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 (31/03/23), if you think you can't complete it by then.
You are required to read the March BotM on or before the due date (31/03/23), by 11:59 PM ET, if you were a member (not a seedling) in Bloom 93. 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 (90,91,92,93) and the previous BotM (in this case, the February 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.
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! But overall, it was tricky to select the BotM this month. 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 cocoamelon23 for being our March Book of the Month winner! Your book,
You and Me
is the winner for March. Your comments were the most helpful and detailed over the past month. Please PM to claim your March BotM sticker and banner.
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Everyone Else
You must read 2 chapters of You and Me 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 March 31st, 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 93, this applies to you, otherwise, you do not have to read the BotM for March.
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**Please do not automatically read the Book of the Month. ONLY members (and not seedlings) in Bloom 93 are required to read the BotM for March**