everything you need to know about the august 2025 house reading challenge 🤭🍂💗
#1 — AUGUST OTMs
the name of the August 2025 House Challenge is... ~ Lyric & Languish ~
BOOKS OF THE MONTH ꒰📚꒱ “the summer i turned pretty” by jenny han ꒰🌼꒱ “picking daisies on sundays” by liana cincotti ꒰📚꒱ “the floating world” by axie oh ꒰🌼꒱ tbd by winning house (winner will be announced soon!)
SONGS OF THE MONTH ꒰🍃꒱ "fame is a gun” by addison Rae ꒰🎧꒱ "the grudge" by olivia rodrigo ꒰🍃꒱ “this song” by conan gray ꒰🎧꒱ "mess it up" by gracie abrams
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#2 — point system
꒰☕️꒱ 250 pts - each BOTM read ꒰🍁꒱ 250 pts - special request book (used in the stead of a botm you have previously read) ꒰☕️꒱ 100 pts - book by an author of a BOTM ꒰🍁꒱ 100 pts - previous BOTMs ꒰☕️꒱ 50 pts - a book that doesn't fit any of the above categories (additional book)
YOU CAN ADD THE FOLLOWING PROMPTS IN ADDITION TO ONE OF THE CATEGORIES ABOVE!!
꒰📚 ꒱ 25 pts - book with either a mostly yellow OR purple OR green ꒰🏫꒱ 25 pts - takes place in college (anything that takes place during college counts) ꒰📖꒱ 25 pts - written or based in the 20th century (anything that was published in the 1900s or the majority of the plot takes place in the 1900s counts)
!! when in doubt ask your house leaders !!
to find past book of the month’s please navigate to our group bookshelf from the homepage on the website
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#3 — HOW TO TRACK PTS
write the following in your House's point chat ⇢ Book: [the summer I turned pretty] ⇢ Prompt: [+250, BOTM] ⇢ Prompt: [+25, purple cover] ⇢ Prompt: [+25, set in the 20th century] ⇢ Points: [300 points]
everything you need to know about the august 2025 house reading challenge 🤭🍂💗
#1 — AUGUST OTMs
the name of the August 2025 House Challenge is...
~ Lyric & Languish ~
BOOKS OF THE MONTH
꒰📚꒱ “the summer i turned pretty” by jenny han
꒰🌼꒱ “picking daisies on sundays” by liana cincotti
꒰📚꒱ “the floating world” by axie oh
꒰🌼꒱ tbd by winning house
(winner will be announced soon!)
SONGS OF THE MONTH
꒰🍃꒱ "fame is a gun” by addison Rae
꒰🎧꒱ "the grudge" by olivia rodrigo
꒰🍃꒱ “this song” by conan gray
꒰🎧꒱ "mess it up" by gracie abrams
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#2 — point system
꒰☕️꒱ 250 pts - each BOTM read
꒰🍁꒱ 250 pts - special request book (used in the stead of a botm you have previously read)
꒰☕️꒱ 100 pts - book by an author of a BOTM
꒰🍁꒱ 100 pts - previous BOTMs
꒰☕️꒱ 50 pts - a book that doesn't fit any of the above categories (additional book)
YOU CAN ADD THE FOLLOWING PROMPTS IN ADDITION TO ONE OF THE CATEGORIES ABOVE!!
꒰📚 ꒱ 25 pts - book with either a mostly yellow OR purple OR green
꒰🏫꒱ 25 pts - takes place in college (anything that takes place during college counts)
꒰📖꒱ 25 pts - written or based in the 20th century (anything that was published in the 1900s or the majority of the plot takes place in the 1900s counts)
!! when in doubt ask your house leaders !!
to find past book of the month’s please navigate to our group bookshelf from the homepage on the website
⇢ ⇢ ⇢ ⇢ ⇢ ⇢ ⇢ ⇢ ⇢ ⇢
#3 — HOW TO TRACK PTS
write the following in your House's point chat
⇢ Book: [the summer I turned pretty]
⇢ Prompt: [+250, BOTM]
⇢ Prompt: [+25, purple cover]
⇢ Prompt: [+25, set in the 20th century]
⇢ Points: [300 points]
example #2
⇢ Book: [circe]
⇢ Prompt: [+50, additional]
⇢ Prompt: [+25, mythology]
⇢ Prompt: [+25, historical fiction]
⇢ Points: [100 points]
example #3
⇢ Book: [hawthorne legacy]
⇢ Prompt: [+100, author of botm]
⇢ Prompt: [+25, mostly blue cover]
⇢ Points: [125 points]
↳ if u have any questions, feel free to ask!! the points system is a little confusing!!
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#4 — HOUSE SORTING
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