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Here is where any announcements for the group will be posted.


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♡ 𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟸𝟻, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 ♡

Huge thank you to everyone who has joined this group, and to everyone who has invited your friends! Here are a few updates:

1. Our March BOTM suggestions will be opening very soon. This process will go very fast because of the short time frame until March begins. In future months, it will be more spread out.

For our BOTM, we will start out with a simple version and see how that goes. We will be having one themed BOTM each month, with the group choosing the theme and book. The book will either be a standalone or first in the series. Later on, we may start doing an optional full series read of something similar.
Stay tuned for the suggestion thread to open!!!

2. Our first challenge will begin on March 1st. I will be putting out the signups this afternoon. It will be a team readathon challenge. Any genre of book can be read, but there will be a theme with prompts for earning extra points! The theme will be revealed along with the sign ups later today. I hope to see lots of people sign up!

3. I have posted a few ideas in the chat for this group. Head to this link and let me know what you all think! I would love everyone's opinions on these things, to see where interest lies and what everyone likes to participate in for book groups. If you have any questions or ideas, let me know.


Thank you for reading!
If anyone has any questions/ideas/comments/suggestions for this group, I would love to hear them!

- Natalie ♡♡♡


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♡ 𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟸𝟻, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 ♡ - Part 2

1. Our first challenge has been posted! It is the.... Drama Club Team Readathon!!! I am very excited for this challenge, and hope to see everyone sign up. Any genre of book can be read, and books that fit the drama/theater related prompts count for extra points!
Here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Anyone who posted that they would like to sign up before I had posted the instructions/info will need to sign up again*

2. Our March BOTM theme suggestions have opened! Everyone can suggest one theme. Head To This Link to make your nominations

Thank you, and I hope to see lots of readathon signups!!

- Natalie ♡♡♡


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♡ 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝟷, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 ♡

Here are the Drama Club Readathon teams!

Team 1 - Team Chorus 37
~Naomi - 25
~Scarlett - 5-15
~Arpit - 3-4
~Violet - 4-10

Team 2 - Team Improv
~Sofia - 12-15
~Hana - 5-10
~Natalie - 5-8
~MacKenzie - 3-7

Team 3 - Team Limelight
~Quinn Farmer - 10-20
~Char - 15
~Kelsie - 5
~Blake - 5-8
~Aja - 5-6

I will be posting the team discussion threads and the rest of the challenge threads shortly. The new GR update only allows me to create three topics an hour, so I will do that ASAP.

If I missed anyone for teams, please let me know. I tried to even it out in terms of BPM the best I could. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, send me a PM or put it in the question thread.

Thanks :)


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♡ 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 3, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 ♡

Hello everyone! Just a few updates for the group :)

1. Our readathon seems to be going great! In a few days I will be checking in with each team to see if they are still missing any members. Make sure when you finish a book, you post a completion post on the "Completed Books" thread. Also, remember that you may only use one prompt per book. If anyone has any questions or comments, let me know!
Here is the link to the readathon folder.

2. Our first BOTM for this group (yayyyy!!) will be announced tomorrow! If you haven't voted on the poll yet, head to this link!

3. Our new Question of the Day is going great! Everyone seems to be having a lot of fun sharing their answers. If haven't checked that out, go to this link.

4. I have created a poll about some ideas I had for this group. Everyone can vote for their favorite one, so that I can see where the common interest lies. I will probably use the top two, but all the ideas will most likely be done at some point. Go tothis link to vote!

Thanks for reading!
If anyone has any questions, ideas, or comments for this group, I would love to hear them!

- Natalie ♡♡♡


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♡ 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 4, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 ♡

Just a few updates for today!

1. Our March BOTM has been posted! The book is Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth, as suggested by Char :) Here is the link to the discussion thread.
Please let me know, either on the thread on in a reply to this message, whether you would prefer to do a more structured BOTM (with assigned page numbers throughout the month and days to chat) or a more free/loose reading.

2. Our first new idea from the poll has also been posted! We now have a bookish trivia section! Everyone can suggest books/series/movies/tvshows to have a trivia section created about. All the information and a few starter trivia sections are in this folder.

3. When you finish a book for the readathon, post it in the Completed Books Thread. That way, I can record the book and give your team the points! If you have any questions, please post them on the readathon questions thread.

