca

Eon by Alison Goodman

Crave by Tracey Wolff

Does the goodreads mobile app have limited features in groups and feeds like this?

I can’t find an option to reply to a comment and can’t see the expanded book pool list. Is it better if I login with pc or laptop ?

Nat wrote: "Does the goodreads mobile app have limited features in groups and feeds like this?

I can’t find an option to reply to a comment and can’t see the expanded book pool list. Is it better if I login w..."

I didn't like the app so I use the desktop view on my phone,

Thanks Erica - I'm keen to join again.

Will post my choices tomorrow.

Thanks Erica - here are my choices. Looking forward to see what else pops up in the pool.

American Dirt

Blood of Elves

Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege

Sorry to be annoying but I'd like to change my books as I am about to start the ones already suggested

Huntress by Kate Quin
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Little Secrets by J Hillier

Are probably better timing wise .
Sorry for inconvenience

Sweet I've added your books to the pool Angie and I've replaced yours Claude :)

The Girl Who Reads on the Métro by Christine Féret-Fleury
Heartless by Marissa Meyer
Becoming by Michelle Obama

Sharlene wrote: "Becoming by Michelle Obama"

I can see at least three I would like to read on this pool- but above all this title!

My three (the third book subject to libraries reopening.)

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith
Hand Me Down by Kiwi Author Michelle Holman

Great - book pool updated with your picks Sharlene and Carol

So my picks are purely based on my To-Read tags in Libby, I've chosen from my e-book list in case there was any difficulty in getting books.

Hopefully they're easily accessible for everyone!

Uninvited by Sophie Jordan

Alchemy by Margaret Mahy

Living Rough by Cristy Watson

Awesome Carlene, I've added those to the Book Pool

Hi Kathleen! I've added your books to the Pool :)

Thanks for doing this again - I'm in.


The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim


Where the Light Falls by Allison Pataki and Owen Pataki


Salt Picnic by Patrick Evans

Kerry wrote: "Thanks for doing this again - I'm in.


The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim

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Kerry these look good,

Nat wrote: "Kerry these look good."

Thanks. I seesawed between Patrick Evans' 'Salt Picnic' & his 'Gifted', but went with SP as it is available in e-book & audio at the library. I didn't realise that he'd written a trilogy loosely based on Janet Frame (order of reading is not important).

Hi Kerry! I've added your books to the Pool :)

Awesome to see that libraries might be back open soon! That will definitely help me get my hands on some of the books in the pool :)

& just a quick note - Auē won the Fiction prize at the Ockhams last night!

I was just about to say the same thing Carol! :) Good picking by Nat

Auē is available from the publisher in e-book for $6 lockdown special price till 14 May. makaropress.co.nz/

Thanks for the update Kerry that’s awesome !

Hi, I'd love to join in.
My picks are:

The Absolute Book: Elizabeth Knox
Lord Jim: Joseph Conrad
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen

Thanks for joining in Boadicea. I've added your books to the pool :)

Boadicea wrote: "
My picks are:
The Absolute Book: Elizabeth Knox"

Enjoy, took me a while to get through this one during lockdown.

I'm just giving this thread another bump. If anyone else wants to join there is still time :)

I think so far I'm just waiting on Lillian's three book picks for the pool.

Looking forward to June so I can start reading them!

Yup, I'm in. Books to follow....

Darkpool wrote: "Yup, I'm in. Books to follow...."

Good to see you, Darkpool!

Great Darkpool - I've added you to the list of participants :)

Here we go!

The Land Beyond the Sea by Sharon Kay Penman
Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ by Giulia Enders
When It All Went to Custard by Danielle Hawkins

Ooh I've heard that Gut book is really interesting. I'll add those to the pool on Sunday when I'm back home and have access to my computer

There's quite a few people this time round and lots of diversity as always :) I'm really excited for next month.

Same here ! Excited to get into reading a new range of books

Me too!