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🎻 With the Right Music, you either forget everything or you remember everything

A very happy International Music Day to all the musicians and music lovers in the group! They say music is not what you hear, but what you feel, and what better community that feels than the one that reads? ;)

Hey everyone, we've decided to pause the escape room challenge for a while because everyone's too busy (us mods included lol)
We'll try to restart it in the Christmas break! Until then, we're focusing on games and discussions, so feel free to join in<3

Suggestions are always welcome. Think of yourselves as mods- what would you want the group to have? We'd love to hear it, either in the suggestions section or by dms.

Thank youu

The secret, Alice, is to surround yourself with people who make your heart smile. It's then, only then, that you'll find wonderland.

Happy world smile day :))

Ayyyyy thank you

Oh woww we're at above 200 members already, and it's only been 9 days! A huuuge thank you to everyone who's been keeping this group alive by participating in the games and discussions 🫶🏼

It's World Archaeology Day! Here's a little snippet of knowledge for you.


International Archaeology Day is celebrated annually on the third Saturday in October. Archaeologists, excavating ancient settlements and cities, reveal to us information about past civilizations that were a mystery for centuries. Discovering these mysterious details allows us to better understand the history of mankind and feel a connection with our distant ancestors!

If you get the time, check out these archaeology related fun activities-
1)The Google Doodle- https://www.google.com/webhp?ddllb=1&...

2) Virtually Visit the Museum of Almeria- https://artsandculture.google.com/sto...

3) Learn how information is deduced from a photo- https://www.nps.gov/articles/how-to-r...

The new mods for this group will be announced soon! We're mostly looking for the best form responses and also people who aren't mods in too many groups but a huge thank you to everyone who has applied <3

I promise you my application wasn't that good...I was just being honest 🤷🏿‍♂️

Lord Grammarly wrote: "I promise you my application wasn't that good...I was just being honest 🤷🏿‍♂️"

Lol okay

VOTING FOR THE OCTOBER WRITING CHALLENGE BEGINS IN A FEW HOURS!!

SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY ENTRIES, WE'LL HAVE THE FOLLOWING AWARDS:
.☘︎ ݁˖ Best Verse (Poetry and Song Lyrics)
.☘︎ ݁˖ Best Narrative (Stories, journals, descriptions etc)
.☘︎ ݁˖ Spookiest entry (includes everything!)

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 𓆏 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

The winners names will be displayed on the group home page in November!!

GO HERE TO READ ALL THE ENTRIES BEFORE YOU VOTE!

THE VOTING FOR THE BEST VERSE CATEGORY IS OFFICIALLY OPEN! GO TO https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...

Good luck to all the participants!! All of you have done a GREAT job <3

THE VOTING FOR THE BEST NARRATIVE CATEGORY IS OFFICIALLY OPEN! CLICK HERE TO VOTE- https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...

YOU CAN VOTE FOR THE SPOOKIEST ENTRY HERE-https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...

THE RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW SO GO LOG IN YOUR VOTES ASAP!!

which time zone tmr??

Ahh I'll figure that out, most probably EST so either tmrw night or day-after morning here :)

Haritha wrote: "Ahh I'll figure that out, most probably EST so either tmrw night or day-after morning here :)"

alrr tysmm

ALRIGHT EVERYONE, HERE'S THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ OCTOBER WRITING CHALLENGE ⋆⭒˚｡⋆
TOPIC: HALLOWEEN
PROMPT: ANYTHING UNDER 100 WORDS (POEM/STORY/JOURNAL/DESCRIPTION/LYRICS... ETC)
GENRE: Any

First of all, hats off to every single participant who submitted their entries. I'm sure everyone agrees that voting for one person was the hardest decision ever! It doesn't matter if you win or lose because we all know how talented you all are now.

The polls are officially closed but you can read the entries here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✨Right so coming to the winners ✨

CATEGORY #1 - BEST VERSE (poetry and songs)
Let's go in reverse order, shall we?

THE THIRD PLACE GOES TO CLARA BOW for her poem 'Undying Love'

SECOND PLACE GOES TO AVA for her song "Haunted Hearts on Halloween" !!

AND OUR WINNER FOR THE BEST VERSE CATEGORY IS (view spoiler)[ KENJI for her poem "If We Hadn't Said the Words we Said" (hide spoiler)] 🥳🥳🥳

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!

CATEGORY #2 - BEST NARRATIVE!!!

⎯⎯⎯⎯✮ PRIZES ✮⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

╰┈➤ TIED FOR SECOND PLACE ARE (view spoiler)[ GAIA ( Taylor’s Version ) AND BOOKHUGGER!! (hide spoiler)] Congratulations to both of you!!

╰┈➤ TIED AGAIN FOR THE FIRST PLACE ARE...
(view spoiler)[ EVANGELISE ROSE AND ~•silhouette•~👏💃🏽🥳🥳 (hide spoiler)]

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

CATEGORY #3- SPOOKIEST ENTRY



🎃🕸️── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──🕸️🎃

Okay we have too many ties for second and third places for this one, so we're just announcing the winner!!