4. Finally, if anyone has any suggestions for the group, I would love to hear them! You can put them in our Suggestion Box or PM me. :)

Thanks!

- Natalie ♡♡♡


message 7: by [deleted user] (last edited Mar 12, 2021 01:41PM) (new)

♡ 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 12, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 ♡

Weekly updates! (make sure you read so that you know what is currently going on in this group!) (AND BOTM info!)

1. Our March BOTM, Carve the Mark! Our first (woohoo!) BOTM discussion has begun! We are doing a structured reading, and the schedule has been posted. You do not need to read according to the schedule, but you can if you would like :)
I split the book up into 6 sections. At the end of each section, we can discuss and chat about the book! There will also be a fun activity to participate in! Here is the activity schedule for March:

Section 1: Fanart
Section 2: TBD
Section 3: TBD
Section 4: Carve the Mark Quote Artwork
Section 5: Would You Rather game
Section 6: Trivia Challenge

Today I will be posting the fanart activity! I would love some more ideas of what everyone wants to do for the activities.

You can find the BOTM Discussion here!

2. Make sure you vote for our April BOTM Theme! You can find the link to that poll here!

3. Check out our Question of the Day! Everyone seems to be really loving this activity, so go join in on the fun!

I hope everyone is staying safe and reading a lot of good books! If anyone has any suggestions or ideas for this group, I would love to here them :)

Thanks for reading, and have an awesome day!
- Natalie ♡♡♡


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♡ 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 19, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 ♡

Here are a few updates :)

1. Moderator Applications are open! Head to this link and read the instructions to apply. The application is pretty long, but that will help me see your dedication to becoming a mod. Applications are due by March 21st if you would like to apply. Not everyone who applies will be chosen, so don't be upset if you are not.

2. April BOTM Suggestions: The BOTM suggestions for our dystopian themed month are open! Make your suggestions of YA dystopian book at this link

3. Carve the Mark BOTM: Our March BOTM is currently happening! If you would like to join in, we would love to hear your thoughts on the books. You can also check out some fun activities relating to the book at this link!

4. Drama Club Readathon: Just a reminder that if you are participating in the readathon, make sure you remember to log your books to gain points for your team! Log completed books at this link.

5. Finally, I put out a poll for which type of challenge everyone would like to have for April. Vote Here! I would also love suggestions for overall themes of the readathons or ideas for unique challenges! If anyone has any, you can either put them in the comments, post in the suggestion box, or respond to this message!

Thanks for reading!!

- Natalie ♡♡♡


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♡ 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 23, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 ♡

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT:

Our new moderator is.... Charlotte!!!!! Congratulations!

Everyone did an awesome job and it was a really challenging choice! Mod applications will most likely be open again some time when we decide we need some more help, so if you were not chosen this time, there will be future opportunities. :)

Congrats again, Charlotte! You can now post on the mod chat! :DDD


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♡ 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 26, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 ♡

Hello everyone! We just wanted to let you all know that our challenge sign-ups for April have been posted!

For April, we will be having a team Marvel themed Challenge!

We decided to do this challenge in April because April 28th is National Superhero Day!

For this challenge, each participant will be put into team (Team Captain American or Team Iron Man). Each team will read and log the books they read, trying to get the most points! This readathon will be open themed/genre, but there will be prompts for extra points! :)

The challenge will run from April 1st to April 30th. If you would like to sign up, go to this link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Our Prompt Doc List has also been posted! Here is a link to that: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m...

The section of prompts you complete depends on which team you are on.

We hope to see everyone join in! Even if you aren't a Marvel fan, it will still be a lot of fun!

- I also wanted to announce our April Dystopian BOTM: The Outlands by Tyler Edwards!
Here is a link to the discussion, which begins on April 1st: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I would also love some suggestions for BOTM activities!

- Earth Day Challenge: we will also be having an individual Earth Day themed mini-challenge from April 20-24. More info will be released on that soon!

Thanks for reading!!

- Natalie ♡♡♡


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♡ 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 22, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 ♡

Hello everyone! Here are a few updates!

1. Earth Day Readathon: The dates of our Earth Day readathon have been changed to April 22 (today) to April 27. Sign ups will be open for the mini readathon until 8:30 am EST on the 23rd. Anyone who signs up can log any books started and read today onwards. We hope to see some more participants!

