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! As stated before, the deadline for the BotM has now been shifted to be on the last day of every month. Please remember that you may ask for a 2-day extension before the due date (30/04/23), if you think you can't complete it by then.
You are required to read the April BotM on or before the due date (30/04/23), by 11:59 PM ET,if you were a member (not a seedling) in Bloom 97. 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 (94,95,96,97) and the previous BotM (in this case, the March 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.
Again, just like last month:
Comments for this Book of the Month were mostly up to par and focusing more on quality than quantity (both matter! But we'd rather see one long final comment than twenty one-worded in-line comments). Some comments did seem rushed and un-focused, though; remember that you have a month to do the BotM assignment, so try to make it count! Keep in mind that we try not to let BotM winners repeat within a six-month gap, so if you felt your comments were really above the expectations but you didn't get BotM, this is probably why.
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 juanito-frio for being our April Book of the Month winner! Your book,
Fera Deen's Task
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is the winner for April. Your comments were the most helpful and detailed over the past month. Please PM to claim your April BotM sticker and banner.
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Everyone Else
You must read 2 chapters of Fera Deen's Task and leave the proper amount of feedback and comments. The requirements are the same as our standard bloom requirements. For Advanced Sunflowers, that means that your requirement is either a 5+ sentence final comment or a 7+ in-line comments with a two sentence final comment for BOTM. Please complete this by April 30th, 2023 and comment "Done" below, with the chapter numbers, 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 97, this applies to you, otherwise, you do not have to read the BotM for April.
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**Please do not automatically read the Book of the Month. ONLY members (and not seedlings) in Bloom 97 are required to read the BotM for April**
