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✨ Secret Santa Reading Challenge ✨



You know about secret Santa right ?
Basically, it’s a thing we used to do in school where we made chit with everyone’s name and whatever chit you got you were supposed to bring that person a gift on a specified date.
Secretly of course 😉

As a individual challenge :-

Basically each person writes a wish list of what books they want to read ( AKA make 10-15 books prompts themselves).
Then we’ll randomly assign everyone a number (secretly) and every person will choose an number ( and then get that person’s wish list).

You have make tbr list for that person based on the wish list they wrote…(of course, for every prompts..you have to give some choice).

The tbr list would be handed to the chosen person and then the challenge will start…to complete that list.

As a group challenge -

Same as above except in groups of two. And you’ll be pair up secretly. You have make tbr list for your partner (you don’t know who that is)
The group that collectively complete the most books win!

To log you books:
(view spoiler)[Name:
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Buddy Read:
BOTM:
Review:
Points:
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For Points:
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~ +1 point for every book you read.
~ +1 point for completing each prompt
~ +2 for review
~ +5 for BOTM (December)
~ +3 for buddy read within our group

Pages:

~ below 100 pages (+.5)
~ 100-199 pages (+1)
~ 200-299 pages (+2)
~ 300-399 pages (+3)
~ 400-499 pages (+4)
~ 500-599 pages (+5)
And so on......
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This challenge will go from 1st December to 31st December

To sign up:
Goodreads Name:
Sign up Name:
Preference: Group/Solo

Sign ups will end on 30th November.

Participants
Solo: 1) Zara ▪︎
2) Michelle Ghavie ▪︎
3) aashvi ▪︎
4) Annabeth
5) Victorian Vickie ▪︎
6) jamie ▪︎
7) Sophie ▪︎
8) BA ▪︎

Group:
1) Navier ▪︎
2) Ami ▪︎
3) ashriya ▪︎
4) Oyin ▪︎
5) arcanereads ▪︎
6) Giselle ▪︎

Hey Avni, sorry for not pointing out earlier.
But I think there should be addition of choosing between group and individual ?

Thanks for posting this challenge !

Unknown wrote: "Hey Avni, sorry for not pointing out earlier.
But I think there should be addition of choosing between group and individual ?

Thanks for posting this challenge !"

No, its okay!
I updated it in the sign up, preference of choosing either solo or group.

You're welcome :)

Goodreads Name: iamaunicornwithyellowfeet
Sign up Name: Zara
Preference: Solo

Goodreads Name: Navier
Sign up Name: Navier
Preference: Group

Goodreads Name: Michelle G
Sign up name: Michelle Ghavie
Preference:Solo

Umm I have a question, when will we be submitting our book prompts?

Michelle wrote: "Umm I have a question, when will we be submitting our book prompts?"

Good question.
I’m assuming on 25 and after 25th depending on how many participants are here.
So how about you make your wish list from now itself ?

That applies to everyone here of course.

Goodreads Name: aashvi
Sign up Name: aashvi
Preference: Solo

question! does the 'tbr' have to be a list of books or a list of prompts and whoever gets the list can choose the book for the specific prompt?

aashvi wrote: "question! does the 'tbr' have to be a list of books or a list of prompts and whoever gets the list can choose the book for the specific prompt?"

Whoever gets your list of prompts would get to choose books according to the wish list you have created.

So basically…
1. You’ll make a wish list, make your prompts as specific as possible including tropes, genres…or you can make them as general as possible. Make around 10-15…or more according to how much you can read

2. A random member would get your wish list and would assign multiple books per prompts and send it to us. And we’ll give that tbr list to you.

3. Your goal is to complete that tbr list as much as you can and collect as points

4. Person with the most points win.

Good luck !

What if someone recommends a book that I've already read?

Michelle wrote: "What if someone recommends a book that I've already read?"

You’re supposed to give options for each book prompts, so you can read another option ?
And if all the options are already recommended then you should move on to the books of the next prompt.

Gr name: Annabeth
Sign up name: Annabeth
Preference: Individual

Goodreads Name: Ami
Sign up Name: Ami
Preference: Group

Goodreads Name: ashriya
Sign up Name: ashriya
Preference: Group
actually I don't mind, this is such a great idea!!

Goodreads Name: Victorian Vickie
Sign up Name: Victorian Vickie
Preference: Solo

Can you give us an example of what we will be giving that person?