Here is a link to the sign up thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2. May BOTM: For May, we will be having an open theme! This means that books suggested can be any theme or genre, as long as they fall under YA.

Make your suggestions here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

3. Our Marvel Reading Challenge is going great! We would love to hear any feedback or comments you have so far! The challenge will end on April 30th, so make sure you are reading and being active!

Here are the links to the threads to post your completion posts:
Team Cap: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Team Iron Man: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

4. Make sure you check out our April BOTM activities for The Outlands! We have posted some fun and interesting activities to complete relating to the book.

Find the activities here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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Thanks for reading everyone! We would love to hear any suggestions you have for the group! We are always looking for new, fresh ideas!

Stay safe and keep on reading :)

- Natalie ♡♡♡


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
December 2nd, 2021

Hey everyone!

I saw that our mod's profile was deleted, and I felt bad/sad leaving such an awesome group modless, so I wanted to become the new mod.

I'm new to this, so any suggestions or comments please (please please) add to the suggestions box that our awesome previous mod made for us.

By the way, I'd like to start back up BOTM. Any suggestions for what book we should read, please go to this folder. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I look forward to getting to know you guys!

Happy reading,
Catherine


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
January 1st:

Hey y'all! Happy New Year!🥳🎉 I hope everyone had an awesome time yesterday!

The votes are in- our January BOTM is For the Wolf! BOTM is never mandatory, but I greatly appreciate those who participate:)

Disscusions regarding For the Wolf will be posted shortly!

Happy reading,
Catherine


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
January 19th:

Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that the poll for February's Book of the Month is now up! If you could take a moment to vote, that would be great!

Also, if you're a fast reader, you can still participate in January's BOTM- For the Wolf! Link to disucussions

Thank you all!
Catherine


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
January 30th:

Hope you're all doing well!

I wanted to let you know that we now have a Discord group: https://discord.gg/727q2yqgYK

Also, February's BOTM is Shadow and Bone! Discussions will be posted soon!

Happy reading!
Catherine


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
February 2nd:

Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that Veronica (V) is a discussion leader! She'll be leading discussions and replying to posts around the group:)

Happy reading!
Catherine


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
Of course:) So glad😃


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
Have a good night! Sleep well:)


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
Of course🙂


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
February 13th, 2022:

Hi everyone!

The 💞🌹𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝙳𝚊𝚢 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚗!🌹💞 has officially began!
You can now log books here!

If you didn't get a chance to sign up and would like to, you still can here!

Thank you to everyone who is partcipating!

Happy reading,
Catherine


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
February 14th, 2022:

Hi all! A quick update: Yeehawwrodeo (Veronica) is our new mod! Please feel free to congratulate her in the chat space!

Thank you!
Catherine


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
Yes! We're excited too! :)


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
No need to😃


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
😃


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
Feburary 21st:

Hi everyone! To make sure that we don't have 9+ books to choose from in the poll (it's a little tiring to go through all of the choices and then choose one), the process in which we're going to choose our BOTM is going to be a little different.

We're going to keep all of the suggestions we have as of now, but in the future, people will only be able to suggest one book and second (meaning decide that they want that book to be BOTM as well) another. The suggestions we have right now are listed below:

Lore
I, Eliza Hamilton
Because You'll Never Meet Me
The Cabin
The Overnight Guest
You've Reached Sam
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Secret History
If We Were Villains

Only the books that are seconded will go on the poll, which will decide the BOTM. This way, people won't have to go through so many books in the poll. Remember, if you don't get your top choice this month, you can always suggest it again in coming months!

Let me know if I can clarify anything:)


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
April 6th, 2022:

Hi everyone! ꧁Team Winter꧂ is the official winner of the ◦•●◉✿ sᴇᴀsᴏɴs ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢᴇ! ✿◉●•◦



᪥ Team Summer ᪥- all of you did so well. It was a close call! I can’t believe how fast y’all read:)

Thank you to everyone who participated- I hope that you had as much fun as I did!


message 27: by Catherine (last edited Apr 06, 2022 08:13PM) (new)

Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
April 6th, 2022:

Hey all! Do you want to participate in a buddy read, but don’t care what the book is? Are you in a reading slump and looking for a way out of it? Or are you just looking for your next good read? Readalongs are for you!

