Read a little every day, with people who notice
Most reading habits do not end with a decision to stop. They end on a busy Tuesday, when the book stays on the nightstand and nobody notices. Then it happens again on Thursday.
A reading group on WhereIsMyBuddy is a small room of people who each read a little on the days they picked. You check in when you have read, and the others see your tick. On the days you nearly skipped, that is often enough.
What a group can look like
Twenty pages a day
Daily, Gentle. Any book counts. The point is the twenty pages, not finishing on a schedule.
One chapter on weekdays
Weekdays only, so the weekend stays free. Good for a slow novel or a book for work.
Thirty minutes before bed
Daily, Committed, for people who want a little more pressure than a reading list gives them.
The same book, together
Everyone reads one book at their own pace. A member sets today’s prompt, a question about this week’s chapters, and the discussion holds the spoilers.
What a check-in looks like
One tap when you have read. A reading check-in can also carry a page count, so the group sees “24 pages” next to your name. Both are optional: a tap on its own is a check-in.
Add a note if you want, a line you liked or where you got to. Notes and photos are for the members of the group. Someone looking at a public group from outside sees that you checked in, not what you wrote.
Gentle or Committed?
Most reading groups work best on Gentle. A missed day resets your streak and nothing else happens, which suits a habit that should feel like a pleasure.
Committed counts every scheduled day you miss. Five in thirty days and you are out of the group for a week, then free to come back with a clean slate. Pick it if “reading when I get to it” has never once happened.
Join a group, or start your own
Search Discover for “reading” to see the public groups already running, and join one in a tap. Private groups take an invitation, or a request the owner approves.
Or start your own in six short steps: name it (“Twenty pages a day”), pick a cover, set the level, choose the days, decide who can find it, and look it over. On the free plan you can run one public group and one private one, with room for twelve people in the private one. Invite people with a link, or let them find you in Discover.
Questions people ask
Does it matter what I read?
No. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, audiobooks if the group allows them. The owner writes the rules when they set the group up, for example “audiobooks count” or “no rereading”, so everyone counts the same way.
Do I have to log my pages?
No. The page count is optional. A tap is a check-in.
What if I am reading a long, slow book?
Make the habit about pages or time, not about finishing. Twenty pages of a hard book is a good day, and the group sees it as one.
Can I be in more than one reading group?
Yes. You can join as many activities as you like, and each one keeps its own streak.
Start a reading group, or join one
Free to use, with no card. Join a group that is already running, or start your own and invite the people you want in it.