THE FINAL PRIZE- THE SPOOKIEST ENTRY AWARD GOES TO....
(view spoiler)[ CHERTZO EMBER for her poem "GHOSTS OF THE BLOOD MOON" (hide spoiler)]


🎃🕸️── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──🕸️🎃


WELL DONE EVERYONE, AND HOPE TO SEE YOUR ENTRIES AGAIN NEXT MONTH!



x The Mods x

YAY OMG TYSM AND GREAT JOB TO THE OTHER WINNERS!!

GOOD JOB CHERTZZ <33

kinda figured...meh

good job everyone else

AHHHHH THANKS YALL

Good job everyoneeeeee!!! all the entries were just beautiful!!!!

proud of you all!!! :))

OMG THANK ALL OF YOU SM 🤭🤭

@clara congratulations bestie<3 you really deserve it
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@mckenzie awwwww tysm ml 💗🫶🌟

@clara ofc💕🫂

clara wrote: "OMG THANK ALL OF YOU SM 🤭🤭"

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awww i’m so proud of all of y’all!! thank you for sharing your work with us

my entry was meh

bookhugger wrote: "GOOD JOB CHERTZZ <33"

YOU TOO, Scholar Star!

Poison Witch wrote: "CLARA BOW, EVA, KENJI, GAIA, BOOKHUGGER, EVANGALINE ROSE, SILOUETTE, CHERTZO and everyone else!!

CONGRATULATIONS YOU ALL DESERVE THE PRIZE OF WINNING! IT WAS AN HONORTTO COMPETE AGAINST YOU ALL, A..."

Aww, thank you!! 🤗 Competing against you was a total blast—I might even say an honor too 😉! Huge congrats to everyone; you all earned this win! It’s been awesome getting to know everyone, and I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything. Here’s to all the laughs, late-night brainstorming, and hopefully more adventures ahead! 🥂

Chertzo wrote: "Poison Witch wrote: "CLARA BOW, EVA, KENJI, GAIA, BOOKHUGGER, EVANGALINE ROSE, SILOUETTE, CHERTZO and everyone else!!

CONGRATULATIONS YOU ALL DESERVE THE PRIZE OF WINNING! IT WAS AN HONORTTO COMPE..."

omg that's such a sweet message 😭😭🥹

Hey everyone, we're evaluating mods rn and are ready to accept any last minute applications since a lot of you joined after we closed it. Here's the link - https://forms.gle/5epEBsAhXzz3BdHV7

For now we're looking for one more mod but in the future we may need more so you won't have to apply again when that happens!

Hey everyone!! I hope you are all having a good day. My friend and I are trying to boost a group: Reading Rats🐀˚˖𓍢ִ໋🌷͙֒✧˚.🎀༘⋆

Please join if you want :)
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

Heyy Sonia! Thanks!! but from next time could you do it in the chat? The announcements channel is just for the mod announcements😭

We have two new mods for this month!! Welcome @Emilia and @kiki, thank you for the time you spent on answering the form questions, we appreciate it so so much <3

Two more days to submit your writing entries in the november writing challenge!

If I you could write letters I'd do it-that's the only thing I'm actually good at writing 😭

well now you can XD

Choose a winner for the OUABC November Writing challenge!!


Go here to read the entries : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And vote for a winner - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...

The December writing challenge is officially open!

OUABC IN DECEMBER

i. ˙⋆✮ Games ✮⋆˙
1. Would you rather/ This or that
2. The alphabet game (coming soon)

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ii. ˙⋆✮ OUABC AWARDS ✮⋆˙
Round 1: Suggesting/ Voting for categories (best fmc, best mc, best worldbuilding, best book bff etc)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Round 2: Voting in the categories

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iii. ˙⋆✮ BOOK COMPETITIONS ✮⋆˙
1. Reading challenge (inter-group)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

LOG IN ALL THE BOOKS YOU'VE READ TO HELP OUABC WIN!!

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2. Reviewer of the month challenge
Send links to your reviews and vote for the best one!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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iv. ˙⋆✮ BOTMs✮⋆˙
Our December BOTMs are
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Join the discussion : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie!
Join the discussion : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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v. OUABC SECRET SANTA!!
This month, we will be doing a small round of Secret Santa among all members! It would be great if you joined!! Go here to find out how to participate-

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

November Writing Challenge Results!!

If you haven't read the entries yet, go to https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

ღ Alright so here we are. First off, thank you to everyone who participated! Trust me, the voting results were very close so even if you lost it was probably only by a couple of votes. But anyway, good job everyone!! All of you are amazing writers, and you're only getting better each time, so we're looking forward to reading your december entries!

ღ To the winners, congratulations! Remember, the number of prompts you used was a major deciding factor in your position, and the places did change after I added them 😃

ღ And finally, to everyone who voted, thank you for taking the time to read through the entries (i hope you did XD) and vote for your favorite one! We appreciate it so much, and now that you have a basic idea of what it's like, go ahead and submit your own entries for December <3

After careful evaluation, here are the winners!!


🥇 1st Place: "A Compass of Shattered Stars and the Falling Moon" by Chertzo Ember

🏅 2nd Place: "Forbidden Roses" by ava౨ৎ

🥉 3rd Place: "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" by m✮⋆˙


CONGRATULATIONS!! 🥳🥳🎉🎉🏆🏆

omgggg congratulations everyoneeee all your entries were AMAZING!! 🫶🫶

Thank youu! Chertzo's entry was really amazing, I'm glad he won.