Victorian Vickie wrote: "Can you give us an example of what we will be giving that person?"

As in book prompts ?

Ok,
Make a list like this

You can arrange them like this -
1. Genre - Ya Contemporary
Trope Preference - enemies to lovers
Trope to avoid - bullying
Any trigger warnings -
A book with poc representation set in high school settings. (Or more descriptive if you like)

Or you can just put them all in a line

1) Ya contemporary, enemies to lovers, A book with poc representation set in high school settings. Avoid the bullying trope.

Or you can make it less descriptive than this and make it a surprise.
Example, 1) ya romance book

And 10-15 prompts like this.


And now, if I receive this list. I’m suppose to give at least 2 or more options for the prompt.

1) book 1 and book 2.

If you don’t feel like putting descriptions
Just put in
‘Surprise me’ as the book prompt

Hello everyone,

Please make your book wish list here and post them here !
I think I should close the sign up now…

After everyone have posted their wish list, I’ll assign you all a number.
After that you can choose any of that number and you’ll be informed about that person in PM’s (please keep it a secret who you got).

reply with the book list in the PM’s and I’ll pass it along to the other person.

I'm soo excited!

Goodreads name: Michelle G
Sign up Name: Michelle

My Wish list.
1. Horror set in the Holidays ( Christmas, thanksgiving)
2. Paranormal romance with non human love interest
3. Murder mystery thriller with multiple povs
4. An lgbtqia+ main character in a non romance book
5. A book that scarred you (do with that what you will)
6. A book released this year
7. A book by your favourite author
8. A book with a male POC main character
9. A popular book you didn't like (it's okay if you DNF-ed it)
10. A dystopia not caused by climate change
11. A town-with-a-dark-secret trope book
12. A book with a female villain.
13. Surprise me.

Michelle wrote: "I'm soo excited!

Goodreads name: Michelle G
Sign up Name: Michelle

My Wish list.
1. Horror set in the Holidays ( Christmas, thanksgiving)
2. Paranormal romance with non human love interest
3. Mu..."

Missed some numbers after 9 ?

Unknown wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I'm soo excited!

Goodreads name: Michelle G
Sign up Name: Michelle

My Wish list.
1. Horror set in the Holidays ( Christmas, thanksgiving)
2. Paranormal romance with non human lov..."


I just noticed lmao

Can i give this a try please?

Reed wrote: "Can i give this a try please?"

Yes, please sign up and post your wish list here as mentioned in the rules

1. Cozy Mystery - Culinary
2. YA - Mystery
3. Cozy Mystery Holiday
4. Funny Romance
5. Psychological Thriller
6. Legal Thriller
7. Real life YA
8. Historical Romance
9. YA Historical Romance
10. Fiction based on true life

1. holiday setting
2. holiday setting that is not christmas
3. spooky thriller or horror
4. paranormal elements
5. fantasy with friends to lovers trope
6. sci-fi with enemies to lovers trope
7. one bed or knife to throat trope
8. red and/or green cover
9. characters of royalty
10. cozy romance

Goodreads Name: jamie
Sign up Name: jamie
Preference: Solo

1. surprise me
2. mystery that has a christmas setting
3. historical fiction about friends and family
4. YA that has two povs
5. a book that has a morally grey character
6. your all time favorite book
7. a book from your favorite author
8. fantasy that has a mix of science fiction
9. surprise me
10. surprise me

Goodreads Name: :D o y i n :D (CURRENTLY OBSESSED WITH AOT iykyk)
Sign up Name: Oyin
Preference: Group

1. Fantasy or Fantasy romance
2. Contemporary enemies to lovers
3. Ya romance
4. Holiday Contemporary Romance
5. A new release
6. A TJR book
7. A Kiera Cass book
8. A book from your favorite Author
9. Your Favorite Series
10. Surprise me

Goodreads Name: arcanereads
Sign up Name: arcanereads
Preference: Group

1. fantasy book
2. one of your fav books
3. surprise me
4. an adventure book, preferably about pirates
5. the first book of your fav series
6. a good mystery book
7. a shorter book
8. surprise me
9. another one of your favorite books
10. a fictional book about cooking

Goodreads name: Giselle ;)
Sign up name: Giselle

1. Romance or Fantasy
2. YA fiction
3. Classics
4. LGBTQ+ romance
5. A new release
6. Your all-time favourite book
7. Feel-good/cozy romance
8. Fantasy with enemies to lovers trope
9.Contemporary fiction
10. Surprise me :)

Hello everyone,
Please post your wish list, if you haven’t already.
So I can give you all a number.

