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We wanted to tell you guys Happy New Year real quick, and we really hope 2018 is a great year for each and every one of you.

Aside from that, we have a couple reminders and announcements we wanted to share with you:

1.) Our January Book of the Months have now started! They are Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case by Patrick Hruby Powell and The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.

LINK TO LOVING VS. VIRGINIA FOLDER: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
LINK TO THE HATE U GIVE FOLDER: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

jazmyn is our leader for both of those discussions and Ella is the co-leader for both of them, too.

Both of them can be contacted with questions or the want for additional information.

JAZMYN'S INFORMATION: goodreads.com/haiayiele & haiayiele@gmail.com
ELLA'S INFORMATION: goodreads.com/ebianchi22 & ebianchibooks@gmail.com

2.) Annika has created a new challenge that is now live called the Startin' Off the New Year Right (Quarter 1 Challenge)! If you are interested in checking it out and want some more information, click the links below:

LINK TO CHALLENGE PAGE: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...
LINK TO DISCUSSION THREAD: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions or would like additional information than what we have posted on our group, contact Annika either here on Goodreads (goodreads.com/AstoundingReads) or via email at laurynannika@gmail.com.

3.) Our first monthly reading challenge is taking place in the month of January! If you are interested in more information or participating, click the links below:

LINK TO CHALLENGE PAGE: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...
LINK TO MORE INFORMATION ON MONTHLY READING CHALLENGES: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
LINK TO DISCUSSION THREAD: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

You can either post your questions in the Q&A thread (LINK TO Q&A THREAD: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...) or you can come to jazmyn (goodreads.com/haiayiele & haiayiele@gmail.com) with questions or if you want additional information.

4.) Our year-long challenge titled 2018 New Releases & Anticipated Reads also starts today as well! Check the links below for more information:

LINK TO CHALLENGE PAGE: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...
LINK TO MORE INFORMATION: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
LINK TO DISCUSSION THREAD: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions or want additional information, contact jazmyn at either goodreads.com/haiayiele or via email at haiayiele@gmail.com.

5.) We posted a Buddy Reads sign-up in Decemeber, and we would love it if some people signed up and participated in a Buddy Read. If you would like to sign-up and request a Buddy to read with along with a book, click the link below:

LINK TO BUDDY READ SIGN-UP THREAD: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

More information? Have questions? Contact either jazmyn (goodreads.com/haiayiele or via email at haiayiele@gmail.com) or Annika (goodreads.com/AstoundingReads or via email at laurynannika@gmail.com), either one works.

Those are all the announcements & reminders we have for today! If you would like to check out the statement we made yesterday on the New Year (which is a lot more in-depth and meaningful than the one including at the beginning of this), click the link below:

LINK TO NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE & WHAT'S NEXT/NEW FOR US: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thank you for taking the time to read this pretty lengthy message, it's appreciated!

-The Moderators of All Things Books
jazmyn, annikah, Annika, and Ella