In the Sunflower Book Club, members and their books are randomly assigned weekly pairings to read two chapters a week. New assignments are posted Sundays EST. All books and people are welcome, apply inside!
Hello everyone! Since we're already on the 2nd of July, this BotM will be due on Aug 2nd, 2022 by 5pm ET. However, for full consideration for the August BotM, you must complete the assignment by the 31st of July. Please remember that you may ask for a 2-day extension before the due date (8/2), if you think you can't complete it by then.
You are required to read the July BotM before the due date (8/2), if you were a member (not a seedling) in Bloom 66. Failure to do so will result in a strike.
Please comment "done" along with chapter numbers when you are done with the BotM, so it is easier for us to check it. Otherwise, your assignment may get lost in the comments and you'll end up getting a strike for no reason.
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How to be the next BotM?
The BotM is determined by the past four blooms (Blooms 63, 64, 65, 66) and the previous BotM (in this case, the June BotM). The previous BotM is the most important and, ultimately, what we look at when deciding the next Reviewer of the Month to have their book featured. Your comments must meet our standard requirements and provide adequate feedback to the writer. Remember, only one can be the BotM, so try to make your feedback stand out.
For the last few BotMs, comments by only a few people keep standing out, limiting our choices for the new BotM. We like to elect a different member as the BotM every month so this is an opportunity for everyone to shine and have their book read and reviewed by all members of the club. So, please leave quality feedback and not just for the BotM but also your weekly assignments. Remember to go into detail with your comments if you want to be the next BotM. If you have no criticism, that's fine. Appreciative comments are good feedback too. Just go into detail about what you liked and what you didn't like. Try to avoid vagueness. Feel free to speak broadly in your overall comment at the end, but if you have no inlines throughout the chapter, I'm expecting you to speak on specifics. If you have any input regarding the writer's grammar, punctuation, writing style and/or any other technicalities, let them know. If "some words" need to be replaced, say what those words are! So in other words: vagueness is fine when there are inline comments, not fine when there aren't inline comments.
Example:
Bloom #1 (10% of the point consideration)
Bloom #2 (10% of the point consideration)
Bloom #3 (10% of the point consideration)
Bloom #4 (10% of the point consideration)
Previous BotM (60% of the point consideration)
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🌻BotM Winner🌻
Without further ado, please give a big round of applause to Marion_Thomas for being our July Book of the Month winner! Your book,
ONLY GIRL
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is the winner for July. Your comments were the most helpful and detailed over the past month. Please PM to claim your July BotM sticker and banner.
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Everyone Else
You must read 2 chapters of "ONLY GIRL" and leave the proper amount of feedback and comments. The requirements are the same as our standard bloom requirements. Please complete this by August 2nd, 2022 and comment "Done" below or you will receive a strike.
You may ask for a 2-day extension if needed, but you must ask before it is due. If you were a member in Bloom 66, this applies to you, otherwise, you do not have to read the BotM for June.
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**Please do not automatically read the Book of the Month. ONLY members (and not seedlings) in Bloom 66 are required to read the BotM for June**