We’re going to be hosting our first readalong (Maddy’s idea- many thanks to her!). This is essentially a large buddy read- participants decide how many chapters a day they want to read, and can discuss as they go.

Readalongs are a little more flexible than BOTM (they can happen whenever), and larger than buddy reads (and a little slower, too).

The group’s first readalong book is Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (95% of Google users liked this book)- we’d love to have you join us! If you're interested or if you have any questions, please post here! Thank you so much! :P

Happy reading!
Catherine


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
May 25th, 2022:

Hi everyone, the poll for June's BOTM is out! Please vote here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

By the way, all suggestions appeared on the poll (for lack of seconded books). Thanks for voting!


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
Yay Mackenzie!!🥳🎊🎉

Cheers to you! :P


message 30: by Annase (new)

Annase Congratssss!!! :)


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Mackenzie :) (book_girl_777) | 165 comments Mod
thanks you all!!


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Madeline | 204 comments Congrats!!!


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Abigael |  A City Girl's Thoughts (acitygirlsthoughts) Yeehawwrodeo wrote: "Hello Cozy Book Nook friends!!! We would like to announce to you all that we have a new Moderator MacKenzie! Please feel free to congratulate her!! So now we have 3 Moderators for the group- Cather..."

Hi MacKenzie! Congratulations on becoming a moderator! 👏🏼👏🏼


message 35: by Catherine (new)

Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
Love you V❤❤❤


message 36: by Mackenzie :) (new)

Mackenzie :) (book_girl_777) | 165 comments Mod
@v hope things better for you :(

take as much time as you need ❤


message 37: by Catherine (new)

Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
December 20th:

Hi everyone, the ★彡 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄 彡★ has officially started today! Sign ups are still open for at least another week, though. If you haven't checked it out, the link's here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thank you to everyone who signed up! I'm glad you joined us:)

Happy reading!
Catherine


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
December 20th, 2022:

The teams for the Holiday Challenge have been announced! Find them here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Just a reminder that the challenge officially started today- more details about how to log books are in your team's discussion. Sign ups are still open, though!

Thanks for reading,
Catherine


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Emma | 0 comments 👍🏻 Thanks V!


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Ana Lopez | 788 comments Mod
Yeehawwlovesbooks wrote: "June 21st, 2023- Announcement

Hello Cozy Book Nook! I just wanted to inform you all that Catherine will not be active this week so if any of you have issues, or concerns please message me or MacKe..."


Ok sounds good! Thanks V :)


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
WHO-HOO!! 🥳🎉🎊


message 42: by Catherine (new)

Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
Thank you for being here, everybody!


message 43: by Angieleigh (new)

Angieleigh I will be inactive for a day or two due to a pet related emergency while I'm watching my niece and her wife's house, cat, and dogs.

(Their cat had seizures due to toxicity to flea and tick medication and could possibly, Lord willing, come home later on and will need constant supervision)


message 44: by Angieleigh (new)

Angieleigh I am back! She is doing so much better and hasn't had a seizure in a few days and is pretty much back to her normal self. I just got back to my house earlier this afternoon and have a lot of catching up to do! This is the first time in a long time where I haven't read very much because I was busy taking care of three dogs and my niece and her wife.


message 45: by Catherine (new)

Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
I'm so happy their cat is doing better! It was very nice of you to do all of that:) I'm glad you're back!


message 46: by Catherine (new)

Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
Thanks for the reminder, Hunter! I meant to do that yesterday, but I got too caught up in some things:))


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Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
The winner of the Summer Lovin' Challenge is Team Cool for the Summer! Congratulate them and your teammates here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Additionally, sign up for the Sweet Treats Reading Challenge here! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 48: by Catherine (new)

Catherine | 1530 comments Mod
August 20th, 2023:

We have a new mod, Ana!

Welcome to the mod team, Ana! Congratulations! :DD We're so happy to have you:))




message 49: by Annika (new)

Annika (myprofile00) | 170 comments Congratulations Ana!! We love having you as a part of the group <3


message 50: by Ana (last edited Aug 20, 2023 08:03PM) (new)

Ana Lopez | 788 comments Mod
Thank you so much guys!! I have loved being part of this group with all of you :) <3


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