Giselle ;) wrote: "Goodreads name: Giselle ;)
Sign up name: Giselle

1. Romance or Fantasy
2. YA fiction
3. Classics
4. LGBTQ+ romance
5. A new release
6. Your all-time favourite book
7. Feel-good/cozy romance
8. Fan..."

Hey Giselle,
Would you like to be in a group or individual ?
Though, if there isn’t enough for group, I’ll have to put you in individual.

Signing up for December Secret Santa Challenge
Looking forward to this - my first time participating in a challenge on Goodreads :-)

Goodreads Name: BA
Sign up Name: BA
Preference: Solo or Group - doesn't matter

1. Book of poetry (not a collection of poems, but a poetry book containing the poems of the author)
2. A biography or memoir of a veteran (the veteran can be from any country)
3. A foodie fiction book (a good example is Day of Honey by Annia Ciezadlo)
4. Fiction book that is set in WWI or WWII and focuses on the human condition, not the politics (All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a good example)
5. Novel published in 2020 or 2021 that you would recommend
6. LBGTQ+ romance that you would recommend, and which has quality character development
7. One of your favorite action/adventure novels
8. Any novel you didn’t think you would enjoy, but you did
9. Any book you would highly recommend to anyone
10. Surprise me

Avoid these genres/topics please: horror, young adult, children/juvenile, shape-shifting/aliens/paranormal

My list.

A book with a pretty cover
A book set in winter
YA that has two povs
Fantasy with enemies to lovers
A book,(not comedy) that made you laugh
A book you think needs to be made into a movie
A book with an amazing meet cute
A book with good subplots
A book that made you sad when it ended
A book with your favorite trope
A book with a characters name that you liked
A popular book you think not enough people have read

Hey, Zara, Annabeth, Ami and ashriya could you please post your wish list so that we can start assigning numbers.

hi this is my list
1. a book that made you sob
2. the shortest realllly good book you've read
3. dark academia vibe but not secret history, if we were villains or ninth house
4. really cozy to read in the dead of winter
5. book that reminds you of an underrated taylor swift song
6. a book you and your friend bonded over
7. fav enemies to lovers book
8. the book that's been on your tbr for ages
9. multiple povs and you love all of them
10. historical fiction set in either of the wws and is not very famous
11. most hyped up book that you fell in love with
12. found family/ soulmate trope
13. the book with your fav couple

thank you!! have a great december y'all, manifesting that everyone reads the best books of the year in this month<3

Hi! If it’s not already too late, here’s my sing up:
Goodreads name: Sophie ✨your local ballerina bookworm✨
Sign up name: Sophie
Preference: group or solo, doesn’t matter
List:
1. A young adult clean romance :)
2. A middle grade book
3. Young adult fantasy
4. Young adult fiction
5. Young adult contemporary
6. Christmas themed book
7. Young adult dystopian
8. Young Adult Leigh Bardugo book
9. Popular Young Adult book
10. Young adult historical fiction

It's not late!
Thank you for signing up :)

Hey everyone! I hope you all are doing great.

All individual members please choose a number between 1-7 and all group members please choose a number between 1-6.

Thank you.

solo: 3

Group or Solo: 1

Please let me know if you would like me to be in a group or be solo. It doesn't matter to me. Thank you :-)

Solo: 5

solo: 2

Oh yeah, just wanted to say, you can’t repeat the numbers chosen by others

Thanks for participating !

iamaunicornwithyellowfeet wrote: "solo: 2"

Hello Zara, please post your wish list here !

i've just sent it to avni too

1. fantasy
2. enemies to lovers
3. science fiction
4. friends to lovers
5. romance
6. lost princess/royalty
7. contemporary
8. love triangle
9. mystery
10. complicated magic systems
11. historical fiction
12. dark academia

group 3

Hi!
Here's my list:
1. Popular YA Fantasy stand-alone
2. Popular Contemporary Romance
3. Historical Fiction (can be horror/thriller)
4. A fun graphic novel
5. A short story
6. Poetry collection
7. Well-written dark academia
8. A holiday themed book
9. Your favourite classic
10. One of your favourite books :)